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Addison Gilbert Hospital, Beverly Hospital and Beverly Hospital
at Danvers have once again been granted a three-year accreditation
in adult transthoracic echocardiography by the Intersocietal
Accreditation Committee (IAC). This highly regarded seal of
approval is granted only to facilities that demonstrate to a panel
of experts that quality patient care is being delivered in
compliance with national standards.
Addison Gilbert Hospital received the
Defect-free Care Award from Stroke Collaborative Reaching for
Excellence (SCORE), a voluntary statewide quality improvement
collaborative administered by the Massachusetts Department of
Public Health (DPH) that supports Primary Stroke Service
hospitals.
Addison Gilbert Hospital received the
Door-to-CT Time Target Award from the Department of Public Health
that supports Primary Stroke Service hospitals. The award
recognizes hospitals that provide prompt computed tomography (CT)
scans of patients with stroke symptoms.
Beverly Hospital received the American
Heart Association /American Stroke Association's Get With The
Guidelines® Stroke Gold Plus Performance
Achievement Award. The award recognizes the hospital's commitment
and success in implementing a higher standard of stroke care by
ensuring that stroke patients receive treatment according to
nationally accepted standards and recommendations.
Beverly Hospital entered into an agreement
with Lahey Clinic to expand the on-site Intensivist Program to 24x7
coverage to enhance access, patient care quality and patient safety
on the critical care unit.
Beverly Hospital at Danvers added new
services including a Maternal-Fetal Medicine program for high-risk
OB care and a smoking cessation program and expanded existing
services including the thyroid biopsy program, the anticoagulation
management service and medical nutrition therapy to accommodate
increasing volume and/or enhance patient convenience.
Surgical Services at Beverly Hospital at
Danvers introduced a new service, Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
(TMS), an innovative, non-invasive new treatment option for
individuals with major depressive disorder who have not achieved
adequate improvement after taking anti-depressants and/or
experience unpleasant side effects. TMS works by delivering focused
MRI-strength magnetic pulses to stimulate the area of the brain
believed to be involved with regulating mood.
Radiology and Imaging Services installed
new software in fluoroscopy at Addison Gilbert and Beverly
hospitals to capture and store in PACS continuous digital imaging
for modified barium swallows; implemented a new one-hour
preparation for ED patients to improve throughput and patient
satisfaction; completed American College of Radiology accreditation
in Nuclear Medicine; and achieved American College of Radiology
renewals in Mammography, Breast Biopsy and General and Vascular
Ultrasound.
Electronic Medication Administration Record
(eMAR) and Meaningful Use Stage 1 requirements in electronic
clinical documentation to improve patient care and safety were
successfully implemented on Beverly Hospital medical/surgical units
and the critical care unit.
Beverly Hospital completed construction,
and received DPH approval to open three new state-of-the-art
operating rooms that are sized and equipped to accommodate modern
OR minimally invasive technologies.
June 23, 2011
Beverly Hospital and Addison Gilbert Hospital were selected as
the Gold and Silver winners, respectively, in the 2011 Gatehouse
Media Readers Choice in the category of "Favorite Hospital-North of
Boston".
Northeast Hospitals successfully completed
The Joint Commission accreditation survey in March 2011. A team of
five surveyors spent a week evaluating our acute care and
behavioral health care programs and services in all facilities. The
team interviewed patients, and discussed how care is provided with
physicians, nurses, hospital leaders, and other clinical and
non-clinical staff.
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March 29, 2011
Beverly Hospital and Addison Gilbert Hospital Among
Thomson Reuters 100 Top Hospitals for 2011
Beverly and Addison Gilbert hospitals have been named among Thomson
Reuters 100 Top Hospitals in the U.S. We are one of
only two community hospitals in Massachusetts and the only hospital
on the North Shore to be named to this year's list. The Thomson
Reuters 100 Top Hospitals® study is annual, quantitative research
that identifies the hospitals with the best facility-wide
performance. At the heart of this research is the 100 Top
Hospitals National Balanced Scorecard, a set of measures that
evaluate performance excellence in clinical care, patient
perception of care, operational efficiency, and financial
stability.
March 1, 2011
Herrick Award Winner Announced at Annual
Meeting
Northeast Health System recently announced Tina Waugh, M.D., as
the 2010 recipient of the Dr. Philip D. Herrick Award, which honors
one staff physician each year for his or her leadership,
outstanding medical care and community service. During her 10
years as a member of the medical staff at Beverly and Addison
Gilbert hospitals, Waugh has been actively engaged in working with
her physician colleagues and the hospitals to improve the quality
of care for patients and their families. Congratulations, Dr.
Waugh.
