Inside SPHP
SPHP Colleagues Donate 20,000 Pounds of Food to Help Fight Local Hunger
Donations was a true expression of SPHP employees living our values and carrying out our mission. Thank you to everyone who donated! […]
Month: August 2018
Inside SPHP
St. Peter’s Hospital Participating in ECLIPSE Coronary Clinical Trial
St. Peter’s Hospital is one of 150 hospitals across the country taking part in a major coronary clinical trial. Dr. Eric Roccario, an interventional cardiologist at Albany Associates in Cardiology, a practice of St. Peter’s Health Partners Medical Associates, is overseeing the trial at St. Peter’s.
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Inside SPHP
Photo Gallery: Samaritan Hospital 5th Floor Open House
On August 7, St. Peter’s Health Partners held a dedication and open house to celebrate the new fifth floor medical/surgical unit at Samaritan Hospital. […]
SPHP in the News
Times Union: Photos: Baby Café Celebrates Milestone
The Times Union shared photos from the Troy Baby Cafe’s first anniversary celebration, held Friday, August 3. […]
Wellness
LiveSmart: Parents Should Discuss Bladder, Urinary Tract Disorders with Their Child’s Pediatrician
Bladder and urinary tract disorders in children are usually not at the top of most parents’ list of concerns when visiting the pediatrician. However, many families struggle with these issues on a regular basis. […]
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Photo Gallery: Albany Memorial Hospital Welcomes Mike Finegan
Colleagues at Albany Memorial Hospital had the opportunity to meet St. Peter’s Health Partners’ new President of Acute Care, Mike Finegan. […]
News
St. Peter’s Urgent Care in Saratoga Springs to Open August 13
St. Peter’s Health Partners will open its newest urgent care facility on August 13 in Saratoga Springs. Located at 377 Church Street, the practice will be open seven days a week on a walk-in basis. […]
News
New Fifth Floor Medical/Surgical Unit at Samaritan Hospital to Open August 14
The new unit features larger, fully private rooms designed to provide a more comfortable and healing experience for patients, and its advanced equipment and thoughtful design offers an ideal setting in which to provide the highest quality and most compassionate patient-centered care. […]
Inside SPHP
Timeline Announced for Implementation of New Electronic Health Record Platform
St. Peter’s Health Partners (SPHP) will implement a new electronic health record (EHR) platform, to provide a better care experience for the people we serve, while unifying our system with faster and simpler patient records. The new EHR, Epic, is expected to go live across SPHP in June 2020. The implementation timeline was announced August 7 in a memo from SPHP President and CEO James K. Reed, M.D., Trinity Health President and COO Mike Slubowski, and others. “Epic will enable a better care experience for the people we serve across our Ministry, providing a single, comprehensive health record with seamless access to clinical and billing information,” Dr. Reed, Slubowski, and others wrote in the memo. “It will also improve the experience for our physicians and clinicians through integrated information to improve patient care and support seamless handoffs.” Trinity Health is implementing Epic at all of its regional health ministries, in multiple waves. SPHP comprises the entire second wave of the implementation plan. SPHP will communicate with colleagues over the next several months as plans develop […]
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Photo Gallery: St. Mary’s Hospital Employee Picnic
On Wednesday, August 1, St. Mary’s Hospital held their annual employee picnic to show appreciation for staff and volunteers. […]