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Five SPHP Nurses Honored for Nursing Excellence
Five St. Peter’s Health Partners nurses were honored for nursing excellence on May 8 at the Times Union’s inaugural “Salute to Nurses” ceremony. […]
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SPHP in the News
NurseZone: 10 Things Nurses Would Like to Tell Hospital Visitors
Maggie Urquhart, BS, RN-BC, a nurse manager in an orthopedic unit/total joint center at St. Peter’s Hospital, was featured in a story by NurseZone. Her contributions include this quote: “We ask patients to have a visitor advocate with them for pre-surgical appointments and time of surgery; a family member who will assist in their recovery. Our view on our unit is that we are in partnership with visitors.” Click here to see the full story.
Wellness
LiveSmart: Bullying
The issue of abuse and bullying among school-aged kids continues to make the news, with the National Center Against Bullying reporting last month that one in three students will be bullied in school, either in person or over social media channels. […]
Wellness
LiveSmart: Immunizations Critical for Individual, Public Health
A measles outbreak that emerged in late December on the West Coast continues to remain in the news. Measles is a highly contagious respiratory disease that spreads easily through the air or on infected surfaces. […]
SPHP in the News
Times Union: Trooper and college student die of rare cause among young
Dr. Michael J. Martinelli, chief of cardiology at St. Peter’s Hospital, spoke with the Times Union about the rarity of artery blockages in young people. Click here to see the story.
SPHP in the News
Times Union: A nurse in heroin addiction’s trenches reflects
Mary Femia, an amazing person who retired from St. Peter’s Health Partners in February after 60 years in nursing, was profiled in a feature story by the Times Union. Click here to see the full story.
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FLY92.3, St. Peter’s Hospital Foundation To Host “Ice Out ALS Challenge”
FLY92.3 and St. Peter’s Hospital Foundation are teaming up to host an “Ice Out ALS Challenge” to benefit St. Peter’s ALS Regional Center Lewis Golub MDA/ALS Clinic. […]
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U.S. News and World Report Ranks St. Peter’s Hospital Very High for Quality of Care
U.S. News & World Report has awarded St. Peter’s Hospital its highest ranking in the Capital Region and one of the highest in upstate New York for excellent quality of care. […]
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St. Peter’s Hospital First in Region To Receive New da Vinci Xi Surgical System
Ten years after it became the first Capital Region hospital to acquire and use a da Vinci computer-enhanced surgical system, St. Peter’s Hospital is now the first in the region – and among the first in the nation – to bring the benefits of the new da Vinci Xi Surgical System to patients. […]
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St. Peter’s Hospital Dedicates “The Hearst Pavilion” and Celebrates End of $35.5 Million Capital Campaign
St. Peter’s Hospital tonight named its newest, state-of-the-art, six-story patient care facility “The Hearst Pavilion.” The name for the building was unveiled this evening at a reception that also celebrated the end of the hospital’s $35 million Cornerstone Campaign. The capital campaign surpassed its goal by more than $500,000, raising a total of more than $35.5 million. The reception, held across South Manning Boulevard from St. Peter’s Hospital and The Hearst Pavilion, was attended by donors, community leaders, state and local officials, and officials of St. Peter’s Hospital and St. Peter’s Health Partners (SPHP). George R. Hearst III, publisher and CEO of the Times Union, was chairman of the St. Peter’s Hospital Foundation’s Cornerstone Campaign. Hearst is also a member of the board of St. Peter’s Health Partners and chairman of the SPHP board finance committee. The Hearst Pavilion was named to honor the collective generosity and support of The William Randolph Hearst Foundations and The Hearst Foundations Challenge Grant. It also acknowledges additional support from the Times Union, the leadership of George Hearst as […]