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Spectrum: Tied With Love – St. Peter’s Nurse Soothes Dying Patients With Hand-Tied Blankets

March 24, 2021 Courtney Weisberg

Brianna Bissell, RN, a nurse at St. Peter’s Hospital, was featured on Spectrum News for her project, Tied With Love. Bissell came up with the idea to create hand-tied blankets to help comfort the hospital’s hospice patients and their families.

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Catholic Health World: Catholic Health Care Works to Reverse Worrisome Dip in Children’s Health Insurance Coverage

March 23, 2021 Robert Webster Jr.

Catholic Health World published a story examining the number of children who have lost health insurance coverage in the last few years. Although the number of uninsured children has been steadily growing nationwide, in New York state the number of uninsured children has dropped.

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WTEN: New WellNow center opens in Rensselaer

March 23, 2021 Robert Webster Jr.

WTEN/News 10 reported on the grand opening of the newest SPHP and WellNow urgent care in Rensselaer.

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WTEN: Health Care Workers Mark Int’l Women’s Day, Vaccine Rollout with Syringe-Shaped Flight Plan

March 18, 2021 Courtney Weisberg

St. Peter’s Health Partners colleagues, Amanda Stahl, M.D., a hospitalist at St. Peter’s Hospital, and nurse anesthetist Morag Bell, marked International Women’s Day in a unique way — they flew a plane over upstate New York following a syringe-shaped flight plan.

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HCP Live: Monoclonal Antibodies in COVID-19 — Better Use of a Better Drug

March 11, 2021 Courtney Weisberg

HCP Live, an online clinical news and information portal, featured St. Peter’s Health Partners’ (SPHP) monoclonal antibody clinic in its article highlighting the class of drugs and their use as a treatment for COVID-19.

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WTEN: Women’s Health — Colorectal Cancer

March 11, 2021 Courtney Weisberg

Jill Genua, M.D., of Capital District Colon & Rectal Surgery Associates, appeared on WTEN to discuss the importance of regular colorectal cancer screenings.

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WNYT: Health Beat Live – COVID-19 Vaccines

March 11, 2021 Courtney Weisberg

Alan Sanders, M.D., chief medical officer for St. Peter’s Health Partners Acute Care, participated in a panel discussion on COVID-19 vaccines during a special edition of WNYT’s Health Beat segment, broadcast live on Facebook.

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WNYT: Hospital Visitations Resume in Limited Capacity

March 9, 2021 Courtney Weisberg

Christopher Jordan, chief nursing officer and vice president of patient services for St. Peter’s Health Partners Acute Care, speaks to WNYT/NewsChannel 13 about resuming limited visitation at SPHP hospitals.

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WTEN: COVID Fatigue — ‘I’m Getting Really Tired of This’

March 5, 2021 Courtney Weisberg

With the one year anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic approaching, many people are experiencing COVID-19 fatigue. Dr. Joseph Di Lullo, psychiatrist with Samaritan Hospital’s Outpatient Behavioral Health Clinic in Troy, spoke to WTEN/News10 about this phenomenon and offered tips to stay positive.

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WTEN: Limited Visitation to Begin at Some Area Hospitals on March 8

March 5, 2021 Courtney Weisberg

WTEN/News10 interviewed Christopher Jordan, chief nursing officer and vice president of patient care services for St. Peter’s Health Partners Acute Care, regarding the decision to resume limited visitation at SPHP hospitals, beginning March 8.

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