Ann Errichetti

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St. Peter’s Hospital Receives Highest Nursing Recognition for Third Time

June 17, 2015 Corporate Communications Staff

St. Peter’s Hospital, an affiliate of St. Peter’s Health Partners, has been granted recognition as a Magnet-designated organization for the third consecutive time by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) Magnet Recognition Program. St. Peter’s Hospital is one of less than 150 hospitals in the world to achieve three consecutive Magnet designations. The prestigious Magnet designation recognizes excellence in nursing services, and represents sustained and demonstrated patient care outcomes that are a result of superior nursing and interdisciplinary care. St. Peter’s Hospital is the only hospital in Albany, Rensselaer, or Schenectady counties, and one of only 22 in New York state, designated by Magnet. Magnet recognition has become the gold standard for nursing excellence and is taken into consideration when the public judges health care organizations. In fact, U.S. News & World Report’s annual showcase of “America’s Best Hospitals” includes Magnet recognition in its ranking criteria for the quality of inpatient care. St. Peter’s Hospital was first designated as a Magnet organization in 2005, and then again in 2009. “We are tremendously pleased and very […]

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St. Peter’s Hospital Dedicates “The Hearst Pavilion” and Celebrates End of $35.5 Million Capital Campaign

June 10, 2014 Corporate Communications Staff

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 […]