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Tufts Medical Center is recognized with an ‘A’ Rating in the Fall 2020 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade for meeting the highest patient safety standards.

The MelroseWakefield Hospital surgery team recently performed their 1,000th robotic-assisted surgery.

Lawrence, Mass. – Home Health Foundation President and CEO Karen Gomes, RN, MS, CPHQ has been elected as vice president of the Home Care Alliance of Massachusetts Board of Directors.

Local residents receiving care for heart failure or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) at MelroseWakefield Hospital are receiving the highest levels of care in the region according to the latest hospital rankings released by U.S. News & World Report.

The National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers (NAPBC), a quality program of the American College of Surgeons (ACS), has granted three-year Accreditation to the Cancer Center at Lowell General Hospital.

The mission of the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHiME) “HealthCare’s Most Wired” program is to elevate the health and care of communities around the world by encouraging the optimal use of information technology.

Rheumatologist Isaac Kasper, MD, has joined Tufts Medical Center Community Care in Reading.

Lowell General Hospital has once again earned 2020 Digital Health Most Wired® certified Level 8 recognition from the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHiME). The CHiME Digital Health Most Wired program conducts an annual survey to assess how effectively healthcare organizations apply core and advanced technologies into their clinical and business programs to improve health and care in their communities.

Lawrence, Mass. – Kathy Duckett, MSN, RN has joined Home Health Foundation, a Lawrence-based nonprofit organization, as director of Advanced Care at Home. The new department is based at Circle Home in Lowell, a provider agency of Home Health Foundation and part of Wellforce Health System.

Dr. Michael House Receives Grand Prize for Novel Device to Prevent Preterm Birth.

The American College of Cardiology has recognized Lowell General Hospital for its demonstrated expertise and commitment in caring for patients who receive diagnostic catheterizations and percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) procedures.

In the 2020 US News & World Report Best Hospital Rankings, Lowell General Hospital was ranked 7th best in the Greater Boston region and the top community hospital in the area.

To help patients decide where to receive care, U.S. News generates hospital rankings by evaluating data on nearly 5,000 hospitals in 16 adult medical specialties, 10 adult procedures or conditions and 10 pediatric specialties.

The American Heart Association (AHA) recognized the Saints campus with its Get With The Guidelines®-Stroke Silver Plus Quality Achievement Award, which recognizes the hospital’s commitment to ensuring stroke patients receive the most appropriate treatment according to nationally recognized, research-based guidelines based on the latest scientific evidence.

This distinction recognizes facilities that have excelled in providing care to mothers, newborns and their families, as verified by the 2019 Leapfrog Hospital Survey. 

Lowell General Hospital was recently named one of the nation’s top Maternity Hospitals for 2020 by Newsweek magazine and the Leapfrog Group. We are one of just seven hospitals in Massachusetts to make this list. A total of 231 hospitals in 36 states were named.

The American Heart Association (AHA) recognized the Main campus with its Get With The Guidelines®-Stroke Silver Plus Quality Achievement Award, which recognizes the hospital’s commitment to ensuring stroke patients receive the most appropriate treatment according to nationally recognized, research-based guidelines based on the latest scientific evidence.

Wellforce, the high quality, integrated Massachusetts health system, has united its member organizations under a new name - Tufts Medicine.

Lowell General Hospital has achieved our third consecutive Magnet Recognition for Nursing Excellence, an accomplishment realized by just 2% of all hospitals nationwide.

Nationally recognized neuroradiologist Christopher Filippi, MD, has been named Radiologist-in-Chief at Tufts Medical Center.