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HealthAlliance of the Hudson Valley Exploring Campus Changes in Kingston to Improve Efficiency

Kingston, N.Y. – May 4, 2012 – In the face of ongoing financial challenges, HealthAlliance of the Hudson Valley® is evaluating options necessary to reduce expenses and improve efficiency, including actively pursuing a single campus alternative in Kingston. The proposed changes will not affect the high quality of [...]

JoAnne Parisian Appointed to Benedictine Health Foundation’s Board of Directors

Kingston, N.Y. – May 11, 2012 – The Benedictine Health Foundation is pleased to announce the appointment of JoAnne Kerbert Parisian to the Foundation’s Board of Directors. Parisian has served as an Accountant for HITS, Inc. at its headquarters in Saugerties since 2003. HITS, Inc. is a special events management company prim [...]

Benedictine Hospital Auxiliary Recognized by Healthcare Association of New York State

Kingston, N.Y., – April 23, 2012 – HealthAlliance of the Hudson Valley® is proud to announce that the Healthcare Association of New York State (HANYS) has named the Benedictine Hospital Auxiliary as one of 47 recipients of the 2011 Auxiliary Advocacy Recognition, which recognizes auxiliaries that have committed significant time [...]

HAHV Recognizes Outstanding Social Worker, Elise Lark and Honorary Social Worker, Allen Nace

Kingston, N.Y., – April 20, 2012 – HealthAlliance of the Hudson Valley® recently recognized Elise Lark, LCSW with its third annual HealthAlliance Social Worker of the Year Award and Allen Nace, LMHC, CASAC, CCCJS with an Honorary Social Worker award. Ms. Lark is a social worker with the Benedictine Hospital campus’ Oncology Su [...]

Benedictine Health Foundation Funds Advanced Technology for the Center for Breast Health

Kingston, N.Y. – April 17, 2012 – The Benedictine Health Foundation Board of Directors is pleased to announce it has approved a funding request of $587,000 for advanced diagnostic and biopsy technology called Molecular Breast Imaging (MBI). The new Fern Feldman Center for Breast Health located on the Benedictine Hospital campus w [...]

Two HealthAlliance Employees Become Certified Language Interpreters

Kingston, N.Y. – March 22, 2012 – HealthAlliance of the Hudson Valley® is pleased to announce that Radiology Manager Lowell Fley and Unit Clerk Eduardo Porras from its Benedictine Hospital campus have become its first two certified staff interpreters. Fley and Porras completed a training program at Dutchess C [...]

HealthAlliance’s Parrish Receives EMS Educator of Excellence Award

Kingston, N.Y., – March 16, 2012 – HealthAlliance of the Hudson Valley® is pleased to announce that its Director of Safety and Emergency Management Richard Parrish, NREMT-P, HEM, CIC was named the latest recipient of the annual Emergency Management Services Educator of Excellence Award by the New York State EMS Council. Mr. Parr [...]

HealthAlliance of the Hudson Valley® Elects Unified Set of Medical Officers and Physician Department Chairs for 2012

Kingston, N.Y., – Feb. 10, 2012 – HealthAlliance of the Hudson Valley® is pleased to announce that the medical staffs of Benedictine Hospital and Kingston Hospital have elected a unified set of medical officers and physician department chairs. The new officers are Martin Cascio, M.D., President; Mark Josefski, M.D., Vice Pres [...]

HealthAlliance Now Offers Medical Nutrition Therapy

Kingston, N.Y., – Jan. 6, 2011 – HealthAlliance of the Hudson Valley®’s Dialysis and Diabetes Education Center is now providing outpatient Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) Medical Nutrition Therapy (MNT). MNT consists of evidence-based diagnostic, counseling and therapeutic services, designed to help CKD patients learn to balan [...]

HealthAlliance Receives Honor for Improving Emergency Room Wait Times

Kingston, N.Y., – Dec. 15, 2011 – HealthAlliance of the Hudson Valley is pleased to announce that it received Honorable Mention for the 2011 The Northern Metropolitan Hospital Association Quality and Patient Safety Award in the Hospital Division or Unit category for its “30 Minute Arrival to Provider” program in a ceremony on [...]

HealthAlliance of the Hudson Valley®’s Center for Breast Health Officially Opens

Kingston, N.Y., – Dec. 5, 2011 – HealthAlliance of the Hudson Valley® is pleased to announce that the new consolidated Fern Feldman Anolick Center for Breast Health in the Thomas A. Dee Cancer Center at Benedictine Hospital is now open to patients. The new location combines services provided by the existing Fern Feldman Anolick [...]

HealthAlliance Partners with Mobile Life Support Services in “Toys-for-Tots” Program

Kingston, N.Y., – Nov. 30, 2011 – HealthAlliance of the Hudson Valley® is proud to partner with Mobile Life Support Services to support the United States Marine Corps Toys-for-Tots program, and to help provide toys to many needy children for the Holidays. Drop boxes are located in the main lobbies of both Benedictine and King [...]

The Fern Feldman Anolick Center for Breast Health Receives Grant from Klock Kingston Foundation

The Klock Kingston Foundation recently awarded the Benedictine Health Foundation a grant of $20,000 to support the new Center for Breast Health at Benedictine Hospital, a member of HealthAlliance of the Hudson Valley. The new Center scheduled to open in December, consolidates the health services that were provided by the Fern Feld [...]

Benedictine Hospital Hosts Open House for New Center for Breast Health

Kingston, N.Y., – Nov. 18, 2011 – HealthAlliance of the Hudson Valley®’s Benedictine Hospital campus hosted a public Open House of its newly consolidated Fern Feldman Anolick Center for Breast Health in the Thomas A. Dee Cancer Center at 111 Mary’s Avenue in Kingston on Thursday, Nov. 10^th. “We are thankful f [...]

Benedictine Hospital’s Center for Vascular Excellence Adds New Imaging Technology

Kingston, N.Y., – Nov. 18, 2011 – HealthAlliance of the Hudson Valley®’s Benedictine Hospital campus’ Center for Vascular Excellence has added a new ceiling-mounted angiography system that provides physicians with highly detailed images of patients’ blood vessels during diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. Siemens Med [...]

Kingston Lions Club Foundation Supports New Infusion Therapy Center at Benedictine Hospital

Kingston, N.Y. – Nov. 14, 2011 – The Kingston Lions Club Foundation recently donated $1,500 to the Benedictine Health Foundation to purchase a new recliner for the new Infusion Therapy Center located on the Benedictine Hospital campus, which opened in October 2011. The new Center offers services such as: chemotherapy, IV t [...]

Benedictine Health Foundation Honors St. Benedict Award Recipients

The Benedictine Health Foundation will hold its 42^nd annual Winter’s Eve Gala to honor 2011 St. Benedict Award recipients, Phyllis Parikh and Marc A. Tack, D.O. The celebration will take place on Friday, December 9^th, at the new Diamond Mills Hotel and Tavern located in Saugerties, N.Y. The St. Benedict [...]

HealthAlliance of the Hudson Valley® First in New York to Receive Breast Cancer Care “Gold Seal of Approval”

Kingston, N.Y., – Oct. 25, 2011 – HealthAlliance of the Hudson Valley® has earned The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval™ for their Breast Cancer Care program. The program is the first in New York State and sixth in the nation to receive the certification, which recognizes dedication to continuous compliance with The J [...]

HealthAlliance of the Hudson Valley® to Observe National Healthcare Quality Week Oct. 17 to 21

Kingston, N.Y. – Oct. 13, 2011 – HealthAlliance of the Hudson Valley® is pleased to announce its participation in National Healthcare Quality Week from Oct. 17 to 21. The week highlights the influence of healthcare quality professionals in achieving improved patient care outcomes and healthcare delivery systems. The National Ass [...]

Autumn Garden Party to Benefit Helen & Amos Newcombe Intensive Care Unit and the Linda Young Ovarian Cancer Support Center at HealthAlliance of the Hudson Valley

Kingston, N.Y., – Sept 15, 2011 – HealthAlliance of the Hudson Valley® is pleased to announce an Autumn Garden Party benefiting the newly renovated Helen & Amos Newcombe Intensive Care Unit at Kingston Hospital and the Linda Young Ovarian Cancer Support Program at Benedictine Hospital. The Autumn Garden Party will be held fr [...]

Eighth Annual “Bike for Cancer Care” Supports Cancer Fund

Kingston, N.Y. – Sept. 9, 2011 – The Benedictine Health Foundation will hold the 8^th Annual Bike for Cancer Care on Sunday, September 18, 2011, to support the Rosemary D. Gruner Memorial Cancer Fund. The event will start and finish at Dietz Stadium in Kingston [...]

Benedictine Health Foundation Announces new Board Member

The Benedictine Health Foundation is pleased to announce the appointment of Christopher Crews to the Foundation’s Board of Directors. Crews is Operations Manager for Eventive Marketing based in New York City, a leading experiential marketing company that specializes in the conceptualization, development and execution of innovat [...]

Rondout Savings Bank Supports Breast Center Campaign at Benedictine

Kingston, N.Y. – Aug. 30, 2011 – Rondout Savings Bank recently presented a check in the amount of $10,000 to Benedictine Hospital, a member of HealthAlliance of the Hudson Valley, to support the new Center for Breast Health. Jim Davenport, the President and CEO of Rondout Saving Bank, said the donation is part [...]

Benedictine Hospital Re-Awarded Accreditation from the Joint Commission

Kingston, N.Y., – Aug 25, 2011 – HealthAlliance of the Hudson Valley® is pleased to announce that its Benedictine Hospital campus has earned The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval™ for hospital accreditation by demonstrating continued compliance with The Joint Commission’s state-of-the-art national standards for he [...]

HealthAlliance Offers New Vascular Treatment Option For Dialysis Patients

Kingston, N.Y., – Aug. 8, 2011 – HealthAlliance of the Hudson Valley is pleased to announce its adoption of a novel device for hemodialysis patients whose central venous systems cannot support a traditional fistula or graft. The HERO® Vascular Access Device, produced since 2008 by Hemosphere, Inc., has been used successfully on [...]

First Incisionless Surgery to Treat Reflux in Ulster County Offered by HealthAlliance of the Hudson Valley®

Kingston, N.Y. – July 26, 2011 – HealthAlliance of the Hudson Valley® is pleased to announce the availability of a new, incisionless procedure called Transoral Incisionless Fundoplication (TIF) to treat Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD). The procedure is an effective solution for patients who traditionally would need invasi [...]

Dr. Darren Rohan and Dr. Radu Constantine to Join Hudson Valley Surgical Specialists

Kingston, N.Y., – June 20, 2011 – HealthAlliance of the Hudson Valley^® is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Darren Rohan as Chief of Thoracic Surgery and Dr. Radu Constantine, FACS as Chief of Minimally Invasive Surgery. They will work at HealthAlliance’s Benedictine and Kingston Hospital campuses as member [...]

Benedictine Hospital Celebrates Opening of New Pre-Surgical Testing Unit, Plans for Future

Kingston, N.Y. – June 7, 2011 – Benedictine Hospital, a member of HealthAlliance of the Hudson Valley®, completed the first stage of its 2011 Project Plan for Growth with the opening of a new Pre-Surgical Testing Unit (PST). To celebrate this occasion and unveil plans for a new Infusion Therapy Center and Center [...]

Benedictine Health Foundation to Hold 11th Annual Golf Tournament

Kingston, N.Y. – June 3, 2011 – The Benedictine Health Foundation’s 11th Annual Golf Tournament, The Richard L. Petro Memorial, will be held at Wiltwyck Golf Club in Kingston on from 11 a.m. to 6:15 p.m., Monday, June 27, 2011. The tournament features 18 holes of golf, a special gift for each player, refreshmen [...]

On the Move: Two HealthAlliance Employees Honored by United Way

Kingston, N.Y. – Apr. 14, 2011 – HealthAlliance of the Hudson Valley® is pleased to announce that two of its employees were honored by the United Way of Ulster County at a ceremony [...]

National Study: Benedictine Hospital Among Top 5% in Nation for Patient Safety

Kingston, N.Y. – Apr. 8, 2011 – HealthAlliance of the Hudson Valley’s® Benedictine Hospital campus was recently identified as a recipient of the 2011 HealthGrades Patient Safety Excellence Award™, indicating that its patient safety ratings are in the top 5% of U.S. hospitals. In a new study released by HealthGrades, the nati [...]

Benedictine Health Foundation Announces New Board Member

Kingston, N.Y. – Mar. 23, 2011 – Hurley resident Mary Hakim has been appointed to the governing board of the Benedictine Health Foundation.

HealthAlliance Names Thayer Case Social Worker of the Year

Kingston, N.Y. – March 22, 2011 – HealthAlliance of the Hudson Valley® presented Thayer Case, LMSW with the second annual HealthAlliance Social Worker of the Year Award. Mr. Case is a social worker on the Mountainside Residential Care Center campus. In honor of Social Worker Month, HealthAlliance recognizes a social worker who b [...]

Klock Foundation Funds New Infusion Therapy Center at Benedictine Hospital

Kingston, N.Y. – Mar. 3, 2011 – The Klock Foundation recently awarded the Benedictine Health Foundation a grant of $20,000 to help fund the construction of a state-of-the-art Infusion Therapy Center at Benedictine Hospital, which is scheduled to open in the summer of 2011. The new Infusion Therapy Center will be [...]

Benedictine Health Foundation Announces Slate of Officers and Board Members for 2011

Kingston, N.Y. – Feb. 16, 2011 – The Benedictine Health Foundation in Kingston is pleased to announce their slate of officers for 2011: Chairperson, Sister Mary Feehan, O.S.B., Benedictine Hospital; President, Bernard A. Feeney, III, Ulster Savings Bank; Vice President; Richard H. Gillette, Gillette Creamery; Tre [...]

HealthAlliance of the Hudson Valley® Chooses Cyracom, LLC for Patient and Document Translation

Kingston, N.Y. – Feb. 21, 2011 – HealthAlliance of the Hudson Valley® is pleased to announce it is retaining the healthcare translation services of Cyracom, LLC. The company is exclusively endorsed by the American Hospital Foundation for translating patient/provider conversations and medical documents in over 150 languages. The [...]

A Better Choice Fuel Service “Thinks Pink” to Raise Funds for the Oncology Support Program at HealthAlliance

Kingston, NY – Jan. 26, 2011 – The Benedictine Health Foundation has received a generous donation from A Better Choice Fuel Service to benefit the Oncology Support Program at HealthAlliance of the Hudson Valley®. The local, family-owned heating oil company unveiled their Pink Fuel Oil Truck in October to support breast cancer [...]

HealthAlliance Nurses Receive Designation of Certified Breast Patient Navigator

Kingston, NY – Nov. 3, 2010 – The National Consortium of Breast [...]

Bike for Cancer Raises $95,000

Kingston, NY – Oct. 27, 2010 – Over 350 riders turned out to show their support of the 7^th Annual Bike for Cancer Care held on Sunday, September 26^th, to benefit the Rosemary D. Gruner Memorial Cancer Fund. The event featured a 5-, 25- and 50-mile ride throughout Ulster County. At the end o [...]

Cardinal Health Foundation Awards $25,000 Grant to HealthAlliance of the Hudson Valley

Kingston, NY – Oct. 15, 2010 – The Cardinal Health Foundation announced that, for the third consecutive year, it has awarded more than $1 million in grant funding to help U.S. hospitals, health systems and community health clinics improve the efficiency and quality of care. HealthAlliance is one of 40 organizations in 25 states t [...]

Barbara Klassen Recipient of Ulster County YWCA’s Tribute to Women

Kingston, NY – Sep. 7, 2010 – HealthAlliance of the Hudson Valley is pleased to announce that Barbara Klassen, Executive Director of the Benedictine Health Foundation, has been selected as a recipient of the Ulster County YWCA’s “Tribute to Women” award for her work in healthcare fundraising and administration.

Dyson Foundation Awards $50,000 Grant to the Rosemary D. Gruner Memorial Cancer Fund

Kingston, NY – Jul. 26, 2010 – The Dyson Foundation recently awarded a grant of $50,000 to the Benedictine Health Foundation for the benefit of the Rosemary D. Gruner Memorial Cancer Fund at Benedictine Hospital. Working in partnership with the Gruner Family and the Thomas A. Dee Cancer Center at Benedictine Hospital, the Bene [...]

Benedictine Hospital Cancer Program Receives Three Year Accreditation

Kingston, NY – Jun. 22, 2010 – A facility receives a Three-Year Accreditation with Commendation following the on-site evaluation by a physician surveyor during which the facility demonstrates a Commendation level of compliance with one or more standards that represent the full scope of the cancer program (cancer committee leaders [...]

First Orthopedic Spine Surgeries Performed at the Center for Orthopedic Specialties at Benedictine Hospital

Kingston, NY – Mar. 29, 2010 – HealthAlliance of the Hudson Valley is pleased to announce the first orthopedic spinal surgeries performed at the Center for Orthopedic Specialties on the Benedictine Hospital Campus. The first procedure performed was an Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion which is a procedure for the treatment of dege [...]

Fern Feldman Anolick Breast Center at Benedictine Hospital Designated Breast Imaging Center of Excellence

Kingston, NY – Nov. 12, 2009 – The Fern Feldman Anolick Breast Center at the Benedictine Hospital Campus of HealthAlliance of the Hudson Valley® has been designated ‘Breast Imaging Center of Excellence’ by the Commission on Quality and Safety and the Commission on Breast Imaging. This center is accredited in Mammography, Ste [...]

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