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Kingston, N.Y., – March 27, 2013 – HealthAlliance of the Hudson Valley® is pleased to announce its slate of officers for the Board of Directors for 2013 – 2014: Chairperson, Kevin Ryan; Vice Chairperson, Cynthia Lowe, CPA; Treasurer, Craig Sickler, CPA; Secretary, Nancy S. Davenport, Esq. The bi-annual board leadership appointments became effective on the [...]
Margaretville, N.Y., – March 18, 2013 – HealthAlliance of the Hudson Valley® is pleased to announce that Mountainside Residential Care Center received a 5-star rating in U.S. News & World Report’s annual Best Nursing Homes issue for the third year in a row. The rating was based on data from “Nursing Home Compare,” an online [...]
Kingston, N.Y., – Feb. 25, 2013 – The Kingston Hospital Foundation is proud to offer three healthcare education and training scholarships, available to graduating seniors entering the health care field from Ulster County and surrounding communities: Kingston Hospital Foundation Health Care Scholarship affords the recipient $1,000/year for a two or four year degree Jane & [...]
Kingston, N.Y. – February 14, 2013 – The Klock Kingston Foundation recently awarded the Benedictine Health Foundation a grant of $20,000 to support the cancer programs and services offered by HealthAlliance Hospital at their Mary’s Avenue Campus in Kingston, formerly Benedictine Hospital. The grant will fund the cancer center’s future needs including the purchase of [...]
Kingston, N.Y. – Feb. 7, 2013 – To offer the best care and patient experience possible, HealthAlliance of the Hudson Valley® is progressing in its goal of transforming its Benedictine and Kingston Hospital campuses into a single, full-service secular hospital without limitations on reproductive services. The Benedictine Sisters have officially reached an agreement with HealthAlliance [...]
Kingston, N.Y., – Feb. 5, 2012 – The Kingston Hospital Foundation is pleased to announce the honorees for the 24th Annual Tulip Ball, which will be held on April 20 at The Lazy Swan Golf & Country Club Village in Saugerties, N.Y. The HealthAlliance Honoree is Thomas W. Jacobi, a volunteer in the healthcare sector [...]
Kingston, N.Y., – Jan. 24, 2013 – HealthAlliance of the Hudson Valley®’s Coordinating Council for Shared Governance is pleased to announce the acceptance of 29 RNs into the Clinical Advancement Program, designed to recognize and reward excellence in clinical nurses who prefer to pursue their careers in direct patient care. An awards ceremony was held [...]
Kingston, N.Y. – Dec. 20, 2012 – The Ulster Savings Charitable Foundation awarded a grant in the amount of $15,000 to the Benedictine Health Foundation to support a new initiative, the Breast Education and Breast Outreach Program (BEBOP), which was developed by the staff of the Fern Feldman Anolick Center for Breast Health and the [...]
Kingston, N.Y. – Oct. 12, 2012 – HealthAlliance of the Hudson Valley® is pleased to announce its participation in National Healthcare Quality Week from Oct. 14 to 20. The week highlights the impact of healthcare quality and patient safety professionals, and their importance in improving patient care outcomes and healthcare delivery systems. David Lundquist, CEO [...]
Kingston, N.Y., – Oct. 1, 2012 – HealthAlliance of the Hudson Valley® introduced a professional practice model called “shared governance” at its first annual Nursing Seminar for staff from Benedictine, Kingston and Margaretville Hospitals on September 25. Shared governance is an organizational model where the majority of patient-care decisions are made by nurses at the [...]
Margaretville, N.Y., – Sept. 28, 2012 – HealthAlliance of the Hudson Valley is pleased to announce its Mountainside Residential Care Center campus has received zero direct care-related deficiencies from the Department of Health for the fifth year in a row. The accomplishment ensures Mountainside will retain its 5-Star rating from Medicare’s “Nursing Home Compare” that [...]
Kingston, N.Y. – Sept. 19, 2012 – HealthAlliance of the Hudson Valley’s Benedictine Hospital campus was named one of the nation’s Top Performers on Key Quality Measures for surgical care by The Joint Commission, the leading accreditor of health care organizations in America. The hospital was recognized for exemplary performance in using evidence-based clinical processes [...]
Kingston, N.Y., – July 31, 2012 – Two members of HealthAlliance of the Hudson Valley’s Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Department, Leslie Tompkins, OTR/L, and Richard Van Norstrand, PT, recently earned Survivorship Training and Rehabilitation (STAR) program certification for being trained in internationally recognized best practices in oncology rehabilitation. STAR Program patients receive rehabilitation medicine therapies [...]
Kingston, N.Y. – July 27, 2012 – HealthAlliance of the Hudson Valley CEO David Lundquist recently met with City of Kingston Mayor Shayne Gallo Friday at City Hall to review the latest preliminary plans for a single, full-service, nonsectarian community hospital located at Mary’s Avenue. Mutual concerns were discussed, with an ongoing commitment from each [...]
Kingston, N.Y. – July 12, 2012 – HealthAlliance of the Hudson Valley is pleased to announce that its Benedictine Hospital facility earned the second highest safety score among 120 New York State hospitals ranked in the August 2012 issue of Consumer Reports. Scores were calculated based on publicly reported metrics for infections, readmissions, communication, scanning, [...]
Kingston, N.Y. – July 9, 2012 –HealthAlliance of the Hudson Valley® presented a preliminary recommendation to the New York State Department of Health (DOH) and the Office of Mental Health (OMH) today to use the Benedictine Hospital facility on Mary’s Avenue as a single, full-service, nonsectarian community hospital in Kingston, without limitations on reproductive services. [...]
Kingston, N.Y. – June 11, 2012 – HealthAlliance of the Hudson Valley® is pleased to announce that employees Elva Arroyo-Schlecht, Freddy Carrasquillo, Felix Castro, Jeanne Eckles, Maricela Estrada, Jenny Jarrette, Dulce Lopez, Rosie McLaughlin, Claudia Quintanilla have joined its Certified Language Interpreter program. All nine completed a two-day training program at HealthAlliance’s Benedictine Hospital campus [...]
Kingston, N.Y., – June 6, 2012 – HealthAlliance of the Hudson Valley® has earned a 2012 Silver Aster Award for its radio advertisement titled “Time Matters, and So Do You.” The Aster Awards recognize outstanding healthcare marketing professionals for excellence in their advertising and marketing efforts in 2011. Created in partnership with Ashworth Creative, the [...]
Kingston, N.Y., – May 29, 2012 – HealthAlliance of the Hudson Valley’s Stroke Center at its Kingston Hospital campus has received the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s “Get With the Guidelines®“ Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award. The award recognizes commitment and success in implementing excellent care for stroke patients, according to evidence-based guidelines. To [...]
Kingston, N.Y., – May 24, 2012 – HealthAlliance of the Hudson Valley®’s Benedictine and Kingston Hospital campuses have been recognized with a Best Practice Partner award for their “Care Enhancement Team” program. The Care Enhancement Team (CET), formed in 2009, is responsible for coaching and educating staff throughout the HealthAlliance hospitals to achieve the highest [...]
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 care offered to patients. HealthAlliance has worked [...]
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 primarily focused on producing [...]
Kingston, N.Y. – May 9, 2012 – The HealthAlliance of the Hudson Valley Dialysis Center was recently recognized by the End Stage Renal Disease Network of New York for demonstrating best practices in patient safety, achieving the highest level in the Network’s “Five-Diamond Approach” patient safety program. The Dialysis Center is one of only 16 [...]
Margaretville, N.Y., – May 3, 2012 – HealthAlliance of the Hudson Valley® is pleased to announce that Mountainside Residential Care Center is participating in the Gold Success Through Assessment, Management and Prevention (STAMP) Program to Reduce Pressure Ulcers. The program is a coalition of organizations that provide evidence-based education and resources to improve the assessment, [...]
Kingston, N.Y., – April 25, 2012 – HealthAlliance of the Hudson Valley® is hosting a series of Teddy Bear Clinics for local elementary school students in its Kingston Hospital campus’ Emergency Department. The clinics are sponsored jointly by HealthAlliance, The Kingston Hospital Foundation and Emergency Medical Associates. Clinics held on April 12 and 19 had [...]
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 and effort to serving as [...]
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 Support Program at [...]
Margaretville, N.Y., – April. 17, 2012 – The Auxiliary of Margaretville Hospital and Mountainside Residential Care Center recently donated $83,449 to purchase a SonoSite Ultrasound device and a MUSE Electrocardiology Information System. The funds donated were raised through the Auxiliary’s annual Harvest Moon Ball events of 2010 and 2011. Roberta Scism, a radiology technologist at [...]
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 will be the only [...]
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 Community College titled “Introduction to Medical Interpreting,” [...]
Kingston, N.Y., – March 22, 2012 –The Kingston Hospital Foundation’s 23rd Annual Tulip Ball will be held on Saturday, April 28 at 6 p.m. at the Diamond Mills Hotel & Tavern in Saugerties, N.Y. This year’s honoree is Thomas A. Collins, chairman of the Kingston Hospital Board of Trustees. Patricia and Paul Johnson will receive [...]
Kingston, N.Y. – Mar. 21, 2012 –HealthAlliance of the Hudson Valley® is pleased to announce the installation of a new dual head Symbia “S” Gamma Imaging Camera in the Nuclear Medicine department of its Kingston Hospital campus. The camera, manufactured by Siemens, is used for imaging specific organs within the body and interpreting their level [...]
Kingston, N.Y., – March 20, 2012 – HealthAlliance of the Hudson Valley® is now offering a comprehensive outpatient weight management program through individualized counseling and classes at the Diabetes Education Center, at 37 Albany Avenue in Kingston. Patients work with HealthAlliance’s Registered Dietitians certified by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics to meet their weight [...]
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. Parrish has served [...]
Kingston, N.Y. – Mar. 14, 2012 – 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 Benedictine Health [...]
Margaretville, N.Y., – March 7, 2012 – HealthAlliance of the Hudson Valley is pleased to announce Stephen D. Carson, RPA-C recently became among the first PAs in the nation to earn a new Certificate of Added Qualifications (CAQ) in Emergency Medicine from the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA). Carson works in the [...]
Margaretville, N.Y., – Feb 16, 2012 – HealthAlliance of the Hudson Valley® is pleased to announce that Mountainside Residential Care Center received a 5-star rating in U.S. News & World Report’s Best Nursing Homes 2012 issue. The rating was based on data from “Nursing Home Compare,” a national report prepared by the Centers for Medicare [...]
Margaretville, N.Y., – Feb. 15, 2012 – Margaretville Hospital’s Radiology Department is once again offering Bone Density scanning, as part of a continuing commitment to invest in quality healthcare for the community. The new machine is equipped with a picture archiving and communication system (PACS), so results can be read by radiologists immediately. The test [...]
HealthAlliance of the Hudson Valley is using a new technological system to help improve heart attack patient outcomes. The LIFENET System, from Physio-Control, Inc., is the first web-based data network that provides emergency medical services and hospital teams with a new tool to improve clinical and operational efficiencies. HealthAlliance’s goal is to reduce time to [...]
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 President; Fabio Danisi, M.D., Secretary; [...]
Margaretville, N.Y., – Feb. 6, 2012 – HealthAlliance of the Hudson Valley is pleased to announce certified physician assistant Eileen King recently became one of the first PAs to earn a new specialty credential from the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA). King works in the recently expanded and renovated Emergency Department at [...]
Kingston, N.Y., – Jan 20, 2012 – HealthAlliance of the Hudson Valley®’s Wound Healing Center will hold a free Open House event from 5 to 7 p.m. on Tuesday, February 7 at its new location on the Lower Broadway Level of Kingston Hospital. Tours of the Center and its hyperbaric chambers will be available and [...]
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R) recently celebrated their one-year anniversary in becoming a combined unit for Benedictine and The Kingston Hospitals. PM&R focuses on assisting patients and their families with the transition fro the acute care setting to home. This is a comprehensive interdisciplinary program comprised of healthcare personnel who are trained and experienced in [...]
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 balance food choices for kidney disease. Rachel Carron, program coordinator [...]
HealthAlliance of the Hudson Valley®’s Margaretville Hospital campus has been named one of the Top 100 Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) in the country. The announcement was made during the National Rural Health Association’s (NRHA) 10th annual Critical Access Hospital Conference, which attracted 650 rural hospital leaders to Kansas City, Mo. Sandy Horan, the Executive Director [...]
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 Monday, Dec. [...]
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 Breast [...]
Kingston, N.Y., – Dec. 5, 2011 – HealthAlliance of the Hudson Valley® is pleased to announce that its Kingston 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 health care quality and safety in hospitals. The accreditation lasts [...]
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 Kingston [...]
The Healthcare Association of New York State (HANYS) presented its 2011 Auxiliary of the Year Award to the Auxiliary of Margaretville Hospital and Mountainside Residential Care Center (Small Hospital Category) during an October 25th luncheon at HANYS’ Annual Institute for Health Care Auxiliaries and Volunteer Leaders at The Desmond Hotel and Conference Center in Albany, [...]
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 Feldman Anolick Breast Center [...]
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. 10th. “We are thankful for the support of [...]
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 Medical Solutions designed the fully digital Artis Zee C-Arm to enable physicians [...]
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 therapy, injections/vaccines, blood product [...]
The Benedictine Health Foundation will hold its 42nd 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 9th, at the new Diamond Mills Hotel and Tavern located in Saugerties, N.Y. The St. Benedict Award is presented to members [...]
Margaretville, N.Y., – Oct 26, 2011 – The Margaretville Hospital campus of HealthAlliance of the Hudson Valley has received a $3,000 Multiplan Rural Health Outreach Grant to help fund its “Nutritional Wellness for Kids” program. Pamela Buono, MS, RD, CDN, CDE, a Certified Diabetes Educator, will visit Margaretville Central School monthly to engage children on [...]
Margaretville, N.Y., – Oct. 25, 2011 – HealthAlliance of the Hudson Valley® is pleased to announce its Margaretville Hospital campus has earned The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval™ for accreditation by demonstrating compliance with the national standards for health care quality and safety in laboratories. The accreditation award recognizes Margaretville Hospital dedication to continuous [...]
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 Joint Commission’s [...]
Margaretville, N.Y., – Oct.21, 2011 – Mountainside Residential Care Center is pleased to announce they have received a second consecutive 5-Star rating from Medicare’s “Nursing Home Compare” and are in the top 10% of nursing homes nationwide. The rating system helps consumers, families and caregivers compare nursing homes and is based on data gathered from [...]
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 Association of Healthcare Quality (NAHQ) is [...]
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 from 3 to [...]
Kingston, N.Y. – Sept. 9, 2011 – The Benedictine Health Foundation will hold the 8th 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, and will feature a new Bike Rodeo for children ages [...]
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 innovative brand marketing programs and retail activation strategies. Prior to [...]
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 of their [...]
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 health care quality and safety in hospitals. The accreditation lasts [...]
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 patients at HealthAlliance’s [...]
Margaretville, N.Y., – August 16, 2011 – The Auxiliary of Margaretville Hospital and Mountainside Residential Care Center will honor Sue Adams and Lee Austin as its 2011 Citizens of the Year at its annual Harvest Moon Ball on Saturday, October 15 at the Hanah Mountain Resort in Margaretville. Ms. Adams and Mr. Austin both served [...]
Margaretville, N.Y., – Aug. 4, 2011 – The Margaretville Hospital campus of HealthAlliance of the Hudson Valley held a free Open House event for the public on Thursday, August 4 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 42084 State Highway 28, Margaretville, N.Y. Available tours included the new and improved Emergency Department, the radiology department’s [...]
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 invasive surgery or daily medications to manage their condition. [...]
Kingston, N.Y., – July 5, 2011 – HealthAlliance of the Hudson Valley® is pleased to announce its use of hypothermic resuscitation for cardiac arrest patients at its Kingston Hospital campus Emergency Department and accredited Chest Pain Center. The new protocol is clinically proven to improve survival rates while reducing the damage done by ischemic brain [...]
Kingston, N.Y., – July 6, 2011 – The Hyperbaric Oxygen Center at HealthAlliance of the Hudson Valley®’s Kingston Hospital campus has been accredited by the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society (UHMS), the leading authority in Hyperbaric Medicine. Kingston Hospital is one of only six hospitals in the state to earn this accreditation, and one of 121 [...]
Margaretville, N.Y., – June 29, 2011 – HealthAlliance of the Hudson Valley is pleased to announce that Pat Delameter, the Manager of Emergency Medical Services at its Margaretville Hospital campus, received recognition as the Delaware County EMS Educator of the Year. She has worked with the Margaretville Hospital Ambulance Service for 30 years, progressing from [...]
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 members of Hudson Valley Surgical Specialists. [...]
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 for Breast [...]
Margaretville, N.Y., – June 13, 2011 – HealthAlliance of the Hudson Valley®’s Margaretville Hospital campus is saying goodbye to Dr. Humberto Abrahao, who served for 34 years as a General Surgeon and Family Practice Physician in the area. Marilyn Donnelly, Margaretville Hospital’s Director of Nursing Services, said Dr. Abrahao is a very special doctor who [...]
Kingston, N.Y., – June 7, 2011 – HealthAlliance of the Hudson Valley® took another step in the integration of its Benedictine Hospital, Kingston Hospital, Margaretville Hospital, Mountainside Residential Care Center and Woodland Pond at New Paltz campuses with the launch of its new website. Located at www.hahv.org, the website makes it easy for patients to [...]
Heather Brighton, Chair of the Margaretville Health Foundation, is pleased to announce that Christopher Criswell has joined the Margaretville Health Foundation Board of Directors. Mr. Criswell is a Senior Vice President with the Corporate Finance Division of Mizuho Corporate Bank (USA) in Manhattan. Mr. Criswell began his banking career in San Francisco in 1977 after [...]
Kingston, N.Y., – June 7, 2011 – HealthAlliance of the Hudson Valley®’s Kingston Hospital campus received full Chest Pain Center Accreditation from the Society of Chest Pain Centers (SCPC) on May 18. The honor marks the fourth consecutive year of Kingston Hospital having the Hudson Valley’s only Accredited Chest Pain Center. “We have excellent physicians, [...]
Kingston, N.Y., – June 7, 2011 –The Kingston Hospital Foundation is pleased to announce its Foundation scholarship winners for 2011. Conner Hicks is the recipient of The Kingston Hospital Foundation’s Healthcare Scholarship in the amount of $1,000 a year for four years. Conner is a senior at Saugerties High School and will be attending the College [...]
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, refreshments on [...]
Kingston, N.Y., – June 1, 2011 – HealthAlliance of the Hudson Valley® will observe the second anniversary of The Family Birth Place at its Kingston Hospital campus on June 4. The department was formed after the alignment of Benedictine and Kingston Hospitals through HealthAlliance in 2009 combined duplicated services between the two hospitals. In two [...]
Margaretville, N.Y. – May 2, 2011 – HealthAlliance of the Hudson Valley® is pleased to announce that Mountainside Residential Care Center now provides all-day access to therapeutic recreation activities for its residents. A dedicated recreation room and physical and occupational therapy (PT/OT) room were conceptualized and designed by a group of staff and residents, who [...]
Mountainside Residential Care Center now provides all-day access to therapeutic recreation activities for its residents. Dedicated rooms were designed by a group of staff and residents, who now have more choices for activities. The recreation room has several stations, including crafts, board games, jigsaw puzzles, a television with DVD player and a Nintendo Wii with [...]
Margaretville, N.Y. – Apr. 25, 2011 – HealthAlliance of the Hudson Valley® is pleased to announce the availability of intravenous (IV) antibiotic therapy and wound vacuum-assisted closure (VAC) therapy at Mountainside Residential Care Center. Both therapies will allow residents to stay in the facility to receive treatment, eliminating the stress and discomfort of being moved [...]
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 on Wednesday, March 30. Amy McAden from the Kingston Hospital campus and Laura Robinson from the Benedictine Hospital campus were two of [...]
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 nation’s most trusted source [...]
Margaretville, N.Y. – Apr. 20, 2011 – HealthAlliance of the Hudson Valley® is pleased to announce a Spring Health Fair on Friday, Apr. 29 from 7 a.m. to noon at its Margaretville Hospital campus, 42084 Highway 28, Margaretville, N.Y. Cholesterol screening will be available from 7 to 10 a.m., for which ten to twelve hours [...]
Kingston, N.Y. – Mar. 23, 2011 – Hurley resident Mary Hakim has been appointed to the governing board of the Benedictine Health Foundation. Kingston, N.Y. – Mar. 23, 2011 – Hurley resident Mary Hakim has been appointed to the governing board of the Benedictine Health Foundation. Hakim is a licensed Investment Advisor Representative with Raymond James Financial [...]
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 brings distinction to [...]
Margaretville, N.Y. – Mar. 11, 2011 – HealthAlliance of the Hudson Valley® is pleased to announce that the New York Chapter of the American College of Health Care Administrators (NYCACHCA) named Philip Mehl, Administrator of Mountainside Residential Care Center in Margaretville, NY, as the “New Administrator of the Year.” The award is given annually to [...]
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 an integral part of [...]
Kingston, N.Y., – Mar. 3, 2011 – The Kingston Hospital Foundation will hold its 2011 Tulip Ball on April 30th at 6 p.m., at Wiltwyck Golf Club in Kingston, NY. The event’s honoree is Dr. Donald C. Katt, President of SUNY-Ulster in Stone Ridge. Dennis M. Larios will receive the 6th annual Lifetime Achievement Award, [...]
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; Treasurer, Julie H. Krieger, M&T Bank; and Secretary, Daniel J. [...]
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 program is being funded entirely by a [...]
Margaretville, N.Y. – Feb. 18, 2011 – HealthAlliance of the Hudson Valley® is pleased to announce that Mountainside Residential Care Center received a 5-star rating in U.S. News & World Report’s Best Nursing Homes 2011 issue. The rating was based on data from “Nursing Home Compare,” a national report prepared by the Centers for Medicare [...]
Margaretville, NY – Feb. 14, 2011 – Sandra A. Horan, RN has been named the executive director of Margaretville Hospital, effective immediately. Ms. Horan was appointed interim executive director on October 11, 2010. “I look forward to continuing to work with our physicians, nurses, technicians and staff to ensure that patients have the most positive [...]
Margaretville, NY – Feb. 11, 2011 – HealthAlliance of the Hudson Valley® is pleased to announce that stress echocardiogram testing is once again available on its Margaretville Hospital campus, adding to an ever-expanding array of diagnostic imaging services offered there. The new stress echocardiogram device was manufactured by GE Medical and was financed entirely through [...]
Kingston, NY – Jan. 27, 2011 – HealthAlliance of the Hudson Valley® employees and several local businesses donated their time and expertise to build an elaborate home wheelchair ramp for registered nurse Anita Williamson and her eight year old son, who was born with spina bifida. The system was completed just in time for Christmas. [...]
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 awareness, and to [...]
For the approximately one-third of Americans who suffer from some type of sleep disorder, the peaceful slumber of a good night’s sleep is an illusive dream. Whether it is difficulty falling asleep, staying asleep, or being excessively sleepy during the day, The Dr. Joseph and Esther B. Hartman Sleep Center at the Benedictine Hospital Campus [...]
We believe that every woman is entitled to a joyful and healthy birth experience. We believe in providing a range of choices for the expectant women of our community who have different needs and know what they want. We are committed to providing a secure, yet family-friendly environment where the well-being of our mothers and [...]
The Center for Orthopedic Specialties provides quality, comprehensive orthopedic care. Our board certified and fellowship trained physicians and staff specialize in surgical and non-surgical treatment of the knee, shoulder, hip, spine, hand, elbow, foot and ankle. The Orthopedic Team offers the most advanced and effective treatments in orthopedics, sports medicine, preventative medicine and surgery. They [...]
Kingston, NY – Dec. 10, 2010 – Kingston Hospital has been providing the Lifeline Service to Ulster and Dutchess County for over 20 years. Each holiday season we find that while the holidays are a festive time of year, it is also a stressful time. Families get together during the holidays and realize that their [...]
Kingston, NY – Nov. 3, 2010 – The National Consortium of Breast Center (NCBC) announced Judy Lukaszewski, BSN, RN, BC, FCN, CBPN-C and Mary Martin, RT ( R) (M), CRA, CBDT, CBPN-C received the designation of Certified Breast Patient Navigator through the completion of the NCBC’s Breast Patient Navigator Certification Program. This certification program validates [...]
Kingston, NY – Oct. 27, 2010 – Over 350 riders turned out to show their support of the 7th Annual Bike for Cancer Care held on Sunday, September 26th, 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 of the [...]
Margaretville, NY – Oct. 19, 2010 – A brand new CT scanner was delivered to Margaretville Hospital on October 15 and will be put into service by October 25. The GE 16-Slice BrightSpeed Elite Select Scanner includes upgraded software that provides images equivalent to those of a 50-slice scanner, among the most sophisticated available. The [...]
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 to [...]
Margaretville, NY – Sep. 21, 2010 – Margaretville Hospital has announced several exciting changes over the last few years in efforts to provide the highest quality health care to the community. Edmond Morache, executive director, Margaretville Hospital, has led the initiatives to build the new emergency department increasing the number of beds and renovating a [...]
Kingston, NY – Sep. 8, 2010 – Kingston Hospital, a member of HealthAlliance of the Hudson Valley, has received the 2009 American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Get With The Guidelines® Stroke Gold Plus Performance Achievement Award. The award recognizes HealthAlliance’s commitment and success in implementing excellent care for stroke patients, according to evidence-based guidelines. To [...]
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. Klassen began her career in the [...]
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 Benedictine Health [...]
Kingston, NY – Jul. 19, 2010 – HealthAlliance of the Hudson Valley announced Beth Howard, LMSW with the first HealthAlliance Social Worker of the Year Award. Ms. Howard is a social worker for the Mental Health Department located at Benedictine Hospital campus. In honor of Social Worker Month which was in May, HealthAlliance created a [...]
Kingston, NY – Jul. 13, 2010 – The Healthcare Association of New York State (HANYS) presented its highest award recognizing quality improvement and patient to four health care provider institutions: Beth Israel medical Center, Catholic Health Services of Long Island, Clifton Springs Hospital and Clinic, and Mountainside Residential Care Center. The 2010 Pinnacle Award winner [...]
Kingston, NY – Jul. 7, 2010 – HealthAlliance of the Hudson Valley was recently awarded a $20,000 grant from the Ulster Savings Charitable Foundation. The grant supports capital equipment projects at Benedictine and Kingston Hospitals. The Ulster Savings Charitable Foundation was created by the Trustees of Ulster Savings Bank in 2003 as a means to [...]
Margaretville, NY – Jul. 7, 2010 – Margaretville Hospital has put its first four-wheel-drive ambulance into service. The Auxiliary of Margaretville Hospital and Mountainside Residential Care Center raised $120,000 to purchase the 2010 Ford ambulance. The vehicle was delivered on June 18 and personnel then began the process of equipping the vehicle for duty. Auxiliary [...]
Kingston, NY – Jul. 2, 2010 – TFAC of Ulster County, Tri-County Cessation Center, SmokeFree Dutchess and HealthAlliance of the Hudson Valley are urging smokers to talk to their doctors, or to call the New York State Smokers’ Quitline for help giving up their deadly addiction, as the state cigarette excise tax increases by $1.60 [...]
Kingston, NY – Jul. 2, 2010 – The American College of Health Care Administrators (ACHCA) honored Philip Mehl, Administrator of Mountainside Residential Care Center in Margaretville, N.Y. with the 2010 American College of Health Care Administrator’s Facility Leadership Award. The award was presented on Monday, May 17, 2010, during the awards banquet at ACHCA’s 44th [...]
Kingston, NY – Jul. 1, 2010 – Are you ready to claim independence, from smoking, this Fourth of July? If you quit smoking now, you’ll have plenty to celebrate each time Independence Day rolls around, including a healthier you, more quality time with your loved ones and extra money in your pocket. “The Fourth of [...]
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 leadership, cancer data management, clinical services, [...]
Kingston, NY – Jun. 18, 2010 – The Family Birth Place at Kingston Hospital, member of HealthAlliance of the Hudson Valley, received the Certificate of Excellence Award from the NYS Department of Health for their Hepatitis B immunization program. The award recognized efforts to prevent perinatal transmission of the Hepatitis B virus. Hepatitis B is [...]
New Paltz, NY – Jun. 17, 2010 – Woodland Pond at New Paltz announced they received New York State Department of Health approval to open the Enriched Housing Program and the Specialized Memory Care Program. Both programs are part of the Health Center at Woodland Pond which sits on 83 acres in New Paltz, N.Y. [...]
Kingston, NY – Jun. 7, 2010 – Consumer Reports gives Kingston Hospital, a member of HealthAlliance of the Hudson Valley, a perfect rating for preventing central-line infections in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). As stated by Consumer Reports they “collected and compared central-line infection data for intensive-care units at 926 hospitals in 43 states….105 hospitals [...]
Kingston, NY – Jun. 2, 2010 – The Family Birth Place of HealthAlliance of the Hudson Valley is celebrating its first birthday as the new combined maternity unit of Kingston Hospital and Benedictine Hospital. To celebrate this joyous occasion HealthAlliance is hosting a birthday party on Saturday, June 5th from 12:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. [...]
Margaretville, NY – May 27, 2010 – Mountainside Residential Care Center is pleased to announce they have received a 5-Star rating from Medicare “Nursing Home Compare” and places them in the top 10% of nursing homes nationwide. The rating system helps consumers, families and caregivers compare nursing homes. The overall quality rating system is based [...]
Margaretville, NY – May 20, 2010 – Margaretville Hospital is hosting an open house for its newly expanded Emergency Department on Friday, May 28th from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Margaretville Hospital on Route 28 in Margaretville. Community members will have the opportunity to see the renovations that nearly doubled the Emergency Department’s square [...]
Kingston, NY – Apr. 29, 2010 – Kingston Hospital Lifeline, member of HealthAlliance of the Hudson Valley, introduced the new Lifeline with AutoAlert Service, an enhanced medical alert service. This integrated solution offers an added layer of protection by combining the industry-leading Lifeline medical alert service with automatic fall detection capabilities. Lifeline with AutoAlert features [...]
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 degenerative spine conditions and [...]
Kingston, NY – Mar. 12, 2010 – HealthAlliance of the Hudson Valley celebrated their one year anniversary at Wiltwyck Golf Club on March 11th. It has been one year since the HealthAlliance became the active parent of Benedictine, Kingston and Margaretville Hospitals, Mountainside Residential Care Center and Woodland Pond at New Paltz. Joining the festivities [...]
Kingston, NY – Jan. 14, 2010 – HealthAlliance of the Hudson Valley® is pleased to announce the appointment of Vice President of Quality and Performance Improvement, Ms. Catherine Ostroski, RN, MSN. Ms. Ostroski brings a wealth of leadership experience in the Quality Assurance field. Most recently, as the Director of Health Care Delivery and Process [...]
Kingston, NY – Nov. 20, 2009 – HealthAlliance of the Hudson Valley® is pleased to announce the appointment of the new Chief Medical Officer, Frank Ehrlich, M.D. Prior to joining HealthAlliance, Dr. Ehrlich was Chief Medical Officer and Vice President of Mountainside Hospital in Montclair, N.J. Dr. Ehrlich recruited many physicians in specialized areas and [...]
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, Stereoptactic Breast Biopsy, Breast [...]
Kingston, NY – Oct. 14, 2009 – Federal grant funding from the Department of Health and Human Services is coming to the region for The Solar Energy Consortium (TSEC) in conjunction with HealthAlliance of the Hudson Valley™. The funding will be used for new energy conservation and carbon emissions reduction projects involving renewable solar energy [...]
Kingston, NY – Aug. 24, 2009 – Today marks the official opening of the new Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBO) service offered by the Wound Healing Center at Kingston Hospital, member of HealthAlliance of the Hudson Valley™. Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBO) is a medical treatment that increases the amount of oxygen in the patient’s blood, allowing [...]
Kingston, NY – Jul. 31, 2009 – HealthAlliance of the Hudson Valley™ is pleased to announce the first pacemaker implementation procedure performed with wireless technology in the Hudson Valley at Kingston Hospital campus. The procedure was performed by Dr. Jeffrey Hatter on July 24th. A pacemaker is a medical device which uses electrical impulses, delivered [...]
Kingston, NY – June 9, 2009 – HealthAlliance of the Hudson Valley is proud to announce the official opening of the new unit “The Family Birth Place” located at Kingston Hospital campus. The Kingston Hospital Birthing Unit closed its door on the third floor and moved the unit to the luxurious state-of-the-art facility to the [...]
Kingston, NY – May 28, 2009 – The United Hospital Fund presented Distinguished Trustee Awards to 39 trustees from metropolitan area hospitals at a luncheon on May 8 at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. The honorees were recognized for their leadership, generosity and extraordinary service to not-for-profit and municipal hospitals in New York City and nearby communities. [...]
