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Westerly Hospital Receives Blue Distinction Designation for Hip and Knee Replacements
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President's Day Weekend is "Westerly Hospital Weekend" at Chariho Furniture
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Westerly Hospital Offers Monthly Cancer Support Group
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Hospital Board Chair honored with Trustee Leadership Award
Honor a loved one through Westerly Hospital's annual Lights of Love campaign
Westerly Hospital recognized with Breastfeeding Friendly Workplace Award
Westerly Hospital receives award from Quality Partners of Rhode Island and the Rhode Island Department of Health
Upgraded CAT Scan Equipment Provides for Quicker, Improved Images
Westerly Hospital Employees Donate $3,600 to Local Charities
Westerly Hospital Takes Delivery of 68 New, State-of-the-Art Beds Funded Through Philanthropy
Westerly Hospital Launches Women’s Health Initiative
The Westerly Hospital Board of Trustees has unanimously endorsed the launch of a $1,800,000 investment in health care services for the nearly 30,000 women who live in the Westerly and surrounding areas.
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Cancer Program Receives American College of Surgeons’ Outstanding Achievement Award
The American College of Surgeons’ Commission on Cancer has notified The Westerly Hospital that it has received the 2008 “New Program Outstanding Achievement Award” (OAA).
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Basketball Challenge for Charity: Westerly Hospital vs. South County Hospital
Physicians and staff from The Westerly Hospital will face off against South County Hospital in a basketball game to raise funds for local charities. Find out more ...
Free Community Education Series on Digestive Track Health
The Westerly Hospital will be sponsoring a three-part discussion on digestive track health.
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Westerly Hospital Issues 2008 Annual Report
The Westerly Hospital has issued its Annual Report for fiscal year 2008.
Westerly Hospital Cancer Program Receives Commendation
The American College of Surgeons’ Commission on Cancer has notified The Westerly Hospital that it has been awarded with a “Three Year with Commendation” approval for its cancer program. Find out more.
Coping with grief during the holidays
The Westerly Hospital in conjunction with Home and Hospice Care of RI is sponsoring a six-week support program to provide participants with skills and strategies to cope with grief and loss during the holidays. Find out more.
Arthritis Exercise Class
The Westerly Hospital, in conjunction with the Arthritis Foundation, is sponsoring an Arthritis Exercise Program specifically designed for people with any type of arthritis. Find out more.
Edsell Bernardo, Internal Medicine MD, Joins Westerly Hospital Medical Staff.
Dr. Edsell C. Bernardo, a board-eligible internist, has joined the medical staff of the Westerly Hospital. Dr. Bernardo’s office will be located at The Westerly Medical Center, 46 Wells Street, Westerly...More
Stefana Pecher, Family Medicine MD, Joins Westerly Hospital Medical Staff.
Stefana Pecher, MD, FAAFP, CCFP, MCFP, a Board Certified Family Physician, has joined the medical staff of the Westerly Hospital. Her office will be located at the Upper Level Building, Circle Park 2, 82 Norwich-Westerly Road, North Stonington, Connecticut...More
Westerly Hospital Holds Disaster Drill on Pandemic Flu.
On Thursday, August 14, 2008, Westerly Hospital employees engaged in a full day regional preparedness drill for an outbreak of pandemic influenza...More
Dr. Michael Weaver M.D., FACS Joins Westerly Hospital Medical Staff.
Dr. Michael J. Weaver, a board-certified general surgeon and long-time divisional director of General Surgery at Roger Williams Medical Center, has joined the medical staff of the Westerly Hospital...More
Patient Time Spent In the ER At Westerly Hospital Significantly Lower Than Rhode Island, National Averages.
A recent report by Press Ganey Associates, Inc., a South Bend, Indiana firm specializing in health care performance measurement and improvement, showed nationally that in 2007, patient perception of the average time spent in the emergency department (ED) was 4 hours, 5 minutes...More
The Westerly Hospital Names Leader and Employee of the Year.
At the annual Service Awards held on May 15 at the Westerly Yacht Club, over ninety employees were honored for their dedicated service to the community hospital...More
Dr. Robert Greenlee, OB-GYN, Joins the Medical Staff.
Dr. Robert Greenlee, a board-certified obstetrician and gynecologist, has joined the medical staff of The Westerly Hospital...More
Lori Kelley, CNM, Midwife, Joins the Medical Staff.
Lori Kelley, CNM, has joined the medical staff of The Westerly Hospital as an ob/gyn nurse midwife...More
The Westerly Hospital Expands Its Diagnostic Imaging Services to Former Shoreline Medical Imaging Location.
The Westerly Hospital will be expanding its Diagnostic Imaging services to the former Shoreline Medical Imaging located at 116 Granite Street in Westerly. The new facility will open as The Westerly Hospital Imaging Center...More
New Inpatient Specialists Join The Westerly Hospital Medical Staff.
The Westerly Hospital has been joined in caring for our medical inpatients by a team of physician specialists, known as “hospitalists,” led by Christopher R. Jalbert, M.D. This is an important enhancement to inpatient care at the Hospital...More
Study Puts The Westerly Hospital at the Top for Cleanliness.
The Westerly Hospital ranked among the top three cleanest hospitals according to results of a formal study of healthcare environmental hygiene conducted by a leading infectious disease expert. The year-long, three-part study was conducted by Dr. Philip Carling, Director of Hospital Epidemiology and Infectious Disease Specialist at Boston's Carney Hospital...More
The Westerly Hospital Among the First in the State to Offer OtisKnee(TM) Advanced Knee Replacement.
As part of its ongoing commitment to deliver clinical excellence, The Westerly Hospital is one of the first hospitals in Rhode Island to offer custom fit total knee replacement with OtisKnee (TM)...More
The Westerly Hospital Successfully Improves Care for ICU Patients.
The Westerly Hospital, along with hospitals from across the state, gathered in Providence last Thursday to recognize the completion of the first phase of the Rhode Island ICU (Intensive Care Unit) Collaborative...More