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Samaritan Home Health has earned the 2022 SHPBest™ “Superior Performer” Patient Satisfaction Award
Watertown, NY – Samaritan Home Health has been recognized by Strategic Healthcare Programs (SHP) as a “Superior Performer” for achieving an overall patient satisfaction score that ranked in the top 20 percent of all eligible SHP clients for the 2022…
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Samaritan Health System Announces Return to Required Face Mask Use in All Facilities
Watertown, NY – Based on an increase in COVID-19 positivity metrics Samaritan has made the cautious decision to require masking in all locations for staff, patients, and visitors until further notice. This decision comes from seeing an increase in positive…
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Nurse Practitioner Scholarship Announced
Watertown, New York — Samaritan Medical Center Foundation of Northern New York is pleased to announce this year’s recipients of the Susan Peters Scholarship. The 2023 scholarships awardees were Joseph Donoghue and Maegan Castle. Joseph is a Registered Nurse in…
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Samaritan Health Starting System-Wide Point of Service Co-Payment Collection
Watertown, NY – Samaritan Health System is implementing a point of service co-payment collection in all its outpatient locations and services starting immediately. This means that Samaritan will collect co-payments for each outpatient service at the time of their visit.…
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May and June 2023 DAISY® and BEE Awards Recipients
Watertown, NY – Samaritan Medical Center is pleased to announce its DAISY and BEE Award recipients for May and June 2023. The DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses® recognizes exemplary nursing staff, and the BEE Award honors other outstanding staff members…
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North Country Festival of Trees Ramps Up for Holiday Season
Watertown, NY – A North Country Festival of Trees will once again kick off the holiday season offering an online tree auction from Friday, November 24 – Sunday, December 3, 2023 and public viewing November 24 – 28, and November…
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Samaritan Announces Mask-Optional Emergency Department and Walker Center for Cancer Care
Watertown, NY – On July 11, 2023, the remaining Samaritan departments will now be mask-optional for all staff, patients, and visitors under certain criteria. This decision comes after closely watching transmission levels of COVID-19 and other respiratory illnesses, declining COVID-19…
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Samaritan Announces Changes to Visitation
Watertown, NY – Samaritan recognizes the benefits to our patients through visitation. With the decrease in COVID-19 cases in the community, we have increased the opportunities for visitation to those who are inpatients of the hospital. As of Monday,…
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Two Samaritan Medical Center Surgeons Reach 500th Robotic Surgery Milestone
Watertown, NY – Samaritan Medical Center announces the achievement of a significant milestone for two of its general surgeons who perform robotic surgery with the da Vinci Xi system. Dr. Eduardo Barayuga and Dr. Daniel Bryden each completed their 500th…
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Samaritan Keep Home Mask-Optional for Most Residents, Visitors, and Staff
Watertown, NY – On June 16, 2023, Samaritan Keep Home became a mask-optional facility for all staff, residents, and visitors under certain criteria. Samaritan Keep Home can now safely offer a mask-optional environment in the facility because they have no…