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Samaritan’s Pilot Emergency Nurse Residency Program sees Success with recent Graduate
Watertown, NY – On September 14, Sarah Wallace, RN, was the first to complete the Samaritan Medical Center Emergency Nurse Residency Program. “The main reason for my participation in the Emergency Nurse Residency Program stems from the love for emergency…
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Samaritan Announces Apogee Hospitalist Group Recipient of Program of the Year Award
Watertown, NY – Samaritan Medical Center is proud to announce that its contracted hospitalist group, Apogee Physicians, led by Dr. Asim Kichloo, program director, recently won the “Program of the Year” award. Apogee is the largest Hospitalist group in the…
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Local Bikers Raise $15,500 for Children’s Miracle Network of NNY
Adams, NY — The Azz Dogz-Northern Chapter, a motorcycle group that meets at the Adams Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW), holds various events each year to raise funds for a local charity. They selected Children’s Miracle Network of Northern New…
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Samaritan Medical Center Announces Expansion of Emergency Department Behavioral Health Secure Unit
Watertown, NY – Samaritan’s emergency department (ED) will undergo a construction project to expand and enhance the care of psychiatric patients within the secure behavioral health unit (BHU). The expansion is needed as the average daily census of patients has…
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Samaritan Summit Village to host Senior Living Seminar
Watertown, NY – Samaritan Summit Village, 22691 Campus Dr, is hosting a Senior Living Seminar on Wednesday, October 18, from 1 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. The half-day seminar is free and open to anyone planning or helping to plan senior…
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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…