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Samaritan to Expand Visitation for Inpatients
Watertown, NY – Samaritan will expand limited hospital inpatient visitation starting Monday, May 3, 2021. Samaritan is pleased to expand visitors who are important to the care and recovery of our patients as our region’s COVID-19 infection rates continue to…
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Samaritan to Expand Visitation and Support Persons
Watertown, NY – Samaritan will expand limited hospital inpatient visitation and support persons starting Monday, April 26, 2021. Samaritan is pleased to expand visitors and support persons, who are important to the care and recovery of our patients as our…
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Samaritan Celebrates March 2021 DAISY and BEE Award Recipients
Samaritan Medical Center is pleased to announce its DAISY and BEE Award recipients for March 2021. The DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses® recognizes exemplary nursing staff at the hospital, and the BEE Award honors other outstanding staff members who support…
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Samaritan’s Adams Family Health Center Remains Open
The Adams Family Health Center is open and lab and x-ray services are still available for all community members. We understand the Adams Urgent Care is now closed, but this is a separate office. We are still open and serving…
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Samaritan Celebrates February 2021 DAISY and BEE Award Recipients
Samaritan Medical Center is pleased to announce its DAISY and BEE Award recipients for February 2021. The DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses® recognizes exemplary nursing staff at the hospital, and the BEE Award honors other outstanding staff members who support…
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Long Term Care Full Visitation Resumed with COVID-19 Precautions
Watertown, NY — On Friday, March 26, Samaritan Health received official notification from the Department of Health (DOH) that full visitation can resume at Samaritan’s Nursing Homes and Assisted Living facility. It is important to note that visitation is allowed…
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Samaritan Welcomes New Chief Information Officer
Watertown, NY – Samaritan is pleased to welcome Joel P. Benware, Chief Information Officer (CIO), to Samaritan’s administration and senior leadership team. Benware brings more than 21 years of information technology (IT) experience to the position, including a more than…
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Samaritan Auxiliary’s 19th Annual “ONE NIGHT, ONE DIAMOND” to focus on honoring our Samaritan Healthcare Heroes and the purchase of PPE
Watertown, NY – Samaritan Auxiliary’s 19th Annual “One Night, One Diamond” will be celebrated virtually in honor of all Samaritan Staff as Our Healthcare Heroes on Saturday, March 27th at 7pm. Proceeds from the 2021 One Night, One Diamond event…
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Samaritan to Allow Limited Hospital Visitation and Emergency Department Support Persons
Watertown, NY – Samaritan Medical Center will re-open limited hospital inpatient visitation starting Monday, March 15, 2021 and Emergency Department (ED) support persons starting Wednesday, March 17, 2021. Both were paused in late October 2020 when COVID-19 infection rates increased…
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Northern Radiology Imaging and Samaritan Medical Center Announce Plans for Samaritan to Purchase Imaging Assets in an Effort to Streamline Patient Access and Provide Continuity of Care
Watertown, N.Y. – Samaritan Medical Center (SMC) and Northern Radiology Imaging (NRI) announced today SMC will purchase NRI’s Imaging Center assets, which will consolidate and align services in an effort to streamline patient access and enhance the continuity of care…