News
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Samaritan Announces its Fourth Quarter of 2025 ELM Award Recipient
Andrea Roden, Samaritan Experience Manager, has earned the ELM Award for Exceptional Leaders and Managers.
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Samaritan Partners with Jefferson County Public Health Service for 2025-2030 Community Health Assessment and Community Health Improvement Plan
Watertown, NY – Samaritan Medical Center is proud to contribute to Jefferson County’s 2025 Community Health Assessment (CHA), Community Health Improvement Plan (CHIP), and Community Services Plan (CSP). This effort reflects a shared, countywide commitment to improving health and advancing…
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Samaritan Medical Center Launches Nation’s First Deployment of an Innovative Inpatient Patient Monitoring Technology
Samaritan Medical Center is proud to announce the successful implementation of GE HealthCare’s Portrait™ Ecosystem, an innovative advancement that elevates continuous monitoring and inpatient vital sign monitoring to an entirely new level. Samaritan is the first installation of this monitoring solution in the United States.
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December 2025 DAISY®, and BEE Award Recipients
Samaritan Medical Center is proud to announce its DAISY and BEE Award recipients for December 2025. Both honorees work in Samaritan’s Management Information Systems/Information Technology department.
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CHILDREN’S MIRACLE NETWORK OF NORTHERN NEW YORK NAMES 2026 CHAMPION
CHILDREN’S MIRACLE NETWORK OF NORTHERN NEW YORK NAMES 2026 CHAMPION
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November 2025 DAISY®, and BEE Award Recipients
Elizabeth Bush, Registered Nurse (RN), received the November DAISY Award. Owen Collins, Desktop Support Technician, earned the November BEE Award.
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October 2025 OWL Award Recipients
At Samaritan Summit Village, Licensed Practical Nurse Shalamaar Ormiston was recognized by a fellow caregiver and at Samaritan Keep Home, Mary Richards, an Environmental Services team member, was pleasantly surprised by her colleagues.
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Samaritan Medical Center has been awarded a Statewide Health Care Facility Transformation Grant totaling nearly $22 million
WATERTOWN, NY – Samaritan Medical Center has been awarded a Statewide Health Care Facility Transformation Grant totaling nearly $22 million to support a comprehensive upgrade of its electronic medical record (EMR) system, transitioning the hospital system to a single, unified…
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Samaritan Experiencing Internet and Phone Outage
UPDATE as of 2:50 p.m. – The issue has been resolved. Thank you for your patience as we worked to restore service. WATERTOWN, NY – Samaritan is currently experiencing a disruption to internet and phone services at most of our…
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Elective Surgeries Postponed on December 23, 2025 Due to Boil Water Advisory
On Tuesday, December 23, 2025 all elective and non-emergent surgical procedures will be cancelled and rescheduled due to the ongoing boil water advisory in the City of Watertown, NY. Patients impacted have been contacted directly.There are no scheduled surgical cases…