Healthcare Review

Hospital Recognizes ‘Extraordinary Nurse’
Winchester, MA – Winchester Hospital has recognized Debra Alterio, RN of Wakefield as its most recent recipient of the DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses after she was nominated by a fellow nurse for her “extraordinary caring and compassion” in comforting a dying patient whose family wasn’t present. The DAISY Award, presented in [...]

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Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in New Hampshire Names President and General Manager
MANCHESTER, NH – Lisa M. Guertin has been named president and general manager of Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in New Hampshire. Her appointment is effective January 1, 2011.
Guertin, who previously served as New Hampshire’s state plan president from 2004-2008, will [...]

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FAULKNER COMMUNITY PHYSICIANS GROUP EXPANDS
BOSTON, MA,- Faulkner Community Physicians recently added three new primary care physicians to their offices in Hyde Park, Roslindale and West Roxbury to meet the growing need for PCPs in the area.
Dr. Naureen Raja-Shafiq has joined the staff of the Hyde Park office.  Dr. Glenn Allison has joined the staff of [...]

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DAY KIMBALL HOSPITAL’S DECEMBER EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH
PUTNAM, CT – Day Kimball Healthcare announces that AnnMarie DeMerchant, RRT, in the Respiratory Therapy department, is Day Kimball Hospital’s December Employee of the Month.
 
“I’m completely ‘Wow’d’ to be employee of the month,” said DeMerchant. “It’s really an incredible honor and I am thankful that others recognize the [...]

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Cardiologist Been Appointed to Medical Staff
Lewistown, ME – Nicholas H. Laffely, M.D., F.A.C.C., an interventional cardiologist, has been appointed to the Central Maine Medical Center Medical Staff. He is practicing in association with Central Maine Heart Associates in Lewiston.
 
Laffely recently served as a cardiologist and research fellow at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, (DHMC), in Lebanon, N.H. [...]

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MD APPOINTED DIRECTOR OF CLINICAL PEDIATRICS AND DIRECTOR OF CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION
PAWTUCKET, RI – Marjorie Nasin, MD has recently been named director of clinical pediatrics and director of continuing medical education at Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island.
Dr. Nasin earned her medical degree from The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University.   She completed her pediatric [...]

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New CEO Appointed to Run BMH
Brattleboro, VT – The Board of Directors of Brattleboro Memorial Hospital has announced the appointment of Steven R. Gordon of Newton, Massachusetts, as the new President and Chief Executive Officer. The appointment will be effective in early March of next year, according to Kirsten Beske, Chair of the BMH Board [...]

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