Southern New Hampshire Health has received re-certification as a Primary Stroke Center by Det Norske Veritas Healthcare, Inc (DNV)! DNV certification is good for three years, but surveyors visit annually to ensure we are up-to-date on the most current guidelines. This year, in light of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the survey was conducted virtually. During…
“It is actually giving me a new sense of purpose, helping out,” Katherine King, RN, says of her time working in The Elliot’s Intensive Care Unit (ICU). Typically, she works in Endoscopy at The Elliot, but decided to volunteer to work in the ICU. “I volunteered to be redeployed to the ICU because I came…
Southern New Hampshire Health has made history becoming the first hospital in the Northeast to perform a discectomy with Barricaid to treat a herniated disc. The Barricaid® Annular Closure Device (ACD), also referred to as “Barricaid,” is an implant inserted in the disc space in the lower back to prevent another herniated disc. The Barricaid is…
Southern New Hampshire Radiology Consultants has six interventional radiologists ready to see patients in both Nashua and Manchester! Our interventional radiologists use many of the same imaging techniques as general radiologists, such as X-ray, MRI, fluoroscopy, CT, and ultrasound to diagnose and treat a wide range of diseases. Some of the common procedures interventional radiologists…
“What a trip, what a day!” Gina Teixeira, RN, from the Emergency Department at Southern, says after the trip of a lifetime to Super Bowl LV in Tampa Bay, Florida. She was one of four health care workers from New Hampshire who were chosen by the Patriots to fly to the Super Bowl in an…
Across the state, our health care heroes are working diligently to provide the best care possible to some of the sickest patients. Hannah Hast normally works as an inpatient physical therapist with Elliot Rehab Services. While she typically sees patients in all units, recently she offered to redeploy full-time to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU)…
She never thought it could happen to her. She had no family history, she was healthy, and she was young. But, at the age of 36, Stacey Carroll, Director of Emergency Management and EMS Coordinator at Southern New Hampshire Health, says her life was changed when she was diagnosed with an extremely rare form of…
Our community partners are helping support SolutionHealth in our vaccination efforts! At the COVID-19 vaccine clinics for employees at Southern New Hampshire Health, United Way volunteers have been helping make the process run smoothly. They have been greeting employees and making sure everyone is properly signed in when arriving at the clinic. Ken Kravetz and…
As part of our weekend-long focus on cancer in honor of World Cancer Day, SolutionHealth has a released a new podcast! According to the American Cancer Society, breast cancer is the most common cancer in American women, except for skin cancers. Currently, the average risk of a woman in the United States developing breast cancer sometime…
“It was very shocking and overwhelming and now I can’t even wait. I’m a huge Gronkowski fan.” Gina Teixeira, RN, who works on the front lines in the Emergency Department at Southern, is one of four health care workers from New Hampshire who was chosen by the Patriots to fly to the Super Bowl in…