Many cancers require a combination of surgical oncology, medical oncology, and radiation oncology. Radiation oncology is the treatment of cancer through high-energy radiation. At the SolutionHealth Cancer Institute, we use state-of-the-art radiation therapy to shrink tumors or kill cancer cells. At the SolutionHealth Cancer Institute, a majority of the radiation oncology treatments are delivered through…
Congratulations to Melissa Taylor, BSN, RN-BC, NE-BC, Director of Ambulatory Nursing-Primary Care for Elliot Medical Group. Recently, she was awarded the Education Scholarship from the American Academy of Ambulatory Care Nursing Nominating Committee. Taylor is pursuing her Master of Science in Nursing Executive Leadership at Walden University. Serving in a director role at The…
March is Brain Injury Awareness Month. The trauma experts at SolutionHealth are offering tips to help prevent these injuries. Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) affects millions of people each year. Every nine seconds someone in the United States sustains a brain injury, and more than 5.3 million Americans are living with brain injury related disabilities according…
Safety is our top priority—recently, the first Descemet Membrane Endothelial Keratoplasty (DMEK) surgery was performed at Elliot Hospital for the safety of a patient. DMEK is a partial-thickness cornea transplant procedure. “We remove the thin layer of cells that aren’t working in the patient’s cornea and replace those cells with the graft tissue from a…
As we celebrate Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, we’re raising awareness about the screenings you should receive and at what age. Around 50 years old, your provider will recommend that you have a colonoscopy, which is the best test to screen for and prevent colorectal cancer. What people dread most about having a colonoscopy is the…
“I want to thank everyone on the front lines for their incredible work,” says Dale Watterson, an APRN at Nashua Primary Care. She has shown her appreciation for our health care heroes by joining them in their work. Recently, she finished her second redeployment to the ICU at Southern New Hampshire Medical Center, serving as…
“It has been a great honor to work with such incredible, hardworking, and dedicated health care professionals,” Patricia Bolling, Director of Operations at Foundation Medical Partners, says about the SolutionHealth staff who have volunteered at the state’s COVID-19 vaccine clinic at Nashua South High School. Currently, New Hampshire is in Phase 1B of its vaccination…
The best prevention against colorectal cancer is early detection. But data shows many Americans have put off colorectal cancer screenings during the COVID-19 pandemic. This March, which happens to be Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, make your health a priority—make sure you are up to date on your colorectal cancer screenings. There are several types of…
“Overall it has been a great experience!” Olivia Patsos, a third-year medical student from the University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine (UNE COM), says about making her rotations at Southern New Hampshire Health. For almost four years, Southern New Hampshire Health has been on the forefront of teaching the next generation of health…
Congratulations to Elliot Health System for meeting the annual requirements to be a Gold Level Safe Sleep Certified Hospital by the Cribs for Kids Organization. “It is so exciting to work for a hospital that really focuses on the importance of safe sleep and, more importantly, the fact that we have been able to consistently…