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…
Employees across SolutionHealth at both Elliot Health System and Southern New Hampshire Health are redeploying to help those on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic. Rebecca Fleuriet, RN, usually works in the OR at The Elliot at River’s Edge. But when COVID-19 cases were on the rise recently, she redeployed to the ICU at…
Elliot Health System is one of only two hospitals in New Hampshire that offers therapeutic hypothermia treatment for babies suffering from neonatal encephalopathy. Neonatal encephalopathy is a syndrome best described as abnormal or disturbed neurological function (brain function) in a newborn baby that may appear to health care providers and parents as excessive sleepiness, decreased…
The winter season can be the best time for some outdoor fun! Many families enjoy the weather together by skiing, snowboarding, ice skating, snowmobiling, and sledding. But, the joy of speeding down the hill or across the ice makes it easy to forget that these winter activities can also lead to injuries. According to the…
Did you know Elliot Health System trains roughly 60 paramedics and 100 EMTs and AEMTs every year to serve in our community through its New England EMS Institute (NEEMSI) that falls under Emergency Services? NEEMSI is a career EMS school offering National Registry of Emergency Medical Technician certification courses including EMT, advanced EMT (AEMT), and…
It’s a specialty that many don’t know about: Interventional Radiology (IR). At Southern New Hampshire Health, specialists in IR from Southern New Hampshire Radiology Consultants use the latest imaging technology and minimally invasive techniques to diagnose and treat a wide range of diseases. Interventional radiologists use the same imaging techniques as general radiologists, such as…
Each year, Elliot Health System’s Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) Counsel awards its “APRN of the Year Award.” This year, in honor of the health care heroes who have been on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic, the committee is recognizing eight nurse practitioners who work at Senior Health Primary Care. They are: Lisa…
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced us to adapt to ever-changing policies, new research, and growing numbers of patients needing care. Near the beginning of the pandemic, the demand for patient services climbed and so did the demand for Sterile Processing. That’s where volunteers at Southern New Hampshire Health stepped in. In the early days of…