Linda Assard welcomed a steady stream of guests to her elegantly decorated Hempfield home on Dec. 1, for the Westmoreland Hospital Christmas Auction. Inside the door, they added to a basket overflowing with books destined for siblings of babies born in the Greensburg hospital’s Family Additions Maternity Center. Books for
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When Megan Fritz was preparing to become a mother for the first time, she found herself scouring the internet to learn how to breastfeed her newborn.
It was difficult for the Unity woman to find reliable sources at a time when in-person classes on the topic have been halted because of the coronavirus pandemic. She contacted Excela Health for help and learned about a free 90-minute on-demand virtual class created by the health system’s lactation consultants.
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The Family Additions Maternity Center at Excela Health Westmoreland Hospital made Newsweek’s list of Best Maternity Hospitals 2021.
Excela Health is one of 217 hospitals across 36 states on the annual list compiled by the news magazine in partnership with The Leapfrog Group, a national nonprofit organization that reports on the safety and quality performance of U.S. health care facilities.
To be considered for the list, hospitals must demonstrate adherence to various standards for excellence in maternity care, including low rates of C-section, episiotomy and early elective deliveries, along with following protocols to protect mothers and babies.