WATERTOWN — Following a significant increase in recent vacancies, Samaritan Health is actively recruiting and has announced it is adopting a $15 minimum wage — a 19% increase from the
WATERTOWN â Samaritan Medical Center officials said the hospitalâs recent four-star rating from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services annual survey reflects its commitment to providing the best quality care for the community.
Samaritan announced Thursday that it had received a four-star rating from the Medicare and Medicaid Services group in its Overall Hospital Quality Star Ratings, an improvement upon last yearâs three-star rating.
The Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating encompasses more than 50 inpatient and outpatient measures across five areas of quality into a single star rating, between one and five, for each hospital. The five areas include mortality, safety of care, readmission, patient experience and timely and effective care. This rating corresponds with data Samaritan submitted to CMS in October 2020.
This new rating is an improvement upon last yearâs three-star rating â the national average.
The Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating encompasses more than 50 inpatient and outpatient measures across five areas of quality into a single star rating, between one and five, for each hospital.
The five areas include mortality, safety of care, readmission, patient experience and timely and effective care. This rating corresponds with data Samaritan submitted to CMS in October 2020.
According to Samaritan Chief Executive Officer Thomas H. Carman, the hospitalâs Quality and Safety Program includes a comprehensive review of more than 30 quality and safety indicators, each having set targets that they strive to achieve.
WATERTOWN â Samaritan Medical Center has announced the opening of a new community-based imaging facility inside its Health & Wellness Plaza location, 1575 Washington St.
The new office, which officially opened Monday, provides comprehensive community-based imaging services complete with MRI, PET, and CT scans, ultrasound, X-ray, mammography, stereotactic breast biopsies and more.
âWe are so excited to open this new imaging center here at the Health and Wellness Plaza location,â said Thomas H. Carman, president and CEO of Samaritan, in a statement. âThis is truly an outpatient, community location where people can come to receive advanced imaging services without having to enter the hospital. It will make things much easier for our patients.â
WATERTOWN â Samaritan Medical Center has announced its acquisition of the assets of Northern Radiology Imaging, a local radiology practice with a long-standing presence in the community.
Hospital officials, in an announcement Friday morning, said plans to purchase the assets by the medical center were delayed by the Pandemic.
There was no purchase price disclosed.
Northern Radiology will close its office March 5, the hospital stated, and the radiology and imaging center will be moved to the Samaritan Health & Wellness Plaza, which is in the former Kmart building thatâs been extensively renovated recently. That building is directly behind the current building off Washington Street.