Southcoast Celebrates 10 Years of Improving Health Care in the Community

Southcoast is celebrating a decade of bringing unprecedented, “big city” health care to the communities it serves.

Since its creation in 1996, Southcoast has emerged as the premier health care organization in southeastern Massachusetts, offering state-ofthe- art technology and advanced medical and surgical services.

“Southcoast has worked tirelessly to respond to the changing needs of the communities it serves,” said Ronald B. Goodspeed, MD, MPH, President of Southcoast Hospitals Group, which includes Charlton Memorial, St. Luke’s and Tobey hospitals. “The result is a health system that provides some of the most advanced procedures and care available anywhere.”

Some of those services include:

• Comprehensive cardiac services, including open-heart surgery, elective coronary angioplasty, advanced heart rhythm services and cardiac rehab.
• Major expansion and renovation projects at each hospital site.
• Advanced neurosurgery services including artificial disk replacement.
• The introduction of minimally invasive weight loss surgery and a comprehensive approach to the treatment of obesity.
• A new Southcoast Health Van that provides better access to free health screenings, education and blood donation.

The Southcoast merger has been proclaimed as one of the most successful of its kind — and is even taught as a case study at Harvard Business School.

“The root of Southcoast’s success is its open collaboration between leadership, staff, physicians and the community,” said John B. Day, President and CEO of Southcoast Health System, the parent organization of Southcoast Hospitals Group. “That spirit of teamwork was established as an integral part of Southcoast’s culture from the very start and continues to flourish to this day, expanding beyond our hospital walls into the community.”