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The linked articles below were selected by Southcoast and represent only a portion of each media outlet's coverage of Southcoast and health and medical news. Southcoast encourages you to visit the sites below or to subscribe to these newspapers.

Journalists wishing to speak with experts at Southcoast Health System should contact Joyce Faria Brennan at brennanj@southcoast.org or by telephone at 508-961-5270 or by pager at 508-387-9605.


July 2008

July 21 | Standard-Times
Quotable (Dr. Hausladen on robotic surgery coming to Southcoast)
July 19 | Herald News
Mayor taps two for city posts
July 16 | Standard-Times
Robotics-assisted surgery coming to Southcoast Hospitals
July 16 | Herald News
Robotic surgery headed to area
July 15 | Standard-Times
Robotic-assisted surgery coming this fall to Southcoast Hospitals
July 15 | Herald News
Robotic surgery headed to area
July 5 | Standard-Times
YOUR VIEW: Take an active role in health care


June 2008

June 26 | Standard-Times
Southcoast Hospitals Honors Milestone Employees
June 23 | Standard-Times
Scholarships
June 19 | Boston Globe
Medical mistakes no longer billable: Bold steps taken by state to reduce hospital errors
June 18 | Standard-Times
This July, the pizza is on Domino's for all donors to local blood bank
June 15 | Standard-Times
Who's the boss? Dad is
June 10 | Standard-Times
Feeling the burn: Health is concern as season's first heat wave drags on
June 9 | Standard-Times
Siblings hold blood drive at Dartmouth home in father's memory
June 6 | Standard-Times
RAPPP launches new program
June 5 | Standard-Times
Dartmouth family holds blood drive
June 3 | Standard-Times
SouthCoast lags behind success rate of new health law
June 1 | Standard-Times
Health newsmakers


May 2008

May 29 | Boston Globe
Who's What, Where
May 29 | Standard-Times
Conference to cover youth issues
May 28 | Standard-Times
ExpressCare renovations completed at Tobey
May 26 | Standard-Times
UMD grads told to keep learning
May 26 | Wareham Courier
Digital mammography available
May 21 | Standard-Times
Southcoast Hospitals plan women's health day
May 18 | Standard-Times
Refusing to be defined by his limitations
May 15 | Standard-Times
Where do you fit? Adult fitness test could help get SouthCoast moving
May 14 | Standard-Times
"Biggest Loser" shares life lessons with SouthCoast youth
May 13 | Standard-Times
Vascular screenings slated
May 11 | Standard-Times
Healing Garden: Couple's generosity brings tranquil landscape to St. Luke's
May 11 | Standard-Times
Giving birth in 2008
May 9 | Standard-Times
Books moms love to read to their kids
May 8 | Standard-Times
Sleep imbalance said to tip scales: Local centers see link between sleep problems, obesity
May 8 | Standard-Times
UMass Dartmouth to hold separate graduate, undergrad commencements (Southcoast Hospitals President Ronald B. Goodspeed, MD, to receive honorary degree)


April 2008

April 30 | Standard-Times
OUR VIEW: Public agencies should follow hospitals' example
April 30 | Standard-Times
Council probes prisoner escape from St. Luke's Hospital
April 29 | Standard-Times
Hospital scorecard to empower patients
April 28 | Standard-Times
Art collection transforms hospital walls
April 27 | Standard-Times
Health Newsmakers: Southcoast Home Care award
April 16 | Standard-Times
Students to attend youth summit
April 14 | Standard-Times
Bereavement camp set for June
April 14 | Standard-Times
Free head and neck cancer screenings
April 13 | Standard-Times
Hospice volunteers needed; training schedule set up
April 13 | Standard-Times
Southcoast Hospitals Group is sponsoring free vascular screenings
April 14 | Providence Business News
Southcoast Home Care recognized for quality efforts
April 10 | Wareham Courier
Hovan named president and CEO of Southcoast Hospitals Group
April 9 | Standard-Times
Free T-Shirt offered for blood donations on Wednesdays in April
April 9 | Standard-Times
Free diabetes screenings Thursday
April 6 | Standard-Times
Web-based survey offers data on hospitals from patient perspective
April 5 | Standard-Times
SouthCoast cancer incidence higher than state average
April 4 | Standard-Times
Fairhaven tabbed for new cancer treatment center
April 3 | Standard-Times
Southcoast Health System plans new cancer center
April 3 | Standard-Times
New Southcoast Hospitals head to focus on patients' needs
April 3 | Standard-Times
Amid construction, Tobey reassigns entrances
April 3 | Standard-Times
Free vascular screenings to be held at St. Luke's in April, May and June
April 3 | Standard-Times
Health van offers medical services
April 3 | Providence Business News
Keith Hovan to take helm at Southcoast Hospitals
April 2 | Standard-Times
Southcoast Hospitals Group names new president
April 2 | Herald News
Southcoast Hospitals names new top exec
April 2 | Boston Business Journal
Southcoast Hospitals Group hires new CEO
April 1 | Standard-Times
St. Luke's to hold emergency training today


March 2008

March 28 | Advance for Nurses
On the road again (Southcoast Health Van)
(PDF file)
March 28 | Standard-Times
Longtime hospice volunteer to be honored
March 20 | Standard-Times
'Puttin' on the Pink' celebrity fashion show
March 17 | Herald News
Charlton, Cultural Center sponsoring Health Day
March 12 | Standard-Times
RAPPP program honors local fathers
March 10 | Standard-Times
Hospice care to offer bereavement camp
March 8 | The Enterprise
Slow ERs get a quick fix
March 6 | Boston Globe
Expediting hospital care (Tobey ER expansion)
March 5 | Boston Globe
Nonprofits seek OK to bid on own bonds: Soaring payments drive borrowers to unusual proposal
March 4 | Standard-Times
OUR VIEW: Cost will make or break health insurance reform
March 3 | The Detriot News
Exercise can help seniors avoid dreaded falls
March 2 | Standard-Times
Dads honored as role models


February 2008

February 28 | Wareham Courier
ExpressCare at Tobey Hospital
February 27 | Standard-Times
Construction on expanded ER begins at Tobey
February 27 | Standard-Times
Flu nearing its peak; cases double from last season
February 24 | Providence Journal
Valentines for all our hearts
February 22 | Herald News
Flu season is in full swing
February 15 | Standard-Times
St. Luke's garage approved by Planning Board
February 14 | Standard-Times
DPH: City's teen birth rate more than three times state rate
February 10 | Standard-Times
Health Newsmakers: Southcoast Stroke Support Group / Charlton named United Health Premium Cardiac Specialty Center
February 9 | Standard-Times
Flu cases up over last year
February 9 | Standard-Times
Hospital garage opponent fails to stop progress
February 7 | The Sentinel
Tobey partners with Decas School to help young patients
February 6 | Dartmouth Chronicle
Health van brings medical services out on the road
February 4 | Standard-Times
Southcoast mammography goes digital
February 1 | The Sentinel
Mammography just got a little less uncomfortable


January 2008

January 30 | U.S. News & World Report
On Fitness: Exercise to prevent falls
January 11 | Standard-Times
St. Luke's to build parking garage
January 5 | Cape Cod Times
Health insurance penalties announced by state
January 2 | Boston Globe
With First Night come first breaths
January 2 | Standard-Times
A Slice of Life: Give a Pint, Get a Pound
January 1 | Herald News
State's New Year's baby born in Fall River
January 1 | Standard-Times
Dartmouth couple's first baby is first in the state for 2008
January 1 | Standard-Times
[Person of the Year] Nominees came from all walks and hailed from across the region (includes Southcoast employees)


Subscription Information

Southcoast Health System thanks the region's news outlets for allowing us to link to their news stories. As a courtesy, we provide the following subscription links, listed below in alphabetical order.

Boston Business Journal
Boston, Mass.
800-486-3289
Boston Globe
Boston, Mass.
888-694-5623
Boston Herald
Boston, Mass.
800-882-1211
Herald News
Fall River, Mass.
508-676-8211
Nursing Spectrum
800-770-0866
Providence Business News
Providence, R.I.
401-273-2201 Ext. 234 or 227
Providence Journal
Providence, R.I.
888-697-7656
Standard-Times
New Bedford, Mass.
508-997-0071
Wareham Courier
Wareham, Mass.
781-433-8200






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