Southcoast Health System
Southcoast Health System, a not-for-profit charitable organization, is a community based health delivery system with multiple access points, offering an integrated continuum of advanced health services throughout Southeastern Massachusetts and East Bay, Rhode Island. It includes Southcoast Hospitals Group, formed in 1996 from the merger of Charlton Memorial Hospital in Fall River, St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford and Tobey Hospital in Wareham.
Southcoast has more than 40 ancillary facilities, including the Southcoast Health Van, home health care, hospice and infusion services, numerous outpatient medical services, an assisted living facility and a wellness center. For more information visit www.southcoast.org.
Southcoast is one of three community hospitals approved by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health to perform open heart surgery and primary angioplasty beginning in Spring 2002.
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Act FAST: Stroke awareness saves lives
- By Southcoast Health System
- Published 05/9/2008
- Announcements & Press Releases , Healthcare
May is National Stroke Awareness Month
- By Southcoast Health System
- Published 05/7/2008
- Announcements & Press Releases , Healthcare
Shapiro Healing Garden offers St. Luke’s patients and families a tranquil place
- By Southcoast Health System
- Published 05/5/2008
- Announcements & Press Releases , Healthcare
Southcoast Health Van schedule for May 2008
- By Southcoast Health System
- Published 04/30/2008
- Announcements & Press Releases , Healthcare
Southcoast Home Care receives prestigious recognition for quality improvement efforts
- By Southcoast Health System
- Published 04/14/2008
- Healthcare , Announcements & Press Releases
FAIRHAVEN, Mass. - Southcoast Home Care, Hospice & Palliative Care & Infusion Services was recently recognized by Masspro, the Medicare quality improvement organization for Massachusetts, for significantly reducing the number of home care patients who need to be readmitted to a hospital over a 30-day period.
Let your voice be heard.
- By Southcoast Health System
- Published 04/10/2008
- Announcements & Press Releases , Opinion , Healthcare
Southcoast Announces Fairhaven Comprehensive Cancer Center
- By Southcoast Health System
- Published 04/4/2008
- Announcements & Press Releases , Healthcare
Registration open for Free Vascular Screenings at St. Luke’s Hospital New Bedford
- By Southcoast Health System
- Published 04/1/2008
- Announcements & Press Releases , Healthcare
NEW BEDFORD, Mass. - Southcoast Hospitals Group is sponsoring a series of free vascular screenings to be held on Tuesdays, April 29, May 13, 27, and June 3, from 5 to 7 p.m. at St. Luke’s Hospital, 101 Page Street, New Bedford.
St. Luke's Hospital, New Bedford - Free T-Shirt when you donate blood on Wednesdays in April
- By Southcoast Health System
- Published 04/1/2008
- Announcements & Press Releases , Healthcare
St. Luke's Hospital, New Bedford - Free Head and Neck Cancer Screenings April 23
- By Southcoast Health System
- Published 04/1/2008
- Healthcare , Announcements & Press Releases
Southcoast RAPPP Youth Council addresses under-age drinking
- By Southcoast Health System
- Published 04/1/2008
- Announcements & Press Releases , Public Safety & Law Enforcement , Education
Southcoast Hospitals April 08 Health Van Schedule
- By Southcoast Health System
- Published 03/28/2008
- Announcements & Press Releases , Healthcare
“Puttin’ on the Pink” celebrity fashion show to benefit St. Luke’s
- By Southcoast Health System
- Published 03/14/2008
- Announcements & Press Releases , Healthcare
Why haven't you received your mammogram?
- By Southcoast Health System
- Published 03/11/2008
- Announcements & Press Releases , Healthcare
Southcoast Hospice Volunteer Training set for May 2 & 3 Southcoast Hospice volunteers needed
- By Southcoast Health System
- Published 03/9/2008
- Announcements & Press Releases , Healthcare
Camp Angel Wings accepting registrations for summer 2008
- By Southcoast Health System
- Published 03/9/2008
- Announcements & Press Releases , Healthcare
Southcoast’s RAPPP program honors local fathers
- By Southcoast Health System
- Published 02/28/2008
- Announcements & Press Releases , Education , Healthcare
March 2008 Southcoast Health Van Schedule
- By Southcoast Health System
- Published 02/28/2008
- Announcements & Press Releases , Healthcare
Southcoast Health Column - Women & Heart Disease
- By Southcoast Health System
- Published 02/5/2008
- Announcements & Press Releases , Healthcare
During the month of February will hear (hopefully) a lot about women being at high risk for heart disease. When you ask any women what the leading cause of death in women is, she will usually respond breast cancer. Not so.
Southcoast Hospitals announces Stroke Support Group
- By Southcoast Health System
- Published 02/4/2008
- Announcements & Press Releases , Healthcare
A friendly forum for sharing and learning, the Stroke Support Group is held the third Wednesday of the month from 4 to 5:30 p.m. at Heritage of Dartmouth, 239 Cross Road, North Dartmouth. Each month the group will offer information sessions with guest speakers and medical professionals.
United Healthcare awards Southcoast Hospitals’ prestigious cardiac designation
- By Southcoast Health System
- Published 02/1/2008
- Announcements & Press Releases , Healthcare
February 2008 Southcoast Health Van Schedule
- By Southcoast Health System
- Published 01/26/2008
- Announcements & Press Releases , Healthcare
NEW BEDFORD, Mass. - The Southcoast Health Van provides free education and screenings for the community addressing cardiac disease, stroke, diabetes and cancer. It also serves as an off-site blood donation center for the Southcoast Blood Bank.
Primary services offered on the van include health screenings, blood pressure, cholesterol, glucose, vaccines, pregnancy testing, educational teen programs, medical physical referrals and health education. Tetanus diphtheria (Td) and Pneumococcal Vaccine are also offered.
Southcoast Hospice announces two new bereavement support groups
- By Southcoast Health System
- Published 01/10/2008
- Announcements & Press Releases , Healthcare
Donate Blood this January - ‘Give a pint, Get a pound’ at all Southcoast Blood Bank locations
- By Southcoast Health System
- Published 12/28/2007
- Announcements & Press Releases , Healthcare
January 2008 Southcoast Health Van Schedule
- By Southcoast Health System
- Published 12/17/2007
- Announcements & Press Releases , Healthcare
Primary services offered on the van include health screenings, blood pressure, cholesterol, glucose, vaccines, pregnancy testing, educational teen programs, medical physical referrals and health education. Tetanus diphtheria (Td) and Pneumococcal Vaccine are also offered.
December 2007 Southcoast Health Van Schedule
- By Southcoast Health System
- Published 11/21/2007
- Announcements & Press Releases , Healthcare
Holiday Fundraisers by Town: Fall River, Fairhaven, New Bedford, Dartmouth, Wareham
- By Southcoast Health System
- Published 11/15/2007
- Announcements & Press Releases , Healthcare
Southcoast Hospice presents A Season to Remember Tree
- By Southcoast Health System
- Published 11/14/2007
- Announcements & Press Releases , Healthcare
Southcoast Hospice to hold annual Interfaith Memorial Service
- By Southcoast Health System
- Published 11/11/2007
- Announcements & Press Releases , Healthcare
Send a Live “Southcoast Holiday Carol-O-Gram” to benefit St. Luke’s Hospital, New Bedford
- By Southcoast Health System
- Published 11/11/2007
- Announcements & Press Releases , Healthcare

