December 23, 2009 - For the second consecutive reporting period, the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) has awarded the Catholic Health Heart Center at Mercy Hospital of Buffalo with a “three-star” national rating for its heart surgery program.
December 22, 2009 - The Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI) program at Mercy Hospital of Buffalo, home of the Catholic Health Heart Center, has been named a “Program of Excellence” by Independent Health.
December 22, 2009 - A primary care physician with a private medical practice in Orchard Park, Dr. Ruh will provide oversight for the continued development of Catholic Health’s clinical service lines.
December 11, 2009 - Joint replacement at Kenmore Mercy Hospital has been ranked in the top 10% in the nation for the fourth consecutive year in a new study released recently by HealthGrades, the leading independent healthcare ratings organization.
December 9, 2009 - Construction work on Mercy Hospital’s new Emergency Department is progressing quickly as hospital officials set their sights on an April 2010 opening.
December 7, 2009 - As a result of its recent agreement to purchase nearly 6 million Kwh of wind generated energy, Catholic Health has been named a member of the Environmental Protection Agency’s Green Power Partnership.
December 3, 2009 - With the continued shortage of doctors, nurses, and allied health professionals, exposing high school students to careers in healthcare may just be what the doctor ordered.
December 1, 2009 - All Catholic Health hospitals, including Kenmore Mercy Hospital, Mercy Hospital of Buffalo, and Sisters of Charity Hospital and its St. Joseph Campus, have earned accreditation by The Joint Commission following unannounced site surveys held throughout the year.
December 1, 2009 - Physicians at Kenmore Mercy Hospital have chosen two associates to receive the hospital’s Annual Medical Staff Award, which recognizes outstanding associates for their meritorious service to patients and staff.
November 30, 2009 - A Niagara Falls woman recently underwent Single Incision Laparoscopic Surgery (SILS™) to remove her gallbladder through her bellybutton, making her the first at Kenmore Mercy Hospital.
November 24, 2009 - Kenmore Mercy associates, volunteers and physicians sponsor a variety of holiday giving programs to help patients, fellow staff, and those less fortunate throughout our community.
November 24, 2009 - The staff of Sisters of Charity Hospital, St. Joseph Campus distributed food baskets today to help needy families throughout the local community.
November 24, 2009 - Catholic Health has opened a new Laboratory Patient Service Center in the OLV Senior Neighborhood at 55 Melroy Avenue in Lackawanna.
November 16, 2009 - These days, it is becoming more and more inconvenient to be a smoker. Sisters Hospital’s Main Street campus is already smoke free, with the St. Joseph Campus well on its way to joining a growing number of hospitals and businesses that are prohibiting smoking on their property.
November 11, 2009 - Featuring a private concert by Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (BPO) Music Director JoAnn Falletta and set at the historic Roycroft Inn in East Aurora, the Mercy Hospital Foundation’s Autumnal will be held this Friday, November 13, 2009.
November 9, 2009 - Kenmore Mercy and Catholic Health are pleased to announce the appointment of Walter Ludwig to the position of Chief Operating Officer, effective November 9.
November 9, 2009 - Distinguishing itself as a leader in Echocardiography Services, Kenmore Mercy Hospital has received national re-accreditation from the Intersocietal Commission for the Accreditation of Echocardiography Laboratories (ICAEL). The three-year accreditation recognizes Kenmore Mercy’s “Echo Lab” for providing superior quality testing services.
October 27, 2009 - Mercy is now offering robotic-assisted and minimally invasive coronary artery bypass and valve replacement surgery using the most state-of-the-art techniques and equipment available.
October 19, 2009 - SleepCare at St. Joseph Campus points to the dangers of sleep-impaired driving during National Drowsy Driving Week, November 2-8, 2009.
October 14, 2009 -The Breast Cancer Program at Sisters of Charity Hospital under the direction of Ronald Bauer, MD, was the first in Western New York to perform partial breast radiation following lumpectomy using a new “balloon” device that delivers exact amounts of radiation to the cancer site sparing healthy breast and surrounding tissue.
October 16, 2009 - According to New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) reports issued in July 2009, the Catholic Health Heart Center at Mercy Hospital of Buffalo had the lowest mortality rate among all hospitals in the Western New York (WNY) region, and among the lowest in New York State, for angioplasty.
October 12, 2009 - Catholic Health has signed a two-year agreement with Constellation Energy, which is expected to save the health system more than $500,000 annually in electricity costs.
October 8, 2009 - McAuley Residence, a long term care facility of Catholic Health, received a “deficiency-free” survey from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH).
October 8, 2009 - St. Elizabeth’s of Lancaster, a 117-bed assisted living facility of Catholic Health, will mark its Golden Jubilee on Friday, October 9, beginning at 1 p.m. with a special mass and blessing celebrated by Bishop Edward U. Kmiec, D.D., Bishop of Buffalo.
October 6, 2009 - Living Independently For Elders, opening in November at the OLV Senior Neighborhood, is a state and federally funded PACE (Program of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly) program, which allows area seniors to live independently while receiving needed services at home and in a community-based health setting.
October 6, 2009 - Mercy Hospital of Buffalo was recently awarded a three-year accreditation in computed tomography (CT) by the American College of Radiology (ACR).
October 1, 2009 - Friends and family members of the late Maureen Lippert Rago recently gathered to dedicate the newly renovated Palliative Care Unit on Mercy Hospital’s 5th floor in her memory.
September 29, 2009 - Catholic Health, in conjunction with the Diocese of Buffalo, is offering flu vaccines at area parishes throughout Western New York. Participants need not be members of the parish to receive a flu vaccine, however, appointments are required.
September 24, 2009 - During its recent Community Pharmaceutical Drop-Off, Kenmore Mercy Hospital successfully collected and disposed of nearly 600 pounds of medications, with a street value of $40,000, making it the most successful area program thus far.
September 23, 2009 - Peter U. Bergmann, President and CEO for Sisters of Charity Hospital has been recognized by Modern Healthcare in its list of rising young healthcare leaders in the magazine’s annual “Up & Comers” recognition program.
September 21, 2009 - A leading independent healthcare consulting firm has recognized
Catholic Health hospitals for being among the best in the nation for value, efficiency and quality.
September 14, 2009 - Registered nurses at Kenmore Mercy Hospital have ratified a new contract agreement, which covers 279 nurses and will run through January 31, 2013.
September 2, 2009 - Kenmore Mercy Hospital, in conjunction with Catholic Health Go Green and Erie County, is hosting a Community Pharmaceutical Drop-Off program for unused household medications on Saturday, September 19.
August 31, 2009 - To help detect vascular disease and alert the public to this serious health risk, Sisters Hospital and the Vascular & Endovascular Center of WNY are sponsoring a free “Vascular Screening” on Saturday, September 19.
August 28, 2009 - Catholic Health’s Community Education Department is sponsoring a series of health education programs during the month of September covering a variety of healthcare topics.
August 21, 2009 - Mercy Hospital of Buffalo is pleased to be the first hospital in Western New York to offer Single Incision Laparoscopic Surgery (SILS).
August 20, 2009 - Niagara University and Catholic Health are teaming up on an educational initiative designed to prepare professionals for leadership positions in the healthcare industry.
August 20, 2009 - Catholic Health is teaming up with Niagara University’s Department of Nursing to offer a unique “RN to BSN” degree pathway for its registered nurses who want to advance their careers.
August 20, 2009 - The Imaging Department at St. Joseph Campus will be unveiling a new state-of-the-art CT Scanner to improve x-ray capabilities at the Cheektowaga location of Sisters of Charity Hospital.
August 7, 2009 - A blessing and ribbon cutting ceremony were held on August 5 at the Mercy Hospital Family Birthplace to celebrate the opening of all-private patient rooms including four new Celebration Suites, and a new family waiting area.
July 28, 2008 - Sisters of Charity Hospital has received the 2009/2010 Bariatric Surgery Excellence Award™ from HealthGrades, the nation’s leading independent healthcare ratings organization, as part of a study the company released.
July 27, 2009 - Kenmore Mercy Hospital is proud to announce the recertification of its Pulmonary Rehabilitation Program by the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation (AACVPR).
July 24, 2009 - During a recent recognition ceremony, Kenmore Mercy Hospital paid tribute to its more than 300 dedicated volunteers, including the following individuals whose outstanding efforts were awarded.
July 20, 2009 - Shirley Vandebogart, a 52 year-old resident at St. Catherine Labourè Health Center at Sisters of Charity Hospital, learned to read in order to receive the Sacrament of Confirmation.
July 16, 2009 - To confront a growing community health issue, Catholic Health is announcing the opening of three Advanced Wound Healing Centers later this year and the appointment of Lee C. Ruotsi, MD, FACCWS, UHM, as Medical Director of the program.
July 10, 2009 - A blessing and dedication of a monument and sacred site for Mercy Hospital’s Perinatal Bereavement Program was recently held at Holy Cross Cemetery in Lackawanna.
July 6, 2009 - Joseph P. Falcone, a Catholic Health Orthopedic Surgeon and Chairman of Orthopedics at Sisters of Charity Hospital, is the first physician in Western New York to perform the "custom fit" knee replacement procedure.
July 3, 2009 - A blessing and topping off ceremony was recently held to commemorate placement of the final steel beam on the new Mercy Hospital Emergency Department construction project.
July 3, 2009 - Besides celebrating our nation’s independence, Mercy Hospital of Buffalo will declare “Independence from Smoking Day” as the hospital becomes a smoke-free campus on July 4, 2009.
June 30, 2009 - With the recent surge of reported cases of people diagnosed with the H1N1 (swine flu) virus in Western New York, Catholic Health is tightening its restrictions on the age of visitors at its hospitals and nursing homes.
June 22, 2009 - Kenmore Mercy celebrated the opening of its new outpatient entrance with a blessing and dedication ceremony on Wednesday, June 24 at 2 p.m.
June 17, 2009 - If you are interested in volunteering your services as a Eucharistic Minister at Sisters Hospital, Main Street Campus, please call Lynn Overbeck, CAVS, the Director of Volunteer Services at 862-1106.
June 17, 2009 - Two Catholic Health hospitals were approved for grants totaling nearly $92,000 through a federal program designed for urban nonprofit organizations at high risk of terrorist attacks.
June 15, 2009 - Dr. Ramesh Luther, a Gastroenterologist with Catholic Health and Sisters of Charity Hospital, St. Joseph Campus, is the first physician in Western New York to use the new SpyGlass Direct Visualization Laser Guide System to remove a gallstone from a patients’ bile duct.
June 15, 2009 - The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) has awarded the Mercy Hospital heart surgery program a “three-star” national quality rating, the highest category of quality achieved under the STS quality rating system.
June 3, 2009 - Catholic Health Home Care has named Brian Przybysz, Vice President of Operations. Przybysz joined Catholic Health in 2000 and served as Director of Finance for its Home Care division since 2005.
June 2, 2009 - Kenmore Mercy Hospital will host a free health information program, Partial Knee Replacement Made Simpler, on Wednesday, June 10, 2009 at 7 p.m.
June 2009 - Keeping pace with the latest advancements in minimally invasive surgery, Mercy Hospital became the first in the region to offer Single Incision Laparoscopic Surgery in January 2009.
May 29, 2009 - Mercy Hospital of Buffalo, a New York State Designated Stroke Center, will hold a community-wide Stroke Awareness Fair on Saturday, June 6, 2009 from 10 am to 1 pm.
May 28, 2009 - Catholic Health’s efforts to recruit physicians in medically underserved areas of Western New York just got a shot in the arm, thanks to $750,000 in grants.
May 26, 2009 - The Partners In Rehab Medical Rehabilitation Unit (MRU) at Kenmore Mercy Hospital has been recognized as one of the top inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRF) in the United States.
May 21, 2009 - Catholic Health is sponsoring a series of free community education programs during the month of June (2009) covering a variety of healthcare topics.
May 20, 2009 - With the closing of Nazareth Nursing Home in 2007, Catholic Health created “Nazareth Campus” and an opportunity to breathe new life into this beautiful facility.
May 20, 2009 - Kenmore Mercy Hospital will host a free community health education workshop entitled “Who Will Make Your Healthcare Decisions When You Can’t?” on Wednesday, June 3, 2009.
May 8, 2009 - Babies born prematurely or with special needs, along with their families, will reunite with the doctors and nurses who cared for them in the Sisters Hospital Special Care Nursery on May 16, 2009.
May 5, 2009 - John Herman has recently been appointed the Chief Operating Officer of Mercy Hospital of Buffalo. Previously, Herman served as the Chief Operating Officer of Kenmore Mercy Hospital.
April 24, 2009 - Mercy Hospital staff and BCLA Block Club members teamed up to clean the neighborhood surrounding the hospital on Thursday, April 23, 2009.
April 22, 2009 - Little artists from the Little Angels Day Care Center will be displaying their latest masterpieces in the lobby of Sisters of Charity Hospital, St. Joseph Campus on Friday, April 24, 2009.
April 15, 2009 - Catholic Health Home Care has opened its own free-standing pharmacy to better meet the home infusion needs of its patients throughout Western New York.
March 30, 2009 - One week after undergoing extensive surgery at Kenmore Mercy Hospital to remove a bone cyst in her right leg that prevented her from walking, 14-year-old Makara Tuan is making an amazing recovery.
March 27, 2009 - St. Joseph Hospital and Meals on Wheels are teaming up to lift the spirits of elderly residents and shut-ins by delivering specially prepared gift bags just in time for the 2009 Easter holiday.
March 24, 2009 - Mercy Hospital’s Family Birthplace recently opened a new family waiting area which is the first phase of a $1.8 million renovation project that will convert all patient rooms in the maternity unit to 26 new private rooms.
March 23, 2009 - Catholic Health is celebrating the legacy of the Franciscan Sisters of St. Joseph as they transfer their sponsorship of St. Joseph Hospital to the Daughters of Charity, Sisters of Mercy and the Diocese of Buffalo as co-sponsors of the new Sisters of Charity Hospital, St. Joseph Campus.
March 23, 2009 - As St. Joseph Hospital prepares to become Sisters of Charity Hospital, St. Joseph Campus on April 1, 2009, construction crews will begin installing a new illuminated sign on the front of the building.
March 18, 2009 - On November 1, 2008 the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at Sisters Hospital was faced with a big challenge wrapped up in a tiny pink package.
March 16, 2009 - In honor of its namesake, the St. Joseph Hospital Foundation is sponsoring a traditional St. Joseph’s Day Table for associates and visitors on April 1, 2009.
March 13, 2009 - The American College of Radiology (ACR) has recently awarded Mercy Hospital of Buffalo’s MRI Department with a three-year accreditation for Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI).
March 6, 2009 - Expanding access to care and calling attention to the plight of the uninsured in Buffalo and Western New York is the focus of Catholic Health’s participation in the national observance of Cover the Uninsured Week, March 23–27.
March 6, 2009 - Catholic Health’s HealthConnection Community Education Department is sponsoring two free programs during March on Colorectal Cancer Awareness and Incontinence.
March 6, 2009 - Many people over age 50 who have leg pain while walking often chalk it up to aging, unaware they may have a potentially life-threatening, yet treatable condition called Peripheral Vascular Disease or PVD.
March 6, 2009 - As the April 1 transition date for St. Joseph Hospital becoming Sisters of Charity Hospital, St. Joseph Campus moves closer, Sisters Hospital has announced its administrative team to lead the new two-campus hospital.
February 25, 2009 - On Monday, February 23, 2009, Drs. Paul and Joseph Anain, both Vascular surgeons with Sisters Hospital and Catholic Health, were the first surgeons in New York State to implant the “Endurant Stent Graft” in a patient suffering from an abdominal aortic aneurysm.
February 18, 2009 - Physicians from several area hospitals traded in their stethoscopes for aprons as they teamed up for “Doctor Andy’s Day for Kids” on February 22 at the Buffalo Brewpub in Williamsville.
February 18, 2009 - If you have a few hours to spare and would like to spend your time helping others, Sisters Hospital has several volunteer opportunities available.
February 6, 2009 - Kenmore Mercy Hospital’s interventional radiologists are now equipped to treat the area’s most critical and complex cases with the opening of a new Interventional Radiology Suite, the most advanced of its kind in the Ken-Ton area.
January 29, 2009 - Responding to the growing desire of patients to find health services in locations close to where they live and work, Kenmore Mercy Hospital, a Catholic Health hospital, will open the doors to its newest outpatient facility, the Williamsville Diagnostic Center, on Wednesday, February 4 at 5:30 p.m.
January 26, 2009 - For the second consecutive year, Catholic Health, Buffalo, NY, has been named to the list of the most efficient integrated healthcare networks in the nation, the 2009 SDI IHN 100.
January 23, 2009 - In response to patient surveys, the health system recently added extra channels to its television lineup, allowing patients at Kenmore Mercy, Mercy Hospital of Buffalo, Sisters of Charity and St. Joseph hospitals to view Sabres games from their hospital rooms.
January 23, 2009 - Do something healthy for your heart this Valentine’s Day by attending the Catholic Health Heart Fair on Saturday, February 14 from 8 a.m. to 12 noon at St. Joseph Hospital, located at 2605 Harlem Road in Cheektowaga.
January 13, 2009 - As part of a national feasibility study, Kenmore Mercy and Dr. Andrew Cappuccino, Orthopedic surgeon, recently treated the first East Coast patients with the DASCOR® Disc Arthoplasty System.
January 7, 2009 - Although the first baby of the year is always in the spotlight for the New Year, Mercy Hospital of Buffalo paid some well-deserved attention to the last baby of the year too.
January 1, 2009 - Chuangang Lin (Father) and Lihong Liao (Mother) welcomed their baby girl, Nicole, at 12:17am on January 1, 2009 in the Labor and Delivery Department of Sisters of Charity Hospital.
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