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Signature Healthcare Opens State of the Art Cancer Center in Affiliation with Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

10/4/2017

BROCKTON, MA — Signature Healthcare, in affiliation with Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, is treating cancer patients close to home with the latest technology, personnel and resources coordinated under one roof. This new 37,000 sqft cancer center is important to the community for several reasons. We have the only TrueBeam Linear Accelerator in our service area. A Linear Accelerator is most commonly used for external beam radiation treatments for patients with cancer. The next closest hospital with ...

Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital Honored with Bronze Award for Heart Failure Care

7/18/2017

Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital has received the Get With The Guidelines ® -Heart Failure Bronze Quality Achievement Award for implementing specific quality improvement measures outlined by the American Heart Association/American College of Cardiology Foundation's secondary prevention guidelines for the treatment of patients with heart failure. Get With The Guidelines-Heart Failure is a quality improvement program that helps hospital teams provide the most up-to-date, research-based guidelines wi...

Annual Health & Wellness Expo

6/9/2017

Event sponsored by Signature Healthcare, Kicks Off Week Long Series of Free Events Aimed at "Knocking Down" Diabetes Signature Healthcare will host a health and diabetes community awareness day at the Massasoit Community College Student Center in Brockton on June 17th from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. The Annual Health & Wellness Expo is a free interactive event open to the public. Highlights include healthy cooking demonstrations, child fitness classes sponsored by the Old Colony YMCA, a variety ...

Signature Medical Group Earns National Recognition For Patient-Centered Care

6/5/2017

NCQA Patient-Centered Medical Home™ standards emphasize enhanced care through patient-clinician partnership The National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) announced that all Signature Medical Group Primary Care locations have received NCQA Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) Recognition for using evidence-based, patient-centered processes focusing on highly coordinated care and long-term, participative relationships with patients. The NCQA Patient-Centered Medical Home is a model of primary care c...

Signature Healthcare Receives an "A" for Patient Safety in Spring 2017 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade

5/9/2017

Signature Healthcare Receives an "A" for Patient Safety in Spring 2017 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade The Leapfrog Group , a nonprofit organization committed to driving quality, safety, and transparency in the U.S. health care system, today released new Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grades , which assign A, B, C, D and F letter grades to hospitals nationwide. Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital was one of 823 hospitals to receive an "A" for its commitment to reducing errors, infections, and a...

SMG PATIENTS: All offices will be closed Tuesday, March 14. You will receive a call to reschedule your appointment.

3/13/2017

Due to the forecasted weather, all Signature Medical Group offices will be closed Tuesday, March 14, 2017. You will receive a call to reschedule your appointment. Thank You!

Signature Healthcare Offers Accredited Patient Navigation to Help Guide Oncology Patients through the Treatment Process

2/21/2017

Signature Healthcare Radiation Oncology, a leading provider of advanced comprehensive cancer care in the Brockton area, offers accredited patient navigation to help guide and support patients through the entire medical and treatment process.

Signature Healthcare Echocardiography Laboratory earns reaccreditation by IAC

2/10/2017

Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital, Echocardiography Laboratory has been granted an additional three-year term of accreditation by the Intersocietal Accreditation Commission (IAC) in Echocardiography in the area(s) of Adult Transthoracic, Adult Stress. This latest accreditation awarded to Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital, Echocardiography Laboratory demonstrates the facility's ongoing commitment to providing quality patient care in echocardiography. Echocardiography is used to assess dif...

Signature Moms Blog Reaches 500,000 Views Milestone

1/18/2017

Online Parenting Community for Southeastern Massachusetts Continues to Thrive
In March 2011, the Signature Moms Blog started posting content written by local, South Shore mothers for local parents. Six years later, the blog continues to be a resource that not only reaches South Shore parents, but parents around the country, garnering over half a million views and surpassing 2,800 subscribers. "The popularity of the Signature Moms blog is so gratifying. When we started the blog we hoped it would find its...

With Release of Fall 2016 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade, Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital Has Earned Straight “A’s” for Patient Safety

11/4/2016

New Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grades, which assign A, B, C, D and F letter grades to hospitals nationwide and provide the most complete picture of patient safety in the U.S., were announced today by The Leapfrog Group, a national patient safety watchdog. Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital once again earned an “A,” accomplishing the difficult task of being awarded Straight “A’s” since 2013. Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital is one of only 113 hospitals out of more than 2,600 across the country...

College of American Pathologists Honors Member Physicians for Lifetime Service

10/3/2016

Signature Healthcare's Desiree Carlson, MD among those honored Doctors are often recognized for dedicating a lifetime of hard work to their patients, but pathologists are the unseen physicians who provide the diagnosis for the patient while working to improve the system through the laboratory and medical testing—all without much fanfare. The College of American Pathologists (CAP), the world's largest association of board-certified pathologists, honored six of its members with the CAP Lifetime Achieve...

Signature Healthcare Named a 2016 WWCMA WorkWell Massachusetts Silver Level Winner for Exemplary Worksite Health Promotion

9/22/2016

Signature Healthcare’s Wellness Together program was recently named a WorkWell Massachusetts Award Program Silver Level winner for exemplary worksite health promotion. The award recognizes Signature Healthcare’s achievements developing, implementing, and participating in corporate health improvement and wellness programs.The company is 1 of 10 Silver Level award recipients for 2016.Signature Healthcare has made significant strides toward embracing wellness in mind and body, with 938 employees particip