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White Plains Hospital Recognizes Local Resident for 50 Years of Service
WHITE PLAINS, NY (May 11, 2016) – White Plains Hospital today recognized Sheran Lyons for 50 years of service to the organization.
White Plains Hospital Performs First Case on One of Two New da Vinci® Xi™ Surgical System Robots
White Plains, NY (May 6, 2016) – White Plains Hospital recently performed the first case on one of two new da Vinci Xi Surgical System robots, the latest generation of Intuitive Surgical, Inc.’s da Vinci® Surgical System. The case, a robotic laparoscopic recto sigmoid resection, was performed by colorectal surgeon Kimberly Yee, M.D.
American Association of Critical-Care Nurses recognizes the Cardiac Care Unit (CCU) at White Plains Hospital with Silver Beacon Award for Excellence
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (May 5, 2016) – The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN), Aliso Viejo, Calif., recently conferred a silver-level Beacon Award for Excellence once again on the Cardiac Care Unit (CCU) at White Plains Hospital.
White Plains Hospital Receives Healthgrades 2016 Outstanding Patient Experience Award
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (April 25, 2016) – White Plains Hospital is once again a recipient of the Outstanding Patient Experience AwardTM from Healthgrades, a leading online resource for information about physicians and hospitals.
White Plains Hospital Opens New Labor & Delivery Suites with More Space and Enhanced Amenities
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (April 13, 2016) – Continuing its ongoing campus-wide transformation, White Plains Hospital this week announced the opening of six new, sleek, state-of-the-art, private Labor and Delivery suites to allow mothers to labor, deliver their babies, and recover in the same room. Housed on the sixth floor of the Hospital’s new patient tower, the spacious rooms combine cutting-edge technology with added comfort and amenities for mothers and their significant others or birthing partners during the process.
Samantha C. Lowe, MD Joins White Plains Hospital
ARMONK, N.Y. (April 5, 2016) – White Plains Hospital welcomes Samantha C. Lowe, MD to its group of integrated physician practices. She will be seeing patients at White Plains Hospital Medical & Wellness, located at 99 Business Park Drive in Armonk. Dr. Lowe is a pediatrician experienced in providing routine and emergency care to infants, children, and adolescents. She provides pediatric general physicals, immunizations, sick visits, and urgent care visits.
White Plains Hospital Invites Area Workplaces to join Second Annual Ex-STEP-tional Walking Challenge
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (April 5, 2016) – Following the successful inaugural Ex-STEP-tional challenge held in 2015, White Plains Hospital is once again launching the popular, county-wide walking challenge for 2016. The White Plains Hospital Ex-STEP-tional challenge, presented with sponsorship from the Journal News, will be held from May 2 - May 26.
White Plains Joins Forces with the American Cancer Society In a Pledge to Increase Colorectal Cancer Screenings Rates in Westchester County
White Plains, New York (April 1, 2016) – As Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month comes to a close, White Plains Hospital announced that it has pledged to help increase colorectal cancer screening rates in Westchester County by supporting the 80% by 2018 initiative, led by the American Cancer Society (ACS), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the National Colorectal Cancer Roundtable (an organization co-founded by ACS and CDC).
White Plains Hospital First in Region to Use Innovative System to Measure and Document Hand Hygiene of Staff
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (March 31, 2016) – White Plains Hospital is the first hospital in the greater New York City metropolitan area to use the innovative BIOVIGIL hand hygiene system to help prevent Healthcare Associated Infections (HAIs) by ensuring all employees who come into contact with patients have the cleanest hands possible. Now in use throughout the Hospital, the system both monitors hand cleanliness in real time and can track hand hygiene compliance with 99.9% accuracy on a hospital-wide basis – including the Hospital’s Emergency Department, which sees nearly 57,000 visits a year.