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South Shore Health Opens Medical Center in Downtown Quincy

The $2.7 million location is an exciting new chapter in South Shore Medical Center's 57-year history of providing primary care to the South Shore.

South Shore Health Opens Medical Center in Downtown Quincy

Ariadne Labs and the Team Birth Project

South Shore Hospital lowers its C-section rate with “Team Birth Project”

One year after being chosen as the pilot site for a one-of-its-kind study, South Shore Hospital, part of South Shore Health, has seen a nearly 4-percent decrease in its first time cesarean section...

South Shore Hospital lowers its C-section rate with “Team Birth Project”

South Shore EMS and Salas Family

South Shore Health Paramedics Help Deliver Baby in Weymouth

It was anything but a routine call for South Shore Health paramedics when the crew was dispatched to a patient’s home to care for a pregnant mother. Learn more about how the team helped a young family...

South Shore Health Paramedics Help Deliver Baby in Weymouth

South Shore Hospital teams up with Ariadne Labs for one-of-a-kind birth study

2 Ways 'Team Birth Project' Works to Decrease Maternal Mortality

A new collaborative approach is designed to improve birth outcomes, decrease cesarean section procedures, and increase patient engagement - and South Shore Hospital is leading the way. Read more.

2 Ways 'Team Birth Project' Works to Decrease Maternal Mortality

Ariadne Labs and the Team Birth Project

Boston 25 News reports on Team Birth Project

The "Team Birth Project" is a new approach to bringing C-section numbers down. Boston 25 News recently profiled our participation in the program.

Boston 25 News reports on Team Birth Project

Dr. Dever and Karen Holmes Ward of WCVB's CityLine

Kim Dever, MD on CityLine: Racial Disparities in Childbirth

South Shore Health's Kim Dever, MD introduced the City Line audience to South Shore Health’s Team Birth Project, a first-of-its-kind program aimed at improving communication with patients and their...

Kim Dever, MD on CityLine: Racial Disparities in Childbirth

Meet the South Shore’s first baby of 2019

It’s a girl! Meet the South Shore’s first baby of 2019

Congratulations to the Kish family of Weymouth, whose daughter was the first baby born on the South Shore in 2019.

It’s a girl! Meet the South Shore’s first baby of 2019

Eat, Sleep, Console

South Shore Hospital uses new approach on drug-addicted babies

A new way of caring for opioid-addicted newborns has allowed South Shore Hospital to reduce the use of withdrawal symptom medications by 25 percent over the past seven months and let pediatric...

South Shore Hospital uses new approach on drug-addicted babies

Weymouth mother donates breast milk to aid premature babies

Massive breast milk donation will help premature babies, moms

Most breast milk donors give between 250 and 500 ounces of breast milk. Julie Garber donated more than 3,000.

Massive breast milk donation will help premature babies, moms

Team Birth Project at South Shore Hospital

South Shore Hospital pilots childbirth program to curb C-sections

After going through it five times prior, Melissa and Brendan McNamara felt prepared when they arrived at South Shore Hospital to deliver baby number six, Mia, on Aug. 31. Read the Patriot Ledger story...

South Shore Hospital pilots childbirth program to curb C-sections