For the third consecutive time, South Shore Hospital’s Critical Care Unit has been given the American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN) Beacon Silver Award for improving patient and family outcomes and overall satisfaction. South Shore Hospital is one of only two hospitals in Massachusetts...

This is the third consecutive award for the Richard and Joann Aubut Critical Care Unit and its team of caregivers.

What started in 2006 as a program with one nurse and 30 machines has grown to include coverage seven days a week using medical equipment that has the capacity to remotely monitor up to 175 patients.