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 patients go home earlier, hospital officials say. Read the Patriot Ledger article.

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.

Each week will feature special discounts or promotions, beginning in September and leading up to Christmas. All proceeds from The Friendly Shop support patient care at South Shore Health.

South Shore Hospital, part of South Shore Health, has received an Innovator Award from the editors of Healthcare Innovation for its groundbreaking work in Clinical Pharmacy Practice by improving the medication reconciliation process.

South Shore Visiting Nurse Association (VNA), part of South Shore Health, has earned re-accreditation from the Home Care Alliance of Massachusetts, reaffirming its commitment to quality care, ethical business practices, and excellence in home-based services.

South Shore Hospital and South Shore Emergency Medicine Services (EMS), both part of South Shore Health, have received two Mission: Lifeline® Receiving Quality Achievement Awards, gold and silver respectively, for implementing specific quality improvement measures outlined by the American Heart Association for the treatment of patients who suffer severe heart attacks.

Dr. Allen Smith, MD, MS, President and CEO of South Shore Health, and Pamela O’Leary, Chair of the South Shore Health Board of Directors, along with other senior leaders, recently welcomed Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services Secretary Kate Walsh for a tour of South Shore Hospital.