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🔦 Practice Spotlight: South Shore Health Urgent Care Weymouth Our Weymouth urgent care practice is located on Washington Street (Route 53) in Fox Plaza, just a half mile from the busy intersection of Route 53 and Route 18. This practice is minutes from on- and off-ramps for Route 3 North and South, making it a convenient option for residents of Weymouth, Braintree, and surrounding towns. Our Weymouth practice offers a full range of urgent care services, as well as DOT exams, X-ray services, sports/camp physicals, and more. This practice has plenty of off-street parking and is open seven days a week: 9 AM-7 PM on weekdays and 9 AM-4 PM on weekends. Learn more about this practice: https://hubs.ly/Q04jhkLd0 Walk in our schedule an appointment online: https://hubs.ly/Q04jhbYY0

May is Oncology Nursing Month, a time to shine a light on the important care provided by oncology nurses across South Shore Health! This dedicated team provides expert care to patients at the Dana-Farber Brigham Cancer Center at South Shore Health and on Emerson 6 at South Shore Hospital. Their compassion and unwavering support help guide patients and their families through some of life's most challenging moments. Across all sites, we firmly believe that our team perfectly embodies this year's Oncology Nursing Month theme of "Growing Hope, Inspiring Strength." Thank you for all that you do!

We had a great morning at this year's Set the Pace Road Race! Thanks to our runners, sponsors, and volunteers, this year's race raised more than $10,000 in support of Cardiac Care Programs at South Shore Health. These funds will support the purchase of two NuStep recumbent cross trainers for our Cardiac Rehabilitation Program, which will greatly benefit our patients. We're grateful to all who made this year's race possible, including our terrific South Shore Health Foundation & Friends Team! Learn more about fundraising events at South Shore Health: https://lnkd.in/eAC5sbYu

Recently, WBUR published an article in its “AI in the Doctor’s Office” series featuring Ori Preis, MD and Samuel Ash, MD, MPH, Chief Information Officer (CIO) and VP of Information Technology & Innovation at South Shore Health. WBUR reporter Deborah Becker spent time at South Shore Hospital with both Dr. Preis and Dr. Ash to learn more about how AI tools can assist with diagnoses, improve the clarity of diagnostic imaging, and more. We’re grateful to Dr. Preis and Dr. Ash for sharing their expertise with WBUR and for their leadership in safely exploring these new technologies. Read the article: https://hubs.ly/Q04hyS-00 📸 Photo: Robin Lubbock/WBUR

🔦 Practice Spotlight: South Shore Health Urgent Care Kingston Our Kingston urgent care practice is located in Kingsbury Square on Summer Street (Rt. 53), just off of Route 3. This shopping plaza features a Big Y, Ocean State Job Lot, and many other retailers. The plaza offers ample parking, including several reserved spots for our patients directly in front of our practice. Our Kingston practice is located less than a half mile from South Shore Medical Center Kingston, making it a convenient option for SSMC patients. With 4.5 stars across more than 1,500 reviews on Google, you can expect great care from our Kingston team! Learn more about this practice: https://hubs.ly/Q04hzmJP0 Walk in or schedule an appointment online: https://hubs.ly/Q04hzkSK0

It's South Shore Hospital's 104th birthday! May 21, 1922, marked South Shore Hospital's humble beginnings in a pre-Civil War mansion with just 20 beds. Today, South Shore Hospital is the region's leading provider of emergency, acute, surgical, and outpatient care, with more than 125,000 patient visits each year. We're proud of South Shore Hospital's legacy of more than a century of compassionate care, close to home. Thank you to Chef Mike, Emilie, and Chef Bill for the delicious way to mark this special occasion! 🍕 For more on South Shore Hospital's history, revisit our centennial celebration: https://hubs.ly/Q04hpsTJ0

“Paramedics provide a high level of care. When we show up, we’re clinicians: we do full assessments and provide treatments that are appropriate for what we’re bringing to the Emergency Department.” “We can place breathing tubes, provide electrical therapy, and give a variety of medications – we carry 40-50 different medications on our ambulances.” As we begin our celebration of EMS Week, we’re proud to shine a light on Joe Mavrogeorge, a paramedic with South Shore Health EMS! Joe has 25 years of experience in the EMS field, including eight as a paramedic with our EMS Team. As a paramedic, Joe works on our Town of Weymouth EMS ambulances, which respond to 9-1-1 calls and provide advanced life support (ALS) interventions to patients. Joe and his colleagues provide timely, expert care and comfort during stressful situations, as they are often the first caregivers a patient encounters during an emergency. A Quincy resident, Joe has spent the majority of his career caring for patients on the South Shore and says residents of Weymouth and surrounding towns are in good hands. “It’s a personal thing,” he said. “I know that the people here are going to take good care of everyone who lives in this town, including my family. We have good quality in this whole region, between our service and the surrounding cities and towns. We have good providers who are going to show up to help.” We’re grateful to Joe and the rest of our EMS colleagues for the outstanding care they provide every day. Thank you, and Happy EMS Week! Learn more about South Shore Health EMS: https://hubs.ly/Q04h1S1V0

“I knew I really wanted to go into medicine, but I had a lot of different interests and wanted to explore them. EMS seemed like it would give me the opportunity to experience different things and see what I like to do and where I want to fit in healthcare.” As we continue to celebrate EMS Week, we’re proud to spotlight Lilah of South Shore Health EMS! Lilah has been an EMT with us for three years, caring for patients on both transport ambulances and our emergency services ambulances. “Being hospital-based is really cool because we get to do a little bit of everything,” she explained. “We transport patients from the Hospital, we work with Boston MedFlight, we work with the NICU, we respond to calls in the community.” Through her role as an EMT, Lilah has gained valuable experience in a number of different aspects of patient care. That experience that will serve her well as she begins medical school this summer. “There’s treating a disease and then there’s treating people…those are two very different things,” she said. “EMS does a really good job teaching you how to treat a person. You’re one of the first people they see in an emergency or one of the last when leaving the hospital. You need to make that positive impression to help them feel safe and comfortable.” A Weymouth native, Lilah has always placed an emphasis on giving back to her community – whether by volunteering at local organizations or by caring for her community in her current role. “Being from the town, then doing community service in the town to eventually working here is a really nice way to mesh it all together,” she said. Thank you, Lilah, for all that you do! Happy EMS Week to Lilah and the rest of our outstanding team!

We’d like to send a special “thank you” to Weymouth’s Old South Union Church for their recent donation to the Grayken Center for Treatment at South Shore Health! The Church’s generous congregation donated several bags of toiletries and household items to the Grayken Center for Treatment, including soaps, body washes, oral hygiene products, and more. These products will help replenish the Grayken Center for Treatment’s Community Pantry and support our team’s ongoing efforts to help patients who are in need. We’re grateful to the Old South Union Church for this donation and for their ongoing support of our community! Learn more about the Grayken Center for Treatment: https://hubs.ly/Q04gQP7C0

🔦 Practice Spotlight: South Shore Health Urgent Care Pembroke Our Pembroke practice is conveniently located just off of Rt. 139 in Pembroke, right near Lowe's and directly across the street from North River Plaza (home to Kohl's and Stop & Shop, among others). This practice is less than half a mile from on- and off-ramps to Rt. 3 North and South, making it easily accessible from surrounding towns as well. Our Pembroke practice is open seven days a week, has plenty of parking, and offers a full range of urgent care services, including on-site lab and X-ray services. Learn more about South Shore Health Urgent Care Pembroke: https://hubs.ly/Q04gCyZQ0 Walk in or schedule an urgent care visit online: https://hubs.ly/Q04gC2Vn0