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| 6/25/2010 | Slidell Memorial Hospital Announces Auxiliary Volunteer Scholarship Winners for 2010
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| | The Slidell Memorial Hospital Auxiliary is pleased to announce the winners of its 2010 scholarship program. |
| 6/14/2010 | SMH Foundation announces SMH Regional Cancer Center Brick Campaign |
| | Slidell Memorial Hospital Foundation announces a new fundraising campaign aimed at garnering community involvement in the new SMH Regional Cancer Center, currently under construction. |
| 6/10/2010 | Slidell Memorial Hospital appoints new Chief Nursing Officer Carol McCullough |
| | Slidell Memorial Hospital (SMH) this month appointed Carol McCullough, RN, MN, FACHE, to oversee all nursing operations as its new Chief Nursing Officer (CNO). |
| 5/27/2010 | Cancer Survivors, friends join in Celebration of Life for SMH’s National Cancer Survivors’ Day community event
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| | Slidell Memorial Hospital (SMH) will host a community event celebrating National Cancer Survivors' Day on Thursday, June 3, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. |
| 5/12/2010 | SMH Parenting Center offers Safe Sitter® certification class |
| | Slidell Memorial Hospital (SMH) Parenting Center will provide two Safe Sitter® certification workshops to teach young teens baby-sitting safety, including basic CPR, first aid and injury management and other baby-sitting skills. |
| 5/10/2010 | Slidell Memorial Hospital Earns Platinum Award
for Superior Quality Improvement |
| | Slidell Memorial Hospital (SMH) has received the Platinum Level 2009 Louisiana Hospital Quality Award, presented by eQHealth Solutions, the Medicare Quality Improvement Organization for Louisiana. |
| 5/10/2010 | SMH Implements Tobacco-Free Campus Policy:
Campus-wide initiative instituted on WHO World No Tobacco Day, May 31
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| | Six months after instituting a tobacco-free policy for its employees, volunteers and contracted employees, Slidell Memorial Hospital will become a tobacco-free campus on May 31, WHO World No Tobacco Day. |
| 5/06/2010 | Saints Junior Training Camp coming to Fit As a Firefighter Summer Camp: Week-long day camp aims to fight childhood obesity
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| | For the fourth summer, Slidell Memorial Hospital and St. Tammany Fire Protection District 1 will offer a free summer day camp that aims to build self esteem and teach nutrition and exercise skills to local children who struggle with their weight. |
| 5/5/2010 | SMH’s Parenting Center offers Trim Kids program to fight childhood obesity |
| | Slidell Memorial Hospital (SMH) and the Fit as a Firefighter Program will offer Trim Kids, a program aimed at fostering self-esteem and teaching nutrition and exercise skills to local overweight children, beginning June 2. The 10-session program provides a fun way for children to learn lifelong strategies that encourage healthy living. |
| 4/30/2010 | SMH offers heart health information, screenings at Matters of the Heart |
| | Nearly 70 percent of Americans are at risk of experiencing heart complications in their lifetimes. To educate the community about the importance of maintaining a heart- healthy lifestyle, Slidell Memorial Hospital (SMH) offers another way to be heart smart: Matters of the Heart, a health fair dedicated to cardiovascular health. |
| 4/22/2010 | SMH offers SafeSitter® certification class, Infant Massage among its
Parenting and Prenatal programs in May
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| | From teaching young teens all aspects of baby-sitting safety to providing parents with 32 ways to soothe and communicate with their infant through massage, Slidell Memorial Hospital (SMH) Parenting Center provides a range of programs enhancing the community's child rearing skills. |
| 4/21/2010 | SMH Cancer Resource Center offers resources, support for cancer patients in May |
| | The Slidell Memorial Hospital (SMH) Cancer Resource Center offers support groups, programs, education and screenings for patients undergoing treatment for cancer and cancer survivors. |
| 4/20/2010 | 'ROOFTOP RENDEZVOUS 2010: COCHON DE LAIT’
An evening of rooftop dancing with the Bucktown Allstars
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| | Slidell Memorial Hospital Foundation and St. Tammany Homestead are pleased to host Rooftop Rendezvous 2010 on Friday, May 21, from 8 to 11 p.m. on the rooftop of the SMH parking garage. |
| 4/20/2010 | SMH honors volunteers during National Volunteer Week |
| | Slidell Memorial Hospital (SMH) joins organizations across the nation in celebrating National Volunteer Week, an annual observance of volunteerism, April 19 through 24. |
| 4/7/2010 | Slidell Memorial Hospital offers resources, support for cancer patients |
| | Slidell Memorial Hospital (SMH) offers monthly programs and resources for patients undergoing treatment for cancer, their family and caregivers, and cancer survivors. |
| 4/7/2010 | SMH offers health screenings, information at community events in April |
| | Spring is the time of year to refocus on fitness and living an active lifestyle. As a community hospital, Slidell Memorial Hospital (SMH) sponsors and participates in numerous community events this spring to bring health screenings and education to the Slidell area. |
| 4/1/2010 | SMH offers Maternity Open House, parenting and prenatal programs in April |
| | Slidell Memorial Hospital (SMH) will offer a Maternity Open House for expectant parents in April, in addition to its monthly prenatal and parenting education classes and community support groups, to educate and support parents in raising their families. |
| 3/30/2010 | SMH Recognizes Doctors' Commitment to the Community on Doctors' Day |
| | March 30, 2010 |
| 3/11/2010 | SMH marks progress of its Regional Cancer Center with Topping Out Ceremony |
| | Construction workers will affix the final structural beam along with a pine tree and an American flag to "top out” the structural framework of Slidell Memorial Hospital's (SMH) Regional Cancer Center under construction in Legacy Medical Park beside the SMH Founders Building on Robert Road. |
| 3/10/2010 | SMH Teams up with Aneurysm Outreach for free Screening event: Free ultrasounds offered March 27 to screen for abdominal aneurysms
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| | Slidell Memorial Hospital (SMH) has teamed up with Aneurysm Outreach, Inc. and Drs. Fidel Sendra, Cardiothoracic Surgeon, and David B. Kaplan, Vascular Surgeon, to offer a free abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) screening to qualified participants. |
| 3/9/2010 | Slidell Memorial Hospital Accepting Applications for Summer Junior Volunteer Program |
| | Slidell Memorial Hospital is currently accepting applications for its Summer Junior Volunteer Program. |
| 3/5/2010 | SMH Board of Commissioners Elects 2010 Officers |
| | St. Tammany Parish Hospital Service District No. 2 (Slidell Memorial Hospital) Board of Commissioners has elected Daniel McGovern IV their 2010 Chairman and Larry Englande as Vice Chairman. |
| 2/28/2010 | Slidell Memorial Hospital Announces Auxiliary Volunteer Scholarships Are Now Available
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| | Slidell Memorial Hospital is pleased to announce the details of its 2010 scholarship program. |
| 2/01/2010 | SMH Physician Services and Professional Relations Director Achieves American College of Medical Practice Executives Certification
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| | Elizabeth Teague, MS, CMPE, Director of Physician Services and Professional Relations at Slidell Memorial Hospital, has earned the professional designation of Certified Medical Practice Executive (CMPE) from the American College of Medical Practice Executives (ACMPE). |
| 1/28/2010 | SMH imaging facility offers special pricing for mammograms: MD Imaging offers $50 digital mammograms, DEXA bone scans in February and March
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| | Breast cancer is the most common type of cancer in women in the United States, with more than 190,000 new diagnoses each year. |
| 1/20/2010 | Slidell Memorial Hospital offers free prostate cancer screening: Screenings aid in early detection and treatment of prostate cancer |
| | Aside from skin cancer, prostate cancer is the most prevalent type of cancer found in men, affecting one in six Americans in the course of a lifetime. |
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| 12/02/2009 | Slidell Memorial Hospital Joins Peoples Health Hospital Network |
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| 11/16/2009 | SMH launches smoke-free campus on Great American Smokeout |
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| 11/12/2009 | H1N1 Vaccine Available at Slidell Memorial Hospital |
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| 10/17/2009 | SMH Celebrates 50 Years of Service Excellence |
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| 9/28/2009 | SMH Moves Forward with Construction of New Regional Cancer Center |
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| 08/05/2009 | Cancer Center Heralded as True Community Project at Groundbreaking |
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| 06/26/2009 | SMH Receives Top Rating for Bonds to Fund State-of-the-Art Regional Cancer Center
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| 6/26/2009 | Obstructive Sleep Apnea Puts Operative Patients at Risk |
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| 06/05/2009 | Cooperative Endeavor Launches Greater Access to Pediatric Healthcare in East St. Tammany
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| 06/04/2009 | Slidell Memorial Hospital Recognized with Louisiana Hospital Quality Award
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| 06/01/2009 | Cancer Survivors, friends join in Celebration of Life for SMH’s National Cancer Survivors Day community event
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