4 / 7 / 2017

Flu Advisory & Temporary Change in Visitation Policy

Due to the recent high number of positive influenza cases and flu-like illnesses reported in the island pediatric population, Nantucket Cottage Hospital is temporarily modifying its visitation policy to restrict individuals 18-years-old and under from visiting hospital inpatients, including those in The Birthplace, until further notice to protect these vulnerable patients.
 
Patients 18 and under who require medical care themselves are welcome at any time in our physician practices, clinics, lab, and other clinical areas as deemed necessary for their care, including as inpatients themselves. This action is an attempt to limit exposure to those patients already at risk within the hospital.
 
In addition to taking everyday preventative actions to help stop the spread of flu viruses, including washing your hands frequently, avoiding contact with sick people, and cleaning disinfecting surfaces and objects that could become contaminated, patients should consider flu vaccinations which are still recommended and available by calling your primary care physician.
4 / 6 / 2017

2017 Partners In Excellence Award

Nantucket Cottage Hospital honored the recipients of the annual Partners in Excellence awards, which recognize superlative performance throughout the Partners HealthCare system, during a ceremony today at Faregrounds Restaurant.

This year’s individual award winners were patient access manager Amanda Bidlack, and Martha Lake-Greenfield, the nurse manager for the emergency department. The team award went to the Nantucket Cottage Hospital clinical infusion nurse team, including: Jen Boley, Gretchen Buchmann, Kristen Chenard, Libbey Tracey, and Amanda Troy. (more…)

4 / 6 / 2017

NCH in the New England Journal of Medicine

In the latest issue of The New England Journal of Medicine, Dr. Margot Hartmann, president and CEO of Nantucket Cottage Hospital, and Jason Graziadei, public information officer, write about the unique challenges of keeping the hospital’s 24/7 emergency department open and fully staffed through the island’s seasonal population swings and in its remote geographic location. Read the full article by clicking here. 

Small community hospitals throughout the United States are facing threats including low volume, declining reimbursements, and staffing challenges. Nantucket Cottage Hospital, a 19-bed facility and one of the smallest hospitals in Massachusetts, must also navigate the complexity of operating on an island 30 miles offshore, where the year-round population of 15,000 swells to more than 60,000 during the summer months. There is no off-the-shelf staffing model that works in the clinical environment of our emergency department (ED). The ED provides care to more than 10,000 patients every year, but the majority of them present between Memorial Day and Columbus Day.

3 / 28 / 2017

Actualización con respuesta al coronavirus por parte de NCH

27 de Marzo de 2020Primero queremos expresar nuestra gratitud a la comunidad de Nantucket por los innumerables actos de generosidad, buena voluntad y apoyo para nuestro hospital que hemos presenciado durante la semana pasada. Agradecemos a todos los que donaron suministros médicos o se tomaron el tiempo para fabricar máscaras caseras, sin mencionar las muchas otras ofertas de alimentos, vivienda y financiación. Ver a nuestra comunidad reunirse alrededor de su hospital mientras respondemos a la pandemia del coronavirus (COVID-19) ha sido inspirador para todos en NCH.

A medida que nuestro hospital se preparó para esta situación sin precedentes y cambió la forma en que laboramos, nos dimos cuenta de que las medidas que se han implementado para proteger a los pacientes y a nuestro personal pueden haber creado la percepción de que NCH está esencialmente cerrado para todos, excepto para aquellos que padecen (COVID. 19) Eso está lejos de la verdad, y queremos que la comunidad sepa que estamos abiertos y aquí para cuidarlo. Si bien hemos re-programado cosas como visitas de bienestar y cancelamos los procedimientos electivos  para reducir la cantidad de personas que ingresan a nuestras instalaciones, seguimos atendiendo a  pacientes en NCH con necesidades de atención médica urgentes, que no son COVID-19. Estamos tomando todas las medidas de control de infecciones para proteger a los pacientes y al personal, y estamos evaluando posibles casos de coronavirus fuera del hospital en nuestro sitio de evaluación de acceso directo en la entrada principal. Si tiene una necesidad médica, llámenos y haremos todo lo posible para servirle a usted y a su familia. Nuestros médicos también pueden programar visitas con sus pacientes por teléfono, y estamos trabajando para implementar visitas por video.

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3 / 17 / 2017

Our Patients – Rocky Fox

As published in the March 2nd edition of The Inquirer and Mirror:

To the editor: I recently had surgery at Nantucket Cottage Hospital. I’d like to thank Dr. Monto and his entire staff (Jen, Meg, Tara and Keri) for easing my fear and pain and making me look on the brighter side of things. A truly awesome staff. I can’t speak highly enough of them. (more…)