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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ALBUQUERQUE – February 9, 2017 – Lovelace Rehabilitation Hospital has announced that four of its therapy sites have received the Excellence in Outcomes Award – Orthopedics for the third quarter of 2016 from the Focus On® Therapeutic Outcomes (FOTO), Inc.   This means that the following clinic locations including our Northeast Heights…

Status will give Lovelace an edge in competition to attract highest-quality applicants   (ALBUQUERQUE) – October 26, 2016 – Lovelace Health System earned distinction for its workplace policies by Family Friendly New Mexico, a statewide project developed to recognize companies that have adopted policies that give New Mexico businesses an edge in recruiting and retaining…

ALBUQUERQUE, OCTOBER 4, 2016 — Heart Hospital of New Mexico at Lovelace Medical Center today became the first hospital in the state to offer patients with coronary artery disease a new treatment option that literally disappears over time.    The Abbott Absorb bioresorbable vascular scaffold is the world’s first FDA-approved dissolving heart stent. Physicians at…

ALBUQUERQUE, JUNE 14, 2016 — Lovelace Westside Hospital was one of three hospitals in the state of New Mexico to earn a four-star rating from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).    The star-rating is based on seven criteria: mortality outcomes, readmission outcomes, safety outcomes, patient experience (via the Hospital Consumer Assessment of…

ALBUQUERQUE, JUNE 10, 2016 — Heart Hospital of New Mexico at Lovelace Medical Center has received the Mission: Lifeline® Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award for implementing specific high quality improvement measures outlined by the American Heart Association for the treatment of patients who suffer severe heart attacks. This is the second year in a row…

ALBUQUERQUE, May 31, 2016 – University of New Mexico Health System and Lovelace Health System are partnering on a patient transfer plan that aims to improve access to hospital medical care in New Mexico.   Under a newly developed clinical partnership, patients waiting in UNM Hospital’s emergency department to be admitted to a hospital room…

Epic to replace 80 software systems and improve care, experience & work environment ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico (May 10, 2016) – Lovelace Health System has selected Epic, the industry’s leading provider of electronic health record software, to unite its hospitals, clinics and physician groups under a single information-sharing platform. The move provides Lovelace’s caregivers with a…

ALBUQUERQUE – May 9, 2016 – Lovelace Medical Center has been recognized as a top-performing hospital in the Midas+ Platinum Quality Award program. This award is based on Lovelace Medical Center’s 2015 performance in the Midas+ National Comparative Database for clinical performance in several key areas, including utilization efficiency and clinical efficacy measures and risk-adjusted…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ALBUQUERQUE, NM -April 27, 2016 -Lovelace Health System was this week named one of the nation’s 15 Top Health Systems by Truven Health Analytics. Truven Health is a leading provider of healthcare data and analytics solutions and services that was recently acquired by IBM. The 2016 15 Top Health Systems study evaluated…

ALBUQUERQUE (April 21, 2016) – Lovelace Medical Group (LMG) is announcing a new medical clinic in Albuquerque’s South Valley at the Las Estancias shopping center. At over 9,000 sq. ft., the new clinic will allow four new providers to give care to the growing community. Construction is set to start on the new medical clinic…