Press Release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Lovelace Health System welcomes Gary Whittington as CFO ALBUQUERQUE – December 12, 2017 – Lovelace Health System welcomes Gary L. Whittington, CPA, as the chief financial officer (CFO) of Lovelace Health System, effective January 3, 2018. Whittington brings over 18 years of corporate accounting experience in health care, most recently as the…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ROSWELL – January 8, 2018 – Lovelace Health System welcomes Mary Bevier, as the chief financial officer (CFO) of Lovelace Regional Hospital, effective January 8, 2018. Bevier brings over fifteen years of experience as a health care executive, most recently as assistant chief financial officer (ACFO) at Tenet Healthcare and Carondelet Network…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ALBUQUERQUE, November 17, 2017 — Lovelace Westside Hospital and Lovelace Regional Hospital both earned “A” grades from Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade. The Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade is the only independent ratings program that focuses exclusively on how effectively hospitals keep their patients safe, making it the gold standard measure of patient safety…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  ALBUQUERQUE, NM –November 14, 2017 – Lovelace Women’s Hospital will be partnering with Defined Fitness this Saturday, November 18 to host a no cost seminar and hernia screening.  The seminar will be hosted by Dr. Mario Leyba, a board-certified general surgeon with Lovelace Medical Group. Dr. Leyba performs and specializes in a…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   Epic replaces 80 software systems to further improve the care, experience and work environment   ALBUQUERQUE, August 31, 2017 – Lovelace Health System recently launched a new electronic health record (EHR) system, Epic, which will afford patients a single health care record with the goal of improving quality, reducing costs and…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   Lovelace Women’s Hospital has announced they have formally established an Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) for Colon Surgery program affiliated with the ERAS Society USA®.   As of May 1, 2017, all elective colon surgeries are included in the program. Additional surgical specialties are expected to be added in the future.…

ALBUQUERQUE, June 6, 2017 – Lovelace Health System is pleased to announce that Lovelace Medical Center and Lovelace Women’s Hospital were both named to Modern Healthcare Best  Places to Work in Healthcare 2017 list.  This is Lovelace Medical Center’s second time on the list, while Lovelace Women’s Hospital has appeared nine years in a row.…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   ALBUQUERQUE – May 3, 2017 – Two new general surgeons have joined the ranks at Lovelace Medical Group. Timothy W. Perez, M.D., M.P.H. is currently accepting patients at Lovelace Medical Group’s clinic at St. Joseph Square. David Hoang, M.D. will join Lovelace Medical Group in July, 2017 as the only surgical…

ALBUQUERQUE – April 25, 2017 – Lovelace Health System was this week named one of the nation’s 15 Top U.S. health systems by Truven Health Analytics®, part of the IBM Watson HealthTM business.  Truven Health Analytics is a leading provider of information and solutions to improve the cost and quality of healthcare.   This year’s…

ALBUQUERQUE, April 24, 2017 – Women with certain types of early-stage breast cancer now have a new treatment option available at. Lovelace Women’s Hospital is the first hospital in New Mexico that has begun providing radiotherapy using the ZEISS INTRABEAM intraoperative radiotherapy (IORT) system.    This may be an excellent therapy option for women having…