Southcoast
Health is a community based health delivery system with multiple access points, offering an integrated continuum of health services throughout Southeastern Massachusetts and East Bay, Rhode Island.
It includes the three hospitals that make up Southcoast® Hospitals Group — Charlton Memorial Hospital in Fall River, St. Luke’s Hospital in New Bedford and Tobey Hospital in Wareham.
Southcoast® provides advanced clinical services, such as open heart surgery, angioplasty and heart rhythm services, comprehensive cancer care, neurosurgery, weight loss surgery, orthopedic surgery, advanced imaging services and is the only provider of maternity services in the region.
Southcoast® is a not-for-profit charitable organization that depends on the support of the community to provide services.
Our health and wellness services available to women at Southcoast Health has expanded with the addition of a new digital mammography system. A digital mammography (tomosynthesis) allows us to provide you with the highest quality of care for the early detection and prevention of breast cancer. Because your breast is made mostly of soft tissue, normal X-rays appear foggy and make it difficult to find signs of early cancer. With our new digital mammography system at Southcoast, our radiologists will be able to see clear electronic images of your breasts using high-resolution monitors.
Unlike a standard mammogram, a digital mammography uses solid-state detectors to capture x-ray energy and convert it into a digital image. This allows our radiologists to manipulate the image to detect abnormalities in the breast and easily identify masses. With this digital technology, our radiologists can adjust the brightness, change the image contrast and zoom-in on areas that are of question to have a greater visibility of possible tumors.
When you visit the doctor, you expect personalized care from highly trained physicians using the latest technologies. At Southcoast Health, you don’t have to go far to find the exceptional community health care you deserve.
We provide a continuum of health care services in southeastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island, ranging from primary care to neurosurgery. Whether you come to us with orthopedic pain or are looking for a trusted breast cancer surgeon, we can provide a reliable diagnosis supported by an effective treatment and recovery plan. Our doctors are able to provide both clinical excellence and highly personalized care, offering more than medicine.
Southcoast Health is one of the largest employers in the region. With hospitals in Fall River, New Bedford and Wareham, MA, urgent care centers, cancer centers, rehabilitation, lab and VNA, as well as a number of physician practices throughout the South Coast region and Rhode Island, you can find a doctor near you that offers a specialty to meet your needs. In fact, through the Southcoast Physicians Group, we provide a group of more than 450 providers dedicated to the health of our community.
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