Thanking Every Member of the Alice Hyde Team for a Fantastic Joint Commission Critical Access Hospital Survey

Earlier this afternoon, Alice Hyde’s Joint Commission Critical Access Hospital Survey came to a close following five days of intensive review by a team of three surveyors who arrived at our hospital on Monday morning and have spent this week reviewing all aspects of our operations, to include conversations with many of you, policies and pr[...]

Going Above and Beyond to Ensure Safe Patient Discharges

From the outside looking in, it might seem like patient care stops once an individual leaves the hospital. But members of Alice Hyde’s inpatient care team – nurses, aides, therapists and more – know that patient care never stops, the focus of that care simply changes. Regardless of whether a patient is preparing to re[...]

Nurse Manager's Leadership and Compassion sets the tone in Emergency Department

Debbie Beach, RN, Honored with Alice Hyde's First DAISY Leadership Award

Delivering care and compassion amid crisis is what the Alice Hyde Emergency Department’s nursing team does 24-hours-a-day, 365-days-a-year – and ED Nurse Manager Debbie Beach, RN, is no exception. In fact, it’s Debbie’s penchant for leading by example — jumping in as a floor RN when an extra pair of hands is needed;[...]

Cancer Care Nurse's Advocacy for Patient Inspires Colleagues

Caring for cancer patients and survivors is a responsibility members of Alice Hyde’s Reddy Cancer Center are proud to shoulder each day, and being a tireless advocate for patients — especially when the RCC team are the only resources and support a patient has — is something in which registered nurse Kimberly Bouvier-Barnes take[...]

Cancer Care Nurse's Compassion Inspires Patient's Gratitude

Mary Myford knows something about living with pain, fear and anger – even, perhaps, at her lowest point, despair. Myford, who moved to Franklin County from Boston, Mass., about 15 years ago, has for years been dealing with a rare condition that required her thyroid — a gland in the neck that produces two hormones critical t[...]

ED Nurse Inspires Gratitude from Infant's Family

Alice Hyde’s Emergency Department is one of the hospital’s busiest places – particularly during cold-and-flu season. But for one Malone family and their infant daughter, who ended up there twice in a period of several weeks, the stress of managing a congenital condition that had turned life-threatening wasmade more bearable by [...]

Going Above and Beyond to Care for a Young IMCU Patient

Codie Brown, RN, Honored with Alice Hyde's first DAISY Award

Being admitted to the hospital can create anxiety for any patient, regardless of their age. For the youngest patients and their families, however, a trip to the emergency room or an overnight stay on an inpatient unit comes with added complexity – especially when the patient is so young that they often struggle to communicate with their lo[...]

How Kathleen Lauzon, FNP, Helped Redefine Primary Care

Nurse Practitioner Kathleen Lauzon’s first  experience with Alice Hyde was as formative as it gets: on June 22, 1955, she was born at the hospital in Malone. To say Kathleen’s future was intertwined with Alice Hyde’s might be an understatement. From working as a Candy Striper at the hospital in the late 1960[...]

A 'Thank You' from the Alice Hyde Board of Directors to our Outstanding Team

Nearly two years ago, the Alice Hyde family rose to the challenge of a global pandemic. Since March of 2019, we have been watching your commitment, dedication, passion and professionalism with pride and respect. We have watched with pride as: You transformed the way you work, to keep our patients and each other safe.<[...]

Alice Hyde's Occupational Therapists Innovate to Put Patients First

Whether it’s in an inpatient, outpatient, or long-term-care setting, Alice Hyde’s Occupational Therapists, Sara Sloan, OTR/L, and Jeff Miller, OTR/L, both have one goal — teaching people how to adapt to their physical limitations, injuries or disabilities — and a hundred different ways to reach that goal. &ldquo[...]