We appreciate the work David does for Holy Cross Hospital, but we want to make sure everyone takes a minute to learn more about how he helps on a community level.
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The Holy Cross Annex Building is open for Testing, Vaccinations, and Booster Doses.
Testing and vaccinations can be done from the comfort of your car or inside the Annex if you are not experiencing symptoms. Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday from 11am – 3pm, no appointment is necessary for: TestingSwab testing from your car or inside the Annex. VaccinationsThe Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson, and Moderna vaccines are all available. […]
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Holy Cross Medical Center Earns the Quest for Excellence Quality Award
Each year the New Mexico Hospital Association recognizes exceptional efforts by hospitals to improve hospital quality and patient care for the people of New Mexico. The awards represent the highest level of professional acknowledgement from New Mexico’s Quality Committee and members. This year, Holy Cross Hospital was chosen to receive the Quest for Excellence Quality […]
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Taos Community Blood Drive
If you are healthy, please consider making an appointment to give blood on Tuesday, October 19th from 12:30pm to 5:30pm. Blood donations will be taken at the Holy Cross Hospital Fire/EMS Building.
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Support for changing from Traditional Medicare to a Part C Replacement Plan.
The Benefit Navigation Program at Holy Cross Hospital provides free year-round benefit navigation and enrollment counseling services for community members seeking benefits from the Health Exchange, Medicaid, and Medicare. Our Benefit Navigation Coordinator Theresa Noedel would love to assist our community members who are interested in changing from their Traditional Medicare to a Part C […]
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Holy Cross Hospital is Performing Necessary Backup Generator Maintenance
Update (09/08/2021): Thanks to the swift work of our team and community, we were able to find a solution and our generator is fully functional. We had a technician work on the unit and the generator has been cleared for use. As part of the regular infrastructure tests at Holy Cross Hospital it was discovered […]
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Potential for over-collection from Medicare patients on x-rays taken at Taos Urgent Care
Holy Cross Medical Center (HCMC) has identified a potential for over-collection from Medicare patients on x-rays taken at Taos Urgent Care. If you were a Medicare patient that had an x-ray taken at Taos Urgent care between the dates of 7/17/2017 and 5/31/2021 and believe HCMC over-collected on the billing for this procedure, please contact […]
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Holy Cross Medical Center, a Standout in Hand Rehabilitation
In Taos, we are fortunate to have our first Nationally Certified Hand Therapist. Lisa Edmonds has been an Occupational Therapist for 20 years and has practiced rehabilitation of the hand and arm for most of her career.
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Taos Women’s Health Institute is now Offering Appointments at the Questa Health Center for Pregnant Women
Holy Cross Hospital and Women’s Health Institute offer prenatal & OB services at the Questa Health Center, so you can get pregnancy care you need closer to where you live. The Questa Health Center now has state of the art pregnancy related equipment including a new ultrasound machine, vitals machine, and fetal heart rate monitor. […]
Taos Vaccine and COVID-19 Update – March 11th, 2021
Holy Cross Medical Center CEO, Bill Patten, provides an update on COVID-19 vaccine distribution efforts in the Taos community.
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Town of Taos: COVID-19 Update
The Town of Taos released a report on COVID-19 cases in New Mexico. This in-depth document from the presentation shares a lot of important information related to COVID-19.
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Please Welcome Our New Patient Advocate
Rebecca Ciletti, a native of Colorado, is very happy to be living in Taos after spending many years in New York City as a travel writer and comedian. Rebecca graduated with a Bachelors of Business Administration from Saint Mary’s College at Notre Dame, and has worked in the Infection Prevention and Patient Access departments over […]
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Holy Cross COVID-19 Super Star Hospital Heroes
All Holy Cross Employees and Medical Staff: Throughout our response to the COVID-19 pandemic, every employee has helped in her or his own special way. Some changed their work schedules to provide needed coverage. Some took on new duties including helping to screen patients and employees as they entered the building. Some worked directly with […]
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BeStaRRs – January – July, 2020
Steven Morrison, Social Worker Steven was instrumental and dedicated in finding appropriate placement for two for the most difficult social discharges we have had. Both patient’s physical co-morbidities, complex social and financial constraints and other issues made placement practically impossible. The placements were extremely difficult with multiple skilled nursing facilities declining admission citing, ‘the patient […]
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For the Health of It! 2020 was a Great Success!
As you know, the spring is usually a very busy time for Cancer Support Services preparing for our annual fundraiser,“For the Health of It.” Due to COVID-19, we were unable to host a large gathering this year for the 10th Anniversary of our event. However, we organized a “virtual” walk that we thought would be […]
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Sue Romansky is now our VP of Physician Practices
Effective July 26, 2020, Sue Romansky will be the new Vice-president of Physician Practices. In this role Sue will be responsible for all aspects of our employed medical staff practices; both outpatient and inpatient. Over the next month or so, Sue will meet with all the practitioners and all the clinic staff to learn first-hand […]
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The Rural Ob Access & Maternal Service (ROAMS) grant for Northeastern New Mexico
By Colleen Durocher, ROAMS Executive Director The health and wellness of a woman is critical to achieving safe outcome for her and her baby. Access to care is vital because it allows providers to identify, treat, and stabilize chronic conditions; address behavioral health needs; and plan for a healthy and intentional pregnancy. The Rural Ob […]
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David Elliot is now a National Healthcare Disaster Professional
In early April, David was asked by the New Mexico Dept. of Homeland Security and Emergency Management, which is in charge of the State Emergency Operations Center or “NM EOC”, if he would like to come to NMEOC in Santa Fe in support of the State’s response to the COVID-19. After his first shift, he […]
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Virtual Public Forum – Small Business & Coronavirus | Best Practices and Why
Join Holy Cross Hospital and the Taos Chamber of Commerce for a virtual public forum regarding safe practices for businesses that are re-opening during the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Holy Cross Hospital worked closely with Centinel Bank to receive much needed funding.
Holy Cross was not only one of the first applications to be submitted to the small business association for a PPP loan in Taos County but we were successful in securing much needed funding. This was due in part to the strong partnership we have with Centinal Bank. For us to have Centinel bank as […]