What’s New

Bringing Cancer Care Closer to Home

Martha’s Vineyard Hospital is pleased to announce that as an affiliate of the Massachusetts General Hospital, we now offer patients a more comprehensive approach to treating cancer. MVH and the Mass General Cancer Center will begin working together to provide hematology/oncology physician and nurse practitioner services to Vineyards. This new Mass General Hematology/Oncology Service at [...]

Lyme Testing Brought In-House at Martha’s Vineyard Hospital

Martha’s Vineyard Hospital is pleased to announce the hospital’s lab is now performing Lyme disease testing and providing results on site. The hospital recently acquired a new instrument, the Biomerieux MiniVIDAS analyzer. Using the latest validated technology, the Biomerieux is accurate and sensitive enough to reliably detect the total amount of Lyme IgG and IgM [...]

Health care winds buffet Martha’s Vineyard Hospital

Following nine straight years in the black, Martha’s Vineyard Hospital ended its most recent fiscal year in the red. The challenge moving forward, hospital leaders said, is to navigate the shifting economic and political currents that will continue to affect health care providers across the nation. Read the full article in The Martha’s Vineyard Times

US Green Building Council’s Gold Certification Makes MVH the Highest LEED Rated Hospital in Commonwealth

On June 17th, 2011 Martha’s Vineyard Hospital was awarded GOLD certification by the US Green Building Council’s LEED(Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) program for meeting the highest standards in environmentally sound building practices. The new building, which houses all of the Hospital’s clinical services, opened in June 2010. The award makes our hospital the highest [...]

Hospital Physicians Awarded “Best of the Vineyard”

Congratulations to Dr. John Lamb and Dr. Julia Stunkel for winning Martha’s Vineyard Magazine’s “Best of the Vineyard 2011″ award in the category of Best Doctor. Best Doctor: John Lamb, MD Runner-up: Julia Stunkel, MD “Dr. John Lamb has only lived here for five years, yet this marks the fourth time he’s taken home Best Doctor. Clearly, [...]

Windemere Receives Top Award for Leadership & Quality

Windemere Nursing & Rehabilitation Center is pleased to announce that the American College of Health Care Administrators (ACHCA) has identified Windemere as a top performing long-term care organization. The Windemere team will be recognized with a Facility Leadership Award by the American College of Health Care Administrators (ACHCA) at the 45th Annual Convocation and Exposition [...]

New MRI Unit: World-Class Scans Without the Trip

Beginning in the summer of 2011, Vineyarders needn’t compromise the quality of their scan, or incur added costs when they choose to have their MRI without leaving the Island. Martha’s Vineyard Hospital has taken a big step forward with the installation of a new MRI machine in the radiology suite of the new Hospital building. [...]

New CT Scanner

The Hospital’s CT Scanner is Faster, Safer, Clearer Modern CT scanning technology is advancing on two fronts: improving image quality and reducing radiation doses. At Martha’s Vineyard Hospital, the GE LightSpeed VCT machine does both. In full geek-speak, the Hospital’s new CT scanner is a high-volume, high-speed, low-dose, 64-slice x-ray computed tomography machine. The higher [...]

Mentor Program Allows Island Students to Work with MVH Staff

Vineyard youth had the opportunity of a lifetime when they shadowed doctors and healthcare workers at Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. High school students Shawna Brown, Amoy Anderson and Shavanae Anderson want to become doctors. For the last year, they have been working with the Martha’s Vineyard Youth Leadership Initiative, whose mission is to develop the next [...]