St. Joseph Healthcare is announcing the delivery of first-rate cancer rehab services to survivors in New Hampshire, thanks to earning STAR Program® Certification.
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St. Joseph Healthcare in Nashua, NH announced today that it has earned its STAR Program® Certification from the Massachusetts-based Oncology Rehab Partners, leading experts in the field of survivorship care. St. Joseph Healthcare is leading the way by offering excellent cancer rehabilitation services to its patients through becoming STAR Program Certified.
STAR Program Certification uniquely qualifies facilities like St. Joseph Healthcare to offer premium Oncology Rehabilitation Services to survivors who suffer from debilitating side effects, caused by treatments
To receive its certification, St. Joseph Healthcare executed Oncology Rehab Partners’ unparalleled STAR Program Certification, a conventional medicine and evidence-based standardized model of oncology rehabilitation service delivery, successfully implementing the program’s evaluation and treatment protocols and rehabilitation training. These services are covered by health insurance providers and will be offered to patients by a knowledgeable and sensitive medical staff that is specially trained to work with survivors of all forms of cancer.
Specialty caregivers from a pool of disciplines-including physicians, physical and occupational therapists, speech pathologists, dieticians, mental health professionals, and nurses-will work together with each patient on a personalized rehabilitation plan to increase strength and energy, alleviate pain, and improve daily function and quality of life.
“Having our therapists and cancer providers go through extensive training in the STAR Oncology Rehabilitation Program allows us to deliver “best- practice” rehabilitation care for those cancer survivors suffering from the debilitating side-effects of cancer and its treatments.” stated Robert Hayes, Director of Rehabilitation Services at St. Joseph Healthcare. “Our goal is to improve our patient’s daily functional level and overall quality of life. “
STAR Program Certification from Oncology Rehab Partners provides hospitals and cancer centers with the tools needed to quickly and effectively implement an exceptional survivorship care plan.
Oncology Rehab Partners co-founder Julie Silver, MD, assistant professor at Harvard Medical School, and herself a cancer survivor, “St. Joseph Healthcare is the first STAR Program in New Hampshire and should be commended for its commitment to providing cancer survivors with comprehensive cancer rehabilitation services.”
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