South Shore Hospital provides numerous outpatient programs and clinics to meet a variety of health care needs. Please visit the health information and classes section of our website for further information.
Ambulatory Care Center
South Shore Hospital's ambulatory care center sees thousands of patients annually who need chemotherapy, injections, infusions, transfusions and vaccines. A physician's referral is required. Please call 781-340-8690 for more information.
Arthritis
The Outpatient Rehabilitation Center at South Shore Hospital comprehensively treats arthritis to help you achieve your best level of functioning. The arthritis program teaches you how to increase strength, flexibility, mobility and endurance, how to cope with pain, and also provides patient/family education. Please call 781-340-8140 for information.
Asthma
The Asthma Center at
South Shore Hospital is an outpatient program to help people successfully
cope with a chronic asthma condition. Participants in our programs receive
educational and other support to help them sleep more restfully, reduce
doctors and
hospital visits, achieve more normal lung function, and resume
work, school, sporting,
and leisure activities. Please call 781-340-8151 for information.
Bone Densitometry
South Shore Hospital's Stetson Center offers bone densitometry services in a private, comfortable and contemporary facility staffed exclusively by women technologists. A written order must be obtained from your physician specifying the need for this procedure prior to obtaining services. Please call 781-682-4536 for more information.
Breast Care Center
South Shore Hospital's Breast Care Center is offered in affiliation with Brigham & Women's Hospital/Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Our Center provides advanced care to those who have already been diagnosed with a breast condition. A physician referral is required to become a Breast Care Center patient. Contact your primary care physician for more details, especially if you have a new breast problem. Please call 781- 682-4545 for more information.
Cardiac Rehabilitation Program
Rehabilitation program for those who have experienced a cardiac event or those with heart disease. This four-phase program includes recovery plan, education, lifestyle modifications, and gradual integration of exercise maintenance. It is certified by the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation (AACVPR). Please call 781-340-8824 for more information.
Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) Clinic
Congestive heart failure affects 4.7 million Americans, with 400,00 new cases diagnosed each year. Our CHF Clinic is a comprehensive approach to the treatment of heart failure, provided in an alternative outpatient setting. The nursing staff of the CHF Clinic works in collaboration with your primary care physician to provide expert clinical care. The clinic is overseen by a board-certified cardiologist on staff at South Shore Hospital. The CHF Clinic offers intensive patient/family education as well as monitoring of symptoms of worsening heart failure. The clinic is designed to assist you in making educated choices about he management of your medical problem. Please call 781-794-7893 for more information.
Community Pool Exercise Programs
The Outpatient Rehabilitation Center
offers pool programs for South Shore residents with a variety of medical conditions
who want to keep fit and feel better. Classes for Parkinson's, arthritis, Bosom Buddies, and senior conditioning
programs are offered regularly.
Please call 781-340-8179 for more information.
Diabetes Center
Our outpatient diabetes center provides comprehensive education and information. Based on American Diabetes Association standards, this program provides diabetics with comprehensive education about how to treat the disease with a focus on keeping well, as well as managing diabetes during periods of illness. Participants learn about blood sugar monitoring, medication management, nutrition and exercise. Please call 781-340-4166 for more information.
Infertility Program
South Shore Hospital offers a comprehensive reproductive endocrinology program in association with Brigham and Women's Hospital.
The program is staffed by reproductive endocrinologists, physicians specializing in infertility issues, who are on the medical staff at both Shore Hospital and Brigham and Women's Hospital.
The program addresses many gynecologic and reproductive problems, including diagnosis and treatment for infertility, pelvic pain, abnormal uterine bleeding, uterine fibroids, recurrent miscarriage, endometriosis, hormonal abnormalities, abnormal absence of menstrual periods, and problems associated with menopause.
Laboratory Services
Our clinical laboratory services department, accredited by the College of
American Pathologists, provides diagnostic testing to inpatients and
outpatients, encompassing our emergency department, ambulatory care, day
surgery, the Nevin Building, and 780 Main Street. In fiscal year 2007, the
department performed approximately 80,000 venipunctures and performed
approximately two million laboratory tests. The department also supports
the South Shore Visiting Nurse Association by providing outreach phlebotomy
services.
Maternal-Fetal Medicine Center
South Shore Hospital's Maternal-Fetal Medicine Center assists women whose pregnancies may be affected by their age, a chronic health condition, the likelihood of multiple births, or other medical issues. Please call 781-340-8430 for more information.
Mammography Center
Mammograms, in conjunction with breast examinations by a health professional and monthly breast self-exams, are the best means of detecting breast disease in its earliest stages.
South Shore Hospital's Stetson Center offers mammography services in a private, comfortable, and contemporary facility staffed exclusively by women technologists. Each exam is interpreted by two board-certified South Shore Hospital radiologists, and instructions on breast self-exam are also provided. The program is fully accredited by the American College of Radiology and licensed by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health and the FDA. Please call 781- 682-4536 for more information.
Nutrition Education Program
South Shore Hospital offers individual medical nutrition counseling for a variety of diagnoses, including diabetes, cancer, kidney disease, GI disorders, obesity (pediatric and adult), sports nutrition, and eating disorders. A physician referral is required to participate in the program. Please call 781-340-8809 for more information.
Outpatient Rehabilitation Center
South Shore Hospital's outpatient rehabilitation center helps you recuperate from illness, injury, and diseases. The center's physiatrists and therapists rehabilitate those with complex disabling diseases such as cancer, stroke, and spinal cord injury, and progressive neurologic disorders like multiple sclerosis and Parkinson's. We an also help people with arthritis, osteoporosis, fibromyalgia, chronic pain, breast cancer, diabetes, and incontinence. We offer a joint replacement education program for those patients anticipating knee or hip replacement surgery. Community programs such as pre- and postnatal exercise, senior and teen conditioning programs, and sports conditioning are also offered. Unique to our center are two aquatic therapy pools, which feature a ramp so patients may maneuver themselves in and out of the water and maintain their independence. Please call 781-340-8140 for more information.
Pain Management Center
If you are living with chronic pain due to back injury, muscle strain or illness such as arthritis, cancer or reflex sympathetic dystrophy (RSD), South Shore Hospital has a program to help. Our pain management clinic offers relief through a multidisciplinary approach. Physician referral required. Please call 781-340-8352 for more information.
Pulmonary Rehabilitation
Our program combines therapeutic exercise, education, and nutrition counseling for those living with emphysema, chronic bronchitis, asthma, cystic fibrosis, or other chronic lung conditions. It is certified by the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation (AACVPR). Please call 781-340-8140 for more information.
Center for Wound Care and Hyberbaric Medicine
The South Shore Hospital Center for Wound Care and Hyperbaric Medicine focuses on treating the most difficult, non-healing wounds. Our expert wound care staff is highly skilled in the care of difficult, non-healing wounds. They are specially trained in wound management and hyperbaric treatment and are dedicated to remaining abreast of the latest advances in the field. Treatment options include the latest technology including hyperbaric oxygen therapy. Please call 781-624-4950 for more information.
Sleep Study Program
South Shore Hospital's respiratory therapy department offers a clinical program to pinpoint causes of sleep disturbances. Physician referral required. Please call 781-340-8213 for more information.
Travel Health Service
Traveling abroad? South Shore Hospital can give you recommended vaccinations, health and safety advice and the latest government travel advisories for a safe trip. Please call
781-340-8580 for more information.
Wheelchair Seating Clinic
Anyone who anticipates using a wheelchair as a primary means of transportation can benefit from the Outpatient Rehabilitation Center's wheelchair seating clinic. Customized fitting available. Please call 781-340-8140 for more information.
