St. James Hospital

Steuben County Manager and leadership at UR Medicine/St. James Hospital urge the community to maintain safety amid growing COVID-19 cases. Read more here: https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/st-james/news-events.aspx

Please continue to practice COVID-19 guidelines to keep you, your family and loved ones safe.

We are very excited to have Surgeon, Dr. Andrew Powers apart of our General Surgery team! He addresses what brought him to Hornell, his areas of expertise and more.

Our COVID Health Screeners at the Medical Office Building and Hospital rigorously disinfect surfaces and maintain social distanced seating to ensure your safety. Pictured: Valerie Ribble, Medical Office Building Laboratory Draw Station Manager

This past week we celebrated National Pharmacy Week! Our team of three pharmacy professionals have collectively served at St. James Hospital for 72 years! They are experts in the use of today’s complex medications, follow extraordinary safety measures, and deliver medications in a timely and efficient way. We thank you for your service!

Today, several of our community partners hosted a drive-thru school supplies give away at Hornell, Canisteo and Arkport schools to support remote learning. Big thanks to HPG, YMCA, Elderwood, Canisteo Police Club, Walmart, Wegmans, Catholic Charities and Hornell City School District.

Internal Medicine Doctor, Joanne Nazareth, is accepting new patients at our Primary Care office! To make an appointment please call: (607) 385-3700.

This week we celebrated Case Management week! We have 5 amazing case management/care coordination employees who ensure our patients are admitted and transitioned to the appropriate level of care as well as advocating for services and plans needed at home during and after their stay. Pictured left to right: ... Tracy Harvey, Quality Management Manager Abigail Preston, Case Manager Melissa Rackmill, CNO Wendy Pinder, PNO Not Pictured: Sue Robshaw, Care Manager Brittany Ritenburg, Care Manager

Enjoy December's issue of St. James Mental Health & Wellness Journal by Behavioral Health Assessment Officer, Wendy Pinder.

Today was Tom Dugo's last day as Interim Materials Management Director. As a final send off our staff showed support by wearing their favorite flannel, which Tom can always be spotted in. We can't thank Tom enough for coming out of retirement to help us transition to the new Hospital as well as leading our supply chain through the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Here at St. James we are getting in the Fall spirit by challenging our Departments to decorate their own Scarecrow/Pumpkin! Which one is your favorite? Scarecrow/Pumpkin #1: Orthopedic and Physical Therapy Department Pumpkin #2: Cancer Services Department Pumpkin #3: Imaging Department

This morning our Chief APP Officer, Jack Florio and ED Nurse Manager, Aimee Smith cooked breakfast for our Emergency Department Nurses to thank them for their dedication to high quality emergency care!

This past week we recognized four dedicated team members during National Central Sterile & Processing Week! Collectively, these individuals have fifty-seven years of service at St. James Hospital. Every day they are diligent in their work, supplying dependable and sterile instruments for the Operating and Clinic Procedure Rooms, so that our patients have safe and highly positive outcomes. We thank you! Pictured Left to right: ... Deb Spratt, Perioperative Director Karen Tomer, CRCST Lois Stephens, CRCST Deb Hager, Lead Tech Kathy Woodward, CRCST See more

This is the last week to register for our Think Pink mammogram screening day on October, 24th at our Women's Imaging and Breast Center! Call 607-247-2218 to register!

Happy Emergency Nurses Week! This has been an incredibly challenging year for our Emergency Department staff, and everyone of our ED nurses stepped up the challenge. We thank these dedicated professionals for their commitment to quality emergency care! Pictured left to right: ... Aimee Smith Morgan Schenck Patty Smith See more

We are happy to provide support to students as they receive the education and training to become future healthcare professionals!

IMPORTANT NEWS As of 4pm on Friday, October 16 St. James is implementing a no visitor policy due to the the growing number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the greater Hornell area and Steuben County. The new no-visitor restriction applies to our inpatient unit. Visitor restrictions are still in place for patients coming to the emergency department, or for tests and procedures. To learn more click the link.

This week we're celebrating National Healthcare Foodservice Workers Week. This honors our 14 dedicated team members who collectively have served our hospital and community for 120 years! Every day, our tremendous Nutrition staff provide wholesome meals that contribute to the healing of our patients and to the enjoyment of our staff. In fact, over the last year they served a total of 46,286 meals.

Our employees are gearing up for flu season by getting their flu shot! This year it is especially important to get vaccinated and protect yourself and our community from the flu. Be a flu fighter and get vaccinated today!