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Current Issue: February 26, 2020
- Reducing Maternal Morbidity and Mortality with Pre-and-Postnatal Substance Use Disorder Screening
- What do you do, Carol Sulis?
- Fighting Hepatitis A with Vaccines in the Emergency Department
- Five Things You May Not Know About BMC’s Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
- Awards and Accolades
- News of Note
Archives
January 31, 2020
Volume 9, Issue 1
- Balancing Clinical Care and Public Health to Address Social Determinants of Health
- WRAP Program Provides Comprehensive Care for Patients with Psychosis in Underserved Populations
- What do you do, Keri McDonough?
- Awards and Accolades
- News of Note
December 19, 2019
Volume 8, Issue 12
- 2019: The Year in Review
- A New Model of Care for Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis
- Protecting Patients from Energy Insecurity Requires Universal Screening
- What do you do, George O'Connor?
- Awards and Accolades
- News of Note
November 26, 2019
Volume 8, Issue 11
- Celebrating 25 Years of Changing Lives Through Project ASSERT
- PrEPing Patients for HIV Prevention
- What do you do, Good Grief Program?
- Making BMC Friendly to All
- Awards and Accolades
October 30, 2019
Volume 8, Issue 10
- Multidisciplinary Breast Cancer Clinic Provides Comfort and Coordinated Care to Patients
- Socially Responsible Surgery: Creating a Home for Public Health and Advocacy in Surgery
- What do you do, Claire Hacking?
- Awards and Accolades
- News of Note
September 30, 2019
Volume 8, Issue 9
- TEAMing UP to Change Behavioral Health Paradigms in Pediatrics
- What do you do, Miriam Komaromy?
- A Medical Mission to Honduras
- Awards and Accolades
- News of Note
August 28, 2019
Volume 8, Issue 8
- Welcome to the Third Annual International Issue!
- Family Separation Plans Help Prepare Immigrant Patients for the Unthinkable
- What do you do, Sara Stulac?
- Examining Lessons Learned and New Fears as Ebola Comes to the Democratic Republic of Congo
- How Diseases Spread
- Awards and Accolades
- News of Note
July 30, 2019
Volume 8, Issue 7
- Pharmacy Care as a Cornerstone of Health
- Nourishing Our Community with Boston Public Schools
- What do you do, Itzi Garcia?
- Boston Medical Center Program Helps Parents Recover from Substance Use Disorder and Keep Families Together
- Awards and Accolades
June 26, 2019
Volume 8, Issue 6
- Fighting Resident Burnout With Primary Care
- Community Narcan Training Extends Our Life-Saving Capacity
- What do you do, Center for Transgender Medicine and Surgery?
- BMC Comes Together to Celebrate Exceptional Employees
- Awards and Accolades
- News of Note
May 29, 2019
Volume 8, Issue 5
- Time's Up for Gender Inequities in Health Care
- What You Need to Know About Measles
- What do you do, Lee Cullivan?
- Finding a Simple Predictive Test for Alzheimer’s Disease
- Awards and Accolades
April 25, 2019
Volume 8, Issue 4
- BMC Receives Grant to Reduce Opioid Deaths in MA Communities by 40 Percent in Three Years
- Meet Your VP: Jamie Watson, Vice President of Revenue Cycle
- Tackling the Next Potential Public Health Threat at the NEIDL
- Celebrating the Many Faces that Create our Greatness at Diversity & Inclusion Month
- Awards and Accolades
- News of Note
March 29, 2019
Volume 8, Issue 3
- A Successful First Year for MassHealth ACOs
- Local Agencies Address Opioid Epidemic with Compassion, Collaboration
- Following Up on Incidental Findings: A Patient Safety Grant Project
- What do you do, Perla Macip-Rodriguez?
- Awards and Accolades
- News of Note
February 27, 2019
Volume 8, Issue 2
- What Does a BostonHires Champion Look Like?
- What do you do, Sandra Montrond?
- More Than a Physical Toll: Fatigue and Frustration Impact Diabetes Patients
- In the Blink of an Eye
- Awards and Accolades
January 31, 2019
Volume 8, Issue 1
- Caring for Children Across The City in the Boston Combined Residency Program
- Quality Improvement Leadership Academy Graduates Inaugural Class
- What do you do, Ron Medzon?
- Small Acts, Big Impact: Honoring MLK’s Legacy
- Awards and Accolades
December 21, 2018
Volume 7, Issue 12
- 2018 Year in Review
- National Network Helps BMC Deepen Work in Social Determinants of Health
- What do you do, Katie Parrish?
- Madison Park High School Students Learn Healthcare Job Skills in New BMC Training Program
- Awards and Accolades
- News of Note
November 29, 2018
Volume 7, Issue 11
- Advancing Emergency Care through Simulation
- 14th Annual Raphael Miara Patient Safety Symposium includes Launch of New Book Dedicated to the Memory of Raphael Miara
- Providing Exceptional Care in the New Integrated Procedural Platform
- BMCHP Sponsors Boston Police Department-Run Program for Boston Youth
- What do you do, Tracey Burg?
- Awards and Accolades
October 25, 2018
Volume 7, Issue 10
- Why BMC is NO on Question 1
- Denim Day is October 26!
- What do you do, Grace Cashman?
- Providing Fun and Therapy at the Margaret M. Shea, RN Day Health Program
- Awards and Accolades
- News of Note
September 27, 2018
Volume 7, Issue 9
- An Improved Way to Provide Guardians to Patients in Need
- I Am Nurse and I Will Be Voting NO on Question 1
- Free Online Resources Will Help Organizations Support Employees and their Families Impacted by Addiction
- Awards and Accolades
- News of Note
August 22, 2018
Volume 7, Issue 8
- Helping Children Thrive with the Center for the Urban Child and Health Family
- New Combined Family Medicine-Psychiatry Residency Trains Future Community Health Leaders
- What do you do, Glen Foley?
- Special Kids Special Care Program Takes on the Most Complicated Cases
- News of Note
July 26, 2018
Volume 7, Issue 7
- Finding Home: A Refugee's Story
- In Their Words
- Five Things You Might Not Know About BMC HealthNet Plan
- What do you do, Internal Medicine Education Administration Team?
- News of Note
June 27, 2018
Volume 7, Issue 7
- Telesitting Program Helps Keep Patients Safe
- BMC Pharmacy Technician Training Program Helps Advance Employees’ Careers, Addresses the Pharm Tech Shortage
- What do you do, Holly Sabo?
- New Technology Helps Providers Deliver Better Care to Frequent ED Visitor
- Recognizing Employees that Embody Exceptional Care without Exception at the 2018 Be Exceptional Awards
- Awards and Accolades
- News of Note
May 23, 2018
Volume 7, Issue 5
- Meet Your Vice President: David Twitchell
- How BMC is Working to Address Disparities in Pre-and-Postnatal Health Outcomes
- Director of NIDA Provides History Lesson and Ways Forward for Substance Use Disorders
- BMC Showcases Leadership in Community Health Work
- Awards and Accolades
April 25, 2018
Volume 7, Issue 4
- Screening for More than Medical Issues With THRIVE
- Why They Run
- Breathing New Life into Armani’s Future
- What do you do, Kristen Kremer?
- Be One in a Million in the All of Us Study
- Awards and Accolades
March 28, 2018
Volume 7, Issue 3
- A Son's Love and a New Kidney for Norah
- Orthopedics Resident Tackles Opioid Overprescribing
- What do you do, Sean Nabi?
- ACO in Action: The First Month
- Awards and Accolades
- News of Note
February 28, 2018
Volume 7, Issue 2
- Successful BMC Pilot Program Keeps Moms with Addiction Healthy Before, During, and Long After Delivery
- What do you do, Joanne Hogan?
- Think you know the Demonstration Kitchen? Think Again!
- The Hero of Preconception Care
- Awards and Accolades
- News of Note
January 25, 2018
Volume 7, Issue 1
- How to Have a Happy and Healthy 2018
- Medical Miracles on Harrison Ave: 578 Miles to a New Kidney
- Reflecting on Martin Luther King Jr.’s Legacy, From the Soul
- What do you do, Jennifer Plummer?
- Awards and Accolades
- News of Note
December 20, 2017
Volume 6, Issue 12
- 2017: The Year in Review
- BMC Invests $6.5 Million in Affordable Housing to Improve Community Health and Reduce Medical Costs
- Pepper Sauce Makes for Happy Holidays for Kids in Boston and Beyond
- 'Tis the Season of Giving: Employees Share Why They Give to BMC
- What do you do, Travel Clinic?
- Awards and Accolades
November 30, 2017
Volume 6, Issue 11
- Preparing for Accountable Care With a Concept Borrowed from the Tech World
- What do you do, Nausheen Singh?
- Blurry Bribes? A Doctor’s Cautionary Tale in Accepting Cash for Referrals
- Performers, Artists, or Patients? At Yearly Concert, They’re All Three.
- Awards and Accolades
- News of Note
October 25, 2017
Volume 6, Issue 10
- Preventing Gun Violence, One Pediatrics Patient at a Time
- Are weight loss drugs the next tool to combat cocaine addiction?
- Systems for Safe Care at the Annual Miara Lecture and Quality and Patient Safety Awards
- Awards and Accolades
- News of Note
September 27, 2017
Volume 6, Issue 9
- Did Hollywood Get it Right in Stronger? BMC Gives it Two Thumbs Up
- BMC Emergency Management is Ready for Anything
- What do you do, Betsey Eltonhead?
- Celebrating Employees at the Annual Service Awards
- Awards and Accolades
- News of Note
August 24, 2017
Volume 6, Issue 8
- In Country with Few Neurologists, BMC Provides Education and Resources
- Residents Practice Global Health at Home and Abroad
- A Valuable Lesson in Learning to Work with Less
- What do you do, Kaissa Oulhadj?
- Awards and Accolades
- News of Note
July 19, 2017
Volume 6, Issue 7
- Inpatient Addiction Consult Service Treats Underlying Cause of Many Hospitalizations
- After a Stressful Event, Peers a Great Source of Comfort
- Meet Lindsay Allen, BMC's First Farmer
- In Their Words
- Awards and Accolades
June 21, 2017
Volume 6, Issue 6
- Meet Your Vice President: James Moses, MD, MPH
- These Employees are Truly Exceptional!
- New BMC Training Will Promote Safe Prescribing for Residents, Other Clinicians
- A New Concern Facing Hospitals: Cyberattacks
- What do you do, Katherine Christopher?
- Awards and Accolades
- News of Note
May 17, 2017
Volume 6, Issue 5
- Kidney Transplant Helps Family in Unexpected Ways
- Healthy Food Grown High Above the Hub: New Rooftop Farm Helps BMC Go Even Greener
- Physician Coaches Help Create Positive Patient Experiences
- What do you do, Louise Fazakerley?
- Awards and Accolades
- News of Note
April 26, 2017
Volume 6, Issue 4
- STRONG Provides Framework for Better Care for Patients with Amputations
- Director of Talent Acquisition Ensures Many Faces Create Our Greatness
- At BMC, It’s Easy Being Green
- Small Grants Have Big Impact On Wellness
- Awards and Accolades
- News of Note
March 24, 2017
Volume 6, Issue 3
- BMC Receives Record $25 Million Gift from Grayken Family to Advance Leadership in Treating and Preventing Opioid Use Disorder
- At BMC, Training Helps Staff Navigate New Waters in Treating Transgender Patients
- What do you do, Cancer Clinical Trials Office?
- In Their Words
- Awards and Accolades
- News of Note
February 22, 2017
Volume 6, Issue 2
- Through New Model, OB/GYN Teams Can Meet Patients' Behavioral Health Needs
- BMC a National Leader in Lowest Heart Failure Mortality Rates
- Formal Training for Providers on Gun Safety Could Save Lives
- Hepatitis C – What You Need To Know
- What do you do, Linda Wilson?
- Awards and Accolades
- News of Note
January 26, 2017
Volume 6, Issue 1
- The Year Ahead: A Q&A with Kate Walsh
- Despite Difficult Diagnosis, a First Birthday to Celebrate
- New Year, New You
- In Celebrating Martin Luther King Jr, Valuable Lessons on Understanding Differing Views
- What do you do, Alan Au?
- Awards and Accolades
December 21, 2016
Volume 5, Issue 12
- 2016: The Year in Review
- In Healthcare, a Paradigm Shift Toward Addressing the “Why”
- What do you do, Sarah Kimball?
- Celebrating Our Commitment to Quality, Safety, and Patient Experience
- In Their Words
- News of Note
- Awards and Accolades
November 22, 2016
Volume 5, Issue 11
- What Makes Us Great
- What do you do, Olga Elias?
- Is smoking equally bad for all? A BMC Study Aims to Find Out
- Awards and Accolades
- News of Note
October 20, 2016
Volume 5, Issue 10
- Leading the Way in Transgender Medicine
- The Doctor is In - Whenever You Need One
- The Flu and You
- Compliance Myth and Facts
- What do you do, Janeesa Pearson?
- News of Note
- Awards and Accolades
September 21, 2016
Volume 5, Issue 9
- ArtsLab Brings Creativity into Daily Hospital Life
- The ABCs of ACOs
- Insurance for the Whole Person
- Engineering the Future of Medicine at the Center for Regenerative Medicine
- What do you do, Barbara McCall?
- Awards and Accolades
August 19, 2016
Volume 5, Issue 8
- Welcome to the International Issue
- Sustainable Services in Haiti
- Building Psychiatry Capability Around the World
- Bringing Family Medicine Residents Home to Lesotho
- Collaborative Research in Russia
- Fighting Ebola in Sierra Leone
- Collaboration in China
- What do you do, Michael Mecenas?
- News of Note