Important Announcements

Nondiscrimination Statement Update

Boston Medical Center Health System complies with applicable Federal civil rights laws and does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, national origin (including limited English proficiency and primary language), religion, culture, physical or mental disabilities, socioeconomic status, sex, sexual orientation and gender identity and/or expression. BMCHS provides free aids and services to people with disabilities and free language services to people whose primary language is not English.

To see our full nondiscrimination statement, click here.

Campus Construction Update

Starting September 14, we’re closing the Menino building lobby entrance. This, along with the ongoing Yawkey building entrance closure, will help us bring you an even better campus experience that matches the exceptional care you've come to expect. Please enter the Menino and Yawkey buildings through the Moakley building, and make sure to leave extra time to get to your appointment. Thank you for your patience. 

Click here to learn more about our campus redesign. 

Breastfeeding Equity Center

The Breastfeeding Equity Center’s mission is to make BMC Health System a breastfeeding-supportive and knowledgeable institution that supports all BMC patients in meeting their infant feeding intentions. 

We are addressing our patient’s needs through innovation, research, advocacy, training and expanding clinical services for lactation. Read more about the important work we are doing, featured in the Boston Globe’s Emancipator section.

Establishing long-needed outpatient clinical breastfeeding services

We founded the first breastfeeding medicine clinic at BMC in December 2021 with two providers and over 200 mother-baby dyads served as of September 2022. We plan to expand providers/sessions and add an e-consult service to meet demand and our collaborating across various departments to support additional lactation resources. 

Increasing lactation education and training

We manage a medical student breastfeeding elective and have OB and FM residents attend clinic sessions. With expanded clinical sessions, we plan to host more learners, particularly community members and staff from under-represented groups similar to our patient population.

Conducting equity-focused research & quality monitoring

We monitor breastfeeding rates by race and other demographic and clinical characteristics in order to direct interventions where they are needed most. The Center will bring investigators together to foster collaboration on breastfeeding research that impacts our patients, our community and beyond. 

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