Articles/Partners In The News
Two HealthCorps Navigators working at Brockton Neighborhood Health Center
5/3/2013
Two young women at the Brockton Neighborhood Health Center are helping patients access services and getting a chance to learn more about careers in health care.
Articles/In The Community
Partners makes additional three year commitment to Thrive in 5 community programming
5/3/2013
Partners HealthCare has extended its commitment to support Thrive in 5, a community outreach program that aims to provide healthy eating and active living opportunities to children and families from different neighborhoods of Boston.
Articles/Partners In The News
Partners in Career and Workforce Development program trains community members for careers in health care
5/3/2013
Partners in Career and Workforce Development, a free, intensive education and internship program, gives people the opportunity to learn about the health care field and then apply that knowledge on the job.
Articles/In The Community
Better Living with Liz Walker
3/29/2013
March 2013: Through an exciting partnership with Partners HealthCare, Liz Walker and the Better Living team are highlighting community health programs at Partners hospitals and the health centers.
Articles/Partners Point Of View
The balance of innovation: Providing people with what they don't know they want versus what they know they will find useful
12/19/2012
Joseph Kvedar, MD, Director of the Center for Connected Health at Partners HealthCare, recently wrote an opinion piece for Healthcare IT News about innovating in the connected health sphere.
Articles/News And Announcements
MGH Institute of Health Professions celebrates 35 years
11/15/2012
The MGH Institute of Health Professions is celebrating its 35th anniversary with a year-long campaign. The Institute was founded by Massachusetts General Hospital in 1977 and since its inception it has educated more than 4,400 students.
Articles/Partners In The News
Partners' John Messervy talks with Living on Earth about Partners' strategies for reducing energy consumption, design of new Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital
11/2/2012
John Messervy, Director of Capital and Facility Planning for Partners HealthCare, recently shared some of the ways in which the new Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital Boston has been built with a focus on a changing environment and sustainability with Living on Earth.
Articles/News And Announcements
Neighborhood Health Plan becomes a member of Partners HealthCare
10/1/2012
NHP and Partners HealthCare share a dedication to ensuring the delivery of high quality care to underserved populations now and into the future.
Articles/In The Community
The Kraft Center for Community Health celebrates launch of new website
9/7/2012
The Kraft Center aims to develop clinician-leaders that are committed to careers in community-based care in order to expand access to high quality, cost effective health care for underserved populations.
Articles/Partners In The News
The intersection of population health management and information technology
8/30/2012
Joseph Kvedar, MD, Director of the Center for Connected Health at Partners HealthCare, recently wrote a commentary for Information Weekly about the challenge of getting health care providers and IT leaders to think about population health management.
Articles/Partners People
Boston Business Journal's Champions in Health Care Award honors five Partners-affiliated individuals
8/23/2012
The Boston Business Journal honored five individuals from Partners HealthCare members with its Champions in Health Care award, given out at a ceremony earlier today. In total 14 individuals and two employers received the award.
Articles/Partners Point Of View
Thomas H. Lee, MD, President of Partners Community Healthcare, Inc., shares thoughts about MA Health Reform
8/16/2012
In a recent Health Affairs Blog post, Lee talks about Massachusetts health reform from the perspective of an academic medical provider.
Articles/In The Community
Better Living with Liz Walker
6/8/2012
Liz Walker and the Better Living team are featuring Partners Community Health and our commitment to improving the health and well-being of the people and the neighborhoods we serve. View videos from the most recent episode.
Articles/Partners In The News
Electronic Medical Records here to stay
5/2/2012
David Blumenthal, MD, Chief Health Information Officer for Partners HealthCare, spoke recently with The Boston Globe about electronic medical records.
Articles/Innovation And Research
Partners Commitment to Quality and Transparency
4/26/2012
Partners HealthCare is committed to making patient care better each day, across all parts of our system. We have long been transparent with the public about our progress on efforts to improve quality.
Articles/News And Announcements
Brigham and Women's Hospital launches HealthHub
4/25/2012
BWH recently launched HealthHub, a hospital blog that provides insight on health topics of interest to consumers.
Articles/In The Community
Better Living with Liz Walker
3/12/2012
Liz Walker and the Better Living team are featuring Partners Community Health and our commitment to improving the health and well-being of the people and the neighborhoods we serve. Watch a preview of the next episode, airing Thursday, June 7 at 7:30pm on Channel 5.
Articles/News And Announcements
The Benson-Henry Institute for Mind Body Medicine at Mass General helps patients reduce stress
2/23/2012
For patients seeking to reduce stress and improve their physical health and clinicians looking to learn more about mind body medicine, BHI offers a full range of services.
Articles/In The Community
Better Living with Liz Walker
1/16/2012
Liz Walker and the Better Living team are featuring Partners Community Health and our commitment to improving the health and well-being of the people and the neighborhoods we serve. Watch a preview of the upcoming episode, airing on March 8th at 7:30 pm on Channel 5.
Articles/Partners In The News
Understanding Accountable Care Organizations: What do they mean for health care?
1/10/2012
In late December, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced its national Accountable Care Organization (ACO) program. Five ACOs are located in Massachusetts, and Partners HealthCare is one of those. A recent Boston Globe article explains more about ACOs.
Articles/Partners In The News
BWH researchers are developing "swimming" capsule to take pictures of digestive sysetm
1/10/2012
Researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) are developing a "swimming" capsule to replace traditional methods of scoping the digestive tract. A recent Boston Globe article sheds more light on the research.
Articles/Partners In The News
Partners HealthCare provides many programs to beneift the local community
1/10/2012
Partners HealthCare's focus on the community provides an educational and economic opportunity for many Boston residents, reports The Baystate Banner.
Articles/Innovation And Research
NSMC Improves Patient Safety with New PICC Placement Technology
1/5/2012
North Shore Medical Center is rolling out the use of a new electrocardiogram (EKG) guidance technology to place Peripherally Inserted Central Catheters (PICCs). The hospital is the first in New England to use the system.
Articles/Innovation And Research
Partners HealthCare Center for Connected Health hosts annual Connected Health Symposium
11/14/2011
The Partners HealthCare Center for Connected Health hotsed its annual Connected Health symposium on October 20 and 21 in Boston, MA.
Articles/Partners People
Partners HealthCare at Home's Kathy Duckett spoke about "Innovations in Expanding Primary Care Capacity" for IOM
10/25/2011
Kathy Duckett, RN, Director of Clinical Programs, Partners HealthCare at Home (PHH), presented on the value of telemedicine at the public session hosted by the Institute of Medicine.
Articles/In The Community
Better Living with Liz Walker
10/10/2011
Liz Walker and the Better Living team are featuring Partners Community Health and our commitment to improving the health and well-being of the people and the neighborhoods we serve. Watch a preview of the upcoming episode, airing on Jan. 12th at 7:30 pm on Ch. 5.
Articles/Partners In The News
New technology being tested at Spaulding Rehab Hospital enables paralyzed patients to walk again
9/27/2011
New technology that enables paralyzed patients to walk again is being tested at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital.
Articles/Partners In The News
Partners' Dr. Elizabeth Mort shares knowledge of upcoming value-based purchasing system
9/15/2011
Medicare will soon be providing an incentive for hospitals to provide high quality care to their patients. The pay for performance initiative, called value-based purchasing, incentivizes hospitals to focus on 12 clinical measures as well as patient satisfaction ratings.
Articles/Innovation And Research
After Alzheimer's drug trial failures, BWH research physician Dennis Selkoe provides commentary
9/14/2011
Dr. Dennis Selkoe, a research physician at Brigham and Women's Hospital who is a world leader in the fight against Alzheimer's, wrote a perspective piece for the journal Nature Medicine discussing concerns and explanations for the field.
Articles/Partners In The News
Pharmaceutical companies likely paying Massachusetts physicians less in promotional fees
9/12/2011
A recent analysis by The Boston Globe and ProRepublica found that Massachusetts physicians are likely earning far less than they did in 2009 for promoting the products of drug companies.
Articles/Partners In The News
Foxborough teams up with Partners staff to asses, teach student-athletes about concussion safety
8/25/2011
The town of Foxoborough is working with Partners staff and physicians this fall to educate students and families about the dangers of concussions and the risks in returning to the playing field too early.
Articles/Partners In The News
Massachusetts General Hospital's new 3D mammography machine offers enhanced breast cancer detection
8/15/2011
Massachusetts General Hospital has introduced the latest in mammogram technology--a 3D mammography machine created by medical device company Hologic.
Articles/Partners In The News
New medical devices help seniors monitor health conditions from home
8/15/2011
Seniors are more often able to stay in their homes , out of the doctor's office, and on top of their medical conditions thanks to a host of new monitoring technology.
Articles/Partners In The News
MGH physician works to provide patients with a new voice
8/1/2011
From The Boston Globe: Steven Zeitels, MD, director of the Center for Laryngeal Surgery and Voice Rehabilitation at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) is working with a biomedical engineer from MIT to create a synthetic material that can act as vocal folds.
Articles/Partners In The News
MGH Palliative Care Program helps patients cope with serious illness
7/24/2011
Palliative care, a growing industry that originated as an offshoot of hospice, can help patients suffering a serious illness handle emotional, physical, and spiritual needs. The palliative care program at Massachusetts General Hospital is one of the oldest in the country.
Articles/News And Announcements
Massachusetts General Hospital celebrates opening of Lunder Building
7/19/2011
Earlier in July Massachusetts General Hospital celebrated the opening of its newest building, the Lunder Building, a 530,000-square-foot, 14-floor medical facility. The facility features the latest in medical technology and environmentally friendly design.
Articles/Partners In The News
Partners shares plans for care redesign
7/19/2011
Partners HealthCare is currently planning a major redesign of how care is delivered for certain patients. Many who suffer from diabetes, stroke, colon cancer, and two types of heart problems, will see changes soon in how their care is provided by Partners physicians and hospitals.
Articles/In The Community
Replacing "Kokobe" With Strength: New Haitian Center of Excellence for Rehabilitation and Education
7/19/2011
Scheduled to open in March of 2012, the new Center of Excellence at l’Hôpital St. Nicolas will become Haiti’s first universally accessible rehabilitation facility within the public health system.
Articles/Partners In The News
Jack Connors announces he will step down as chairman of Partners HealthCare
6/21/2011
Jack Connors recently announced that he will be stepping down as chairman of Partners HealthCare in July 2012. Connors has served as chair since 1996.
Articles/In The Community
Cambodian youth group of Lynn honors members
6/15/2011
Members of a Cambodian youth group based in Lynn were recently honored for their achievements. The group, called Khmer American Youth in Action (KAYA), aims to encourage community activism and leadership among its teenage members. Partners HealthCare sponsors the group.
Articles/Partners People
Joseph Kvedar, of Partners’ Center for Connected Health, contributes to Healthcare IT News
6/14/2011
Patients are more often being given the chance to keep an eye on their own health and chronic conditions from home with the help of monitoring technology. Joe Kvedar, MD, director of Partners' Center for Connected Health shared his thoughts on this topic in a recent issue of Healthcare IT News.
Articles/News And Announcements
Brigham and Women’s Hospital surgeons perform nation’s third full face transplant
6/13/2011
A multidisciplinary team of caregivers worked for 20 hours to perform the transplant.
Articles/Partners Point Of View
Newton-Wellesley Hospital CIO speaks with healthsystemCIO.com about Meaningful Use, Accountable Care Organizations, and other topics
5/31/2011
Scott MacLean, Chief Information Officer of Newton-Wellesley Hospital (a member of Partners HealthCare) shared his thoughts with healthsystemCIO.com during a recent interview.
Articles/News And Announcements
Care Management Program improves care for sickest patients, reduces costs
5/29/2011
Three Partners HealthCare hospitals involved in a national demonstration project that aims to redesign care for high-risk patients.
Articles/Innovation And Research
Clinical trials at Partners institutions investigate new cures for diseases
5/29/2011
Learn more about the hundreds of clinical trials available through Partners institutions.
Articles/Partners Point Of View
Partners President and CEO Gary Gottlieb writes Op-Ed piece with Boston's Mayor Menino about creating summer jobs for teens
5/25/2011
Partners HealthCare President and CEO Gary Gottlieb, along with Boston's Mayor Thomas Menino, called for greater creation of teen summer jobs.
Articles/Partners In The News
Run to Home Base raises $2.6 million for veterans
5/23/2011
Runners taking part in the "Run to Home Base" got their chance to run around Fenway Park and raise money to benefit veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress and traumatic brain injury this past weekend.
Articles/Partners In The News
Two doctors at Partners hospitals are named as top innovators by The Boston Globe
5/22/2011
Partners HealthCare's Atul Gawande, MD and Daniel Haber, MD, top The Boston Globe's list of 100 Top Innovators in Medicine.
Articles/Partners In The News
Face transplant recipients consider each other brothers
5/11/2011
Just weeks after Brigham and Women's Hospital surgeons peformed the nation's first and second full face transplants, the two transplant recipients have said to consider each other brothers.
Articles/Partners People
Keen use of telemedicine can improve patients' all-around health
5/11/2011
Joseph Kvedar, of Partners HealthCare's Center for Connected Health, recently spoke at a health technology conference and told the audience that improved use of telemedicine can improve the all-around health of patients in the future.
Articles/Partners People
Partners President and CEO named as one of the most influential physician executives in health care
5/9/2011
Partners HealthCare's President and CEO Gary Gottlieb has been named as one of Modern Healthcare's 50 Most Influential Physicians for 2011.
Articles/Partners In The News
Wellesley resident talks about stroke, sharing story in Partners HealthCare ad
4/27/2011
Steve Chilton received stroke care at Newton-Wellesley Hospital, a member of Partners HealthCare
Articles/Partners In The News
Partners HealthCare Telestroke Center using mobile technology to connect with patients
4/27/2011
Stroke patients could receive follow-up care from their own homes through computer or mobile phone
Articles/Partners In The News
Partners Career and Workforce Development program offers entryway into health careers
4/21/2011
Partners Career and Workforce Development (PCWD) program celebrated its most recent class of graduates last month. The six-week program provides resources and education to community residents interested in pursuing a career in health care.
Articles/Partners In The News
"Step it Up" Program tracks kids' steps in Dorchester
4/14/2011
Students at Dorchester's Emily Emily A. Fifield and Oliver Wendell Holmes elementary schools are taking part in a pilot program that tracks their steps with a goal of measuring movement. The program, called "Step it Up" is run partly by Partners' Center for Connected Health.
Articles/Partners In The News
Center for Connected Health's text message program improves health of newborn babies
4/5/2011
A recent Health Policy Forum blog post highlights the success of Partners' Center for Connected Health program involving text messaging expectant mothers to improve the health of their newborn babies.
Articles/Partners In The News
Brigham and Women's' midwifery program provides proper care to expectant mothers and their families
3/24/2011
The goal of the program is to provide care to women in their own communities.
Articles/Innovation And Research
In debate on how to change pill bottle labels, Center for Connected Health's Glow Caps an option
3/21/2011
Despite directions on their pill bottles, many patients consistently do not take their medications as directed. This is often for a variety of reasons--uclear directions, forgetfulness of patients--and many patients do not know that they are taking their medications incorrectly.
Articles/News And Announcements
Newton-Wellesley Hospital opens medical simulation center
3/19/2011
The state-of-the-art facility will be used for training physicians through the use of real-life scenarios.
Articles/Partners Point Of View
Massachusetts General Hospital introduces 3D Mammography
3/18/2011
The tool, pioneered by MGH physicians, will help detect breast cancer. The hospital’s Breast Imaging Division is the first in the nation to develop and use this technology.
Articles/Partners People
Partners HealthCare Informatician participates in Webinar about Meaningful Use
3/2/2011
Lydia Siegel, MD, Informatician within the Quality Data Management group at Partners HealthCare discusses how meaningful use requirements can be achieved with existing infrastructure.
Articles/News And Announcements
Massachusetts General Hospital celebrates its 200th Anniversary this year
2/25/2011
Massachusetts General Hospital is celebrating its 200th anniversary this year. Learn about some of the many medical discoveries made at the hospital since its inception.
Articles/Partners In The News
South End resident receives citizenship with help from Partners HealthCare program
2/16/2011
Glenda Donald, an immigrant from Trinidad and Tobago, received her U.S. citizenship with the help of a program run by Partners HealthCare. She works as a patient services coordinator at Massachusetts General Hospital.
Articles/Partners In The News
Partners’ Career and Workforce Development program receives $500,000 grant from Boston Foundation
2/15/2011
$500,000 gift from the Boston Foundation to Partners and other health care organizations to help employees who have positions on the lower end of the spectrum move up the chain through job training.
Articles/Partners In The News
Text message reminders improve medication adherance in patients with skin conditions
2/1/2011
Partners HealthCare's Center for Connected Health published a study recently outlining the success it saw in using text message reminders to encourage patients with skin conditions to take their medications.
Articles/Partners In The News
Decline in use of imaging seen in 2010
1/25/2011
Use of imaging has dropped by 10% in one year, due to the economy and insurance plans structured to prevent patients from getting MRIs and CTs. Because imaging is a big money drain, some physician practices are now being incentivized to change their test practices.
Articles/Partners People
Newton-Wellesley Hospital CIO shares insights on preparing for Meaningful Use
1/19/2011
Q & A with Scoott MacLean, Chief Information Officer at Newton-Wellesley Hospital, about how investing in IS has improved quality of care.
Articles/Partners People
The Hot Spotters: New Yorker article from Dr. Atul Gawande
1/17/2011
By focusing on the population that utilizes the greatest amount of medical care, and therefore the largest amount of costs, providers are seeing a reduction in spending and care.
Articles/Partners People
Small steps in Congresswoman Giffords' recovery
1/13/2011
Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, who was recently shot in the head by a psychotic gunman, is making remarkable recovery. Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital's Dr. Ross Zafonte shared his insights into brain injury and recovery from those types of injuries with New England Cable News.
Articles/Partners People
Red Hot Accountable Care- an opinion piece by The Mongan Institute of Health Policy’s Kate Goonan
1/12/2011
Accountable Care Organization is a new buzzword in health care. Kate Goonan, MD, of Partners’ Mongan Institute for Health Policy, explains how Accountable Care Organizations will be a game changer as health reform moves on.
Articles/Partners In The News
Boston hospitals are more often sending physicians and residents to care for global populations.
1/10/2011
Many more clinicians than ever before are interested in improving health on a global scale, and the need is great. Massachusetts General Hospital, a founding member of Partner HealthCare, sends as many as 30 residents each year to care for global populations in need.
Articles/Partners In The News
Partners' Online College Prep Program helps with career advancement
1/6/2011
Partners HealthCare has launched an online learning initiative to address the shortage of allied health professionals and help employees further their own careers. These include positions such as pharmacy technologist, radiology technologist, and phlebotomist.
Articles/Partners In The News
Atul Gawande shares his views on health care reform with On Point radio program
1/4/2011
Atul Gawande, MD, a surgeon at Brigham and Women’s Hospital who also writes for the New Yorker and has led several high-profile patient safety projects, shares his thoughts about health reform and the state of health care with Tom Ashbrook during a segment of the On Point radio program.
Articles/Innovation And Research
Mass General cancer test receives backing
1/3/2011
MGH researchers have developed a blood test that can detect tiny traces of cancer cells. This test is being given more support by a $30 million Johnson and Johnson partnership.
Articles/Partners People
Partners’ President named to “Eleven to watch in ‘11” list
12/31/2010
Partners HealthCare President and CEO has been named one of the Boston Business Journal’s “Eleven to Watch in ‘11”.
Articles/Partners In The News
Partners HealthCare awards Taunton's Morton Hospital $150,000 grant to go owards psychiatric services for patients
12/17/2010
Partners HealthCare has awarded a grant to Morton Hospital and Medical Center for improving psychiatric services to emergency department patients. The $150,000 grant will be used to help caregivers better assess and place psychiatric patients, which will lead to improved patient and staff safety.
Articles/Partners Point Of View
Achieving Meaningful Use: A Health System Perspective
12/17/2010
Partners HealthCare is in a unique position of having started its transition to using electronic medical records and making it a requirement of physicians in its system earlier in the game than many other hospitals and systems.
Articles/Partners In The News
Health care reform may create changes for doctors and patients
12/15/2010
Dr. Gary Gottlieb, President and CEO of Partners HealthCare, comments in this article about improved patient access to their own medical records and physicians.
Articles/Partners In The News
Partners places blame on insurers for care costs
12/15/2010
Partners HealthCare recently sent a letter to the commission of the Massachusetts Division of Insurance arguing that although its costs have risen by 5 or 6% each year, health insurance costs have risen by 15-20% each year, which is why health premiums continue to rise.
Articles/Partners In The News
Improved Colorectal Screenings
12/9/2010
Image processing technologies being tested by Massachusetts General Hospital aim to get rid of the massive amounts of laxatives patients have to take prior to colorectal cancer screenings via colonoscopy.
Articles/Partners Point Of View
Partners' Tom Lee shares perspective on health care's "value framework"
12/8/2010
In this “Perspective” from the New England Journal of Medicine, Thomas H. Lee, Partners Community Healthcare, Inc. President, shares his ideas about what “value” really means to health care, and how to measure value.
Articles/News And Announcements
Newton-Wellesley Hospital recognized for exemplary surgical outcomes
12/6/2010
The American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (ACS NSQIP) has recognized Newton-Wellesley Hospital as one of 26 ACS NSQIP participating hospitals in the United States that have achieved exemplary outcomes for surgical patient care.
Articles/Innovation And Research
McLean Hospital doctors develop biological test for autism
12/2/2010
Researchers from McLean Hospital, a part of Partners HealthCare, have discovered a biological test for autism which far outperforms the current subjective test available.
Articles/Partners In The News
Two members of Partners HealthCare’s Primary Care Access Project profiled
12/2/2010
Two women, both immigrants who were physicians in their own countries, are now primary care access project coordinators at MGH and BWH, and help minority patients who often do not speak English connect with appropriate primary care physicians
Articles/In The Community
South End resident celebrate five years at Partners Hospital
12/1/2010
South End resident who went through Partners Career and Workforce Development Program celebrates five years as a medical records specialist at Mass General Hospital for Children.
Articles/In The Community
North Shore Medical Center physicians honored for community service.
12/1/2010
Three physicians, two from Swampscott, at North Shore Medical Center have been honored for professional excellence and their deep commitment to serving our community.
Articles/Partners People
MA Health Policy Forum attendees discuss cutting health care costs
12/1/2010
The Massachusetts Health Policy Forum drew more than 500 leaders and policy makers who were all concerned about how to cut health care costs in Mass. Agreed upon solutions include new team-based health care payment and delivery approaches, which would demand sacrifices from hospitals, doctors, and i
Articles/Innovation And Research
Ragon Institute to co-host 2012 HIV conference
12/1/2010
The Ragon Institute, with two related organizations, will serve as the Local Host of AIDS Vaccine 2012, the world's largest and most prestigious global scientific conference focused exclusively on HIV vaccine research.
Articles/Partners People
Dr. Aisha Wright honored for efforts as Primary Care Physician
11/30/2010
Everett resident Aisha Wright was recently honored by John D. Stoeckle Center for Primary Care with a Portrait in Primary Care from Massachusetts General Hospital.
Articles/Partners People
Verizon to Issue Identity Credentials to Nearly All U.S. Health Care Professionals
11/17/2010
Verizon will offer medical identity credentials in January to 2.3 million physicians, in an effort to move forward the use of electronic health records. The Associate Director of Partners’ Center for Connected Health comments on the announcement.
Articles/In The Community
Partners HealthCare program helps prevent seniors from falling
11/15/2010
Partners HealthCare sponsors a class that helps seniors improve their balance. Falling is a major reason that elderly people become injured.
Articles/Partners People
Mass General’s Center for Global Health director featured in Globe Q & A
11/15/2010
Massachusetts General Hospital’s Dr. David Bangsburg leads the hospital’s Center for Global Health. The goal of this group is to educate physicians interested in global health issues about how to solve them, and improve the health of people everywhere.
Articles/Partners In The News
Partners planning to reduce costs
11/10/2010
Partners HealthCare recognizes that it needs to take action to control costs, as health care spending continues to rise at a fast pace in Massachusetts. The organization will be focusing on patient affordability in the coming years be redesigning how care is delivered as well as paid for.
Articles/Partners In The News
Partners HealthCare's Blackford Middleton named one of top 25 clinical informaticists
11/8/2010
Partners HealthCare's Blackford Middleton named one of top 25 clinical informaticists
Articles/Partners In The News
Op Ed in The Boston Globe: "Green is Good Economics"
By Gary Gottlieb and Anne Finucane
11/8/2010
Partners HealthCare, along with Bank of America and other area businesses, has teamed up to form the Green Ribbon Commission to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Articles/Partners In The News
Decline seen in doctors’ ties to drug companies
11/8/2010
According to a study done by researchers from Partners’ Mongan Institute of Health Policy, fewer doctors are maintaining ties with the drug industry.
Articles/Partners In The News
Texting for healthy babies; Expecting moms get encouragement, medical reminders via text messages
11/7/2010
Expectant moms in Lynn take part in a medical text messaging campaign.
Articles/In The Community
Doctors mentor students through pen pal program
11/3/2010
Program provides MGH and Spaulding Rehab physicians opportunity to give back to the community
Articles/Innovation And Research
Plan to prevent falls in elderly hospital patients shows initial success
11/2/2010
A new study done by four Partners HealthCare hospitals shows that personal, computer-driven fall prevention plans can reduce the risk of falling in elderly patients.
Articles/In The Community
MGH caregivers deploy to Haiti to assist during cholera epidemic
10/29/2010
Coordinating with Project HOPE, which coordinates disaster care around the world, a group of nurses and the director of MGH's Center for Global Health deployed to Haiti to treat patients stricken with Cholera.
Articles/Partners In The News
Boston Globe Editorial praises Partners practice of banning drug company payment to physicians
10/20/2010
This Boston Globe Editorial discusses why Partners HealthCare’s policy to ban payments from drug companies to their physicians is a good one.
Articles/Partners In The News
Heidi Rehm named to Boston Business Journal's 40 Under 40
10/11/2010
Heidi Rehm, director of the Laboratory of Molecular Medicine within Parthers HealthCare’s Center for Personalized Genetic Medicine discusses what it’s like to do her job.
Articles/Health Policy And Reform
Creating Accountable Care Organizations
10/7/2010
This roundtable, moderated by Tom Lee, brought together experts in the field to discuss the creation of ACOs and what it means for health care.
Articles/In The Community
MGH Midwives in Haiti
9/17/2010
Haiti had one of the highest rates of maternal mortality rate in the Western hemisphere even before the January 2010 earthquake. Several MGH nurses have deployed this year to help reduce the chance of maternal death and deliver healthy babies.
Articles/Partners People
Patient safety in the ambulatory setting
9/8/2010
Much attention has been paid to improving patient safety within the hospital setting, but an increasing amount of patient care is being delivered outside of the hospital, in an ambulatory setting.
Articles/In The Community
Mass General Hospital rallies together to support those affected by earthquake in Haiti
1/15/2010
Massachusetts General Hospital swiftly coordinated its response efforts in regards to the January 2010 Haiti earthquake. The organization sent teams of physicians and nurses in the wake of the disaster, as well as addressed the needs of its own Haitian staff members and have family members in Haiti.
Articles/In The Community
Brigham and Women's Hospital Caring for Haiti
1/15/2010
In response to the earthquake that devastated Haiti in January 2010, Brigham and Women’s Hospital sent many teams of caregivers to the country to help with the relief efforts. Clinicians from all across the hospital volunteered their time to help those in need.
Articles/Partners In The News
Partners releases new, strict rules regarding conflicts of interest
1/2/2010
The rules limit the amount of outside pay that employees can receive for serving on the boards of pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies
