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	10/09	Save the Date for the 2009 Connected Health Symposium
		October 21-22, 2009, Boston Park Plaza Hotel Join us for this year's symposium - Up from Crisis: Overhauling Healthcare Information, Payment and Delivery in Extraordinary Times. More
	09/09	Partners HealthCare Earns National e-Health Honor
		Partners HealthCare is named among the nation's top 100 'Most Wired' health systems for 2009. More
	08/09	Computerworld
		IDG’s Computerworld names Partners HealthCare to list of top 100 places to work in IT in the nation for fifth year in a row. More
	07/09	Save the Date for the 2009 Connected Health Symposium
		October 21-22, 2009, Boston Park Plaza Hotel Join us for this year's symposium - Up from Crisis: Overhauling Healthcare Information, Payment and Delivery in Extraordinary Times. More
	07/09	Health and Fitness Expo 2009
		The Health and Fitness Expo on June 27th and 28th was attended by 70,000 people and offered free health tests, screenings and health information to all. View slide show
	06/09	Initiative to improve access for people with disabilities
		In collaboration with the disability community and the Boston Center for Independent Living, BWH and MGH will improve access and care for people with disabilities. More
	06/09	Health and Fitness Expo
		Join us at the 2009 Boston Health and Fitness Expo June 27th and 28th at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston More
	05/09	Spotlight Series
		*Partners' Response to The Boston Globe* Spotlight Series. Click here to read**
	05/09	Partners to Implement New Industry Interaction Recommendations
		Partners will be implementing the recommendations of an internal, physician-led commission that has been examining policies and practices for interacting with pharmaceutical and medical device companies and other vendors. More
	04/09	National Healthcare Decisions Day is set for Thursday, April 16, 2009
		On April 16th, Partners HealthCare System will participate in a national effort to highlight the importance of advanced health care decision-making. More
	02/09	Dr. Mongan to step down as CEO
		Dr. James Mongan to step down as Partners HealthCare CEO in 2010; Brigham and Women’s Dr. Gary Gottlieb named next President and CEO. More
	01/09	Partners Center for Connected Health Submits Report to President Obama
		In response to President Obama’s call for recommendations on health care reform, the Partners Center for Connected Health convened an online Community Health Discussion in December, to explore the opportunities and advantages connected health, population management and participatory medicine can offer to health care reform. A report of the discussion findings was submitted to President Obama’s Presidential Transition Health Policy Team, led by Secretary of Health and Human Services Nominee Tom Daschle. More
	01/09	The Doctor Will E-Mail You Now
		*Partners Online Specialty Consultation service was featured in a recent Newsweek.com* article on patients use of online consults.** More
	11/08	Partners HealthCare, Massachusetts General Hospital Earn ‘Top Places To Work’ Honors From The Boston Globe
		Partners HealthCare and Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) have been named two of the Top Places to Work in Massachusetts in a new employee-based survey from The Boston Globe. The Globe 100’s Top Places to Work magazine was published in the Boston Sunday Globe on November 9. More
	11/08	Partners President & CEO named Most Powerful Physician Executive in U.S.
		Modern Physician, the sister publication of Modern Healthcare, the national health care newsweekly, has named Partners President and CEO Dr. James Mongan the Most Powerful Physician Executive in Healthcare for 2008. More
	10/08	Partners Hospitals Provide Funding for American Cancer Society’s AstraZeneca Hope Lodge in Jamaica Plain
		Partners HealthCare physicians joined Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino and leaders from the American Cancer Society at a ribbon cutting for the new AstraZeneca Hope Lodge in Jamaica Plain. More
	10/08	5th Annual Connected Health Symposium, October 27-28
		The Center for Connected Health will host its 5th annual Symposium "Who Provides, Who Decides, Who Pays: Consumers, Clinicians & Business Models in the Connected Care Era" October 27-28, Joseph B. Martin Conference Center at Harvard Medical School. Speakers include: Regina Herzlinger, Harvard Business School; Senator John Kerry; Cass Sunstein, and many more. For more information and to register, visit: www.connected-health.org.
	07/08	*MGH and BWH Ranked on U.S. News* National Honor Roll**
		Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH), the founders of Partners HealthCare, have again earned high marks on the U.S. News & World Report annual Honor Roll of America’s Best Hospitals, with both hospitals ranking in the top ten. MGH ranked fifth nationally, while BWH ranked eighth. In all, four Partners HealthCare hospitals earned high rankings in the report. More
	07/08	PARTNERS HEALTHCARE EARNS NATIONAL E-HEALTH HONOR Named Among the Nation’s Top 100 ‘Most Wired’ Health Systems
		In recognition of its achievements in IT, which translate into higher patient satisfaction and better outcomes, Partners HealthCare has been named one of the nation's top 100 'Most Wired' hospitals and health systems for the tenth consecutive year by Hospital and Health Networks (H&HN) magazine. Partners HealthCare is one of only six organizations in the country to earn the honor each year since H&HN first debuted the list in 1999. More
	06/08	Come to the 2nd Annual Health & Fitness Expo
		Partners HealthCare and 7 NBC/CW56 are joining together June 21st and 22nd to present the second annual Boston Health & Fitness Expo at the Hynes Convention Center. This is a free event designed to improve the health of the Boston-area community. More
	05/08	Partners HealthCare Launches Quality Report Card Website
		Partners HealthCare launches new website, www.partners.org/quality, to report on hospital performance and progress on a number of key measures. By posting this information publicly, Partners joins other hospital systems across the country in supporting greater health care transparency. More

	04/08	National Healthcare Decisions Day is set for Wednesday, April 16, 2008
		On April 16th, Partners HealthCare System will participate in a massive effort to highlight the importance of advanced healthcare decision-making. This is a national effort that has culminated in the formal designation of April 16, 2008 as National Healthcare Decisions Day (NHDD). The U.S. Senate has issued a proclamation in support of NHDD (Sen.Con.Res.73) and there is a concurrent bill in the House. In addition, Governor Deval Patrick of MA has issued a state proclamation supporting NHDD in Massachusetts, where April 16th has also been named "Massachusetts Healthcare Proxy Day". Partners HealthCare is both a national participant and state sponsor of NHDD.More

	10/07	Partners HealthCare electronic health record earns federally-recognized certification
		Partners HealthCare’s internally developed ambulatory electronic health care record has been certified by the Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology (CCHIT) as meeting all criteria for functionality and security. More

	07/07	Massachusetts General and Brigham and Women's Hospitals ranked on U.S. News National Honor Roll
		MGH ranked fifth nationally, while BWH ranked tenth among the 18 hospitals on the list. McLean Hospital climbed from fourth to third place in psychiatry, while MGH held its first place ranking in the same category. Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital was also named, placing eighth in the rehabilitation category. More

	06/07	Partners HealthCare provides funding to improve services for homeless adults in Downtown Boston
		Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino joined Pine Street Inn and Partners HealthCare to announce a new daytime mobile outreach van designed to improve access to healthcare, substance abuse treatment and housing options for homeless adults in Boston. More

	05/07	Partners Employee Assistance Program sole national winner of Exceptional Employee Assistance Program Award
		Founded in 1996, Partners EAP is a full-service, integrated EAP and work-life program that provides in-depth consultations on an array of personal, work, and life issues for Partners employees. More

	04/07	Partners joins the Bank of America and the Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers in a $5 Million program to improve access to quality health care
		Governor Deval L. Patrick joined Partners HealthCare, Bank of America and the Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers at the North End Community Health Center to announce a $5 million program to improve access to quality health care for low- and moderate-income individuals and families. More

	04/07	Brigham and Women's Hospital and Newton-Wellesley Hospital named to Solucient 100 Top Hospitals
		The 100 Top Hospitals® have higher survival rates, keep more patients complication-free, and attract more patients—all while maintaining higher profits. More

	03/07	Newton Wellesley Opens Maxwell Blum Emergency Pavilion
		The new Emergency Department includes 36 treatment rooms in 35,000 square feet of space with both adult and pediatric trauma rooms and is the largest expansion in the Hospital's 125-year history. More

	03/07	Partners HealthCare co-sponsors the Forum on Drug Abuse
		The Forum on Drug Abuse will be convened by Senator Steven Tolman with experts including Dr. Richard Falzone, a psychiatrist at McLean Hospital More

	02/07	Partners Telemedicine changes name to Center for Connected Health
		Through Partners Telemedicine, the organization has been leading efforts to create a patient-centered model of healthcare delivery, connecting patients to healthcare providers outside of the clinical setting and delivering care where and when it is needed. More

	02/07	Conference: Data Fabrication and Falsification: How to Avoid, Prevent, Detect and Report
		Proceeds support the non-profit mission of Partners Home Care to provide high-quality health care, health education and supportive services in the home or community setting. More

	02/07	February 6: 19th Annual Great Chefs Food & Wine Tasting
		Proceeds support the non-profit mission of Partners Home Care to provide high-quality health care, health education and supportive services in the home or community setting. More

	01/07	High Performance Medicine: Partners HealthCare expands efforts to improve quality, safety, and efficiency
		The use of electronic medical records and computerized ordering of drugs and tests are central to Partner HealthCare's improvement efforts, along with medication administration systems to minimize drug errors and disease management programs for the sickest patients. More

	01/07	Brookings publishes Partners policy papers
		Partners President and CEO Dr. James Mongan and Network President Dr. Tom Lee have collaborated on two policy papers on transforming U.S. health care which have recently been published by the Brookings Institution. More

	12/06	Inside Partners Continuing Care: A Closer Look at Shaughnessy-Kaplan Rehabilitation Hospital
		Shaughnessy Kaplan Rehabilitation Hospital was recently honored with the Quality Achievement Award from the National Association of Long Term Hospitals (NALTH), for their work in the reduction of Noscocomial C-Difficile Infections in the LTAC setting. More

	12/06	Partners presents Science and Society: Closing the Gap
		A conference to explore the critical role of science and technology in today’s world and develop strategies for better informing and involving the general public. January 19 - 21 Boston, MA. More

	11/06	Visit the new Partners Healthcare Tobacco Treatment Resource Center web site
		A comprehensive resource for both patients and clinicians involved in tobacco treatment. More

	11/06	Webcast: Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women's Cancer perform a Hepatectomy with Radiofrequency Resection
		Join expert gastrointestinal surgeons from Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women's Cancer Center to view a live hepatectomy (liver resection) using radiofrequency resection. More

	10/06	Brigham and Women's Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital named to Leapfrog group's top 50 hospitals in the U.S.
		Over 1,200 hospitals were rated in a nationwide survey assessing a hospital's quality and safety. More

	9/06	Partners HealthCare collaborates with The Bay State Banner to eliminate racial and ethnic disparities
		The program, called Be Healthy, is produced in collaboration with the Boston Public Health Commission, Partners HealthCare, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts More

	9/06	High Performance Medicine: Partners expands efforts to improve quality, safety, and efficiency
		Scientists honored for discoveries related to telomerase, enzyme that protects chromosome tips. More

	7/06	Wired to Win update
		It was eight months ago that Partners HealthCare premiered Wired to Win: Surviving the Tour de France. The film, is now being seen by audiences throughout U.S. as well as in Melbourne, Paris, and Durban - among other international cities. More

	7/06	Partners hospitals ranked highly by U.S. News
		Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women's Hospital have earned spots on the annual Honor Roll of America's Best Hospitals. McLean and Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospitals were also ranked highly. More

	6/06	Partners HealthCare makes $2.5 million contribution to Boston Health Care for the Homeless
		The contribution is the largest capital gift Partners has ever made. More

	6/06	Best Practice Status in pneumonia care at Faulkner
		The hospital is developing and testing a system with the ability to identify at risk women on a large-scale basis. More

	5/06	Partners 2005 Annual Report now available online
		This year's annual report focuses on Partners' efforts to improve the health of the community through our missions of patient care, teaching, and research More

	5/06	Webcast to highlight specialized care for women with heart rhythm problems
		The hospital is developing and testing a system with the ability to identify at risk women on a large-scale basis. More

	4/06	Want to develop a career in healthcare?
		Learn about the growing field of clinical coding. Partners career section has information about courses, certification, and even financial aid. More

	3/06	Newton-Wellesley Hospital launches first-of-Its kind cancer risk assessment program
		The hospital is developing and testing a system with the ability to identify at risk women on a large-scale basis. More

	3/06	Replay of Brigham and Women's Hospital will broadcast a live arthroscopic rotator cuff repair procedure
		On Thursday, March 9, 2006 at 4:30 p.m., Brigham and Women's Hospital broadcasted a live arthroscopic rotator cuff repair - a procedure that preserves the deltoid attachment and results in improved patient outcomes and faster recovery time. More

	12/05	Partners HealthCare and Museum of Science provide 50,000 free passes to Boston Public School students for "Wired to Win" Omni Film
		In an effort to encourage young people to pursue careers in science and health care, Partners has produced an IMAX® format film, Wired to Win: Surviving the Tour de France, to excite kids about science. More