Hospitals
Boston University Launches Physician Assistant Program
Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) is establishing a new Master of Science Physician Assistant (PA) degree program which will begin in April 2014. To date, […]
Kenny Chesney Visits Boston Medical Center
Country superstar Kenny Chesney performed two sold-out concerts at Gillette Stadium in August but made sure to take the time for a pitstop at Boston […]
Local Hospital Execs Received $1 Million Each In 2011
Local hospital executives brought in paychecks and compensation packages of between $1 million and $2.1 million in 2011, according to a recent Globe report. The newly […]
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Allows Online Access to Medical Notes
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) patients will now have online access to the notes that doctors and nurses make about them during care, the […]
Brigham and Women’s Starting Adult Hydrocephalus Program
Normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) is a chronic neurological disorder usually occurring in older adults characterized by walking difficulty, trouble with bladder control, and dementia. But because […]
Kenny Chesney On Good Morning America For Boston Medical Center
Kenny Chesney was on Good Morning America (GMA) Friday talking about the Spread The Love Fund, a charity he created after watching the Boston Marathon […]
Gastric Bypass Surgery And Type 2 Diabetes
Although it was previously assumed that the weight loss which followed a gastric bypass procedure eliminated type 2 diabetes, a research team from Boston Children’s […]
Susan G. Komen Issues 2013 Grants
Susan G. Komen announced Monday that the organization is awarding $4.7 million in new funding to researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School. […]
Jordan Health Systems and BIDMC Sign Affiliation Agreement
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) and Jordan Health Systems, Inc. (JHSI) signed an affiliation agreement Thursday that will bring JHSI into the BIDMC conglomerate. […]
A Guy Dressed As Spider-Man Is Now Cleaning the Windows At Boston Children’s Hospital
Boston has its very own super hero—one with the superhuman power of cleaning windows and making sick kids smile. This week, Boston Children’s staff decided to […]
Beth Israel Deaconess Awarded Prize for Leadership and Safety
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) has been awarded the 2013 American Hospital Association (AHA)-McKesson Quest for Quality Prize, which recognizes hospital leadership and innovation in […]
Massachusetts General Hospital Ranked No. 2 in Nation
For the second year in a row, Boston has two hospitals ranked in the top 10 on U.S. News and World Report’s annual rankings of the best hospitals. […]
Boston Hospitals Recognized For Work With LGBT Community
Boston Medical Center (BMC), Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Dana-Farber, Massachusetts General Hospital, Newton-Wellesley, Fenway Health, and many more health centers were recognized as […]
Dana-Farber and MGH Named Best Cancer Hospitals
Men’s Health magazine named the “Best Cancer Hospitals in the U.S.” and no surprise here, two of Boston’s hospitals were named top in the region. Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and […]
Brigham and Women’s Planning New LEED-Certified Building
Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) will break ground on a new medical research and clinical facility this week. They are calling the building the “Brigham Building for […]