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White Paper Released by Boston Children's Hospital and Verizon Foundation Details How Technology Can Improve Care and Lower Costs; Verizon's Powerful Answers Award Presents Opportunity to Spur Further Innovative Solutions BASKING RIDGE, N.J. and BOSTON, June 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Technology could be the prescription for improving treatment outcomes, while reducing costs, for children suffering from chronic illnesses such as asthma and diabetes, according to a new report released...
2nd Annual Congress: October 3rd-5th at the Omni Shoreham Hotel, Washington D.C. BOSTON, June 10, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Joslin Diabetes Center, an affiliate of Harvard Medical School and the world's preeminent diabetes care, research and education center, will convene hundreds of leaders and innovators in diabetes and obesity care and prevention at its 2(nd) Annual Diabetes Innovation Congress on October 3(rd)-5(th) at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, D.C. A convening activity...
Partnership Seeks to Accelerate Development of Innovative Therapies WHITE PLAINS, N.Y., June 6, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) today joined the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston to establish a network of sites for clinical trial testing of innovative blood cancer therapies in community oncology settings across the country. This groundbreaking Blood Cancer Research Partnership (BCRP) will bring clinical trials closer to where patients live...
ATLANTIS, Fla., June 4, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- /Continental Who's Who/ -- Dr. Beth-Ann Lesnikoski, MD, FACS is recognized by Continental Who's Who as a Pinnacle Woman of the Year in the field of Healthcare as a result of her role as Medical Director with The Breast Institute at JFK Medical Center. Dr. Lesnikoski is a Harvard trained surgeon who completed a specialized breast fellowship. She moved to Palm Beach County after practicing at such prestigious institutions as Dana Farber...
States CHA Closure Plan Would Deprive Children in Eastern Mass. of Access to Needed Care CAMBRIDGE, Mass., May 28, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Department of Public Health has just issued its findings regarding the proposed plan by Cambridge Health Alliance to close its nationally recognized child psychiatric unit for the care of young children with acute mental illness (The DPH letter text appears at the end of this release.) The DPH finds that this unit provides an...
Abington's cancer treatment program is one of 79 in the US to earn this award and one of three in Pennsylvania. Abington, PA (PRWEB) May 09, 2013 The Commission on Cancer (CoC) of the American College of Surgeons(ACS) has granted a 2012 Outstanding Achievement Award to The Rosenfeld Cancer Center at Abington Memorial Hospital,one of only 79 cancer programs in the U.S. to earn this award and one of only three in Pennsylvania. Award criteria were based on qualitative and quantitative...
Low cognition hinders seniors' wise Medicare choices, calls into question potential effectiveness of voucher system Millions of seniors are turning down free money. The Low Income Subsidy for Medicare Part D is a rare beast in economics research. The subsidy provides prescription drug coverage essentially free for low-income adults. That means it is what economists call a dominant option. For those who are eligible, there is no rational reason not to choose it. And yet, a new study...
Clinicians document decreased costs, improved care BOSTON, May 6, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A quality improvement platform developed at Boston Children's Hospital could help health care provider groups continuously improve their medical practice, curbing costs and improving patient outcomes. Successful outcomes associated with the platform, called Standardized Clinical Assessment and Management Plans (SCAMPs) and supported by a consortium of Massachusetts payers, are featured...
Brett Smith for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online After dealing with the controversial deaths of four monkeys between June 2010 and February 2012, the New England Primate Research Center (NEPRC) is being shut down at the direction of Harvard Medical School. Harvard officials said the closure is funding related and not the result of the primate deaths or the animal welfare violations found by the US Department of Agriculture’s subsequent investigation. “Deciding how to best...
Saul N. Weingart, MD, PhD to spearhead continuous quality improvement BOSTON, April 25, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Tufts Medical Center has appointed Saul N. Weingart, MD, PhD of Newton, Mass. as its next Chief Medical Officer. Weingart is a nationally renowned leader in the movement to improve hospital quality, currently serving as Vice President for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston. He recently received one of the highest...
