JAMA Surgery Study Examines Patient Expectations For Weight Loss Surgery

Over the past five to 10 years, bariatric surgery has become progressively more commonplace. We all know a friend or family member who has had one. Most hospitals perform them. In fact, it’s the most common general surgery procedure that’s done, largely because obesity is one of our county’s most pressing health concerns.

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How Old Is Too Old To Get Behind The Wheel Of A Car?

As adult children struggle over when to take their parents’ car keys, a new study from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center suggests drivers over the age of 90 are at no greater risk on the road as elders a decade younger. Read more... Comments (0)

Kevin Tabb talks about career path

In the final installment off his NECN CEO Corner interview, Kevin Tabb talks about his career path. Read more... Comments (0)

Kevin Tabb talks about BIDMC expansion

Expansion outside of Boston is a key part of future plans for Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. CEO, Kevin Tabb, MD explains why this is critical to their mission moving forward.

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Kevin Tabb on doing more with less

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center CEO Kevin Tabb, MD talks with Peter Howe of NECN about cuts, patient care and how they will have to do more with less.

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Schwartzstein honored for educational efforts

Richard M. Schwartzstein, MD, Vice President for Education and Executive Director of the Shapiro Institute for Education and Research at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, has been honored by the Massachusetts Medical Society as the 2013 recipient of the Grant V. Rodkey Award.

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BIDMC Food Drive for Joseph M. Smith Community Heath Center

When more than 30 cases of food and toiletries collected from staff at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center arrived at Joseph M. Smith Community Health Center, they were immediately packed into grocery bags and went right back out the door to patients and families cared for at the health center.

“Our families continue to struggle financially with meeting basic needs. This help from BIDMC is greatly appreciated because it significantly increases the number of patients and families we collectively will be able to help” said Elizabeth Browne, Executive Director of Joseph M. Smith Community Health Center, which serves the communties of Allston, Brighton, Waltham and the surrounding areas.

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Bringing pathologists to forefront of genomic medicine

A five-year, $1.3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) funds an innovative program established by Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and the Training Residents in Genomics Working Group, with administrative and educational design support from the American Society for Clinical Pathology, to help pathologists understand genomics information and serve as primary consultants for physicians and patients in interpreting and acting on this data.

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BIDMC Inspires Red Sox Scholars

Seventh grader Qiyin Yao, a typical chatty middle school student fell silent as she entered Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center's neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) with Chief Neonatologist, DeWayne Pursley, MD. Visiting the medical center’s tiniest and most vulnerable patients can have that effect.

“They’re so small and it’s sad some of them have to stay here for a long time,” Yao said. “But I know they’re being taken good care of and they provide hope to everyone who gets to visit them.”

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Boston Magazine's "2012 Top Docs"

Boston Magazine has published its annual "Top Doctors" issue, which includes 70 Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center physicians. Read more... Comments (0)

Controlling device cost

Medical devices that don’t work as designed are an increasing problem in health care, causing pain and frustration for patients and additional cost to an already expensive system. Orthopedic surgery is an increasingly prominent specialty in this arena, and has three of the top 10 cost increases for all healthcare procedures over the last decade. Read more... Comments (0)

BID HealthCare grows in Chelsea

Beth Israel Deaconess HealthCare-Chelsea is growing, drawing more patients by adding physicians and services to meet patient demand.

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Symposium focuses on GI cancers

Cases of liver cancer have tripled over the past decade and, worldwide it is the third leading cause of cancer deaths. Cancer of the pancreas remains a lethal disease, claiming an estimated 40,000 lives a year.

Meanwhile, there is enormous variability in the incidence of colorectal cancer across the globe, with a 40-fold greater incidence in the United States than in Africa.

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PACT with patients

Preventing readmissions for inpatients leaving the hospital was the reason for creating the Post-Acute Care Transitions program at BIDMC, but that topic rarely comes up when clinicians speak of this new program.

Rather it is the service to patients and the connections among caregivers that have been the hallmarks of the program so far. The PACT staff of eight nurses and four pharmacists is preparing to expand their services from about 30 discharges per month to 250 discharges per month. Read more... Comments (0)

Honors for South Cove

South Cove Community Health Center has been recognized with a Boston Mayoral Prize for Innovations in Primary Care for its efforts to improve the delivery of primary care services in healthcare, community-based, and workplace settings

Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino was joined by Dr. Paula Johnson, chair of the board of the Boston Public Health Commission Read more... Comments (0)