BIDMC News and Notes
6/19/2009 (12:12:57pm)Tags: primary care patientsComments: (2)
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center,has launched a pilot program that would allow patients to see notes written about them by their doctors.
Funded with a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the "open notes" project will enable about 100 doctors at the hospital and two other sites will allow 25,000 to 35,000 patients to read their physicians' notes for a year as part of their online medical record.
To learn more, please check out this Boston Globe story.
6/19/2009 (12:06:42pm)Tags: noneComments: (0)
The Association for the Accreditation of Human Research Protection Programs (AAHRPP) has awarded full accreditation to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.
The three-year accreditation signifies that BIDMC is committed to providing clinical research participants with safeguards that surpass the threshold of state and federal requirements.
To learn more, click here.
6/19/2009 (11:52:37am)Tags: noneComments: (0)
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center been recognized by the Premier healthcare alliance as a winner of the Premier Award for Quality (AFQ). BIDMC is one of 23 winners out of more than 3,796 eligible hospitals nationwide.
The AFQ recognizes leading healthcare organizations that efficiently provide outstanding patient care and consistently set the standard in clinical excellence nationwide. Distinguished by its consideration of performance-based criteria, including clinical quality outcomes, resource utilization, and clinical process indicators, the AFQ measures top performers at the overall hospital level.
BIDMC was one of just two Massachusetts hospitals named. For more information, click here.
6/15/2009 (11:21:20am)Tags: noneComments: (0)
A busy few days for BIDMC in the news.
Pharmacist Rena Lithotomos told the Boston Herald how she was able to find a job in a down economy: staying in touch with people she knew.
The Jamaica Plain Gazette reported on the decision of Urban Medical to join forces with Beth Israel Deaconess HealthCare to continue to provide care for elders and the chronically ill in Boston's Jaimaica Plain neighborhood.
Gastroenterologist Dr. Daniel Leffler spoke with National Public Radio on how diet can help people deal with the impact of celiac disease -- even 13-year-olds who love PBJ on wheat bread.
And BIDMC chief compliance and privacy officer Leon Goldman notes how people may say things online that they would not say otherwise in a CIO Magzine look at the impact of Facebook and Twitter are changing data privacy rules.
6/12/2009 (2:15:59pm)Tags: noneComments: (0)
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center kicked off Pride week by honoring Cambridge Mayor E. Denise Simmons and Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., at its 16th annual LGBT Achievement Awards.
To learn more about the ceremony, please click here.
6/12/2009 (2:03:59pm)Tags: noneComments: (0)
BIDMC physician Danny Sands, a co-author on the first set of guidelines every published on using e-mail in patient care, weighs in on the growth of social media in medical practice.
"On the one hand it is really good to see the human side of your doctor on a site like Facebook," he tells the New York Times. "On the other hand,maybe letting your patient get too close isn't always good for the therapeutic relationship."
6/11/2009 (4:11:41pm)Tags: noneComments: (0)
BOSTON -- It was not a typical Thursday afternoon for sophomores from Madison Park Vocational Technical High School in Boston. They played Jeopardy!, took a tour of an operating room and watched a gastric endoscopy procedure.
These eight students were members of the Blue Scholars Program, a partnership between Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts and the high school.
The Blue Scholars Program targets high potential ninth grade students and provides academic as well as enrichment experiences to help them maintain a B-grade point average or higher, according to Jackie Haley, a community relations specialist for BCBSMA. This unique partnership affords the students opportunities to explore their interests and broaden their access to information and resources so that they may realize their life goals.
To read more about their day, click here.
6/9/2009 (2:39:44pm)Tags: noneComments: (0)
Twenty-five Boston Public School students were inducted into the Red Sox Scholars Class of 2009 in an on-field ceremony with their BIDMC Medical Champions and Red Sox players at Fenway Park on June 7. The 25 Scholars, who will enter sixth grade in the fall, are all academically talented, financially challenged middle school students in the Boston Public Schools.
Click here to watch a slideshow of photos from the day's events, which started with a meet-and-greet luncheon at Fenway for the Scholars, their family members and BIDMC medical Champions.
Click here to watch a video of the entire ceremony.
The program is the educational cornerstone of the Red Sox Foundation, the team charity of the Boston Red Sox, and is presented by BIDMC, the Official Hospital of the Boston Red Sox and Red Sox Nation. Each of the 25 Scholars will receive a $10,000 college scholarship, along with access to tutoring and mentoring from Red Sox Foundation staff members and other after school enrichment activities. On Sunday, a new sign celebrating the Scholars program and the relationship between the Red Sox and BIDMC was unveiled on the left field side wall of the Green Monster.
6/9/2009 (10:40:46am)Tags: noneComments: (0)
The Celebration of Life is BIDMC's way of recognizing National Cancer Survivors' Day, an annual, worldwide event. The program, held on Sunday, is organized each year by a committee headed by two-time cancer survivor Hester Hill Schnipper, LICSW.
"I remember when I was first diagnosed in 1993. I wondered who would care for my 12-year-old daughter," Hill Schnipper said. "I am happy to say that I will be at her wedding in September."
To read more about the day's activities, click here.
6/5/2009 (12:18:54pm)Tags: noneComments: (0)
BOSTON - What do solid waste disposal and orthopedic surgical implants have in common? To Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center's contracting department, they are just two areas where reverse auctions - where vendors bid for the right to provide services - can save money.
To learn more about the onlien auctions and the cost-saving potential, click here.
