BIDMC News and Notes
9/30/2009 (1:33:04pm)Tags: noneComments: (0)
For a second year in a row, BIDMC has been named an American Heart Association Gold Start! Fit-Friendly Company.
The medical center achieved gold status by recognizing the importance of a healthy workplace for staff and by offering ways to get physically fit.
"This award recognizes BIDMC's continued commitment to enhancing the health of their employees through innovative wellness programs that promote a more active and healthy lifestyle," said Jenifer Babineau, Fitness and Wellness Manager, Tanger Be Well Center. "BIDMC supports employees in these efforts by increasing heart healthy menu options in the cafeterias, subsidizing membership to the Tanger Be Well Center and providing a smoke free work environment."
Adult Americans spend the majority of their waking hours at work, many in sedentary careers - amplifying the risk for medical problems such as obesity, high blood pressure and diabetes. Obesity alone costs American businesses $12.7 billion in medical expenses and $225.8 billion in health-related productivity losses per year.
Start! Fit-Friendly Companies Program participants implement various options to encourage physical activity, nutrition and culture enhancements such as on-site walking routes, healthy food options in cafeterias and vending machines, annual employee health risk assessments and online tracking tools.
9/28/2009 (2:39:28pm)Tags: workforce development Comments: (0)
A recent after-work event to celebrate the work of BIDMC staff participating in classes and other activities to further their careers was a welcome break for busy students. But for some the celebration was brief - they were gearing up for class at 6 p.m. that very night.
It was typical of the juggling of school, work, family and more that marks the lives of the 350 BIDMC and New England Baptist Hospital staff members participating in the Employee Career Initiative (ECI).
To learn more, click here.
9/28/2009 (12:44:57pm)Tags: noneComments: (0)
It seems like a small thing for most men -- and it is. Until you get older.
While some of the testing methods are unpleasant, the failure to be aware of the health of your prostate can lead to other, more uncomfortable consequences.
That's why Drs. Martin Sanda and Andrew Wagner discuss prostate awareness with Gary Gillis in the latest installment of Red Sox Health News.
9/25/2009 (1:20:24pm)Tags: Red Sox BIDMCComments: (0)
Normally, BIDMC staff are at Fenway Park standing by as part of the medical team or in the stands thanks to the $5 ticket program. But on a sunny, warm September afternoon, four teams of 10 staff members found themselves studying their line-ups before walking out to a play softball on the field of dreams.
But as the Official Hospital of the Boston Red Sox and Red Sox Nation, BIDMC staff are invited to play an afternoon of softball in the outfield each summer. Since the original game was rained out in July, the lucky team members got to live their dreams this week.
For a photo slide show of the afternoon, click here.
For a video, click here.
9/25/2009 (11:50:27am)Tags: noneComments: (0)
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital-Needham is poised to formally take the wraps off a $30 million expansion that includes a new emergency department and 20 state-of-the-art patient rooms.
To get a flavor of the addition, click here. And to read the Needham Times' coverage, click here.
9/25/2009 (11:37:00am)Tags: pain Red SoxComments: (0)
With the baseball playoffs looming, the Patriots in full swing and Bruins and Celtics seasons just around the corner, athletes, injuries and pain is becoming a major focus for many fans.
Dr. Zahid Bajwa a pain specialist and Director of Education and Clinical Pain Research at BIDMC's Arnold Pain Center, talks to Gary Gillis about ways that athletes -- and all oof us -- can deal with pain.
9/24/2009 (1:02:17pm)Tags: noneComments: (0)
The BIDMC Board of Directors has honored three people for their leadership and service.
Sharon Wright, MD, Jane Mataw and Howard Wolk were recognized at the annual meetings of the BIDMC boards. To get the details, click here,
9/24/2009 (12:58:45pm)Tags: noneComments: (0)
Stephen Kay of Chestnut Hill has been elected chair of the Board of Directors at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, retuning to a post he last held at the former Beth Israel Hospital.
To learn more about the new chairman -- as well as additions to the bpoards of trustees and overseers, click here.
9/22/2009 (9:51:03am)Tags: primary care patientsComments: (0)
National Public Radio took a look at a trial underway at BIDMC and two other hospitals that would enable patients to see the notes their doctors right about them.
Funded through a $1.4 million grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) Pioneer Portfolio, the 12-month OpenNotes© Project will bring together approximately 100 primary care physicians and 25,000 patients to evaluate the impact on both patients and physicians of sharing the comments and observations made by physicians after each patient encounter.
Physicians and patients at Geisinger Health Systems in Pennsylvania and Harborview Medical Center in Seattle will also participate in the 12-month trial.
9/16/2009 (2:29:11pm)Tags: noneComments: (0)
BIDMC honored Lois E. Silverman's accomplishments as she concludes her four-year tenure as the hospital's first female chair of the Board of Directors with a celebration at the Mandarin Oriental.
Boston Pops Conductor Keith Lockhart was a surprise special guest at an event that also included the traditional bestowing of a ceremonial white coat. All llving former board chairs joined in the ceremony.
The gala also featured a "white coat" ceremony, where Silverman was joined by all living past board chairs. The group includes:
Back row, from left: John Hamill, New England Deaconess Hospital, 1991-1994; Robert M. Melzer, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, 1999-2002; Eliot I. Snider, Beth Israel Hospital, 1983-1985; Carl S. Sloane, BIDMC, 2002-2005; Alan W. Rottenberg, BIDMC, 1996-1999.
Front row: Edward H. Linde, BIH, 1989-1991; Edward I. Rudman, BIH 1992-1994; Silverman; Norman B. Leventhal, BIH, 1979-1982; Stephen B. Kay, BIH, 1994-1996 and incoming BIDMC 2009.
To read more, click here.
