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Some rural hospitals are removing all inpatient beds, leading to confusion and no margin for error
Rural emergency hospitals are starting to gain a small foothold in the United States.
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Paramedics use AI ultrasound tech to help scan for injuries
The Foxborough Fire Department will now use artificial intelligence to look at internal injuries while transporting patients.
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Foxborough paramedics using AI-assisted ultrasounds to better assess patients' injuries
The Foxborough Fire Department is embracing the future. Nearly 40 paramedics will now be using artificial intelligence to assess patients’ internal injuries while en route to the hospital. “We’re just getting used to using this new system, so it’ll take some practice,” said Ryan Foley, a Foxborough firefighter and paramedic. According to Foley, their ultrasound technology will use AI...
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Insurer delays and denials hamper patients seeking at-home breathing machines
Doctors around the country say insurers are making it harder to get coverage for home ventilators that patients with serious illnesses need as their lungs fail. They say patients often must struggle first with less-effective — and cheaper — devices before some plans will pay for noninvasive ventilators.
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Mass. needs more health care workers — can virtual reality help train them?
While new jobs data released Friday put the Massachusetts unemployment rate at an ultra-low 3%, the demand for workers in health care is surging to incredibly high levels. The health care sector had 49,030 job openings as of January 2024, according to the state’s Labor and Workforce Development Office, with demand for nursing especially strong — 17,627 job postings were…
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Training workers with virtual reality
Despite a decreasing unemployment rate in Massachusetts, there is a gaping worker shortage in health care.
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A popular asthma medication was discontinued, leaving patients scrambling for alternatives
Flovent, made by the company GlaxoSmithKline, was discontinued at the end of December. It was used to treat asthma in both children and adults, and many are now struggling to find the medication they need to breathe.
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Popular asthma medication discontinued, leaving patients scrambling for alternatives
Flovent, a popular inhaler that has been used to treat asthma for the last 25 years, is disappearing from pharmacy shelves, leaving patients and doctors scrambling to find the medication they need in order to breathe. The drug company, GlaxoSmithKline, discontinued the medication at the end of December. Keyes Drug store in Newton got their final shipment at the…
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Honoring Chadwick Boseman, wife Simone Leward Boseman speaks on colorectal cancer awareness
Simone Ledward Boseman, wife of Chadwick Boseman who cared for him during his four-year battle with colorectal cancer, visited Dana-Farber Cancer Institute on Saturday to raise awareness about the disease. Her husband, who was known for his starring role as King T’Challa in the ‘Black Panther‘ movie and other appearances in the Marvel franchise, died of the disease in 2020….
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Healey applauds CVS and Walgreens' move to offer abortion pill
Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey, who has been a strong advocate for protecting reproductive care in her state, is applauding a decision by pharmacy chains CVS and Walgreens to offer abortion pill mifepristone to patients as prescribed by a doctor. The Food and Drug Administration approved guidelines for the drug last year, and both chains have received the certifications necessary to…
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Boston doctors discuss ‘devastating problem' of health inequity
Racial disparities continue to plague Massachusetts’ health care system, but thankfully, there’s a lot of work underway to change that. “The pandemic is probably what changed and brought a lot of these issues that we’ve been dealing with to the forefront of people’s mind,” Boston Medical Center Dr. Sabrina Assoumou said. One silver lining that came from the COVID-19...
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FULL VIDEO: Discover Black Heritage discussion on health equity in Mass.
Boston Medical Center’s Dr. Sabrina Assoumou and Mass General Brigham’s associate chief health equity officer, Dr. Allison Bryant Mantha, discussed what we’ve learned after the COVID-19 pandemic shined a spotlight on disparities in the health care system and more....
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Addressing racial disparities in Massachusetts' health care system
Racial disparities continue to plague the health care system in Massachusetts, but experts say that they’ve seen progress in efforts to addressing them.
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Steward's financial woes are impacting patient care, workers say
The clock is ticking for Steward Health Care now that Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey is giving the financially troubled company an ultimatum. She wants the CEO to produce financial records by Friday or get out of the hospital business in the state. Steward Health Care owns nine hospitals in Massachusetts. Congressman Stephen Lynch toured two of them on Wednesday and…
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Steward Health's financial woes are impacting patient care
The medical workers and first responders working with Steward Health are raising the alarm about how the company’s financial troubles are affecting the care they provide.
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Steward hospitals attracting ‘interest' from other operators
Steward Health Care’s landlord said Wednesday that Steward hospitals have drawn significant interest from other potential operators, the latest hint that facilities might soon be transferred away from the financially floundering for-profit system. A day after Gov. Maura Healey issued a biting call for Steward to hand off its licensed, operational Bay State hospitals to new parties “as soon...
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Jill Biden announces $100M for ‘life-changing' research, development in women's health
Jill Biden on Wednesday announced $100 million in federal funding for research and development into women’s health as part of a new White House initiative that she is heading up. The money is the first major deliverable of the White House Initiative on Women’s Health Research, which was announced late last year. The money comes from the Advanced Research...
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Patients face ‘confusion and anxiety' amid Steward's financial woes
The uncertainty about Steward Health Care’s long-term future in Massachusetts has led to confusion and worry for patients, especially in the Merrimack Valley, where there’s been heightened confusion around Holy Family Hospitals in Methuen and Haverhill.
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In studying veterans' brains, Boston doctors hope to solve puzzle of treating trauma
A breakthrough program developed at the Boston VA medical center is helping heal the psychological and physical wounds of war. It tailors treatments to veterans struggling to adjust to civilian life by treating all the health issues at the same time instead of individually. Like so many of America’s veterans, John Spagna returned from war a fractured and fragmented...
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Judge allows suit against pregnancy crisis center to move forward
Clearway Clinic requested a lawsuit accusing it of misleading a pregnant woman seeking medical advice to be thrown out, but a judge says it can proceed.