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A major hospital network in Massachusetts has now revamped its policies regarding babies born addicted to drugs in an attempt to address "significant racial and ethnic inequities" it claims are associated with substance abuse disorder.On Tuesday, Mass General Brigham, the commonwealth's largest hosp...

Hospital won't notify police if newborn babies test positive for drugs.

“He is recovering well and will continue to recuperate at home with his family,” Massachusetts General Hospital announced

Rick Slayman, 62, was discharged from Massachusetts General Hospital on April 3 after being the first living recipient of a genetically modified pig kidney

Mass General Brigham announced it would its update policies on automatically flagging child abuse and neglect reports in cases of mothers testing positive for drugs.

Instead of automatically reporting to the state infants born dependent on addictive substances like opioids, new policies ask hospital staff to evaluate whether the newborn faces an imminent risk of neglect or abuse.

The Mass General Brigham Hospital system is making a major change and it will impact their youngest patients.

In the latest episode of Health Law Diagnosed – Women Leaders in Health Care, host Bridgette Keller is joined by women leaders in health care to discuss the emerging role of artificial intelligence (AI) in health care.

At HIMSS24, Heather O'Sullivan, Mass General Brigham's president of healthcare at home, said that the health system wants to move 10% of all its medical patients to the home. She argued that there is "no greater model of care for being patient-centric," and highlighted the care modality's ability to alleviate burnout for some healthcare workers.

Report finds 80% of nonprofit hospitals charity care falls behind tax breaks, with some short by hundreds of millions.