The first case of the more contagious South African coronavirus variant has been detected in Massachusetts, health officials said Tuesday. The woman found to.
The first case of the more contagious South African coronavirus variant has been detected in Massachusetts, health officials said Tuesday. The woman found to.
SPH Alums Help Create a Toolkit to End Structural Racism
The Racial Equity Data Road Map, developed by epidemiologists at the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, outlines steps organizations can take to achieve racial equity by improving the way they collect and analyze data. Photo by Getty/pandpstock001 Public Health
They will present their Road Map at SPH Activist Lab event Wednesday
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The dual crises of COVID-19 and racial reckoning in the United States have challenged individuals and organizations alike to confront the history of structural racism that has perpetuated health inequities and racial disparities throughout the country for people of color.
Providence Hospital in Holyoke sold to Health Partners New England
Updated Feb 17, 2021;
The sale price was not disclosed.
HPNE will operate the facility under the name MiraVista Behavioral Health and resume operations of the Acute Treatment Service (detoxification), Clinical Stabilization Service (post-detoxification), and outpatient services including the Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP), court ordered services, and the Opioid Treatment Program without interruption of service, according to a statement from Mercy Medical Center.
Additionally, HPNE plans to re-establish inpatient psychiatric services at the Holyoke facility.
Last year, Mercy Medical Center ended inpatient psychiatric services at Providence Behavioral Health Hospital.
HPNE is currently working with the Massachusetts Department of Public Health to acquire licensure to provide up to 84 inpatient beds. The timeline for the opening of these inpatient beds is still being determined.
The first case of the more contagious South African coronavirus variant has been detected in Massachusetts, health officials said Tuesday. The woman found to.