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Boston Medical Center experts discuss some of the ethical care challenges they faced at annual Alan and Sybil Edelstein Professionalism and Ethics in Medicine Lecture
Charlie Baker's administration is ordering Massachusetts hospitals with limited bed capacity to cut back on non-urgent, scheduled procedures.
A year into COVID, hospitals find a new normal By Priyanka Dayal McCluskey Globe Staff,Updated April 20, 2021, 8:04 a.m. Email to a Friend Hospital staff worked on 2-North, the COVID-19 floor at the West Roxbury VA Medical Center in January.Erin Clark/Globe Staff After battling COVID for more than a year and weathering two surges of sick patients, Massachusetts hospitals are settling in to a new normal. Theyâve shifted from managing a raging crisis to incorporating COVID into their daily work. For the foreseeable future, hospitals expect to continue treating COVID patients â though ...
Twitter Facebook It’s officially happening: the first wave of coronavirus vaccinations was administered at Boston Medical Center Wednesday morning. On Monday, the University’s teaching hospital received 1,950 doses of the just-approved Pfizer-BIoNTech coronavirus vaccine, one of 145 facilities nationwide to get it. The first vaccines are being given to BMC doctors and nurses who have close contact with COVID-19 patients, as well as to environmental and support services staffers. In three weeks, each will receive a second dose of the vaccine, which will be sent in a separate shipm...
Hospitals are canceling elective surgeries to respond to COVID. Hereâs what you need to know By Priyanka Dayal McCluskey Globe Staff,Updated December 11, 2020, 3:27 p.m. Email to a Friend Canceling even a small number of elective procedures can make a big difference in terms of hospital capacity said Dr. Ravin Davidoff, chief medical officer at Boston Medical Center.Erin Clark/Globe Staff As the COVID-19 crisis escalates again in Massachusetts, the stateâs hospitals are working to add capacity so they can treat growing numbers of patients. Beginning Friday, under an order from the B...