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Connecticut's First PET/MRI System Installed In New Haven
Yale New Haven Hospital has installed a 9-ton PET/MRI imaging system that will bring new capabilities for evaluating brain disorders and cancer to Connecticut. According to Yale New Haven Health, the equipment combines positron emission tomography (PET) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), allowing…
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Patients share concerns over Mercy acquisition by Baystate
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WGGB/WSHM) - With only a week away until Baystate Health acquires Mercy Medical Center, some doctors are unsure about their future and some patients are sharing their concerns. In April, Trinity Health, Mercy’s parent company, blamed staffing shortages and a growing move to outpatient care for shifting its...
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The Increasingly Long Drive to Give Birth in Rural America
For Chloe Freeman, the drive from her home in North Rose, New York, to Newark-Wayne Community Hospital is a familiar one: 25 minutes southwest, past farmland and apple orchards, to the labor and delivery unit where all three of her children were born. When Freeman had her first child there, at age 22, it was May 2020, only a few months into the Covid-19 pandemic. But Freeman and her husband weren't worried. They knew the route; they had a birthing plan. They checked into Newark-Wayne's Marshall Birthing Unit on May 13, and in the early hours of the following morning, their daughter was born.
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Worcester Telegram & Gazette
State declares 'imminent jeopardy' to patients at Worcester nursing home
WORCESTER – The state's crackdown on an out-of-state nursing home operator is being felt in Central Massachusetts. State investigators slapped RegalCare at Worcester at 25 Oriol Drive with an imminent jeopardy designation that signals a subpar level of care that jeopardizes the health and safety of the nursing home's residents, according to a report in The Boston Globe . A resident with dementia reportedly wandered off from the facility and was later found by Worcester police at a restaurant and immediately sent to the hospital, the report said. Police didn't respond Oct. 22 to a request to confirm the report. State officials have barred RegalCare at Worcester from admitting more patients until its level of care improves. The facility didn't immediately respond to a request for comment. The state Department of Public Health is moving to revoke New Jersey-based RegalCare's license to operate nursing homes in Massachusetts after reports of severe understaffing resulted in poor care and the diversion of nursing home revenues to the company's other businesses. RegalCare at Blackstone Valley, at 447 Hill St. in Whitinsville, is another of RegalCare's 12 nursing homes in Massachusetts that collectively serve about 1,300 residents. Khaled Sultani, the facility's administrator, didn't respond
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What doctors want patients to know about vertigo
AT A GLANCE: Vertigo can make you feel as though you or your surroundings are moving when they are not. Understanding the cause is key to finding the right treatment. Here are key things you will learn about vertigo from three physicians in this article:. Vertigo is a symptom, not...
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Nurses at Brigham and Women's Hospital reject hospital's "last, best, and final" contract offer
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Johnson: Yes on Question 3 – will make our votes matter
Bill Humphrey served Newton well on the City Council, but his op-ed (“Question 3 – A misleading solution) is misguided on many fronts. First, he ignores the key feature of All Party Primaries, moving the decisive election from low turnout primaries to higher turnout general elections. Louisiana, using this system, is the only Republican southern state to accept Obamacare’s Medicare expansion – because its legislators had to listen to their whole districts not just the primary voters.