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CVS Pharmacy opens its first Boston-area pharmacy-focused location
The small, pharmacy-only store in Roxbury aims to meet patients where they are without the fuss of retail. A new CVS opened in Roxbury on Wednesday, bringing a chain pharmacy back to Nubian Square after nearby Walgreens closures left some residents facing long walks to fill prescriptions. The smaller-format store...
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Network Outage Disrupts Computer Systems at More Than 12 Mass General Brigham Hospitals
The outage disrupted computer systems at more than 12 Mass General Brigham hospitals Thursday, prompting staff to use pen-and-paper charting while care teams worked to keep patients moving through the system. MGB said patient care continued except for some elective outpatient procedures; a patient's transfer to a recovery center was delayed.
Dianna Carney
Flu Clinics Offer Weymouth Residents a Chance to Stay Protected
The Weymouth Health Department of Weymouth, Massachusetts, is urging residents to get vaccinated against the flu, with clinics scheduled at Weymouth Town Hall, Tufts Library, and Whipple Senior Center. The department’s announcement says the vaccine is available to people ages 5 and older.
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Brigham nurses union postponing planned strike this week
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Rockland Recovery Group to Open Its First South Shore Inpatient Campus
Rockland Recovery Group, a Massachusetts-based addiction treatment organization founded in 2017, is preparing to open Longview Behavioral Health – its first inpatient campus – on a historic 23-acre property in Kingston, Massachusetts (the former Sacred Heart School / Providence House). The campus brings inpatient substance use and mental health treatment together in one South Shore […]
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Network outage hits Mass General Brigham hospitals; patient care continues
A network outage across the Mass General Brigham system on Thursday has pushed the health care network's hospitals and other care teams off of computers temporarily. Patient care was continuing during the outage, an MGB representative told NBC10 Boston. The incident isn't believed to be a cyberattack. Staff at Massachusetts...
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No deal after Brigham nurses, hospital leadership meet; open-ended strike looms
After lengthy contract talks Thursday, there's still no deal between Brigham and Women's Hospital nurses and management less than a week before a planned strike. The Massachusetts Nurses Association, the union representing 4,000 nurses, met with hospital management Thursday to bargain with less than a week to go before an open-ended strike that 93% of the nurses authorized in September. It's currently set to begin on Oct. 14 if negotiations are unsuccessful.
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Canton Parents Beg Boston Hospitals To Reunite Premature Twins As Strike Looms
Juliette and Kendall Kennedy arrived five weeks early, born prematurely at 24 weeks, and they have spent every day since separated in two different neonatal intensive care units across Boston. Their parents, Mike and Kelsey Kennedy of Canton, Massachusetts, are pleading with hospital staff to bring their daughters back under one roof before the year is out.
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Brown University Health Opens First Mass. Primary Care Office in Taunton
Brown University Health has opened its first Massachusetts primary care practice, setting up shop at 2005 Bay St. in Taunton to serve patients across the Greater Taunton and Foxborough areas. The new office offers illness diagnosis and treatment, annual physicals, chronic disease management, immunizations and preventive screenings, with both in-person and telemedicine visits available.