The Importance of Being Known: Incorporating SO/GI Data into Patient Care
Earlier this month, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced that electronic health records must now include the option to designate patients’ sexual orientation and gender identity (SO/GI).
October 23, 2015
Fagan Named Associate Chief Nurse
After serving as interim associate chief nurse for OB/GYN since January, Maureen Fagan, DNP, MHA, WHNP-BC, FNP-BC, has been named associate chief nurse for the Connors Center for Women and Newborns-OB/GYN.
October 23, 2015
BWHer Delivers Baby in OB Admitting Waiting Area
When BWH Obstetrics (OB) Admitting officer Athena Lacaire arrived to work on Oct. 9, she couldn’t have imagined what her morning would bring.
October 23, 2015
Patient Care Units Move to New Locations
Over the course of five weeks in September and October, five patient care units moved to new locations in the Tower and Connors Center as part of the hospital’s ongoing patient progression efforts.
October 23, 2015
BWH Celebrates Physician Assistants
As nationally certified and state-licensed medical professionals who practice under the direction of an attending physician, PAs play a vital role in the health care field and on care teams here at BWH.
October 23, 2015
BWH Nursing Leaders Inducted as American Academy of Nursing Fellows
On Oct. 17, Jackie Somerville, PhD, RN, FAAN, and Jeffrey M. Adams, PhD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN, were inducted as fellows in the American Academy of Nursing.
October 23, 2015
BWHers Participate in Health Fair Kickoff at RTH
Late last month, BWH’s Lung Center, Heart & Vascular Center and Phyllis Jen Center joined the Roxbury Tenants of Harvard (RTH) for its annual health fair, providing health resources and information to community members and other attendees.
October 23, 2015
Teaching the Next Generation of Surgeons
A devoted teacher and role model, BWH gynecological surgeon Raymond Reilly, MD, has been training the next generation of surgeons year after year for decades.
October 23, 2015
Safety & Security Corner
This week’s Safety & Security Corner focuses on a frequently asked question about armed security guards.
October 23, 2015 Cost Savings, Environmental Benefits With Multi-Functional Devices
Partners is working to make printing more efficient and less expensive in administrative areas through printing optimization.
October 23, 2015
Tower 14CD Evacuation Exercise
On Oct. 15, Barry Wante, director of Emergency Management, and Bob Donaghue, operations manager of Security and Parking, led a “deliberate vertical evacuation” exercise in Tower 14CD.
October 23, 2015
Patients Spread VAD Awareness at BWH
BWHers and three patients from the Mechanical Circulatory Support program recently staffed an information table by the Shop on the Pike to raise awareness about ventricular assist devices.
October 23, 2015
Bulletin Bullets
News about upcoming hospital events, campaigns and other timely information for employees
October 23, 2015