Brigham Launches COVID Recovery Center for Patients with Persisting Health Complications
Center will coordinate care across specialties and advance research for those with persistent symptoms after COVID-19 infection (Source: BWH News)
Source: BWH News - May 6, 2021 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news
Brigham Earns Another & #39;A & #39; for Patient Safety in Spring 2021 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade
The Brigham has been awarded an ‘A’ in the spring 2021 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade, released today by The Leapfrog Group. (Source: BWH News)
Source: BWH News - April 29, 2021 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news
Researchers Find COVID-19 Mother-to-Newborn Infection Rates are Low, but Indirect Risks Exist
First-of-its-Kind Study Found Infants of Socially Vulnerable Mothers were at Highest Risk of COVID-19 Infection (Source: BWH News)
Source: BWH News - April 23, 2021 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news
Tseng Receives 2021 AMWA Exceptional Mentor Award
Zoe Tseng, MD, FACP, of the Division of General Internal Medicine and Primary Care, was given the 2021 Exceptional Mentor Award from the American Medical Women ’s Association (AMWA) for helping the next generation of providers develop their careers, s (Source: BWH News)
Source: BWH News - April 22, 2021 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news
One in Five American Adults Experience Chronic Pain
In an article published in Pain, researchers from Brigham and Women ’s Hospital and Mass Eye and Ear report that 50.2 million (20.5 percent) U.S. adults experience chronic pain based on analysis of the new NHIS data. (Source: BWH News)
Source: BWH News - April 20, 2021 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news
Siddiqi Wins ANPA Sidney R. Baer Career Development Award
Shan Siddiqi, MD, of Department of Psychiatry, received the Sidney R. Baer Career Development Award from the American Neuropsychiatric Association (ANPA) for his outstanding accomplishments. (Source: BWH News)
Source: BWH News - April 16, 2021 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news
Lorch Wins MGB United Against Racism Grant
Alice Lorch, MD, MPH, of the Department of Ophthalmology, received a grant from Mass General Brigham ’s (MGB) United Against Racism program, with additional support from the Mass General Executive Committee on Community Health, Digital Federal Credit (Source: BWH News)
Source: BWH News - April 5, 2021 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news
Anderson Appointed HMS Albert H. Coons Associate Professor of Neurology
Ana Carrizosa Anderson, PhD, of the Department of Neurology, was named the Albert H. Coons Associate Professor of Neurology in the Field of Immunologic Diseases at Harvard Medical School (HMS) and is the first incumbent of the newly established profe (Source: BWH News)
Source: BWH News - April 5, 2021 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news
A Visit to ‘Dr. Google’ Makes Patients Better at Diagnosis
Participants across the board demonstrated modest improvements in reaching an accurate diagnosis after looking up symptoms on the Internet. Participants additionally showed no difference in reported anxiety nor in triage abilities (Source: BWH News)
Source: BWH News - March 29, 2021 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news
A Visit to ‘Dr. Google’ Makes Patients Better at Diagnosis
Participants across the board demonstrated modest improvements in reaching an accurate diagnosis after looking up symptoms on the Internet. Participants additionally showed no difference in reported anxiety nor in triage abilities (Source: BWH News)
Source: BWH News - March 29, 2021 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news
Sobrin Receives Research to Prevent Blindness Physician-Scientist Award
Lucia Sobrin, MD, MPH, of the Division of Ophthalmology, won the Physician-Scientist Award from Research to Prevent Blindness (RPB) for her work in identifying genes that influence the risk of developing ocular hypertension after corticosteroid use. (Source: BWH News)
Source: BWH News - March 29, 2021 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news
Khurana Wins AAPI Most Distinguished Physician Award
Bharti Khurana, MD, of the Department of Radiology, was honored with the Most Distinguished Physician Award from the American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (AAPI) for her unparalleled service and outstanding work in the field of medicine (Source: BWH News)
Source: BWH News - March 26, 2021 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news
Study underscores need for multidisciplinary care for COVID-19 long-haulers
Long COVID can affect multiple organ systems and the most common symptoms include fatigue, shortness of breath, brain fog, anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) (Source: BWH News)
Source: BWH News - March 22, 2021 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news
Laws Wins Mayo Clinic 2020 Distinguished Alumni Award
Edward Laws Jr., MD, FACS, director of the Pituitary/Neuroendocrine Center in the Department of Neurosurgery was honored with a 2020 Distinguished Alumni Award from the Mayo Clinic for his outstanding attributes and accomplishments as a leader in all (Source: BWH News)
Source: BWH News - March 15, 2021 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news
Residents Win Rappaport Award in Clinical Innovation, Soloman Primary Care Scholarship Award
he Internal Medicine Residency Program presented the Rappaport Award in Clinical Innovation in Honor of Marshall A. Wolf and the Martin P. Soloman Primary Care Scholarship Award to five residents whose innovative research projects have the potential (Source: BWH News)
Source: BWH News - March 11, 2021 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news
