Recommended Pages at bidmc.org
Operation Contagion! - Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
bidmc.org — “BOSTON – It started innocently enough: an internal alert that a cluster of “patients” were displaying weakness, fever, shortness of breath that rapidly turned into pneumonia and respiratory failure. By the time the five-day emergency preparedness exercise ended, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center clinicians and staff had coped with a simulated outbreak of pneumonic plague that taxed clinical and administrative systems.” View full resource at bidmc.org
Most Recently Shared on March 16, 2012 at 2:45 pm By:
"Operation Contagion" drill tests emergency preparedness at BIDMC http://t.co/Pode526J
BIDMC Among First-Ever Honorees For National Award On Progress In Eliminating Infections - Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
bidmc.org — “Focus on reducing hospital-acquired infections” View full resource at bidmc.org
Most Recently Shared on February 3, 2012 at 6:34 pm By:
BIDMC recognized as national leader in progress toward eliminating healthcare-associated infections http://t.co/6o4bMkjo
BIDMC Cardiologists Suggest Patient-Centered Approach To Replacing Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrilators - Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
bidmc.org — “BOSTON – More than 100,000 implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) are implanted in the United States annually, fully a quarter of those are generator replacements simply because the battery is depleted. But are all those replacements necessary and should they actually be performed? Writing in the Jan. 26 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, doctors at the CardioVascular Institute at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center suggest the answer is surely no. &#x” View full resource at bidmc.org
Most Recently Shared on January 25, 2012 at 10:03 pm By:
BIDMC cardiologists suggest looking at patient's needs before replacing ICD batteries. http://t.co/Wa0Q8qCT
Prostate Cancer Screening and Treatment Decisions Must Act On Evidence, Not Beliefs - Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
bidmc.org — “BIDMC prostate cancer specialist says current screening system may cause more harm than good” View full resource at bidmc.org
Most Recently Shared on January 25, 2012 at 4:20 pm By:
BIDMC doc says make prostate cancer screening, treatment decisions on evidence, not beliefs http://t.co/vGeGHWpd
Study Shows How A Group of Tumor Cells Prevent Cancer Spread - Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
bidmc.org — “Paradoxical discovery finds that pericyte cells help prevent metastasis” View full resource at bidmc.org
Most Recently Shared on January 17, 2012 at 7:01 pm By:
BIDMC study explores whether therapies that cut off tumors’ blood supply may inadvertently make them more aggressive.http://ht.ly/8wJxx
BIDMC Celebrates MLK YMCA Black Achievers - Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
bidmc.org — “BOSTON – Ana Cristina Spencer Pontes and April Washington have been honored with 2012 YMCA Black Achievers Awards, presented at the annual Martin Luther King celebration at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. ” View full resource at bidmc.org
Most Recently Shared on January 17, 2012 at 5:04 pm By:
BIDMC Celebrates MLK YMCA Black Achievers for their commitment and volunteerism http://t.co/yu64Tcym
Heart Attack Risk Rises after Loss of Loved One - Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
bidmc.org — “BIDMC study finds elevated risk in hours, weeks after loss” View full resource at bidmc.org
Most Recently Shared on January 9, 2012 at 9:15 pm By:
Can you die from a broken heart? BIDMC-led study finds heart attack risk does rise after death of someone close to you. http://t.co/EdECHLhL
Doctors Are Cautious, Patients Enthusiastic About Sharing Medical Notes - Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
bidmc.org — “Study gauges baseline interest in three-site OpenNotes trial” View full resource at bidmc.org
Most Recently Shared on December 19, 2011 at 10:02 pm By:
David Rubin Internist, Physician, and Doctor
@BIDMCnews: Doctors' enthusiasm lags behind their patients' regarding sharing notes about the office visit. http://t.co/jWwQkOrJ #OpenNotes
Joyce C. Clifford, former Beth Israel Hospital Chief Nurse, passes away - Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
bidmc.org — “Credited with developing "primary nursing" model” View full resource at bidmc.org
Most Recently Shared on October 24, 2011 at 9:34 pm By:
Joyce C. Clifford, former Beth Israel Hospital Chief Nurse, passes away http://t.co/t1kibaHi #nursing #nurses #AACNchat
BIDMC News and Notes - Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
bidmc.org — “A blog about health topics in the news” View full resource at bidmc.org
Most Recently Shared on October 18, 2011 at 4:54 pm By:
BIDMC's ALS Clinic Connection support group celebrates 50th luncheon http://t.co/9vVL6M3Z
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Gerontologist Sharon K. Inouye, MD, MPH, Elected to Institute of Medicine - Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
bidmc.org — “BOSTON – Sharon K. Inouye, MD, MPH, a faculty member in the Division of Gerontology at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC), Director of the Aging Brain Center in the Institute for Aging Research at Hebrew SeniorLife and Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, has been elected to the Institute of Medicine (IOM). ” View full resource at bidmc.org
Most Recently Shared on October 17, 2011 at 5:56 pm By:
BIDMC gerontologist Dr. Sharon K. Inouye, elected to Institute of Medicine. http://t.co/KhQ2kLyC
BIDMC News and Notes - Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
bidmc.org — “A blog about health topics in the news” View full resource at bidmc.org
Most Recently Shared on October 17, 2011 at 3:15 pm By:
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center first hospital in Boston to launch a new mobile website. http://t.co/PKeYGjDT
BIDMC News and Notes - Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
bidmc.org — “A blog about health topics in the news” View full resource at bidmc.org
Most Recently Shared on October 14, 2011 at 3:43 pm By:
BIDMC board honors Helen Chin Schlichte, Mark Aronson, MD for "constructive, lasting and all-embracing change." http://t.co/vcMegGFK
New Buzzwords “Reduce Medicine to Economics” - Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
bidmc.org — “BIDMC physicians lament the devaluation of clinical judgment in today’s health care world” View full resource at bidmc.org
Most Recently Shared on October 12, 2011 at 9:06 pm By:
BIDMC's Hartzband and Groopman lament rise of medical buzzwords, devaluation of clinical judgment. http://t.co/XlZaqeCZ
BIDMC Annual Meeting Welcomes New Directors, Trustees, Overseers - Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
bidmc.org — “Appointments include 7 Directors, 10 Trustees, 18 Overseers” View full resource at bidmc.org
Most Recently Shared on October 5, 2011 at 3:09 pm By:
BIDMC names new members to boards of directors, trustees and overseers. http://ht.ly/6Oewz
