January 22, 1999 Table of Contents

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January 22, 1999
  • Health Insurance Access Program helps MGH patients
    To better serve uninsured patients like Peter Brooks and to improve reimbursement for their care, the MGH launched a new initiative in 1998 to help them gain access to publicly supported insurance programs.
  • Life's little instruction book
    Many new parents have questions about their bundles of joy once they arrive home. Now the MGH is providing a resource guide called "Growing Up Healthy," created by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health and the United Way of Massachusetts Bay, to help parents with their new responsibilities.
  • Turning roller coaster fears into thrills
    Michael Otto's career has taken some twists and turns before but nothing like this. Otto, a psychologist at the MGH, recently contracted with Universal Studios in Orlando, Fla., to help devise a program to help nervous riders prepare for two new roller coasters.
  • AMMP donation helps those in need
    Members from the Association of Multicultural Members of Partners (AMMP) presented a holiday donation Jan. 15 to Bonnie Zimmer, MSW, director of the MGH's domestic violence program, to help victims of abuse.

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