• "I used CalStat. Did you?"
  It is a question that MGHers have been asking their colleagues lately, "Did you use CalStat?" And a few brave employees did so in a very public way by lending their images to the MGH Hand Hygiene Program's poster campaign. Seven employees are featured in posters being distributed throughout the hospital this week.
  

• Spaulding names new president
  Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, a member of Partners HealthCare, has announced that Judith Waterston, MSN, will become Spaulding's new president effective March 17. With more than 30 years of rehabilitation and acute care experience, Waterston will be the first woman to lead the Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital Network.
  

• Me and my shadow: Students learn about MGH
  Twenty-two high school students from East Boston High School interested in learning about the health care field shadowed various MGH employees Jan. 31 during the city of Boston's annual Groundhog Job Shadow Day.

• "Best Doctor" List: Responding to questions
  The February issue of Boston Magazine includes a list of some of the top doctors in the area. This year's list has prompted many questions from employees, patients, the media and others because so few MGH physicians were included compared with the number of doctors from other institutions.
  

• MGHers remember weathering the storm of the century
  It was one of the biggest snowstorms ever to hit Boston. With some 30 inches of snow, wind gusts exceeding 60 miles per hour, and snowdrifts 15 feet high, the city was brought to a complete standstill. Throughout the Great Blizzard of '78, businesses and schools closed, cars were abandoned and city streets and highways became virtually impassable. But at the heart of a silent city, a beacon of hope remained – the MGH. A city in itself, the hospital teemed with unlikely heroes and stories that still are remembered today.
  

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