A celebration of excellence Applause echoed throughout the WACC Lobby at the
fifth annual Partners in Excellence Awards ceremony held at the MGH
Dec. 8.
Revere and Chelsea officials
join MGH to launch health web site Revere and Chelsea area residents have an easy way to
obtain useful, accurate health information from the Internet without having to wade
through thousands of pages of online information, thanks to a new program developed by MGH
Community Health Associates and MGH Treadwell Library.
Parrish elected to
Institute of Medicine John Parrish, MD, chief of MGH Dermatology and
director of the Center for Integration of Medicine and Innovative Technology (CIMIT),
recently was elected to the Institute of Medicine (IOM) of the
National Academy of Sciences.
Macaluso awards given
to dedicated members of Patient Care Services
This year's recipients of the Stephanie M. Macaluso,
RN, Expertise in Clinical Practice Awards were honored in a well-attended, emotional
ceremony Dec. 7 in the O'Keeffe Auditorium. A record number of Patient Care Services (PCS)
employees were chosen to receive the award Ñ seven in all.
Support services for
employees who breastfeed What the MGH Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
started eight years ago as an effort to support employees who were breastfeeding has
blossomed into a comprehensive and collaborative service
provided to Partners, MGH and BWH employees.
In memoriam: Mandel E.
Cohen, MD, FRCP Mandel E. Cohen, MD, FRCP, senior neurologist at
the MGH, died Nov. 19 at the age of 93. Cohen was a member of the
Neurology Department for 62 years.
Caring Headlines
wins award Sigma Theta Tau, the honor society for Nursing,
has selected the MGH Patient Care Services publication, Caring Headlines, to
receive a regional media award in the category of nursing print
publication.
Dec. 15, 2000