New philanthropic gift from Ted and Kathy Truscott will help BMC’s emergency medicine department confront operational and societal challenges. Boston Medical Center’s (BMC) Emergency Department serves as the vital “front door” to the BMC health system, treating an...
Emergency departments across the country were uniquely burdened by the COVID-19 pandemic, given that they are hubs for community engagement that often serve the most vulnerable patient populations. With existing challenges exacerbated by the pandemic, Boston Medical...
Boston Medical Center is marking the 10-year anniversary of the tragedy at the Boston Marathon finish line through story-sharing and reflection. Many of our staff were and are deeply affected by the catastrophe, but the best of BMC was showcased in the immediate...
When I started in EMS nine years ago, I was a little less than two years into my own recovery — but still very private about it. With the exception of some trusted partners, very few people that I worked with in the field or in the hospital had any idea that I was a...
The Bottom Line From the years 1990 until 2020, there has been no meaningful progress toward racial parity among academic emergency medicine physicians. Urgent institutional changes are needed to address the underrepresentation of Black and Latinx faculty due to...