Last week, Boston Medical Center (BMC) hosted the 18th annual Raphael Mira Patient Safety Symposium and the 8th annual Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Poster Presentation and Award Ceremony. The symposium — named in honor of a pediatric patient who lost his...
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...
The Bottom Line New research from Boston Medical Center shows that implementing a standardized process for cesarean deliveries, or C-sections, performed out of concern for the fetus significantly improved outcomes, increasing the rate of healthier babies immediately...
CAR T-Cell therapy is a one-time treatment that uses a patient’s own immune cells to combat tough-to-treat cancers: lymphomas, some leukemias, and multiple myeloma. The first CAR T-Cell therapy (CAR T) became commercially available in 2017, and over the last...
As 2022 comes to a close, it’s time to reflect on what we learned in the past year to advance our efforts into the coming year. Throughout the year, HealthCity explored many pressing issues in healthcare today: provider representation without unconsented...