Healthcare Review

    Springfield – We've all known someone that fits this
description: The person who can't sleep, who has no interest, no
hobbies, no energy. They feel totally helpless and completely hopeless,
perhaps even suicidal.
    These feelings are completely non-discriminating and
come upon people of any sex, any age, and any lifestyle. Over time,
people become isolated. Friends and relatives don't [...]

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    Farmington – Franklin Memorial Hospital will build a
medical office building on its campus to further its commitment to a
patient-friendly environment, announced Franklin Memorial Hospital and
Franklin Community Health Network President Richard Batt. The board of
directors approved construction to begin this summer, with the building
to be located to the north of the hospital connected to it [...]

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Community Credit Union Makes Donation To Sisters Of Charity Food Pantry
    Lewiston – The Community Credit Union donated $1,346
to the Sisters of Charity Food Pantry, which is located at 208 Bates
Street in Lewiston, ME.
    “This is a wonderful gift,” said pantry supervisor
Joyce Gagnon. “For every dollar contributed to the pantry, we can
provide $12.50 worth of [...]

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    Hanover – A report from the Committee on Pediatric
Workforce, authored by David Goodman, MD, of Dartmouth Medical School,
resulted in a revised policy statement from the American Academy of
Pediatrics (AAP). The report challenged current assumptions about the
need for greater numbers of doctors, and raised concerns about a
continued lack of racial diversity and geographic distribution in [...]

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Catholic Medical Center Enhances Patient Care
     Newmarket – New Hampshire-based DTVMusic – a
provider of customized, therapeutic, music television programming for
the hospital setting – announced that it signed an affiliation
agreement for 4 DTVMusic channels to be broadcast throughout the
Catholic Medical Center in Manchester, NH.
    DTVMusic is a music and visual programming service
that is fed through existing [...]

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Springfield Hospital Receives Bequest
    Springfield – The Springfield Hospital Foundation
received a share of the proceeds from the estate of Nancy and Stan
Wilson, formerly of Chester, VT. The amount received was $474,712.50.
The Foundation raises funds to support the hospital, and the proceeds
from this gift have been placed in the hospital's endowment to be used
at the discretion [...]

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    New Britain – Twenty-one New Britain area women were
among those participating in an important breast cancer prevention
study, whose initial results were announced April 17.
    New Britain General Hospital was one of 500 study
sites in one of the largest breast cancer prevention clinical trials
ever conducted. Early results, just released, indicate that an
osteoporosis drug, raloxifene, is [...]

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Adult Day Center Clients Create CUREchiefs To Help Cancer Patients
    Fairfield – When Gina Livia, Recreation coordinator
at the Adult Day Center of The Jewish Home for the Elderly of
Fairfield, heard about CUREchiefs, she knew the clients at the Center
would want to participate in this inspiring hands-on project, which
involves people making scarves to help cancer [...]

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    Waltham, MA – The MMS Physician Practice Environment
Index, an annual barometer of the physician practice environment in the
state, has declined for the 12th consecutive year. This according to a
report released by the Massachusetts Medical Society, the statewide
professional association of physicians.
    The MMS Physician Practice Environment Index for
2005 dropped 1.8 percent to 73.6, reaching yet [...]

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The Boston Home Expands Local, National, and International Role
    Dorchester – Introducing key initiatives to mark its
125th anniversary year, The Boston Home (TBH) in Dorchester, MA,
launched a community outpatient and rehabilitation day program, as well
as The Boston Home Institute, which promotes education, research, and
advocacy.
    TBH opened B.H.Fit!, an outpatient/rehabilitation
program offered at its long-term care facility. [...]

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Saint Elizabeth Manor, Saint Elizabeth Home Join National Quality Improvement Initiative
    Bristol – Saint Elizabeth Manor of Bristol, RI, and
Saint Elizabeth Home of East Greenwich, RI, joined the national Nursing
Home Quality Initiative (NHQI). The initiative was announced by the
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, an agency of the US
Department of Health and Human Services.
    Saint [...]

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    Providence – Hearing loss is the leading birth
defect in the United States, affecting two to three babies per 1,000
born. Experts believe that early intervention helps better prepare the
baby and his or her family to cope with hearing loss, and become
empowered as they weed through the various options and challenges that
lie ahead. To further prove [...]

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