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Boston hospitals lean on 9/11 lessons in swift response
By Bloomberg.com | April 17, 2013
Once a year, Boston hospitals work together to train for the unthinkable. When it happened during the Boston Marathon, they were ready.
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Boston hospitals confront 'mass casualty event'
By Jaimy Lee | April 16, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Boston hospitals have dealt with emergency department closures, police investigations and hundreds of media requests as they treat patients injured during Monday's explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon.
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In aftermath of explosions, Boston hospitals treat scores of wounded
By Jaimy Lee and Associated Press | April 15, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Seven Boston area hospitals were treating at least 143 patients who were injured in the explosions that occurred earlier Monday at the Boston Marathon. At least three people had died.
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Thermo Fisher to acquire genetic-test firm Life Technologies in $13.6 billion deal
By Jaimy Lee | April 15, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Thermo Fisher Scientific, a Waltham, Mass.-based life-sciences firm and manufacturer of scientific equipment, said it will acquire genetic-test firm Life Technologies in a $13.6 billion deal.
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Report finds lax oversight of specialty pharmacies
By Associated Press | April 15, 2013
Congressional investigators say pharmacy boards in nearly all 50 states lack the information and expertise to oversee specialty pharmacies like the one tied to a deadly meningitis outbreak last year.
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Mass. health insurance exchange enrollment hits record high
By Jerry Geisel, Crain's Business Insurance | April 11, 2013
Enrollment in Massachusetts’ health insurance exchange has hit an all-time high.
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Power to the patient | Shared decisionmaking improves care and reduces costs
By Dr. Peter D. Goldbach | April 06, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
People's lives today are full of choices. They know what they like. They know what matters to them. They trust their judgment and check with their gut. But when it comes to choices related to their health, they could use a little help.
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Beth Israel Deaconess, Lahey Clinic discuss alliance
By Boston Globe | April 03, 2013
The presidents of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Lahey Clinic told employees and affiliates Wednesday they are in preliminary talks with each other and three doctors groups about an alliance that could rival Partners HealthCare in scale and reach.
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Ascenzo to head up NewVantage healthcare practice
By Rachel Landen | April 02, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
NewVantage Partners, a Boston-based consulting firm that advises executives on data and analytics for business solutions, has named Carl Ascenzo partner and leader of its newly launched healthcare practice.
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Doctors and patients could decide who gets medical marijuana under draft Mass. rules
By Boston.com | March 29, 2013
Draft rules for medical use of marijuana in Massachusetts, issued Friday by the state Department of Public Health, largely leave it up to doctors to decide which patients will qualify for treatment with the drug.
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