The Healthcare News Celebrates 20 Years
The Only Constant Is Change It’s not easy to find the oldest issues of HCN. But we managed to dig
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Author: Joseph Bednar
Hospitals Bleed Millions in Revenue from Lost Volume During Pandemic
Critical Condition By Joseph Bednar Back in March, when COVID-19 was just starting to crest, hospitals took steps to brace
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College Health Programs Tackle Challenge of Hands-on Learning
Face to Face Weeks before COVID-19 shut down Massachusetts, Jennifer Hixon could read the signs. “In February, I sat with
Read morePhase 3 of State’s Economic Reopening Begins July 6
BOSTON — The Baker-Polito administration announced that phase 3 of the Commonwealth’s reopening plan will begin on Monday, July 6,
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Childcare Centers, Camps to Reopen Under Strict Guidelines
Keeping the Kids Safe Reopening an early-education center in the COVID-19 era isn’t easy, Kristine Allard says. In fact, it’s
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Pandemic Sparks Wave of Mental-health Concerns
High Anxiety By Joseph Bednar Most people have plenty of experience preparing for things, Alane Burgess says, whether that’s surgery,
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Non-COVID-19 Hospital Visits Plummet — and That’s a Problem
Don’t Ignore the Signs By JOSEPH BEDNAR Dr. Mark Kenton wonders where all the appendectomies have gone. “People are sitting
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Health Graduates Enter the Field at an Anxious Moment
Trial by Fire By Joseph Bednar Tallon Tomasi used to punch the same clock everyone else does when starting her
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Excel Dryer Touts Virus Filtration, Donates Mobile Units
Drying Times By Joseph Bednar When it comes to the XLERATOR, his company’s signature hand dryer, filtration is nothing new,
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Hospitals Gird for a Potential COVID-19 Surge
Life on the Front Lines Dr. Andrew Artenstein isn’t the first to notice the lack of cars on the roads,
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Home Care Grapples with the Challenges of an Evolving Sector
Shifting the Balance By JOSEPH BEDNAR When Michele Anstett opened a Visiting Angels franchise with her husband in 1999, it
Read moreMercy LIFE Strives to Keep Seniors Engaged and Healthy
Care Connections By JOSEPH BEDNAR Celina Conway tells the story of a man who arrived at Mercy LIFE after five
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