• Wrapping up the DNC: An MGH experience
  Life at the MGH is back to normal after the Democratic National Convention (DNC), but for those who planned for its impact on the hospital and for those who worked extra hours during that week, the event left quite an impression. Here are a few interesting tidbits about the week and words of praise for the MGHers who worked hard to make the DNC week run smoothly and safely for patients, visitors and employees.
  

• Drug treatment promising for HIV and hepatitis C
  Since the introduction of highly active combination drug therapy for HIV, liver failure from hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection has become a leading cause of death among those infected with the virus that causes AIDS. Now a study led by an MGH researcher has found that the newest treatment for patients infected with HCV alone also helps those with both viruses by significantly improving the clearance of HCV from the bloodstream.
  

• MGH and the Revolution score big
  Thirty-six kids had the experience of a lifetime July 13 at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro when the MGH Human Resources Department and the MGH Council on Disability Awareness held a soccer clinic with the New England Revolution soccer team. Four players and a coach ran drills with the kids, played a soccer version of "Simon Says" and officiated a real game of soccer.
  

• PACE labels make a world of difference
  For years, MGH employees have used a cumbersome machine called an addressograph
  to stamp patients' blue cards for lab tests and specimens. The only alternative to using the addressograph has been to hand write the information on the blue card. Because of the PACE (Patient Administrative Cycle Enhancement) project, both of these methods will no longer be necessary.
  

• MGH tuition reimbursement program
  The MGH supports and encourages training and education for career growth and development of its employees. To help achieve this goal, the Tuition Reimbursement Program was established, offering employees the chance to pursue job-related certificate or degree programs (associate's, bachelor's or master's), as well as adult basic education.
  

• MGH physician honored with award from mentor
  Robert H. Ackerman, MD, MPH, of MGH Neurology and Neuroradiology, recently received the prestigious C. Miller Fisher, MD, Award from the American Stroke Association (ASA) at its annual awards luncheon. The ASA is a division of the American Heart Association.
  

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