• Study finds parents of chronically ill children avoid HMOs
  Parents of children with chronic conditions are not likely to choose an HMO plan, according to a study by MGH researchers. The report, in the August issue of Pediatrics, suggests these parents are willing to pay higher costs for medical care to have direct access to specialists.

• MGH Blood Donor Center thanks employee heroes
  From comforting patients and educatingfamilies to performing emergency procedures and saving lives, MGH employees demonstrate heroics of all kinds every day. On Aug. 1, a group of MGHers was recognized for a special kind of heroism at the MGH Blood Donor Center Employee Appreciation Luncheon in the Wellman Conference Room.

• Brain aneurysm awareness at the MGH
  According to some studies, more than 2 million people in the United States have brain aneurysms that have not yet ruptured.  Despite advances in diagnostic, surgical and anesthetic techniques, the outcome for patients with ruptured aneurysms remains poor. The Brain Aneurysm Foundation and the MGH Brain Aneurysm/AVM Center will be hosting a three-day breain aneurysm awareness event Aug. 22, 23 and 24.

• Summer program offers research opportunities for minority students
  Cesar Castro was looking for a fulfilling summer internship program to enhance his exposure to clinical research before returning to medical school at the University of California-San Francisco. He found such a program here at the MGH with the Summer Research Trainee Program (SRTP) that is run by the MGH Multicultural Affairs Office (MAO).

• From the archives: The birth of Social Services
  Ida Cannon, former chief of MGH Social Services from 1907 to 1945, was a visionary. With the mentorship of Richard Cabot, MD, who proposed the inclusion of social services at the MGH in 1905, Cannon established the MGH Social Service Department, the first of its kind in any hospital in the world.

• Dolls on display: MGHer brightens Parking Office
  Walking into the Fruit Street Parking Garage, visitors can expect to find ringing phones and piles of paperwork. But dozens of Barbies? Thanks to the creativity of MGH Parking Office employee Carol Stevenson, patients, staff and visitors can marvel at a colorful, ever-changing display of the popular dolls.

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