• NICU of the future opens on Blake 10
  Following three years of planning and construction, the MGH's new, state-of-the-art Newborn Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at last celebrated its completion with a festive open house June 29. Located on Blake 10, the new unit features 13,110 square feet of contemporary clinic and patient care space.

• MGH fourth in best hospitals list for 2006
  U.S. News & World Report has released its much-anticipated "America's Best Hospitals" honor roll for 2006, ranking the MGH fourth in the nation. MGH Psychiatry again ranked first in its category for the 11th year in a row. BWH also made the hospital honor roll, ranking 11th.

• MGH Safety Reporting System progressing
  Since the launch of the new web-based Safety Reporting System in March, more than 5,000 staff members have been trained on the easy-to-use system that replaces the hospital's paper-based incident reporting process. The new system allows staff to submit online reports about any type of safety concern, incident or "close call."

• MCLIS honors Treadwell Library
  The National Commission on Libraries and Information Science (NCLIS) recently selected the MGH's Treadwell Library as the second place winner for the 2006 Health Information Award that recognizes outstanding health information programs.

• MGH vascular laboratory receives three-year accreditation
  MGH's Vascular Diagnostic Laboratory was one of a select few vascular labs in the U.S. to meet or exceed the Intersocietal Commission for the Accreditation of Vascular Laboratories (ICAVL) standard for noninvasive vascular testing.

• Education is the key to sucess for graduates
  As a world-renowned health care institution, the MGH attracts employees from all across the world, and many of these MGHers do not speak English as their primary language. Through the MGH Workplace Education Program, the hospital offers free literacy and English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) classes to these employees.

• Sims wins AAMI's top honor
  The Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI) recently awarded Nathaniel M. Sims, MD, of the MGH Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, the prestigious AAMI Foundation Laufman-Greatbach Prize, the society's highest honor.

• Remy Report blood drive hits a homerun for patients
  With the Red Sox currently boasting one of the best records in baseball, MGH Red Sox fans have a new reason to rally. Jerry Remy — a former Red Sox player, a Red Sox commentator for the New England Sports Network and host of the Remy Report — is teaming up with the MGH and BWH's Blood Donor Centers for a blood drive July 11 through 14.

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