Telehealth is here to stay: How MGH physicians are working to close the digital divide
As an emergency physician, Alister Martin, MD, MPP, MGH Emergency Medicine, learned countless lessons working through the COVID-19 pandemic.
News5 Minute ReadApr | 27 | 2022
Since 1869, volunteers have been at the heart of Mass General’s traditions of excellence and caring. Between helping patients and families navigate the hospital campus, delivering books and magazines to patient rooms and offering snacks and blankets to those undergoing treatment in the Cancer Center, they provide thousands of hours of service each year and an invaluable amount of support to the MGH community.
Despite challenges related to the COVID-19 pandemic, the MGH Volunteer Department's 600 volunteers have logged more than 25,000 hours since Oct. 1, 2021.
Throughout the week of April 18, the department hosted a series of events to celebrate another successful year of service, including an awards ceremony and lunch, a Zoom education session with Michael Jernigan, MD, of the Department of Medicine, daily raffles and a pet therapy session on the Bulfinch Lawn.
“We weren’t able to appropriately thank our volunteers for their work during the pandemic,” says Jackie Nolan, director of Volunteer Services. “This year, as we slowly get back to ‘normal,’ we can do so. I am especially grateful to those who continued to volunteer during the height of the pandemic. We are forever thankful for their courage and commitment.”
As an emergency physician, Alister Martin, MD, MPP, MGH Emergency Medicine, learned countless lessons working through the COVID-19 pandemic.
Beginning in May 2023, the first pieces of the Phillip and Susan Ragon Building at Massachusetts General Hospital were put in place with the construction of a slurry wall.
Dolph Smith, RN, staff nurse in the MGH Emergency Department (ED), has always enjoyed gardening. As his fresh produce sprouts, Smith is using his green thumb to give back to his local community.
When Salem Hospital’s Respiratory Therapy team needed extra support, staff from Mass General helped. They continued the partnership to create systemwide learning opportunities through the Mass General Brigham Respiratory Therapy Educational Program.
Mass General celebrated the life of W. Gerald “Jerry” Austen, MD — a renowned cardiac surgeon and the hospital’s former chief of surgical services — on Sunday, May 6 at Boston Symphony Hall.
Kellie Cahill and Erin Desmond speak about their roles and how their work to coordinate inpatient MRIs eases capacity challenges at Mass General.