The MGH Virtual Visits Team was honored with the 2020 Nathaniel Bowditch Prize for its quick and innovative work during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Bowditch Prize is awarded each year by the Mass General Board of Trustees to recognize the efforts of a team or individual who has improved the quality of care, while reducing the cost of that care.
The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted the delivery of mental and emotional health care.
As the demand for virtual health services rapidly increases, the Mass General Center for TeleHealth has implemented a hybrid model in Maine and Glen Falls, New York, enabling organizations to launch their own TeleStroke programs.
Virtual Visits at Mass General have grown exponentially in the wake of COVID-19 and its related stay-at-home orders.
Meet Elizabeth Mover, RN, BSN, attending nurse in the Blake 7 Medical Intensive Care Unit.
Mass General discusses the permanent changes that have been made and the future of specialized patient care.
While the long-term effects of COVID-19 are still unknown, many patients looking to return to normal life post-COVID are finding this more difficult than expected.
Aunque los efectos a largo plazo del COVID-19 son todavía desconocidos, muchos pacientes que buscan volver a la vida normal después de la pandemia lo encuentran más difícil de lo esperado. Los pacientes que alguna vez estuvieron en condición crítica, y que han dejado los respiradores, son a menudo referidos a centros de rehabilitación para una variedad de apoyo inmediato después del COVID-19, ya sea por deficiencias relacionadas con la salud física, cognitiva o mental.
A lo largo de la evolución de la pandemia del COVID-19, Massachusetts General Hospital ha implementado muchos cambios en la atención de los pacientes. En una reciente serie de seminarios virtuales sobre el COVID-19, Debra Burke, RN, vicepresidenta principal de atención al paciente y jefa de enfermería, David Ryan, MD, jefe de la división de hematología/oncología y director clínico del Mass General Cancer Center, y Zachary Wallace, MD, MSc, investigador de la División de Reumatología, Alergia e Inmunología, hablan sobre los cambios permanentes que se han realizado y el futuro de la atención especializada al paciente.
Here are some resources for patients and their families.
The Patient Gateway provides secure online access to your health information whenever you need it. Check upcoming appointments, communicate with your doctor’s office, review medications and pay medical bills—all seamlessly online 24/7.
