News & Updates
NEJM Editorial by Dr. George O’Connor featured in New York Times
Featured in the New York Times article "E-Cigarettes Are Effective at Helping Smokers Quit, a Study Says", the New England Journal of Medicine editorial by BU pulmonologist Dr. George O'Connor and Dr. Belinda Borrelli, a behavioral health expert, "noted that 80 percent of the study participants who had quit by using e-cigarettes... More
Dr. Emelia Benjamin featured on HealthDay
Dr. Emelia Benjamin, Vice Chair for Faculty Development and Diversity for the Department of Medicine, recently led the committee that published a report titled Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics - 2019 Update, the findings from which were highlighted in a Jan 31st article on HealthDay.com. While the report found that nearly... More
Winter 2019 Newsletter
Winter 2019 Newsletter
Dr. Angela Jackson Receives 2018 Jerome Klein Award
Angela Jackson, MD, associate dean of student affairs, has been named the 2018 recipient of the Jerome Klein Award for Physician Excellence. Dr. Jackson, an associate professor of medicine, also serves as a general internal medicine physician at Boston Medical Center (BMC). Dr. Jackson is recognized for the Jerome Klein award... More
DOM Faculty Named 2019 Top Docs
Congratulations to the 57 Department of Medicine faculty members who were named to Boston Magazine's annual Top Doc's list! Allergy & Immunology Helen M. Hollingsworth Cardiac Electrophysiology Robert H. Helm Kevin M. Monahan Cardiovascular Disease Eric H. Awtry Gary J. Balady Sheilah A. Bernard Robert T. Eberhardt Alice K. Jacobs Clinical Genetics Jodi D. Hoffman Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism Sonia Ananthakrishnan Alan P. Farwell Michael F. Holick Stephanie... More
Dr. Tuhina Neogi is new Chief of Rheumatology
We are delighted to announce that Tuhina Neogi, M.D., Ph.D., Professor, Department of Medicine, has accepted our offer to become Chief of the Rheumatology Section effective January 1, 2019. Dr. Neogi received her M.D. from the University of Toronto and Ph.D. from the Boston University School of Public Health. She... More
Reducing Readmissions for Patients with Heart Failure and COPD
While BMC’s all cause 30-day readmission rate was 10.96% in FY17, certain populations had much higher readmission rates particularly heart failure (HF) (23.73% FY17) and COPD (24.81% FY17). With almost 1 in 5 HF and COPD patients readmitted, reducing readmissions for these patients has become an important hospital and quality priority. Multidisciplinary... More
Resident QI Corner – Winter ’19
Managing discharge from Inpatient Heme/Onc Service The inpatient Hematology/Oncology team at BMC is a busy service full of patients with complex medical problems and diverse pathologies requiring intricate care plans. Thus, discharges from the Heme/Onc inpatient service are complicated and are often derailed by unforeseen variables. We sought to increase the safety and timeliness of discharges by implementing... More
Reducing Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (CAUTI)
The CAUTI rate on the wards and ICUs for FY18 YTD was 25 infections with a goal of ZERO (FY17, there were 25 infections). Please only place indwelling urinary catheters for: Hourly urine output monitoring (only in the ICUs) Management of urinary retention, and Assistance in healing a stage 3 or... More
Reducing Clostridium Difficile Infections
One major component of preventable harm is hospital-acquired C. difficile infections. Due to the ongoing work of Deb Gregson and the QI team, we have made considerable progress. BMC is above goal with FY18 Standardized Infection Ratio (SIR) of 0.97 (goal ≤0.7). Key drivers for reducing C diff. are decreasing unnecessary... More