Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center News

Dr. John Halamka, the CIO of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, has joined the board of directors at health care IT security firm Imprivata.

ATS 2013, PHILADELPHIA Living near a major roadway during the prenatal period is associated with an increased risk of respiratory infection developing in children by the age of 3, according to a new study from researchers in Boston.

Dr. Awtry of Beth Israel Deaconess & Lawrence General Hospital to Speak on Aging Women's Health and Cancer in North Andover May 20th On Monday, May 20 th at 7:30pm Dr.

Boston Children's Hospital's pioneering approach would bar parents from seeing sensitive portions of their children's personal health records.

I now present the latest health IT-related podcast from Sivad Business Solutions, an interview with Suzanne Leveille, research director of OpenNotes , a project to give patients online access to the entirety of their own medical records, including the visit notes from clinicians.

Marijuana has been used ritualistically for thousands of years and, for centuries, has been used as a way to relieve pain, improve mood and increase appetite.

The US investigators who discovered a link in 1,100 patients believe traffic pollution could harm the arteries that supply the kidneys.

The Cambridge Health Alliance and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston agreed to form a clinical and academic affiliation.

The document states that Tsarnaev describes the cause of death as "gunshot wounds of torso and extremities and blunt trauma to head and torso." It states that Tsarnaev was shot by police before being run over by a motor vehicle.

Dennis P. Wall, PhD, an investigator in the Department of Pathology at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Director of the Computational Biology Initiative at the Center for Biomedical Infomatics at Harvard Medical School, was recently honored at the International Meeting for Autism Research .

From the Channing Laboratory, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School ; Department of Environmental Health and Epidemiology , Harvard School of Public Health; and Cardiovascular Epidemiology Research Unit, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School , Boston, MA.

Da Vinci Robotic Infographic Released by d'Oliveira & Associates Expresses Concerns over Surgical Device Manufactured by Intuitive Surgical, the da Vinci Robot Surgical System was approved by The U.S. Food and Drug Administration in 2000 for use in minor surgeries and was anticipated to be more efficient for the doctors, less invasive for the ... (more)

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, a Boston hospital aggressively courting health providers in the suburbs, has formed a partnership with Cambridge Health Alliance, the two hospital systems announced Thursday.

A new study from investigators at the Benson-Henry Institute for Mind/Body Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center finds that elicitation of the relaxation response - a physiologic state of deep rest induced by practices such as meditation, yoga, deep breathing and prayer - produces immediate changes in ... (more)

A Boston-based physician/researcher today presented promising evidence that a specific type of body fat may help fight obesity in the future.

Cambridge Health Alliance and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center said Thursday that they have signed an agreement to form a clinical and academic affiliation to enhance care provided by both institutions.

Join me and Dr. Alison Zimon, a reproductive endocrinologist at Boston IVF, this Thursday at 12p.m. EST as we discuss your questions related to infertility.

A new study from investigators at the Benson-Henry Institute for Mind/Body Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center finds that elicitation of the relaxation response - a physiologic state of deep rest induced by practices such as meditation, yoga, deep breathing and prayer - produces immediate changes in ... (more)

For the month of May, the museum will offer free admission to police, firefighters, EMTs and military personnel, as well as the workers from Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston Medical Center, Boston Children's Hospital, Tufts Medical Center, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, and ... (more)

The injured rider, Steve Shope of Newfields, was listed in fair condition at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston on Monday afternoon, according to a hospital spokesperson.