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Marquee Boston-based hospitals such as Massachusetts General Hospital and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center have been expanding their footprint in the surrounding suburbs, according to news reports. A January 4, 2021 Boston Magazine article explored the ins and…
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Hospitals offer lessons for reopening amid the coronavirus
American hospitals have figured out how to avoid becoming sites of spread of the coronavirus, and lessons can be learned from them as lockdowns are lifted across the country, according to Atul Gawande. In a May 13, 2020…
Researchers awarded funding to update model that forecasts U.S. hospital capacity during pandemic
May 13, 2020 – New funding from a Massachusetts consortium aimed at combating COVID-19 will enable Harvard Global Health Institute (HGHI) researchers to make updated predictions about U.S. hospital capacity during the coming months of the pandemic. The…
