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Tufts Medical Center announced today that its Emergency Department (ED) has received Level 1 Geriatric Emergency Department Accreditation (GEDA) from the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP), recognizing the highest level of excellence in care for older adults.

Those who enter Tufts Medical Center’s Emergency Department (ED) will find the once blank, pale walls now graced with serene, framed images of sea- and landscapes from across New England, courtesy of Emory Petrack, MD, FAAP, FACEP, Chief of Pediatric Emergency Medicine at Tufts Medical Center.

From icy sidewalks and heavy snow to the latest respiratory virus, winter in New England isn’t always postcard perfect.

AI technology will help guide patients to care in the right place at the right time.

Brent P. Forester, MD, MSc. joined the Tufts Medicine family as Psychiatrist-in-Chief and Chairman for the Department of Psychiatry at Tufts Medical Center, Director of Behavioral Health for Tufts Medicine and Professor of Psychiatry and the Dr. Francis S. Arkin Chair of Psychiatry at Tufts University School of Medicine.

Tufts Medicine and Acadia Healthcare Company, the largest standalone provider of behavioral health services in the U.S., announced that they are forming a joint venture to build a 144-bed inpatient behavioral health facility on the site of the former Malden Hospital in Malden, Mass.

According to the Consumer Product Safety Commission, in both 2020 and 2021, approximately 200,000 children were seen in emergency departments across the country for toy-related injuries. We sat down with pediatrician Charles Hannum, MD to talk about the most dangerous toys of the year. By recognizing the dangers and hazards associated with toys, injuries are preventable.

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Patient recognized the signs of stroke and got help immediately.

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Melrose resident Donald Rosen didn’t notice any of the signs, but the quick actions of his family, first responders and the stroke team at MelroseWakefield Hospital helped save his life when he suffered a stroke earlier this year. Mr. Rosen, 90, was found unresponsive in his home by a family member.

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Nationally recognized neuroradiologist Christopher Filippi, MD, has been named Radiologist-in-Chief at Tufts Medical Center.

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Tufts Medical Center and Tufts University School of Medicine announced today that Jason Hall, MD, a colon and rectal surgeon and an internationally renowned expert in diverticular disease, has been named Surgeon-in-Chief and Chairman of the Department of Surgery at Tufts Medical Center, and Professor of Surgery and Benjamin Andrews Chair of Surgery at Tufts University School of Medicine.

To save individuals suffering from a completely blocked heart artery, called a STEMI (ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction) in the medical world, every minute matters.

For most of her life, Elizabeth Craioveanu, from Hooksett, NH, couldn’t remember ever feeling well for any extended period of time.

Internationally esteemed "think and do" tank moved to the new Center for Biomedical System Design within Tufts MC's Institute for Clinical Research and Health Policy Studies on July 5.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, insufficient sleep has been linked to the development and management of a number of chronic diseases and conditions, including type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, obesity and depression.

MelroseWakefield Hospital, a local leader in community-based cardiac care, is now using the latest in coronary artery imaging technology in its cardiac catheterization lab. Intravascular ultrasound, known as IVUS, is a catheter-based diagnostic procedure used to view the inside of a coronary artery.