April 27, 2007 11:20 AM

On Call now online
Posted by Douglas Eisenhartat 11:20 AM

Many of you in the Greater Boston healthcare community are familiar with BostonWorks' On Call magazine, which we published bi-monthly for healthcare professionals in the region.

Well, as of this week, On Call has moved to a new home - online. The magazine, still edited by the renowned Joe Saling, will continue to provide all the same great stories, columns (In Other Words, Perspective), interviews, event listings, and other features known to regular readers.

The inaugural edition, for instance, launches with a feature on "Art and the art of healing":

. . .[senior social-work supervisor Lissa Robbins] Kapust's use of poetry in a clinical setting is part of the burgeoning field of the medical humanities, a varied discipline that has emerged from the blending of humanities, social sciences, and the arts as they apply to professional medical education and clinical practice. Medical students discuss literature and philosophy as part of their process for understanding the illness experience. Patients are invited to give readings of their poetry and personal essays about living with serious disease at medical grand rounds. Nursing and social-work students keep journals of their responses to the clients they care for, seeking to understand the universal issues behind individual experience. Paintings and photographs by staff members are exhibited prominently in the entrance lobbies of hospitals. And on inpatient units, musicians perform, offering vitality and peace in a setting that is often overwhelming.

All the stories are available online, accessible from anywhere 24/7, with links to more info. And instead of six times a year, On Call will now be updated weekly.

So check it out and let us know what you think. For feedback, Joe's e-mail is provided on the site.