In case you missed it: healthcare road rage, healing touch, Mount Auburn turnaround, transplant triumph, Medicaid waiver, nanotech rules
In the Sunday Globe:
Hospitals are cracking down on what some call healthcare road rage, inspired by research suggesting that swearing, yelling, and throwing objects are not just rude and offensive to co-workers, but hurt patients by increasing the likelihood of medical errors.
An Auburndale man (left) uses hugs and kisses to help bring his wife back from the grip of Alzheimer's.
Nurse-turned-chief executive officer Jeanette Clough (right) had orchestrated a hospital's financial turnaround at Deaconess Waltham when she set a plan in motion to revive Mount Auburn Hospital.
Jen Searl (left) of Gloucester, who received her parents' kidneys in two separate transplants, just wanted to run because that's what healthy people do. She won six medals at last month's Transplant Games.
In Saturday's Globe:
Federal regulators are balking at the state's proposal to increase Medicaid spending by up to $1 billion a year over the next three years, and this and other sticking points prompted Massachusetts yesterday to request another two-week extension of its healthcare funding package.
"You know those smell-resistant socks you plan to wear hiking? Well, the materials that eliminate the stink in your sportswear may soon be registered with your hometown public health department," David Rejeski, director of the Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, writes on the op-ed page. "After nearly a year of considering complex regulatory and scientific topics, the Cambridge Public Health Department is currently crafting a program with other local agencies that will evaluate the use and production of nanomaterials in the city."
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