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FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND CERTAIN OTHER COMMUNITY BENEFITS
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SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION FOR SCHEDULE H PART V, SECTION BFINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND CERTAIN OTHER COMMUNITY BENEFITS - COMMUNITY HEALTH IMPROVEMENT SERVICES AND CASH AND IN-KIND CONTRIBUTIONS TO COMMUNITY GROUPSBETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER AFFILIATIONBETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH (BILH) IS THE SOLE MEMBER OF BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER (BIDMC). THE BILH NETWORK OF AFFILIATES IS AN INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM COMMITTED TO EXPANDING ACCESS TO EXTRAORDINARY PATIENT CARE ACROSS EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND PARTS OF SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND ADVANCING THE SCIENCE AND PRACTICE OF MEDICINE THROUGH GROUNDBREAKING RESEARCH AND EDUCATION. THE BILH SYSTEM IS COMPRISED OF ACADEMIC AND TEACHING HOSPITALS, A PREMIER ORTHOPEDICS HOSPITAL, PRIMARY CARE AND SPECIALTY CARE PROVIDERS, AMBULATORY SURGERY CENTERS, URGENT CARE CENTERS, COMMUNITY HOSPITALS, HOMECARE SERVICES, OUTPATIENT BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CENTERS, ADDICTION TREATMENT PROGRAMS. BILH'S COMMUNITY OF CLINICIANS, CAREGIVERS AND STAFF INCLUDES APPROXIMATELY 4,700 PHYSICIANS AND 39,000 EMPLOYEES. AT THE HEART OF BILH IS THE BELIEF THAT EVERYONE DESERVES HIGH-QUALITY, AFFORDABLE HEALTH CARE AND THIS BELIEF IS WHAT DRIVES EACH AFFILIATE TO WORK WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS ACROSS THE REGION TO PROMOTE HEALTH, EXPAND ACCESS AND DELIVER THE BEST CARE IN THE COMMUNITIES BILH SERVES. BILH'S COMMUNITY BENEFITS STAFF ARE COMMITTED TO WORKING COLLABORATIVELY WITH BILH'S COMMUNITIES TO ADDRESS THE LEADING HEALTH ISSUES AND CREATE A HEALTHY FUTURE FOR INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES.BILH'S PURPOSE STATEMENT ARTICULATES THE IMPACT BILH AND EACH AFFILIATE STRIVES TO MAKE IN THE COMMUNITIES SERVED. BILH'S SHARED VALUES GUIDE DAILY EFFORTS, KEEP BILH AND EACH AFFILIATE ALIGNED IN THE PURSUIT OF PURPOSE AND SHOW HOW BILH CARES FOR PATIENTS, EACH OTHER AND OUR COMMUNITIES.PURPOSE STATEMENT: BILH CREATES HEALTHIER COMMUNITIES ONE PERSON AT A TIME THROUGH SEAMLESS CARE AND GROUND-BREAKING SCIENCE, DRIVEN BY EXCELLENCE, INNOVATION AND EQUITY.BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER COMMUNITY BENEFITS MISSION STATEMENT THE MISSION OF BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER (BIDMC) IS TO SERVE OUR PATIENTS COMPASSIONATELY AND EFFECTIVELY, AND TO CREATE A HEALTHY FUTURE FOR THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES. OUR MISSION IS SUPPORTED BY OUR COMMITMENT TO PERSONALIZED, EXCELLENT PATIENT CARE FOR PATIENTS; A WORKFORCE COMMITTED TO INDIVIDUAL ACCOUNTABILITY, MUTUAL RESPECT AND COLLABORATION; AND A COMMITMENT TO MAINTAINING OUR FINANCIAL HEALTH. THE MEDICAL CENTER IS ALSO COMMITTED TO BEING ACTIVE IN THE COMMUNITY AS WELL. SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY IS AT THE CORE AND AN IMPORTANT PART OF OUR MISSION. WE HAVE A COVENANT TO CARE FOR THE UNDERSERVED AND TO WORK TO CHANGE DISPARITIES IN ACCESS TO CARE. WE KNOW TO BE SUCCESSFUL WE NEED TO LEARN FROM THOSE WE SERVE. BIDMC'S COMMUNITY BENEFITS MISSION IS FULFILLED BY: INVOLVING BIDMC STAFF, INCLUDING ITS LEADERSHIP AND DOZENS OF COMMUNITY PARTNERS, IN THE CHNA PROCESS AS WELL AS IN THE DEVELOPMENT, IMPLEMENTATION AND OVERSIGHT OF THE THREE-YEAR IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY; ENGAGING AND LEARNING FROM RESIDENTS THROUGHOUT THE HOSPITAL'S COMMUNITY BENEFITS SERVICE AREA (CBSA) IN ALL ASPECTS OF THE COMMUNITY BENEFITS PROCESS, WITH SPECIAL ATTENTION FOCUSED ON ENGAGING DIVERSE PERSPECTIVES, FROM THOSE, PATIENTS AND NON-PATIENTS ALIKE, WHO ARE OFTEN LEFT OUT OF SIMILAR ASSESSMENT, PLANNING AND PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION PROCESSES; ASSESSING UNMET COMMUNITY NEED BY COLLECTING PRIMARY AND SECONDARY DATA (BOTH QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE) TO UNDERSTAND UNMET HEALTH-RELATED AND IDENTIFY COMMUNITIES AND POPULATIONS SEGMENTS IMPACTED BY HEALTH ISSUES AND OTHER SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC FACTORS; IMPLEMENTING COMMUNITY HEALTH PROGRAMS AND SERVICES IN BIDMC'S CBSA THAT ADDRESS THE UNDERLYING SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH, BARRIERS TO ACCESSING CARE, AS WELL AS PROMOTE HEALTH EQUITY TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH STATUS OF THOSE WHO ARE OFTEN DISADVANTAGED, FACE DISPARITIES IN HEALTH-RELATED OUTCOMES, EXPERIENCE POVERTY, AND HAVE BEEN HISTORICALLY UNDERSERVED; PROMOTING HEALTH EQUITY BY ENSURING THAT ALL PATIENTS ARE WELCOMED AND RECEIVE CARE THAT IS RESPECTFUL AND CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE; AND FACILITATING COLLABORATION AND PARTNERSHIP WITHIN AND ACROSS SECTORS (E.G., STATE/LOCAL PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCIES, HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS, SOCIAL SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS, BUSINESSES, ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS, COMMUNITY HEALTH COLLABORATIVES, AND OTHER COMMUNITY HEALTH ORGANIZATIONS) TO ADVOCATE FOR, SUPPORT AND IMPLEMENT EFFECTIVE HEALTH POLICIES, COMMUNITY PROGRAMS AND SERVICES.COMMUNITY BENEFITS FINANCIAL SUMMARY DURING THE FISCAL YEAR COVERED BY THIS FILING, BIDMC PROVIDED COMMUNITY HEALTH IMPROVEMENT SERVICES, COMMUNITY BENEFITS OPERATIONS AND CASH AND IN-KIND CONTRIBUTIONS TO COMMUNITY GROUPS OF $25,269,797 AS REPORTED ON THIS SCHEDULE H, PART I, LINES 7E AND 7I.
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COMMUNITY BENEFITS LEADERSHIP/TEAM
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BIDMC'S BOARD OF TRUSTEES ALONG WITH ITS CLINICAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF IS COMMITTED TO IMPROVING THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF RESIDENTS THROUGHOUT ITS CBSA AND BEYOND. WORLD-CLASS CLINICAL EXPERTISE, EDUCATION AND RESEARCH ALONG WITH AN UNDERLYING COMMITMENT TO HEALTH EQUITY ARE THE PRIMARY TENETS OF ITS MISSION. BIDMC'S COMMUNITY BENEFITS DEPARTMENT, UNDER THE DIRECT OVERSIGHT OF BIDMC'S BOARD OF TRUSTEES, IS DEDICATED TO COLLABORATING WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND RESIDENTS AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO IN ORDER TO MEET ITS COMMUNITY BENEFITS OBLIGATIONS. HOSPITAL SENIOR LEADERSHIP IS ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF BIDMC'S IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY, ENSURING THAT HOSPITAL POLICIES AND RESOURCES ARE ALLOCATED TO SUPPORT PLANNED ACTIVITIES. THE BIDMC COMMUNITY BENEFITS PROGRAM IS SPEARHEADED BY A TEAM OF COMMUNITY BENEFITS SENIOR LEADERS INCLUDING THE VICE PRESIDENT AND MANAGER OF COMMUNITY BENEFITS. THE VICE PRESIDENT OF COMMUNITY BENEFITS HAS DIRECT ACCESS TO AND IS ACCOUNTABLE TO THE DIVISIONAL PRESIDENT, METRO BOSTON, BILH AND BIDMC PRESIDENT. IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THESE LEADERS TO ENSURE THAT COMMUNITY BENEFITS IS ADDRESSED BY THE ENTIRE ORGANIZATION AND THAT THE NEEDS OF COHORTS WHO HAVE BEEN HISTORICALLY UNDERSERVED ARE CONSIDERED EVERY DAY IN DISCUSSIONS ON RESOURCE ALLOCATION, POLICIES, AND PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT. THE BIDMC COMMUNITY BENEFITS ADVISORY COMMITTEE (CBAC) WORKS IN COLLABORATION WITH BIDMC'S HOSPITAL LEADERSHIP, INCLUDING THE HOSPITAL'S GOVERNING BOARD AND SENIOR MANAGEMENT TO SUPPORT BIDMC'S COMMUNITY BENEFITS MISSION TO SERVE ITS PATIENTS COMPASSIONATELY AND EFFECTIVELY, AND TO CREATE A HEALTHY FUTURE FOR THEM, THEIR FAMILIES, AND BIDMC'S COMMUNITY. THE CBAC PROVIDES INPUT INTO THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF BIDMC'S COMMUNITY BENEFITS PROGRAMS IN FURTHERANCE OF BIDMC'S COMMUNITY BENEFITS MISSION. THE MEMBERSHIP OF BIDMC'S CBAC ASPIRES TO BE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE CONSTITUENCIES AND PRIORITY COHORTS SERVED BY BIDMC'S PROGRAMMATIC ENDEAVORS, AS WELL AS THOSE FROM CORPORATE AND NON-PROFIT COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS. BIDMC'S CBAC MEMBERS INCLUDE: FLOR AMAYA, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC HEALTH, CITY OF CHELSEA ELIZABETH BROWNE, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, CHARLES RIVER COMMUNITY HEALTH ALEXANDRA CHRY DORRELUS, CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, LOUIS D. BROWN PEACE INSTITUTE LYNNE COURTNEY, PROGRAM ADMINISTRATOR, BILH WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT SHONDELL DAVIS, COMMUNITY TRAUMA HEALING SPECIALIST, CORY JOHNSON CENTER FOR POST-TRAUMATIC HEALING (COMMUNITY RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE) PAMELA EVERHART, SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, REGIONAL PUBLIC AFFAIRS AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS, FIDELITY INVESTMENTS (BILH BOARD OF TRUSTEES DESIGNEE) PAT FOLCARELLI, RN, MA, PHD BIDMC, NURSING AND PATIENT CARE SERVICES (BIDMC PRESIDENT DESIGNEE) LAUREN GABOVITCH, COMMUNITY RESOURCE SPECIALIST, BIDMC RICHARD GIORDANO, DIRECTOR OF POLICY AND COMMUNITY PLANNING, FENWAY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION (DEPARTED SEPTEMBER 2024) SHANTEL GOODEN, SENIOR DIRECTOR OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH ADMINISTRATION AND OPERATIONS, THE DIMOCK CENTER NANCY KASEN, VICE PRESIDENT OF COMMUNITY BENEFITS AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS, BILH BARRY KEPPARD, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC HEALTH, METROPOLITAN AREA PLANNING COUNCIL ANGIE LIOU, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, ASIAN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION JEAN MCCLURKEN, LICSW, DIRECTOR OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, FENWAY HEALTH (JOINED JUNE 2024) SANDY NOVACK, SOCIAL WORKER, PATIENT FAMILY ADVISOR ALEX OLIVER-DVILA, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, SOCIEDAD LATINA KELINA (KELLY) ORLANDO, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, AMBULATORY OPERATIONS, BIDMC TRINIESE POLK, DIRECTOR OF RACIAL EQUITY AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, BOSTON PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSION JANE POWERS, CHIEF OF STAFF AND EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT OF STRATEGIC INITIATIVES, FENWAY HEALTH (DEPARTED IN APRIL 2024) RICHARD ROUSE, ADVISORY BOARD MEMBER, MISSION HILL MAIN STREETS LEONARDO RUIZ SANCHEZ, LEAD COMMUNITY ORGANIZER, FENWAY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION (JOINED SEPTEMBER 2024) SAMANTHA TAYLOR, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, BOWDOIN STREET HEALTH CENTER ROBERT TORRES, DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY BENEFITS, BIDMC LASHONDA WALKER-ROBINSON, COMMUNITY RESOURCE SPECIALIST, BIDMC FRED WANG, TRUSTEE ADVISOR EMERITUS, BIDMCCOMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGYMOST RECENT COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENT INTERNAL REVENUE CODE SECTION 501(R)INTERNAL REVENUE CODE SECTION 501(R), ENACTED AS PART OF THE PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT, REQUIRES EACH HOSPITAL TO COMPLETE A COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENT (CHNA) AND TO FORMALLY ADOPT AN IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY (IS OR CHIP) PURSUANT TO FEDERAL GUIDELINES, IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN ITS TAX-EXEMPT STATUS AS A HOSPITAL UNDER SECTION 501(C)(3) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE (IRC) OF 1986, AS AMENDED. BIDMC COMPLETED ITS MOST RECENT NEEDS ASSESSMENT IN SEPTEMBER 2022. THAT CHNA WAS APPROVED BY THE BIDMC BOARD OF TRUSTEES ON SEPTEMBER 21, 2022. THE ACCOMPANYING IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY FOR THE MOST RECENT CHNA WAS ALSO ADOPTED BY THE BOARD ON SEPTEMBER 21, 2022, WHICH IS WITHIN THE TIMELINE REQUIRED BY THE TREASURY REGULATIONS UNDER 501(R).THE CHNA AND THE ASSOCIATED IS REPRESENT THE CULMINATION OF A YEAR OF WORK AND WERE BORNE LARGELY OF BIDMC'S COMMITMENT TO BETTER UNDERSTAND AND ADDRESS THE HEALTH-RELATED NEEDS OF THOSE LIVING IN ITS COMMUNITY BENEFITS SERVICE AREA (CBSA) WITH AN EMPHASIS ON THOSE WHO ARE MOST DISADVANTAGED. THE PROJECT ALSO FULFILLS THE COMMONWEALTH ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE AND FEDERAL INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE (IRS) REGULATIONS THAT REQUIRE THAT BIDMC ASSESS COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS, ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY, IDENTIFY PRIORITY HEALTH ISSUES AND CREATE A COMMUNITY HEALTH STRATEGY THAT DESCRIBES HOW BIDMC, IN COLLABORATION WITH THE COMMUNITY AND LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT(S), WILL ADDRESS THE NEEDS AND THE PRIORITIES IDENTIFIED BY THE CHNA.COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENT PRIORITY GEOGRAPHY AND COHORTSAS NOTED ABOVE, BIDMC COMPLETED ITS LAST ASSESSMENT IN SEPTEMBER 2022. THE GEOGRAPHICAL FOCUS OF BIDMC'S MOST RECENTLY COMPLETED COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENT (CHNA) ENCOMPASSES THE BOSTON NEIGHBORHOODS OF ALLSTON/BRIGHTON, BOWDOIN/GENEVA, CHINATOWN, FENWAY/KENMORE, MISSION HILL AND ROXBURY, THE CITY OF CHELSEA, AND THE MUNICIPALITIES OF BROOKLINE, BURLINGTON, LEXINGTON, NEEDHAM, NEWTON (CHESTNUT HILL) AND PEABODY. THE CHNA SHOWS THAT LOW-INCOME AND RACIALLY/ETHNICALLY DIVERSE POPULATIONS LIVING IN BOSTON'S NEIGHBORHOODS OF ALLSTON/BRIGHTON, BOWDOIN/GENEVA, CHINATOWN, FENWAY/KENMORE, MISSION HILL AND ROXBURY, AS WELL AS THE ADJACENT CITY OF CHELSEA, FACE THE GREATEST HEALTH DISPARITIES AND ARE MOST AT RISK. AS A RESULT, THESE BOSTON NEIGHBORHOODS AND THE CITY OF CHELSEA HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AND PRIORITIZED AS THE FOCUS FOR BIDMC'S COMMUNITY HEALTH EFFORTS.COMMUNITY HEALTH ISSUES AND PRIORITY COHORTS FOR BIDMC'S COMMUNITY BENEFITS INITIATIVES ARE IDENTIFIED THROUGH A COLLABORATIVE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND PLANNING PROCESS FROM A CHNA THAT IS CONDUCTED EVERY THREE YEARS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS UNDER IRC SECTION 501(R).BIDMC'S COMMUNITY BENEFITS INVESTMENTS AND RESOURCES FOCUS ON IMPROVING THE HEALTH STATUS OF THOSE WHO ARE MEDICALLY-UNDERSERVED, EXPERIENCED POVERTY OR FACE THE GREATEST HEALTH DISPARITIES IN THE CITY OF CHELSEA AND THE CITY OF BOSTON NEIGHBORHOODS OF ALLSTON/BRIGHTON, BOWDOIN/GENEVA, CHINATOWN, FENWAY/KENMORE, MISSION HILL, AND ROXBURY, AS FOLLOWS: YOUTH LOW-RESOURCED POPULATIONS LGBTQIA+ OLDER ADULTS RACIALLY, ETHNICALLY AND LINGUISTICALLY DIVERSE POPULATIONS FAMILIES AFFECTED BY VIOLENCE AND/OR INCARCERATION
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COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENT - SUMMARY OF APPROACH AND METHODS
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BIDMC'S CHNA APPROACH INVOLVED EXTENSIVE DATA COLLECTION ACTIVITIES, SUBSTANTIAL EFFORTS TO ENGAGE THE HOSPITAL'S PARTNERS AND COMMUNITY RESIDENTS, AND THOUGHTFUL PRIORITIZATION, PLANNING, AND REPORTING PROCESSES. THROUGHOUT THE CHNA PROCESS, EFFORTS WERE MADE TO UNDERSTAND THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITIES ENCOMPASSING BIDMC'S CBSA, ESPECIALLY THE POPULATION SEGMENTS THAT ARE OFTEN DISADVANTAGED, FACE DISPARITIES IN HEALTH-RELATED OUTCOMES, AND WHO HAVE BEEN HISTORICALLY UNDERSERVED. BIDMC'S UNDERSTANDING OF THESE COMMUNITIES' NEEDS IS DERIVED FROM COLLECTING A WIDE RANGE OF QUANTITATIVE DATA TO IDENTIFY DISPARITIES AND CLARIFY THE NEEDS OF SPECIFIC COMMUNITIES AND COMPARING IT AGAINST DATA COLLECTED AT THE REGIONAL, STATE AND NATIONAL LEVELS WHEREVER POSSIBLE TO SUPPORT ANALYSIS AND THE PRIORITIZATION PROCESS, AS WELL AS EMPLOYING A VARIETY OF STRATEGIES TO ENSURE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WERE INFORMED, CONSULTED, INVOLVED, AND EMPOWERED THROUGHOUT THE ASSESSMENT PROCESS. THE CHNA AND IS DEVELOPMENT PROCESS WAS GUIDED BY THE FOLLOWING PRINCIPLES: EQUITY, COLLABORATION, ENGAGEMENT, CAPACITY BUILDING, AND INTENTIONALITY.2022 COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENT - SUMMARY OF APPROACH AND METHODSBIDMC'S 2022 CHNA APPROACH INVOLVED EXTENSIVE DATA COLLECTION ACTIVITIES, SUBSTANTIAL EFFORTS TO ENGAGE THE HOSPITAL'S PARTNERS AND COMMUNITY RESIDENTS, AND THOUGHTFUL PRIORITIZATION, PLANNING, AND REPORTING PROCESSES. THROUGHOUT THE CHNA PROCESS, EFFORTS WERE MADE TO UNDERSTAND THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITIES ENCOMPASSING BIDMC'S CBSA, ESPECIALLY THE POPULATION SEGMENTS THAT ARE OFTEN DISADVANTAGED, FACE DISPARITIES IN HEALTH-RELATED OUTCOMES, AND WHO HAVE BEEN HISTORICALLY UNDERSERVED. BIDMC'S UNDERSTANDING OF THESE COMMUNITIES' NEEDS IS DERIVED FROM COLLECTING A WIDE RANGE OF QUANTITATIVE DATA TO IDENTIFY DISPARITIES AND CLARIFY THE NEEDS OF SPECIFIC COMMUNITIES AND COMPARING IT AGAINST DATA COLLECTED AT THE REGIONAL, STATE AND NATIONAL LEVELS WHEREVER POSSIBLE TO SUPPORT ANALYSIS AND THE PRIORITIZATION PROCESS, AS WELL AS EMPLOYING A VARIETY OF STRATEGIES TO ENSURE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WERE INFORMED, CONSULTED, INVOLVED, AND EMPOWERED THROUGHOUT THE ASSESSMENT PROCESS. THE CHNA AND IS DEVELOPMENT PROCESS WAS GUIDED BY THE FOLLOWING PRINCIPLES: EQUITY, COLLABORATION, ENGAGEMENT, CAPACITY BUILDING, AND INTENTIONALITY.BETWEEN OCTOBER 2021 AND FEBRUARY 2022, BIDMC, IN COLLABORATION WITH THREE OTHER REGIONAL ASSESSMENT EFFORTS, CONDUCTED 85 ONE-ON-ONE INTERVIEWS WITH KEY COLLABORATORS IN THE COMMUNITY, FACILITATED 22 FOCUS GROUPS WITH SEGMENTS OF THE POPULATION FACING THE GREATEST HEALTH-RELATED DISPARITIES, AND COMMUNITY LISTENING SESSIONS THAT ENGAGED 226 PARTICIPANTS. IN ADDITION, BIDMC'S BILH PARTNERS, BID NEEDHAM AND LAHEY HOSPITAL & MEDICAL CENTER (LHMC), CONDUCTED A COMMUNITY HEALTH SURVEY, WHICH GATHERED INFORMATION FROM MORE THAN 1,400 COMMUNITY RESIDENTS FROM BID NEEDHAM'S AND LHMC'S CBSAS, INCLUDING 346 RESIDENTS FROM NEEDHAM, 155 RESIDENTS OF BURLINGTON, AND 180 RESIDENTS OF PEABODY. BID NEEDHAM AND LHMC SHARED THIS INFORMATION WITH BIDMC. THE BOSTON PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSION FIELDED A COVID-19 HEALTH EQUITY SURVEY IN DECEMBER 2020/JANUARY 2021; AS SUCH, BIDMC, BASED ON RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE BOSTON CHNA- COMMUNITY HEALTH IMPROVEMENT PLAN (CHIP) COLLABORATIVE STEERING COMMITTEE, OPTED NOT TO FIELD THE BILH COMMUNITY HEALTH SURVEY IN BOSTON. THE BOSTON PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSION COVID-19 HEALTH EQUITY SURVEY INCLUDED A RANDOM SAMPLE OF OVER 1,650 RESIDENTS IN MULTIPLE LANGUAGES AND EXAMINED ISSUES RELATED TO JOB LOSS, FOOD INSECURITY, ACCESS TO SERVICES, MENTAL HEALTH, VACCINATION, AND PERCEPTIONS OF RISK AROUND COVID-19. THE NORTH SUFFOLK PUBLIC HEALTH COLLABORATIVE ALSO FIELDED A COMMUNITY HEALTH SURVEY. THE SURVEY COLLECTED DATA FROM 1,401 RESPONDENTS FROM CHELSEA, REVERE, AND WINTHROP. RESULTS WERE STRATIFIED BY COMMUNITY, AGE GROUP, GENDER, RACE, ETHNICITY, AND LANGUAGE. IN ADDITION, BIDMC'S BILH PARTNERS, BID NEEDHAM AND LHMC, CONDUCTED A COMMUNITY HEALTH SURVEY, WHICH GATHERED INFORMATION FROM MORE THAN 1,400 COMMUNITY RESIDENTS FROM BID NEEDHAM'S AND LHMC'S CBSAS, INCLUDING 346 RESIDENTS FROM NEEDHAM, 155 RESIDENTS OF BURLINGTON, AND 180 RESIDENTS OF PEABODY. BID NEEDHAM AND LHMC SHARED THIS INFORMATION WITH BIDMC. COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENT PROCESS - DETAIL OF APPROACH AND METHODSBIDMC RELIED ON NUMEROUS PRIMARY AND SECONDARY DATA SOURCES TO ANALYZE THE HEALTH STATUS AND NEED LEVEL THROUGHOUT ITS CBSA. BIDMC COLLECTED DATA FROM SEVERAL SOURCES INCLUDING PRIMARY QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DATA, AND SECONDARY DATA. EXAMPLES OF SECONDARY DATA SOURCES THAT BIDMC LEVERAGED INCLUDED: U.S. CENSUS BUREAU, AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY 5-YEAR ESTIMATES (2016-2020) U.S. CENSUS BUREAU, AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY POPULATION CHANGE (2010-2020) U.S. CENSUS BUREAU, COVID-19 HOUSEHOLD PULSE SURVEY (2021) BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SURVEY (2019) MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION: SCHOOL AND DISTRICT PROFILES (2020-2021) FBI UNIFORM CRIME REPORTS (2019) MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, LABOR MARKET INFORMATION (2020-2021) MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH, REGISTRY OF VITAL RECORDS AND STATISTICS (2019) MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH, BUREAU OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES (2015-2017) MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH, COVID-19 DASHBOARD (2021) MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH, COVID-19 COMMUNITY IMPACT SURVEY (2021) MASSACHUSETTS BUREAU OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE AND LABORATORY SCIENCES (2019) MASSACHUSETTS CENTER FOR HEALTH INFORMATION ANALYSIS (CHIA) HOSPITAL DISCHARGES (2019) MASSACHUSETTS HEALTHY AGING COLLABORATIVE, COMMUNITY PROFILES (2020) MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, EVICTION LAB (2018) ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON COUNTRY HEALTH RANKINGS (2019, 2020, 2021)2022 COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENT PROCESS - KEY INFORMANT INTERVIEWS WITH INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS (SCHEDULE H, PART V, SECTION B, LINE 5)BETWEEN OCTOBER 2021 AND FEBRUARY 2022, BIDMC WORKED WITH COLLABORATORS TO CONDUCT 85 KEY INFORMANT INTERVIEWS THAT ENGAGED COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS, CLINICAL AND SOCIAL SERVICE PROVIDERS, PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS, ELECTED/APPOINTED OFFICIALS AND OTHER KEY COLLABORATORS THROUGHOUT BIDMC'S CBSA. DISCUSSIONS EXPLORED INTERVIEWEES' EXPERIENCES OF ADDRESSING COMMUNITY NEEDS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR FUTURE ALIGNMENT, COORDINATION AND EXPANSION OF SERVICES, INITIATIVES AND POLICIES. A LIST OF KEY INFORMANTS IS INCLUDED IN APPENDIX A OF THE CHNA REPORT THAT IS POSTED ON BIDMC'S WEBSITE. THESE INDIVIDUALS WERE CHOSEN TO AMASS A REPRESENTATIVE GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO HAD THE EXPERIENCE NECESSARY TO PROVIDE INSIGHT ON THE HEALTH OF COMMUNITIES IN BIDMC'S CBSA. INTERVIEWS WERE CONDUCTED VIRTUALLY USING A STANDARD INTERVIEW GUIDE. INTERVIEWS FOCUSED ON IDENTIFYING THE BIGGEST HEALTH-RELATED CONCERNS/ISSUES, AS WELL AS THE BARRIERS AND/OR CHALLENGES FOR ACCESSING RESOURCES AND SERVICES AMONG THOSE THEY SERVE AND/OR THOSE LIVING IN THE COMMUNITY, INCLUDING POSSIBLE STRATEGIES TO ADDRESS THOSE CONCERNS.
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COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENT PROCESS
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FOCUS GROUPS AND COMMUNITY FORUMS (SCHEDULE H, PART V, SECTION B, LINE 5)ACROSS ALL FOUR COMPONENTS OF THE CHNA, BIDMC CONDUCTED 22 COMMUNITY FOCUS GROUPS AND HELD COMMUNITY LISTENING SESSIONS THAT ENGAGED 226 RESIDENTS IN BIDMC'S COMMUNITY BENEFITS SERVICE AREA (CBSA) TO GATHER CRITICAL COMMUNITY INPUT FROM COMMUNITY RESIDENTS AND STAKEHOLDERS. THESE FOCUS GROUPS AND LISTENING SESSIONS WERE ORGANIZED IN COLLABORATION WITH THE BOSTON CHNA-CHIP COLLABORATIVE, NORTH SUFFOLK INTEGRATED CHNA AND OTHER BILH HOSPITALS.BIDMC WAS INTENTIONAL IN ENSURING THAT VARIED EXPERIENCES AND PERSPECTIVES, REFLECTIVE OF BIDMC'S CBSA AND THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE, WERE SHARED THROUGHOUT THE CHNA AND IS PROCESS. TO REACH A BROAD RANGE OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS, ALL COMMUNITY SURVEYS, FOCUS GROUPS AND KEY INFORMANT INTERVIEWS WERE CONDUCTED WITH A FOCUS ON COMMUNITY REPRESENTATIVENESS. FOR EXAMPLE, THE SURVEY WAS ADMINISTERED ONLINE AND VIA HARD COPY IN TWELVE LANGUAGES. FURTHERMORE, EXTENSIVE OUTREACH WAS CONDUCTED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA, INSTITUTIONAL NEWSLETTERS, EMAILS TO LARGE NETWORKS, PUBLIC LIBRARIES, COMMUNITY EVENTS AND LARGE APARTMENT BUILDINGS TO HELP ENSURE DIVERSE REPRESENTATION IN THE CHNA. THE BIDMC COMMUNITY BENEFITS ADVISORY COMMITTEE (CBAC) WAS ALSO INTEGRALLY INVOLVED IN PROVIDING INPUT ON COMMUNITY NEEDS AND PRIORITIZING THE LEADING HEALTH ISSUES. THE CBAC MET FIVE TIMES DURING THE COURSE OF THE ASSESSMENT. THEY PROVIDED INPUT REGARDING THE CHNA OVERALL AND GUIDED THE PRIORITIZATION AND PLANNING PHASE, CONDUCTING OUTREACH TO COMMUNITY VOICES THAT HAVE HISTORICALLY BEEN LEFT OUT OF SIMILAR PROCESSES. COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENT PROCESS - REVIEWING RESULTS AND COMPILING THE COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY DOCUMENTSAS NOTED ABOVE, THE CHNA PROCESS WAS DIVIDED INTO THREE PHASES. THE FINAL PHASE, PHASE III, INCLUDED THE FOLLOWING STEPS: REVIEW OF THE ASSESSMENT'S MAJOR FINDINGS WITH THE BIDMC COMMUNITY BENEFITS ADVISORY COMMITTEE (CBAC) AND HELD A VIRTUAL COMMUNITY FORUM PRESENTING RESULTS. IDENTIFY BIDMC'S COMMUNITY BENEFITS PRIORITY COHORTS, GEOGRAPHIC FOCUS, AND COMMUNITY HEALTH PRIORITIES. ANALYZE BIDMC'S EXISTING COMMUNITY BENEFITS ACTIVITIES INFORMED BY THE 2019 CHNA AND SUBSEQUENT 2020 2022 IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY COMPLETED BY BIDMC DURING THE FISCAL PERIOD ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2019 (TAX YEAR 2018). DETERMINE IF THE RANGE OF COMMUNITY BENEFITS ACTIVITIES ESTABLISHED DURING THE PREVIOUS CHNA AND IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY PROCESS NEEDED TO BE AUGMENTED OR CHANGED TO RESPOND TO THE ASSESSMENT COMPLETED DURING THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2022 (TAX YEAR 2021).COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENT PROCESS - KEY FINDINGSTHE KEY PRIORITY COHORTS IDENTIFIED THROUGH THE CHNA CONDUCTED DURING THE PERIOD ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2022, WERE: YOUTH LOW-RESOURCED POPULATIONS LGBTQIA+ OLDER ADULTS RACIALLY, ETHNICALLY AND LINGUISTICALLY DIVERSE POPULATIONS FAMILIES AFFECTED BY VIOLENCE AND/OR INCARCERATIONBIDMC'S CHNA RESULTED IN KEY FINDINGS IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS: EQUITABLE ACCESS TO CARE: INDIVIDUALS IDENTIFIED A NUMBER OF BARRIERS TO ACCESSING AND NAVIGATING THE HEALTHCARE SYSTEM. MANY OF THESE BARRIERS WERE AT THE SYSTEM LEVEL, MEANING THE ISSUES STEM FROM HOW THE SYSTEM DOES OR DOES NOT FUNCTION. SYSTEM LEVEL ISSUES INCLUDED PROVIDERS NOT ACCEPTING NEW PATIENTS, LONG WAIT LISTS, AND AN INHERENTLY COMPLICATED HEALTHCARE SYSTEM THAT IS DIFFICULT FOR MANY TO NAVIGATE. THERE WERE ALSO INDIVIDUAL LEVEL BARRIERS TO ACCESS AND NAVIGATION. INDIVIDUALS MAY BE UNINSURED OR UNDERINSURED, WHICH MAY LEAD THEM TO FOREGO OR DELAY CARE. INDIVIDUALS MAY ALSO EXPERIENCE LANGUAGE OR CULTURAL BARRIERS - RESEARCH SHOWS THAT THESE BARRIERS CONTRIBUTE TO HEALTH DISPARITIES, MISTRUST BETWEEN PROVIDERS AND PATIENTS, INEFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION, AND ISSUES OF PATIENT SAFETY. SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH (E.G., ECONOMIC STABILITY, EDUCATION, AND COMMUNITY/SOCIAL CONTEXT) CONTINUE TO HAVE A MASSIVE IMPACT ON MANY SEGMENTS OF THE POPULATION. THE SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH ARE THE CONDITIONS IN THE ENVIRONMENTS WHERE PEOPLE ARE BORN, LIVE, LEARN, WORK, PLAY, WORSHIP, AND AGE THAT AFFECT A WIDE RANGE OF HEALTH, FUNCTIONING, AND QUALITY-OF-LIFE OUTCOMES AND RISKS. THESE CONDITIONS INFLUENCE AND DEFINE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR MANY SEGMENTS OF THE POPULATION IN THE CBSA. RESEARCH SHOWS THAT SUSTAINED SUCCESS IN COMMUNITY HEALTH IMPROVEMENT AND ADDRESSING HEALTH DISPARITIES RELIES ON ADDRESSING THE SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH THAT LEAD TO POOR HEALTH OUTCOMES AND DRIVE HEALTH INEQUITIES. THE ASSESSMENT GATHERED A RANGE OF INFORMATION RELATED TO ECONOMIC INSECURITY, EDUCATION, FOOD INSECURITY, ACCESS TO CARE/NAVIGATION ISSUES, AND OTHER IMPORTANT SOCIAL FACTORS. THERE IS LIMITED QUANTITATIVE DATA ON SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH. DESPITE THIS, INFORMATION GATHERED THROUGH INTERVIEWS, FOCUS GROUPS, SURVEY, AND LISTENING SESSIONS SUGGESTED THAT THESE ISSUES HAVE THE GREATEST IMPACT ON HEALTH STATUS AND ACCESS TO CARE IN THE REGION - ESPECIALLY ISSUES RELATED TO HOUSING, FOOD SECURITY/NUTRITION, AND ECONOMIC STABILITY. HIGH RATES OF SUBSTANCE USE (E.G., ALCOHOL, PRESCRIPTION DRUG/OPIOIDS, MARIJUANA) AND MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES (E.G., DEPRESSION, ANXIETY AND STRESS). ANXIETY, CHRONIC STRESS, DEPRESSION, AND SOCIAL ISOLATION WERE LEADING TO COMMUNITY HEALTH CONCERNS. THE ASSESSMENT IDENTIFIED SPECIFIC CONCERNS ABOUT THE IMPACT OF MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES FOR YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULTS, THE MENTAL HEALTH IMPACTS OF TRAUMA, AND SOCIAL ISOLATION AMONG OLDER ADULTS. THESE DIFFICULTIES WERE EXACERBATED BY COVID-19. IN ADDITION TO THE OVERALL BURDEN AND PREVALENCE OF MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES, RESIDENTS IDENTIFIED A NEED FOR MORE PROVIDERS AND TREATMENT OPTIONS, ESPECIALLY INPATIENT AND OUTPATIENT TREATMENT, CHILD PSYCHIATRISTS, PEER SUPPORT GROUPS, AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES. SUBSTANCE USE CONTINUED TO HAVE A MAJOR IMPACT ON THE CBSA; THE OPIOID EPIDEMIC CONTINUED TO BE AN AREA OF FOCUS AND CONCERN, AND THERE WAS RECOGNITION OF THE LINKS AND IMPACTS ON OTHER COMMUNITY HEALTH PRIORITIES, INCLUDING MENTAL HEALTH, HOUSING, AND HOMELESSNESS. INDIVIDUALS ENGAGED IN THE ASSESSMENT IDENTIFIED STIGMA AS A BARRIER TO TREATMENT AND REPORTED A NEED FOR PROGRAMS THAT ADDRESS COMMON CO-OCCURRING ISSUES (E.G., MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES, HOMELESSNESS). HIGH RATES OF CHRONIC AND ACUTE PHYSICAL HEALTH CONDITIONS (E.G., HEART DISEASE, HYPERTENSION, CANCER, AND ASTHMA). CHRONIC CONDITIONS SUCH AS CANCER, DIABETES, CHRONIC LOWER RESPIRATORY DISEASE, STROKE, AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE CONTRIBUTE TO 56% OF ALL MORTALITY IN THE COMMONWEALTH AND OVER 53% OF ALL HEALTH CARE EXPENDITURES ($30.9 BILLION A YEAR). PERHAPS MOST SIGNIFICANTLY, CHRONIC DISEASES ARE LARGELY PREVENTABLE DESPITE THEIR HIGH PREVALENCE AND DRAMATIC IMPACT ON INDIVIDUALS AND SOCIETY.THE CHNA THAT WAS COMPLETED DURING THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2022, AND THE ASSOCIATED IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY ADOPTED FROM THIS PROCESS WERE DESIGNED TO INFORM BIDMC'S COMMUNITY BENEFITS INITIATIVES DURING THE FISCAL YEARS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2023, SEPTEMBER 30, 2024, AND SEPTEMBER 30, 2025. COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENT - MAKING THE CHNA AND IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY WIDELY AVAILABLEBIDMC STRIVES TO ADDRESS THE PRIORITY AREAS IN ITS CHNA AND IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY.AS NOTED ABOVE, BIDMC COMPLETED ITS MOST RECENT CHNA DURING ITS FISCAL YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2022 (TAX YEAR 2021). THAT CHNA AND APPENDIX WITH DETAILED INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE BIDMC WEBSITE AT: HTTPS://WWW.BIDMC.ORG/-/MEDIA/FILES/BETH-ISRAEL-ORG/ABOUT-BIDMC/HELPING-OUR-COMMUNITY/COMMUNITY-INITIATIVES/COMMUNITY-BENEFITS/BIDMC-2022-COMMUNITY-HEALTH-NEEDS-ASSSESSMENT.PDF IN ADDITION TO THE CHNA, BIDMC COMPLETED ITS MOST RECENT IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY DURING ITS FISCAL YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2022 (TAX YEAR 2021). THE IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY IS AVAILABLE ON THE BIDMC WEBSITE AT: HTTPS://WWW.BIDMC.ORG/-/MEDIA/FILES/BIDMC-IMPLEMENTATION-STRATEGY.PDF BIDMC COMPLETED ITS PREVIOUS CHNA DURING ITS FISCAL YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2019 (TAX YEAR 2018). THAT CHNA IS AVAILABLE ON THE BIDMC WEBSITE AT: HTTPS://WWW.BIDMC.ORG/-/MEDIA/FILES/BETH-ISRAEL-ORG/ABOUT-BIDMC/HELPING-OUR-COMMUNITY/COMMUNITY-INITIATIVES/COMMUNITY-BENEFITS/CHNA-REPORT93019FINAL.PDFFINALLY, THE IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY ASSOCIATED WITH THE CHNA COMPLETED DURING BIDMC'S FISCAL YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2019 (TAX YEAR 2018) IS AVAILABLE ON THE BIDMC WEBSITE AT: HTTPS://WWW.BIDMC.ORG/-/MEDIA/FILES/BETH-ISRAEL-ORG/ABOUT-BIDMC/HELPING-OUR-COMMUNITY/COMMUNITY-INITIATIVES/COMMUNITY-BENEFITS/IMPLEMENTATION-STRATEGY-2020-2022.PDF EACH OF THESE DOCUMENTS IS ALSO AVAILABLE ON REQUEST (SCHEDULE H, PART V, SECTION B, LINE 7A).
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(SCHEDULE H, PART V, SECTION B, LINE 11)AS NOTED ABOVE, BIDMC'S MOST RECENT CHNA AND IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY WERE CONDUCTED AND APPROVED BY THE BOARD DURING THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2022 AND A SUMMARY OF BIDMC'S COMMUNITY BENEFITS ACTIVITIES THAT ADDRESS THE NEEDS IDENTIFIED IN THAT CHNA AND PRIORITIZED IN THE RELATED IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY ARE PROVIDED HERE ALONG WITH THE ENTITIES THAT THE HOSPITAL PARTNERS WITH ON THESE EFFORTS. GIVEN THE COMPLEX HEALTH ISSUES IN THE COMMUNITY, BIDMC HAS BEEN STRATEGIC IN IDENTIFYING ITS COMMUNITY HEALTH PRIORITIES TO MAXIMIZE THE IMPACT OF ITS COMMUNITY BENEFITS PROGRAM AND WORK TO IMPROVE THE OVERALL HEALTH AND WELLNESS OF RESIDENTS IN ITS CBSA. GOALS FOR EACH PRIORITY AREA ARE LISTED BELOW.PRIORITY AREA 1: SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH ENHANCE THE BUILT, SOCIAL, AND ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT WHERE PEOPLE LIVE, WORK, PLAY, AND LEARN TO IMPROVE HEALTH AND QUALITY-OF-LIFE OUTCOMES.PRIORITY AREA 2: CHRONIC AND COMPLEX CONDITIONS IMPROVE HEALTH OUTCOMES AND REDUCE DISPARITIES FOR INDIVIDUALS AT-RISK FOR OR LIVING WITH CHRONIC AND/OR COMPLEX CONDITIONS AND CAREGIVERS BY ENHANCING ACCESS TO SCREENING, REFERRAL SERVICES, COORDINATED HEALTH AND SUPPORT SERVICES, MEDICATIONS, AND OTHER RESOURCES.PRIORITY AREA 3: ACCESS TO CARE PROVIDE EQUITABLE AND COMPREHENSIVE ACCESS TO HIGH-QUALITY HEALTH CARE SERVICES INCLUDING PRIMARY CARE AND SPECIALTY CARE, AS WELL AS URGENT AND EMERGING CARE, PARTICULARLY FOR THOSE WHO FACE CULTURAL, LINGUISTIC AND ECONOMIC BARRIERS. PRIORITY AREA 4: MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE PROMOTE SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL WELLNESS BY FOSTERING RESILIENT COMMUNITIES AND BUILDING EQUITABLE, ACCESSIBLE, AND SUPPORTIVE SYSTEMS OF CARE TO ADDRESS MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE ISSUES AND CONDITIONS.
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(SCHEDULE H, PART V, SECTION B, LINE 11)BIDMC HAS TAKEN A HOLISTIC AND STRATEGIC APPROACH IN ADDRESSING THE HEALTH PRIORITIES IDENTIFIED IN THE CHNA AND ASSOCIATED IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY BY CREATING, SUPPORTING AND INVESTING IN HEALTH PROGRAMMING AND INITIATIVES THROUGHOUT ITS CBSA. BELOW IS A SUMMARY OF SOME OF THE COMMUNITY BENEFITS PROGRAMS AND INITIATIVES BIDMC OPERATES AND SUPPORTS TO IMPROVE HEALTH OUTCOMES AMONG ITS FOCUS COHORTS THROUGHOUT ITS PRIORITY NEIGHBORHOODS.BIDMC HAS BEEN A LEADER IN CREATING A MYRIAD OF COMMUNITY BENEFITS PROGRAMS THAT ADDRESS THE SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH. PROGRAMS INCLUDE THE BIDMC CENTER FOR VIOLENCE PREVENTION AND RECOVERY (CVPR), JOB CREATION AND CAREER ADVANCEMENT OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH BILH'S OFFICE OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, DEVELOPMENT OF INSTITUTIONAL METRICS TO MEASURE BIDMC'S SHRINKING CARBON FOOTPRINT, AND TRANSPORTATION RESOURCES TO IMPROVE ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE. THROUGH CVPR, BIDMC HAS LED THE WAY IN DEVELOPING A CONTINUUM OF EDUCATION, OUTREACH, AND TREATMENT INTERVENTIONS TO RESPOND TO VICTIMS OF INTERPERSONAL, SEXUAL, COMMUNITY VIOLENCE, AND HOMICIDE BEREAVEMENT. IT IS ALSO ONE OF THE LEADERS IN DEVELOPING PROGRAMMING TO ADDRESS SECONDARY TRAUMATIC STRESS AMONG DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND MEDICAL SERVICE PROVIDERS. IN FY24, BIDMC PROVIDED SERVICES TO 626 SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC, SEXUAL AND COMMUNITY VIOLENCE. TO FURTHER ADDRESS THE SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH, BIDMC IS COMMITTED TO MAKING EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE TO COMMUNITY RESIDENTS AND CREATING CAREER ADVANCEMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR BIDMC EMPLOYEES WHO ARE SEEKING ADDITIONAL SKILLS AND HIGHER INCOMES. IN FY24 BILH'S OFFICE OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT RECRUITED 99 COMMUNITY MEMBERS INTO PIPELINE PROGRAMS AND HIRED 100% OF THEM. ADDITIONALLY, 26 YOUTH WERE EMPLOYED IN PAID SUMMER JOBS AT BIDMC. OTHER EXAMPLES OF SUCCESS ARE LISTED IN THE SUBSEQUENT SCHEDULE H IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY UPDATE. BIDMC IS ROOTED IN PROVIDING HEALTHCARE TO POPULATIONS WHO HAVE HISTORICALLY NOT HAD ADEQUATE ACCESS TO CARE. BIDMC CONTINUES TO EXPAND ACCESS THROUGHOUT ITS CBSA BY SUPPORTING AND LEADING THE COMMUNITY CARE ALLIANCE (CCA), ENSURING THAT RESIDENTS HAVE ACCESS TO QUALITY COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS (CHCS) SERVING THE NEEDS OF THE MOST VULNERABLE IN WAYS THAT ARE CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE AND ACCESSIBLE. BIDMC IS COMMITTED TO STRENGTHENING ITS FIVE AFFILIATED AND/OR LICENSED CHCS' CAPACITY INCLUDING BOWDOIN STREET HEALTH CENTER (BSHC), THE DIMOCK HEALTH CENTER, FENWAY HEALTH, CHARLES RIVER COMMUNITY HEALTH, AND SOUTH COVE COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER. THE PARTNERSHIP TAKES MANY FORMS: RECRUITMENT, RETENTION, FINANCIAL SUPPORT AND CREDENTIALING OF PHYSICIANS AND MID-LEVEL PROVIDERS, BIDMC ADMITTING PRIVILEGES AND ACCESS TO MANAGED CARE CONTRACTS, HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL APPOINTMENTS AND TEACHING OPPORTUNITIES, BIDMC-SPONSORED EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS, AND ACCESS TO UP-TO-DATE (A CLINICAL SUPPORT RESOURCE). WHILE OUTER CAPE HEALTH SERVICES REMAINS A CLINICAL AFFILIATE AND BIDMC COLLABORATOR AND COMMUNITY PARTNER, THE HEALTH CENTER IS LONGER A MEMBER OF CCA. BIDMC HAS FOCUSED ITS EFFORTS ON CREATING TARGETED PROGRAMS THAT ADDRESS CHRONIC DISEASES SUCH AS CANCER, DIABETES, AND HIV. THESE PROGRAMS INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BIDMC'S CANCER PATIENT NAVIGATORS AND BSHC'S HEALTHY IN THE CITY. TO SUPPORT CANCER PATIENTS WHEN SPECIALTY CARE OR INPATIENT HOSPITALIZATIONS ARE NECESSARY, BIDMC OFFERS THE SERVICES OF BILINGUAL AND BICULTURAL CANCER PATIENT NAVIGATORS WHO BRIDGE THE GULF BETWEEN COMMUNITY PROVIDERS AND THE MEDICAL CENTER. ONE PATIENT NAVIGATOR SPECIALIZES IN SERVING THE LATINO COMMUNITY AND THE OTHER SPECIALIZES IN SERVING THE CHINESE COMMUNITY, THOUGH THEY ALSO SERVE PATIENTS FROM OTHER COMMUNITIES. DETAILS OF OTHER BIDMC PROGRAMS, SUCH AS BSHC'S HEALTHY IN THE CITY THAT ADDRESSES CHRONIC DISEASE MANAGEMENT ARE INCLUDED IN THE IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY UPDATE BELOW.AMONG THE MANY WAYS BIDMC AND ITS PARTNERS ADDRESS BEHAVIORAL HEALTH NEEDS IS BY EXPANDING BEHAVIORAL HEALTH INTEGRATION AT ITS AFFILIATED HEALTH CENTERS, SCREENING PATIENTS AT BIDMC AND CONNECTING THEM TO APPROPRIATE SERVICES. FOR EXAMPLE, BSHC CONTINUES TO INTEGRATE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES INTO ITS PRIMARY CARE CLINIC. A BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CARE MANAGER IS ON-SITE TO PROVIDE MENTAL HEALTH ASSESSMENT, INTERVENTION, AND CONSULTATION TO PATIENTS AND PROVIDERS DURING PRIMARY CARE VISITS. RESULTS OF THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH INTEGRATION SHOW THAT MORE HIGH-RISK PATIENTS ARE ACCESSING MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, AN INCREASE IN APPOINTMENTS KEPT BY PATIENTS WHO RECEIVE A "WARM-HAND OFF" BY THEIR PROVIDER TO THERAPISTS, AND REDUCED WAIT TIME FOR MENTAL HEALTH APPOINTMENTS. BIDMC ALSO CONTINUED TO DEDICATE TIME AND RESOURCES TO RESPOND TO NEEDS RELATED TO ISSUES SUCH AS FOOD INSECURITY, HOUSING INSTABILITY, AND ACCESS TO CARE. FOR EXAMPLE, BOWDOIN STREET HEALTH CENTER DISTRIBUTED BAGS OF FRESH FOOD TO HEALTH CENTER PATIENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO IDENTIFIED AS FOOD INSECURE. A FULL UPDATE ON BIDMC'S HEALTH PRIORITIES AND ASSOCIATED GOALS IS INCLUDED BELOW.FY23 SCHEDULE H - IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY UPDATEKEY: BASELINE-2023, YEAR 1-2024, YEAR 2-2025PRIORITY AREA 1: SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH (E.G., ECONOMIC STABILITY, EDUCATION, AND COMMUNITY/SOCIAL CONTEXT) CONTINUE TO HAVE A MASSIVE IMPACT ON MANY SEGMENTS OF THE POPULATION. THE DOMINANT THEME FROM BIDMC'S KEY INFORMANT INTERVIEWS AND COMMUNITY FORUMS WAS THE CONTINUED IMPACT THAT THE UNDERLYING SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH ARE HAVING ON THE CBSA'S LOW-INCOME, UNDERSERVED, DIVERSE POPULATION COHORTS. MORE SPECIFICALLY, DETERMINANTS SUCH AS POVERTY, EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES, VIOLENCE, TRANSPORTATION, LITERACY, PROVIDER LINGUISTIC/CULTURAL COMPETENCY, SOCIAL SUPPORT AND COMMUNITY INTEGRATION LIMIT MANY PEOPLE'S ABILITY TO CARE FOR THEIR OWN AND/OR THEIR FAMILIES' HEALTH. THE IMPACT OF BARRIERS TO CARE AND DISPARITIES IN HEALTH OUTCOMES THAT THESE POPULATIONS FACE ARE WIDELY DOCUMENTED. THERE ARE A MULTITUDE OF INDIVIDUAL, COMMUNITY AND SOCIETAL FACTORS THAT WORK TOGETHER TO CREATE THESE INEQUITIES. THE UNDERLYING ISSUE IS NOT ONLY RACE/ETHNICITY, FOREIGN-BORN STATUS, OR LANGUAGE BUT RATHER A BROAD ARRAY OF INTERRELATED ISSUES INCLUDING ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY, EDUCATION, CRIME, AND COMMUNITY COHESION.GOAL: ENHANCE THE BUILT, SOCIAL, AND ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENTS WHERE PEOPLE LIVE, WORK, PLAY, AND LEARN TO IMPROVE HEALTH AND QUALITY-OF-LIFE OUTCOMES.STRATEGIES1.1 SUPPORT EVIDENCE-BASED PROGRAMS AND STRATEGIES TO REDUCE HOMELESSNESS, REDUCE DISPLACEMENT, AND INCREASE HOME OWNERSHIP BY LOW-INCOME INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES.1.2 SUPPORT EVIDENCE-BASED PROGRAMS, STRATEGIES, AND PARTNERSHIPS TO INCREASE EMPLOYMENT AND EARNINGS AND INCREASE FINANCIAL SECURITY.1.3 PROMOTE THRIVING NEIGHBORHOODS AND ENHANCE COMMUNITY COHESION AND RESILIENCE.1.4 INCREASE MENTORSHIP, LEADERSHIP, TRAINING, AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULTS RESIDING IN THE COMMUNITIES BIDMC SERVES.1.5 ADVOCATE FOR AND SUPPORT POLICIES AND PROGRAMS THAT ADDRESS THE SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH.1.6 CONSERVE NATURAL RESOURCES, REDUCE CARBON EMISSIONS, AND FOSTER A CULTURE OF SUSTAINABILITY TO CREATE A HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT FOR RESIDENTS.1.7 BUILD COMMUNITY AWARENESS, ADVOCATE FOR POLICY CHANGE, AND PROVIDE SUPPORTIVE CARE FOR VICTIMS OF VIOLENCE AND TRAUMA.1.8 PROMOTE HEALTHY EATING AND ACTIVE LIVING BY INCREASING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND PROVIDING HEALTHY FOOD RESOURCES TO PATIENTS AND COMMUNITY RESIDENTS.INITIATIVES TO ADDRESS THE PRIORITY INVESTMENTS IN HOUSING PROGRAMS TO STABILIZE OR CREATE ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING INVESTMENTS IN JOBS AND FINANCIAL SECURITY PROGRAMS TO STRENGTHEN THE LOCAL WORKFORCE AND ADDRESS UNDEREMPLOYMENT COMMUNITY HIRING HEALTHY NEIGHBORHOODS INITIATIVE THE WELLNESS CENTER AT BOWDOIN STREET HEALTH CENTER VILLAGE IN PROGRESS (VIP) COMMUNITY HEALING RESPONSE NETWORK (FKA NEIGHBORHOOD TRAUMA TEAM) PLACEMAKING ACTIVITIES AND NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT YOUTH SUMMER JOBS PROGRAM BIDMC YOUTH ADVISORS ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY THE CENTER FOR VIOLENCE PREVENTION AND RECOVERY (CVPR) THE WELLNESS CENTER AT BOWDOIN STREET HEALTH CENTER GROCERY STORE GIFT CARD DISTRIBUTION PROGRAM FITNESS IN THE CITY (NOW KNOWN AS HEALTHY IN THE CITY) EXPLORE INSTALLATION OF FREIGHT FARMS
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* BASED ON DATA COLLECTED BETWEEN APRIL 1, 2024 AND SEPT 30, 2024 *HOUSING: A NEW COHORT OF HOUSING GRANTEES RECEIVED 3-YEAR GRANTS THAT BEGAN JANUARY 2024. DATA COLLECTION BEGAN APRIL 2024 AND IS ONGOING. OUTCOME DATA WILL BE SHARED IN FUTURE REPORTS ON THE MEASURES BELOW. HOUSING STABILITY HOUSING INSTABILITY HOUSING CONTROL **HOUSING (BASED ON DATA COLLECTED BETWEEN JULY 1, 2021 AND SEPT 30, 2023NOTE: FUNDING FOR THIS COHORT OF GRANTEES ENDED DECEMBER 2023. METRICS AND OUTCOMES ARE BELOW. HOUSING SATISFACTION: (FY23: ON AVERAGE, PARTICIPANTS REPORTED HIGHER LEVELS OF SATISFACTION WITH THEIR HOUSING SITUATION AT ENDPOINT COMPARED TO WHEN THEY ENROLLED; THIS RESULT WAS STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT. THE OVERALL AVERAGE LEVEL OF HOUSING SATISFACTION INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY FROM 2.9 AT BASELINE TO 3.2 AT ENDPOINT.) HOUSING CONTROL: (FY23: ON AVERAGE, PARTICIPANTS REPORTED A HIGHER LEVEL OF CONTROL OF THEIR HOUSING SITUATION AT ENDPOINT COMPARED TO WHEN THEY ENROLLED; THIS RESULT WAS STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT. THE AVERAGE LEVEL OF HOUSING CONTROL INCREASED FROM 2.8 AT BASELINE TO 3.1 AT ENDPOINT.) HOUSING SITUATION: (FY23: THE MAJORITY OF PARTICIPANTS (85.0%) DID NOT HAVE ANY CHANGE IN THEIR HOUSING SITUATION BETWEEN BASELINE AND ENDPOINT). NOTE: GIVEN THAT THE BOSTON HOUSING MARKET IS ONE OF THE MOST EXPENSIVE IN THE US, THIS STABILITY IN DESCRIPTION OF HOUSING SITUATION CAN BE INTERPRETED AS A POSITIVE RESULT. ADVOCACY: (FY23: 2,689 ADVOCACY EFFORTS AMONG FOUR GRANTEES FOR POLICY CHANGE RELATED TO HOUSING AFFORDABILITY) NUMBER OF YOUTHS HOUSED: (FY23: 24) *JOBS AND FINANCIAL SECURITY: A NEW COHORT OF JOBS AND FINANCIAL SECURITY GRANTEES RECEIVED 3-YEAR GRANTS THAT BEGAN JANUARY 2024. DATA COLLECTION BEGAN APRIL 2024 AND IS ONGOING. OUTCOME DATA WILL BE SHARED IN FUTURE REPORTS ON THE MEASURES BELOW. AWARENESS AND UTILIZATION OF SKILLS AND RESOURCES FINANCIAL GOAL ORIENTATION FINANCIAL WELL-BEING PROGRAM SUCCESSES **FINANCIAL CAPABILITY AND HOPE: BASED ON DATA COLLECTED BETWEEN JULY 1, 2021 AND SEPT 30, 2023. NOTE: FUNDING FOR THIS COHORT OF GRANTEES ENDED DECEMBER 2023. METRICS AND OUTCOMES ARE BELOW. FY23: 334 PARTICIPANTS FROM SIX GRANTEES ACHIEVED A POSITIVE INCREASE IN FINANCIAL HABITS AND SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS IN FINANCIAL CAPABILITY. FY23: (1.7% INCREASE IN THE PROPORTION OF PARTICIPANTS REPORTING THEY HAD A PERSONAL BUDGET, SPENDING PLAN, OR FINANCIAL PLAN, FROM 39.9% AT BASELINE TO 51.6% AT ENDPOINT. (ADULT HOPE SCALE)) COLLECTIVE RELATIONSHIPS AND COHESION (FY23: DATA NOT AVAILABLE; FY24: ACROSS FOUR COLLECTIVES, AN AVERAGE OF 78% OF COLLECTIVE MEMBERS REPORTED THAT THEY HAVE STRENGTHENED THEIR RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHER MEMBERS) VILLAGE IN PROGRESS AND COMMUNITY HEALING RESPONSE NETWORK (FKA NEIGHBORHOOD TRAUMA TEAM) NUMBER OF LEVEL 4 OR 5 NEIGHBORHOOD INCIDENTS RESPONDED TO (FY23: 12 INCIDENTS; FY24: 11 INCIDENTS) NUMBER OF THERAPEUTIC SESSIONS PROVIDED (FY23: 534; FY24: DATA NOT AVAILABLE DUE TO STAFF TURNOVER) YOUTH SUMMER JOBS PROGRAM AND BIDMC YOUTH ADVISORS NUMBER OF YOUTH INVOLVED (FY23: 34; FY24: 26) NUMBER OF POLICIES REVIEWED AND SUPPORTED (FY23: BILH CONDUCTED DIRECT ADVOCACY FOR TWO POLICIES: AN ACT PROVIDING AFFORDABLE AND ACCESSIBLE HIGH-QUALITY EARLY EDUCATION AND CARE TO PROMOTE CHILD DEVELOPMENT AND WELL-BEING AND SUPPORT THE ECONOMY IN THE COMMONWEALTH AND AN ACT TO ADVANCE HEALTH EQUITY; FY24: BILH GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS ADVOCATED, DIRECTLY OR THROUGH THE STATE HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION OR COMMUNITY COALITIONS, FOR 9 BILLS THAT SUPPORTED ACCESS TO SERVICES TO ADDRESS THE ROOT CAUSES OF POOR HEALTH OUTCOMES FOR ALL MASSACHUSETTS RESIDENTS) ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS (FY23: BIDMC REDUCED ORGANIZATIONAL EMISSIONS BY 11.9% IN FY23 FROM A BASELINE OF 2016; FY24: BIDMC REDUCED ORGANIZATIONAL EMISSIONS BY 14.6% IN FY24 FROM A BASELINE OF 2016) % LOCAL FOOD AND BEVERAGE SPEND (FY23: PURCHASED 17.3% SUSTAINABLE AND LOCAL FOOD & BEVERAGE IN FY23, AN INCREASE OF 0.2% FROM FY22; FY24: PURCHASED 17.0% SUSTAINABLE AND LOCAL FOOD & BEVERAGE IN FY24, A DECREASE OF 0.3%) WASTE DIVERSION (FY23: ACHIEVED 56.8% DIVERSION, AN INCREASE OF 6.7% FROM FY22; FY24: ACHIEVED 55.8% DIVERSION, A DECREASE OF 1.0% FROM FY23) THE CENTER FOR VIOLENCE PREVENTION AND RECOVERY (CVPR) NUMBER OF SEXUAL ASSAULT VICTIMS RECEIVING SERVICES (FY23: 702; FY24: 626) NUMBER OF SERVICES PROVIDED TO SEXUAL ASSAULT VICTIMS IN THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT (ED) (FY23: 66; FY24: SERVICES PROVIDED TO 63 SURVIVORS) NUMBER OF EDUCATION AND OUTREACH SERVICES TO EMPLOYEES IN HEALTH CENTERS, COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES, AND OTHER COMMUNITY GROUPS AROUND SEXUAL ASSAULT, INTERPERSONAL VIOLENCE, COMMUNITY VIOLENCE, SECONDARY TRAUMATIC STRESS, AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING FY23: CVPR PROVIDED 27 TRAININGS TO 662 EMPLOYEES; FY24: CVPR HOSTED 12 TRAININGS TO 489 EMPLOYEES FY23: CVPR PROVIDED TWO GROUPS WITH 8 SESSIONS OF SERVICE TO COMMUNITY GROUPS AROUND SECONDARY TRAUMATIC STRESS; FY24: DATA NOT AVAILABLE. NUMBER OF SAFE BED OVERNIGHT STAYS (FY23: 6, FY24: 14) NUMBER OF HEALING CIRCLES (FY23: 32, AND 390 TOTAL ATTENDEES; FY24: 24, AND 92 TOTAL ATTENDEES) HEALTHY EATING AND ACTIVE LIVING NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS IN HEALTHY IN THE CITY (FY23: 43; FY24: 144, OF WHICH 63 WERE NEW ENROLLMENTS) NUMBER OF UNITS OF FOOD DISTRIBUTED (FY23: 1590 BAGS THROUGH FAIR FOODS WERE DISTRIBUTED FOR FREE TO PATIENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND 276 MEALS WERE DONATED TO FOOD FOR FREE; FY24: 958 BAGS THROUGH FAIR FOODS WERE DISTRIBUTED FOR FREE, 573 GROCERY STORE VOUCHERS WERE DISTRIBUTED TO PATIENTS, AND 314 MEALS WERE DONATED TO FOOD FOR FREE) NUMBER OF FARMER'S MARKET COUPONS BPHC PROVIDED THAT COULD BE USED AT ANY CITY OF BOSTON FARMER'S MARKET TO PATIENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS (FY23: 609; FY24: 387)
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PRIORITY AREA 2: CHRONIC AND COMPLEX CONDITIONS
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HIGH RATES OF CHRONIC AND ACUTE PHYSICAL HEALTH CONDITIONS (E.G., HEART DISEASE, HYPERTENSION, CANCER, AND ASTHMA). CHRONIC CONDITIONS SUCH AS CANCER, DIABETES, CHRONIC LOWER RESPIRATORY DISEASE, STROKE, AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE CONTRIBUTE TO 56% OF ALL MORTALITY IN THE COMMONWEALTH AND OVER 53% OF ALL HEALTH CARE EXPENDITURES ($30.9 BILLION A YEAR). PERHAPS MOST SIGNIFICANTLY, CHRONIC DISEASES ARE LARGELY PREVENTABLE DESPITE THEIR HIGH PREVALENCE AND DRAMATIC IMPACT ON INDIVIDUALS AND SOCIETY.GOAL: IMPROVE HEALTH OUTCOMES AND REDUCE DISPARITIES FOR INDIVIDUALS AT-RISK FOR OR LIVING WITH CHRONIC AND/OR COMPLEX CONDITIONS AND CAREGIVERS BY ENHANCING ACCESS TO SCREENING, REFERRAL SERVICES, COORDINATED HEALTH AND SUPPORT SERVICES, MEDICATIONS, AND OTHER RESOURCES.STRATEGIES2.1 PROVIDE PREVENTIVE HEALTH INFORMATION, SERVICES, AND SUPPORT FOR THOSE AT RISK FOR COMPLEX AND/ OR CHRONIC CONDITIONS AND SUPPORT EVIDENCE-BASED CHRONIC DISEASE TREATMENT AND SELF-MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS.INITIATIVES TO ADDRESS THE PRIORITY THE WELLNESS CENTER AT BOWDOIN STREET HEALTH CENTER BILH PHARMACY ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS COMMUNITY-BASED DIABETES PREVENTION AND TREATMENT PROGRAMS CANCER PATIENT NAVIGATORS SUPPORT GROUPS LUNG CANCER EARLY DETECTION SCREENING IMPLEMENT BILH DIABETES DISPARITIES INITIATIVE STRATEGIESMETRICS AND STATUS UPDATES: NUMBER OF PATIENTS SERVED AT CCA HEALTH CENTERS, AFFILIATED FQHC'S AND OUTER CAPE HEALTH SERVICES (FY23: 122,800; FY24: 119,994) NUMBER OF MEDICAL CARE SERVICE VISITS (INCLUDING VIRTUAL) PROVIDED AT CCA HEALTH CENTERS AND OUTER CAPE HEALTH SERVICES (FY23: 386,100; FY24: 355,374) PERCENTAGE OF CCA FEDERALLY QUALIFIED HEALTH CENTER (FQHC) AND OUTER CAPE HEALTH SERVICES PATIENTS WITH DIABETES WITH HBA1C < 9 CONTROLLED (FY23: 75%; FY24: 75%). PERCENTAGE OF CCA FQHC AND OUTER CAPE HEALTH SERVICES PATIENTS WITH HYPERTENSION WHO HAD A BLOOD PRESSURE < 140/90 [CONTROLLED] (FY23: 65%; FY24: 63%) NUMBER OF SUPPORT GROUPS (FY23: 9 SUPPORT GROUPS MET REGULARLY AND A TOTAL OF 252 MEETINGS WERE HELD; FY24: 8 SUPPORT GROUPS MET REGULARLY) NUMBER OF PATIENTS ATTENDING SUPPORT GROUPS (FY23: AVERAGE OF 6 PATIENTS ATTENDED EACH SUPPORT GROUP MEETING; FY24: ABOUT 63 PATIENTS ATTENDED SUPPORT GROUPS) NUMBER OF PATIENTS RECEIVING EARLY DETECTION LUNG CANCER SCREENING (FY23: 1,250 PATIENTS; FY24: 1,364) NUMBER OF POLICIES REVIEWED AND SUPPORTED (FY23: BILH CONDUCTED DIRECT ADVOCACY FOR ONE POLICY: AN ACT RELATIVE TO BREAST CANCER EQUITY AND EARLY DETECTION; FY24: BILH GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS ADVOCATED, DIRECTLY OR THROUGH THE STATE HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION OR COMMUNITY COALITIONS, FOR 5 BILLS SUPPORTING ACCESS TO SERVICES TO PREVENT OR ADDRESS CHRONIC OR COMPLEX CONDITIONS FOR ALL MASSACHUSETTS RESIDENTS)PRIORITY AREA 3: EQUITABLE ACCESS TO CARE INDIVIDUALS IDENTIFIED SEVERAL BARRIERS TO ACCESSING AND NAVIGATING THE HEALTHCARE SYSTEM. MANY OF THESE BARRIERS WERE AT THE SYSTEM LEVEL, MEANING THE ISSUES STEM FROM HOW THE SYSTEM DOES OR DOES NOT FUNCTION. SYSTEM LEVEL ISSUES INCLUDED PROVIDERS NOT ACCEPTING NEW PATIENTS, LONG WAIT LISTS, AND AN INHERENTLY COMPLICATED HEALTHCARE SYSTEM THAT IS DIFFICULT FOR MANY TO NAVIGATE. THERE WERE ALSO INDIVIDUAL LEVEL BARRIERS TO ACCESS AND NAVIGATION. INDIVIDUALS MAY BE UNINSURED OR UNDERINSURED, WHICH MAY LEAD THEM TO FOREGO OR DELAY CARE. INDIVIDUALS MAY ALSO EXPERIENCE LANGUAGE OR CULTURAL BARRIERS - RESEARCH SHOWS THAT THESE BARRIERS CONTRIBUTE TO HEALTH DISPARITIES, MISTRUST BETWEEN PROVIDERS AND PATIENTS, INEFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION, AND ISSUES OF PATIENT SAFETY.GOAL: PROVIDE EQUITABLE AND COMPREHENSIVE ACCESS TO HIGH-QUALITY HEALTH CARE SERVICES INCLUDING PRIMARY CARE AND SPECIALTY CARE, AND URGENT AND EMERGING CARE, PARTICULARLY FOR THOSE WHO FACE CULTURAL, LINGUISTIC AND ECONOMIC BARRIERS.STRATEGIES3.1 PROMOTE EQUITABLE CARE, HEALTH EQUITY, HEALTH LITERACY, AND CULTURAL HUMILITY FOR PATIENTS ACROSS BIDMC AND BILH'S LICENSED AND/OR AFFILIATED HEALTH CENTERS, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO FACE CULTURAL AND LINGUISTIC BARRIERS.3.2 INCREASE ACCESS TO PRIMARY CARE AND SPECIALTY CARE SERVICES, INCLUDING OB/GYN AND MATERNAL CHILD HEALTH SERVICES.3.3 ADDRESS THE HEALTH-RELATED SOCIAL NEEDS (HRSN) OF PATIENTS IN ORDER TO SUPPORT ACCESS TO CARE.3.4 PROVIDE AND PROMOTE CAREER SUPPORT SERVICES AND CAREER MOBILITY PROGRAMS TO HOSPITAL EMPLOYEES.3.5 PROMOTE ACCESS TO HEALTH INSURANCE, PATIENT FINANCIAL COUNSELORS, AND NEEDED MEDICATIONS FOR PATIENTS WHO ARE UNINSURED OR UNDERINSURED.3.6 ADVOCATE FOR AND SUPPORT POLICIES AND PROGRAM THAT ADDRESS HEALTHCARE ACCESS.3.7 SUPPORT RESEARCH AIMED AT PROVIDING MORE EQUITABLE CARE FOR PATIENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS.3.8 PROVIDE AND SUPPORT RESIDENTS WITH TRANSPORTATION ACCESS, PUBLIC SAFETY, EMERGENCY CARE, PUBLIC HEALTH AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS.INITIATIVES TO ADDRESS THE PRIORITY INTERPRETER SERVICES COMMUNITY CARE ALLIANCE (CCA) AND SUPPORT FOR COMMUNITY-BASED PRIMARY AND SPECIALTY CARE NETWORK/IT INTEGRATION AND ACCESS FOR CCA HEALTH CENTERS CARE CONNECTION RESIDENCY TRAINING PROGRAM COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER PROGRAM BIDMC SOCIAL WORK DEPARTMENT SERVICES PIPELINE PROGRAMS CAREER AND ACADEMIC ADVISING HOSPITAL-SPONSORED COMMUNITY COLLEGE COURSES HOSPITAL-SPONSORED ENGLISH SPEAKERS OF OTHER LANGUAGES (ESOL) CLASSES FINANCIAL COUNSELING PHARMACY PROGRAMS MEDICAL AND CRITICAL CARE TRANSPORTATION TRAUMA, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, AND PUBLIC HEALTH SURVEILLANCE PUBLIC SAFETYMETRICS AND STATUS UPDATES: NUMBER OF PATIENTS ASSISTED WITH INTERPRETER SERVICES (FY23: 53,442; FY24: 40,783 NUMBER OF INTERPRETER SERVICES PROVIDED (FY23: 298,022; FY24: 311,031) NUMBER OF LANGUAGES PROVIDED (FY23: 72; FY24: 84) NUMBER OF SPECIALISTS AT CCA HEALTH CENTERS (FY23: 36; FY24: 26) NUMBER OF PATIENTS SEEN AT AFFILIATED FQHCS (FY23: 95,934; FY24: 111,128) NUMBER OF VISITS PROVIDED AT AFFILIATED FQHCS (FY23: 305,353; FY24: 355,374) NUMBER OF PATIENTS WITHOUT INSURANCE SERVED AT FQHC CCA HEALTH CENTERS (FY23: 5,977; FY24: 6,716). NUMBER OF PATIENTS ASSISTED WITH HEALTH-RELATED SOCIAL NEED (HRSN) NUMBER OF PATIENTS PROVIDED WITH HOUSING SUPPORT (FY23, FY24: DATA NOT AVAILABLE) NUMBER OF PATIENTS PROVIDED EMERGENCY FOOD OR GIFT CARDS (FY23, FY24: DATA NOT AVAILABLE) NUMBER OF PATIENTS PROVIDED CLOTHING (FY23, FY24: DATA NOT AVAILABLE) NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES WHO PARTICIPATED IN CAREER SUPPORT AND CAREER MOBILITY PROGRAMS: (FY23: 111; FY24: 1,044 ACROSS BILH SYSTEM) NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES WHO WERE PROMOTED (FY23: DATA NOT AVAILABLE) NUMBER OF PATIENTS SCREENED FOR ELIGIBILITY (FY23: 315,578; FY24: 2,866*) NUMBER OF PATIENTS ENROLLED INTO ENTITLEMENT PROGRAMS (FY23: 31,251; FY24: 947*) NUMBER OF PATIENTS ENROLLED IN MASSHEALTH (FY23: 15,703; FY24: DATA NOT AVAILABLE*) NUMBER OF PATIENTS ENROLLED IN HEALTH SAFETY NET (HSN): (FY23: 6,639; FY24: 9,044*) *NEW METHODOLOGY AND THE DEPLOYMENT OF A NEW ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD AFFECTED FINANCIAL COUNSELING DATA IN FY24. NUMBER OF POLICIES REVIEWED AND SUPPORTED (FY23: BILH CONDUCTED DIRECT ADVOCACY FOR SIX POLICIES: AN ACT RELATIVE TO EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND PREPAREDNESS IN THE EVENT OF A SURGE IN PEDIATRIC OR ADULT HOSPITALIZATIONS, AN ACT EXPANDING COVERAGE OF DENTAL PROCEDURES, AN ACT ESTABLISHING A TASK FORCE TO STUDY THE SUSTAINABILITY OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES, AN ACT RELATIVE TO PHARMACEUTICAL ACCESS, COSTS AND TRANSPARENCY, AN ACT RELATIVE TO REDUCING ADMINISTRATIVE BURDEN, AND AN ACT IMPROVING HEALTHCARE DELIVERY FOR UNDERSERVED RESIDENTS OF THE COMMONWEALTH; FY24: BILH GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS ADVOCATED, DIRECTLY OR THROUGH THE STATE HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION OR COMMUNITY COALITIONS, FOR 23 BILLS SUPPORTING EQUITABLE HEALTH CARE ACCESS FOR ALL MASSACHUSETTS RESIDENTS) AMOUNT OF FUNDING DEDICATED TO DISPARITIES RESEARCH (FY23: $4,860,470; FY24: $4,716,868) NUMBER OF PATIENTS ASSISTED WITH TRANSPORTATION (DATA NOT AVAILABLE) NUMBER TAXI OR RIDE-SHARING VOUCHERS PROVIDED (FY23: 5,660; FY24: 7,059)
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PRIORITY AREA 4: MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE
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HIGH RATES OF SUBSTANCE USE (E.G., ALCOHOL, PRESCRIPTION DRUG/OPIOIDS, MARIJUANA) AND MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES (E.G., DEPRESSION, ANXIETY AND STRESS). ANXIETY, CHRONIC STRESS, DEPRESSION, AND SOCIAL ISOLATION WERE LEADING TO COMMUNITY HEALTH CONCERNS. THE ASSESSMENT IDENTIFIED SPECIFIC CONCERNS ABOUT THE IMPACT OF MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES FOR YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULTS, AND SOCIAL ISOLATION AMONG OLDER ADULTS. THESE DIFFICULTIES WERE EXACERBATED BY COVID-19. IN ADDITION TO THE OVERALL BURDEN AND PREVALENCE OF MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES, RESIDENTS IDENTIFIED A NEED FOR MORE PROVIDERS AND TREATMENT OPTIONS, ESPECIALLY INPATIENT AND OUTPATIENT TREATMENT, CHILD PSYCHIATRISTS, PEER SUPPORT GROUPS, AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES. SUBSTANCE USE CONTINUED TO HAVE A MAJOR IMPACT ON THE CBSA; THE OPIOID EPIDEMIC CONTINUED TO BE AN AREA OF FOCUS AND CONCERN, AND THERE WAS RECOGNITION OF THE LINKS AND IMPACTS ON OTHER COMMUNITY HEALTH PRIORITIES, INCLUDING MENTAL HEALTH, HOUSING, AND HOMELESSNESS. INDIVIDUALS ENGAGED IN THE ASSESSMENT IDENTIFIED STIGMA AS A BARRIER TO TREATMENT AND REPORTED A NEED FOR PROGRAMS THAT ADDRESS COMMON CO-OCCURRING ISSUES (E.G., MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES, HOMELESSNESS).GOAL: PROMOTE SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL WELLNESS BY FOSTERING RESILIENT COMMUNITIES AND BUILDING EQUITABLE, ACCESSIBLE, AND SUPPORTIVE SYSTEMS OF CARE TO ADDRESS MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE ISSUES AND CONDITIONS.STRATEGIES1.1 SUPPORT AND IMPLEMENT EVIDENCE-BASED PROGRAMS THAT INCREASE ACCESS TO HIGH-QUALITY AND CULTURALLY AND LINGUISTICALLY APPROPRIATE MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE SERVICES.1.2 ADVOCATE FOR AND SUPPORT POLICIES AND PROGRAMS THAT ADDRESS MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE.1.3 IMPLEMENT TRAUMA-INFORMED CARE (TIC) PRINCIPLES AND OTHER PREVENTION STRATEGIES TO IMPROVE CARE FOR ALL, ESPECIALLY THOSE WITH A HISTORY OF ADVERSITY.INITIATIVES TO ADDRESS THE PRIORITY INVESTMENTS IN COMMUNITY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES THROUGH SCREENING, MONITORING, COUNSELING, NAVIGATION, AND TREATMENT COMMUNITY-BASED PRIMARY AND SPECIALTY CARE (SUPPORT FOR LICENSED AND/OR AFFILIATED COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS) SCREENING, BRIEF INTERVENTION, AND REFERRAL TO TREATMENT INTEGRATIVE CARE MODEL COLLABORATIVE CARE MODEL OPIOID CARE COMMITTEE THE DIMOCK CENTER SUBSTANCE USE CLINICAL STABILIZATION EXPANSION OF TRAUMA-INFORMED CARE (TIC)- TRAINING ACROSS HOSPITALMETRICS AND STATUS UPDATES* FY23 INFORMATION IS BASED ON DATA COLLECTED BETWEEN JULY 1, 2021 AND SEPT 30, 2023. A NEW COHORT OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH GRANTEES RECEIVED 3-YEAR GRANTS THAT BEGAN JANUARY 2024. DATA COLLECTION BEGAN APRIL 2024 AND IS ONGOING. *NUMBER OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH PATIENTS REACHED (FY23: 748; FY24: 104) *NUMBER OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH COUNSELING SESSIONS (FY23: 1,603; FY24: 372) *MENTAL HEALTH SYMPTOMS: (FY23: MORE THAN 3 OF EVERY 5 PARTICIPANTS EXPERIENCED IMPROVEMENT IN THEIR MENTAL HEALTH SYMPTOMS BETWEEN BASELINE AND ENDPOINT (61.9%); FY24: DATA NOT AVAILABLE) USING PHQ-8; PHQ-9; PSYCHLOPS SCALE *STIGMA (RECOVERY ASSESSMENT SCALE (RAS-DS): (FY23: ON AVERAGE, THERE WAS A STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN PARTICIPANT CONFIDENCE AND SELF-EFFICACY RELATED TO MANAGING LIFE STRESSORS AND MENTAL HEALTH FROM BASELINE TO ENDPOINT. THE AVERAGE RAS-DS SCORE INCREASED FROM 2.9 AT BASELINE TO 3.2 AT ENDPOINT); FY24: DATA NOT YET AVAILABLE). *GENERAL HELP-SEEKING QUESTIONNAIRE (GHSQ): (FY23: ON AVERAGE, PARTICIPANTS REPORTED A STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN LIKELIHOOD OF SEEKING HELP AT ENDPOINT COMPARED TO BASELINE. THESE INCREASED LIKELIHOODS WERE STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT FOR EACH OF THE LISTED INDIVIDUALS, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF AN INTIMATE PARTNER); FY24: DATA NOT YET AVAILABLE). NUMBER OF INTEGRATED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CONSULTATIONS PROVIDED IN BSHC PRIMARY CARE CLINIC (FY23: 399; FY24: MODEL CHANGED SEE METRIC BELOW) NUMBER OF REFERRALS MADE TO BEHAVIORAL HEALTH COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER AT BSHC (FY24: 96) NUMBER OF PRACTICES USING THE COLLABORATIVE CARE/INTEGRATIVE CARE MODEL (FY23: 5; FY24: 7) NUMBER OF POLICIES REVIEWED AND SUPPORTED: (FY23: DATA NOT AVAILABLE; FY24: BILH GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS ADVOCATED, DIRECTLY OR THROUGH THE STATE HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION OR COMMUNITY COALITIONS, FOR 8 BILLS SUPPORTING ACCESS TO MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE SERVICES FOR ALL MASSACHUSETTS RESIDENTS) NUMBER OF MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS AND TRAINEES WHO RECEIVED TRAINING ON TRAUMA-INFORMED CARE (FY23 AND FY24: 340) NUMBER OF COMMUNITY PARTNERS/COLLABORATORS THAT RECEIVED TRAINING ON TRAUMA-INFORMED CARE (FY23 AND FY24: 191)
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FORM 990 SCHEDULE H PART VI SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
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THE PURPOSE OF THIS FORM 990 SCHEDULE H NARRATIVE DISCLOSURE IS TO HELP THE READER UNDERSTAND IN MORE DETAIL HOW BIDMC CARES FOR ITS COMMUNITY BY PROVIDING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND CERTAIN OTHER COMMUNITY BENEFITS. AS DEMONSTRATED IN THIS SCHEDULE H, 10.09% OF BIDMC'S TOTAL EXPENSES AS REPORTED ON FORM 990 PART IX, LINE 24, ARE INCURRED IN PROVIDING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND CERTAIN OTHER COMMUNITY BENEFITS AT COST. COMMUNITY BENEFITS - ANNUAL COMMUNITY BENEFITS REPORTAS PREVIOUSLY NOTED IN THIS FILING, BIDMC'S MOST RECENT COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENT (CHNA) AND IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY WERE COMPLETED AND APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES DURING THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2022, AS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO THE REGULATIONS UNDER INTERNAL REVENUE CODE SECTION 501(R). IN ADDITION, AS NOTED IN THIS FORM 990 SCHEDULE H, PART I, LINES 6A AND 6B, THE HOSPITAL PREPARES AN ANNUAL COMMUNITY BENEFITS REPORT THAT IS SUBMITTED TO THE MASSACHUSETTS ATTORNEY GENERAL (SCHEDULE H, PART VI, LINE 7). THAT FILING IS AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION AT THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE, ON THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S WEBSITE AND ON THE HOSPITAL WEBSITE AT HTTPS://WWW.BIDMC.ORG/ABOUT-BIDMC/HELPING-OUR-COMMUNITY/COMMUNITY-INITIATIVES/COMMUNITY-BENEFITS. THERE ARE SOME DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE MASSACHUSETTS ATTORNEY GENERAL DEFINITION OF CHARITY CARE AND COMMUNITY BENEFITS AND THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE DEFINITION OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND COMMUNITY BENEFITS. AS SUCH, THERE ARE VARIANCES BETWEEN THIS SCHEDULE H DISCLOSURE AND THE REPORT BIDMC FILED WITH THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE. EMERGENCY CARE ACCESSIN ADDITION, AS NOTED IN THIS FORM 990, SCHEDULE H, PART V, SECTION A, BIDMC IS A GENERAL MEDICAL AND SURGICAL HOSPITAL, RESEARCH HOSPITAL AND TEACHING HOSPITAL, PROVIDING 24-HOUR EMERGENCY MEDICAL CARE TO ALL PATIENTS WITHOUT REGARD TO ABILITY TO PAY. FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND CERTAIN OTHER COMMUNITY BENEFITSCHARITY CARE AND MEANS TESTED GOVERNMENT PROGRAMSFINANCIAL ASSISTANCEBIDMC'S NET COST OF CHARITY CARE, INCLUDING CARE FOR EMERGENT SERVICES PROVIDED TO NON-PAYING PATIENTS AND INCLUDING PAYMENTS TO THE HEALTH SAFETY NET TRUST, WAS $20,206,683 THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2024 AND HAS BEEN REPORTED ON THIS SCHEDULE H, PART I, LINE 7A.AS PREVIOUSLY NOTED IN THIS FORM 990, BIDMC IS ONE OF ELEVEN HOSPITALS WITHIN THE BETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH NETWORK. COMBINED THESE HOSPITALS' NET COST OF CHARITY CARE, INCLUDING CARE FOR EMERGENT SERVICES PROVIDED TO NON-PAYING PATIENTS AND INCLUDING PAYMENTS TO THE HEALTH SAFETY NET TRUST, WAS $52 MILLION FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2024. AS REPORTED IN SCHEDULE H PART I LINE 3 AND AGAIN IN SCHEDULE H PART V SECTION B LINE 13, FOR THE PERIOD COVERED BY THIS FILING, ELIGIBILITY FOR FREE CARE TO LOW-INCOME INDIVIDUALS IS DETERMINED USING FEDERAL POVERTY GUIDELINES OF 400% FOR FULL FREE CARE AND 400% FOR PARTIAL FREE CARE. ELIGIBILITY FOR DISCOUNTED CARE IS DETERMINED BY REVIEWING THE INDIVIDUAL'S EMPLOYMENT STATUS, FAMILY SIZE AND MONTHLY EXPENSES, INCLUDING MEDICAL HARDSHIP REVIEW.OTHER UNCOMPENSATED CHARITY CAREMEDICAID AND MEDICAREIN ADDITION TO THE CHARITY CARE REPORTED ABOVE, BIDMC ALSO PROVIDES CARE TO PATIENTS WHO PARTICIPATE IN OTHER PROGRAMS DESIGNED TO SUPPORT LOW-INCOME FAMILIES, INCLUDING PARTICULARLY THE MEDICAID PROGRAM, WHICH IS JOINTLY FUNDED BY FEDERAL AND STATE GOVERNMENTS. THE MASSACHUSETTS HEALTH REFORM LAW PROVIDED AN INITIATIVE FOR EXPANSION OF MEDICAID COVERAGE TO GREATER POPULATIONS AND FOR ENROLLMENT OF UNINSURED PATIENTS IN OTHER INSURANCE PROGRAMS. PAYMENTS FROM MEDICAID AND OTHER PROGRAMS THAT INSURE LOW-INCOME POPULATIONS DO NOT COVER THE COST OF SERVICES PROVIDED. DURING THE FISCAL PERIOD COVERED BY THIS FILING, BIDMC GENERATED $102,463,219 RELATED TO TREATING MEDICAID PATIENTS WHICH EXCEEDED THE COST OF CARE PROVIDED BY BIDMC FOR SUCH SERVICES BY $999,374 AS REPORTED ON THIS SCHEDULE H, PART I LINE 7B. DURING THE FISCAL PERIOD COVERED BY THIS FILING, 19.3% OR 233,055 OF BIDMC'S PATIENT ENCOUNTERS WERE WITH MEDICAID PATIENTS. IN ADDITION, 37.6% OR 454,086 OF THE HOSPITAL'S PATIENT CASES WERE WITH MEDICAID PATIENTS. DURING THE FISCAL PERIOD COVERED BY THIS FILING, THE COST OF PROVIDING CARE TO MEDICAID PATIENTS ACROSS BILH EXCEEDED PAYMENTS RECEIVED FOR PROVIDING THAT CARE RESULTING IN A COMBINED SHORTFALL EXCEEDING $35.5 MILLION RELATED TO TREATING MEDICAID PATIENTS. MEDICARE IS THE FEDERALLY SPONSORED HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM FOR ELDERLY OR DISABLED PATIENTS, AND BIDMC PROVIDES CARE TO PATIENTS WHO PARTICIPATE IN THE MEDICARE PROGRAM. DURING THE FISCAL PERIOD COVERED BY THIS FILING, BIDMC GENERATED $567,318,545 RELATED TO TREATING MEDICARE PATIENTS. THE COSTS OF PROVIDING CARE TO MEDICARE PATIENTS EXCEEDED REVENUE BY $63,635,809. OF THESE AMOUNTS, REVENUE OF $17,595,295 IS RELATED TO THE PROVISION OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, OB/GYN, CHELSEA URGENT CARE, BOWDOIN DEPARTMENTS, CHESTNUT HILL URGENT CARE, AND HEALTH CARE ASSOCIATES (HCA) SERVICES AND IS INCLUDED ON THIS SCHEDULE H, PART I, LINE 7G, AS PART OF SUBSIDIZED HEALTH SERVICES BECAUSE THE COST OF THOSE SERVICES EXCEEDED REVENUES BY $76,153,466. IN RESPONSE TO THE FORM 990, SCHEDULE H, PART III, LINE 8, ALTHOUGH BIDMC CONSIDERS THE PROVISION OF CLINICAL CARE TO ALL MEDICARE PATIENTS AS PART OF ITS COMMUNITY BENEFIT, THE REMAINING CARE TO MEDICARE PATIENTS IS NOT QUANTIFIED ON PAGE 1 OF THE SCHEDULE H. INSTEAD, PER THE IRS INSTRUCTIONS TO SCHEDULE H, BIDMC HAS SEPARATELY REPORTED THIS AMOUNT IN SCHEDULE H, PART III, LINE 7, AS REQUIRED. HOWEVER, IF THE MEDICARE SHORTFALL WERE INCLUDED IN THE SCHEDULE H PART I LINE 7 CALCULATION, IT WOULD INCREASE TO 12.15%.BAD DEBTSIN ADDITION TO CHARITY CARE AND SHORTFALLS IN PROVIDING SERVICES TO PATIENTS INSURED UNDER STATE AND FEDERAL PROGRAMS, BIDMC ALSO INCURS LOSSES RELATED TO SELF-PAY PATIENTS WHO FAIL TO MAKE PAYMENTS FOR SERVICES OR INSURED PATIENTS WHO FAIL TO PAY COINSURANCE OR DEDUCTIBLES FOR WHICH THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE UNDER INSURANCE CONTRACTS. BAD DEBT EXPENSE IS INCLUDED IN UNCOMPENSATED CARE EXPENSE IN THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND INCLUDES THE PROVISION FOR ACCOUNTS ANTICIPATED TO BE UNCOLLECTIBLE. CHARGES FOR THOSE SERVICES DURING THE FISCAL PERIOD COVERED BY THIS FILING OF $9,657,720 AND ARE REPORTED AS BAD DEBT ON FORM 990, SCHEDULE H, PART III, LINE 2. AS REQUIRED BY THE INSTRUCTIONS TO THIS FORM 990 SCHEDULE H, LOSSES RELATED TO BAD DEBTS HAVE NOT BEEN INCLUDED IN THE CALCULATION OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND CERTAIN OTHER COMMUNITY BENEFITS IN SCHEDULE H PART I LINE 7. RATHER IT HAS BEEN SEPARATELY REPORTED IN SCHEDULE H PART III AS REQUIRED. THE PERCENTAGES CALCULATED IN PART I, LINE 7, COLUMN F WERE BASED ON EACH ITEM OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND COMMUNITY BENEFIT AS A PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL EXPENSES REPORTED IN PART IX OF THIS FORM 990. THE CONSOLIDATED AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF THE BETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH, INC. (BILH) AND AFFILIATES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2024 INCLUDE THE ACCOUNTS OF: BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER, INC. (BIDMC), MOUNT AUBURN HOSPITAL (MAH), NEW ENGLAND BAPTIST HOSPITAL (NEBH), BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL MILTON, INC. (MILTON), BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL NEEDHAM, INC. (NEEDHAM), BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL PLYMOUTH, INC. (PLYMOUTH), LAHEY CLINIC FOUNDATION (LCF), LAHEY CLINIC (LCI), LAHEY CLINIC HOSPITAL D/B/A LAHEY HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER (LHMC), WINCHESTER HOSPITAL (WINCHESTER), NORTHEAST HOSPITAL CORPORATION (NORTHEAST), ANNA JAQUES HOSPITAL (AJH), EXETER HEALTH RESOURCES, INC. (EHRI), EXETER HOSPITAL (EH), BETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH PHARMACY, JOSLIN DIABETES CENTER AND THEIR AFFILIATES. THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF THE SYSTEM ALSO INCLUDE A CONTROLLED AFFILIATE, HARVARD MEDICAL FACULTY PHYSICIANS AT BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER, INC. (HMFP).
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT FOOTNOTE: REVENUE RECOGNITION
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THE SYSTEMS PATIENT SERVICE REVENUE IS REPORTED AT THE AMOUNT THAT REFLECTS THE CONSIDERATION TO WHICH THE SYSTEM EXPECTS TO BE ENTITLED IN EXCHANGE FOR PROVIDING PATIENT CARE. THESE AMOUNTS ARE DUE FROM PATIENTS, THIRD-PARTY PAYORS (INCLUDING MANAGED CARE PAYORS AND GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS), AND OTHERS AND INCLUDE AN ESTIMATE OF VARIABLE CONSIDERATION FOR RETROACTIVE REVENUE ADJUSTMENTS DUE TO SETTLEMENT OF AUDITS, REVIEWS, AND INVESTIGATIONS. GENERALLY, THE SYSTEM BILLS THE PATIENTS AND THIRD-PARTY PAYORS SEVERAL DAYS AFTER THE SERVICES ARE PERFORMED AND/OR THE PATIENT IS DISCHARGED FROM THE SYSTEM'S FACILITY.REVENUE IS RECOGNIZED AS PERFORMANCE OBLIGATIONS ARE SATISFIED. PERFORMANCE OBLIGATIONS ARE DETERMINED BASED ON THE NATURE OF THE SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE SYSTEM. REVENUE FOR PERFORMANCE OBLIGATIONS SATISFIED OVER TIME IS RECOGNIZED BASED ON ACTUAL CHARGES INCURRED IN RELATION TO TOTAL EXPECTED (OR ACTUAL) CHARGES. THE SYSTEM BELIEVES THAT THIS METHOD PROVIDES A REASONABLE REPRESENTATION OF THE TRANSFER OF SERVICES OVER THE TERM OF THE PERFORMANCE OBLIGATION BASED ON THE INPUTS NEEDED TO SATISFY THE OBLIGATION. GENERALLY, PERFORMANCE OBLIGATIONS SATISFIED OVER TIME RELATE TO INPATIENT SERVICES. THE SYSTEM MEASURES THE PERFORMANCE OBLIGATION FROM ADMISSION INTO THE HOSPITAL, OR COMMENCEMENT OF A PATIENT SERVICE, TO THE POINT WHEN IT IS NO LONGER REQUIRED TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO THAT PATIENT, WHICH IS GENERALLY AT THE TIME OF DISCHARGE OR COMPLETION OF THE OUTPATIENT SERVICES. PATIENT ENCOUNTERS AND RELATED EPISODES OF CARE AND PROCEDURES QUALIFY AS DISTINCT GOODS AND SERVICES, PROVIDED SIMULTANEOUSLY TOGETHER WITH OTHER READILY AVAILABLE RESOURCES, IN A SINGLE INSTANCE OF SERVICE, AND THEREBY CONSTITUTE A SINGLE PERFORMANCE OBLIGATION FOR EACH PATIENT ENCOUNTER AND, IN MOST INSTANCES, OCCUR AT READILY DETERMINABLE TRANSACTION PRICES. ALL SERVICES PROVIDED ARE EXPECTED TO RESULT IN CASH FLOWS AND ARE THEREFORE REFLECTED AS NET REVENUE IN THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.THE INITIAL ESTIMATE OF THE TRANSACTION PRICE IS DETERMINED BY REDUCING THE STANDARD CHARGE BY ANY CONTRACTUAL ADJUSTMENTS, DISCOUNTS, AND IMPLICIT PRICE CONCESSIONS. THE ESTIMATES OF CONTRACTUAL ADJUSTMENTS AND DISCOUNTS ARE BASED ON CONTRACTUAL AGREEMENTS, DISCOUNT POLICIES AND HISTORICAL CASH COLLECTION EXPERIENCE. DIFFERENCES BETWEEN STANDARD CHARGES AND ESTIMATED TRANSACTION PRICE ARE GENERALLY RECORDED AS ADJUSTMENTS TO PATIENT SERVICE REVENUE IN THE PERIOD OF THE CHANGE AND ARE ACCRUED ON AN ESTIMATED BASIS IN THE PERIOD THE RELATED SERVICES ARE RENDERED AND ADJUSTED IN FUTURE PERIODS AS FINAL SETTLEMENTS ARE DETERMINED. ADJUSTMENTS ARISING FROM A CHANGE IN THE TRANSACTION PRICE WERE NOT SIGNIFICANT DURING THE YEARS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, FOR 2024 OR 2023. REVENUES UNDER THE TRADITIONAL FEE FOR SERVICE MEDICARE AND MEDICAID PROGRAMS ARE BASED PRIMARILY ON PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT SYSTEMS. RETROSPECTIVELY DETERMINED COST-BASED REVENUES UNDER THESE PROGRAMS, WHICH WERE MORE PREVALENT IN EARLIER PERIODS, AND CERTAIN OTHER PAYMENTS, SUCH AS DISPROPORTIONATE SHARE HOSPITAL AND BAD DEBT EXPENSE REIMBURSEMENT, WHICH ARE BASED ON OUR HOSPITALS COST REPORTS, ARE ESTIMATED USING HISTORICAL TRENDS AND CURRENT FACTORS. COST REPORT SETTLEMENTS UNDER THESE PROGRAMS ARE SUBJECT TO AUDIT BY MEDICARE AND MEDICAID AUDITORS AND ADMINISTRATIVE AND JUDICIAL REVIEW, AND IT CAN TAKE SEVERAL YEARS UNTIL FINAL SETTLEMENT OF SUCH MATTERS IS DETERMINED AND COMPLETELY RESOLVED. THE SYSTEM RECORDS ACCRUALS TO REFLECT THE EXPECTED FINAL SETTLEMENTS ON COST REPORTS. FOR FILED COST REPORTS, THE ACCRUAL IS RECORDED BASED ON THOSE COST REPORTS AND SUBSEQUENT ACTIVITY. THE ACCRUAL FOR PERIODS FOR WHICH A COST REPORT IS YET TO BE FILED IS RECORDED BASED ON ESTIMATES OF WHAT THE SYSTEM EXPECTS TO REPORT ON THE FILED COST REPORTS. AFTER THE COST REPORT IS FILED, THE ACCRUAL MAY NEED TO BE ADJUSTED. SETTLEMENTS WITH THIRD-PARTY PAYORS FOR RETROACTIVE REVENUE ADJUSTMENTS DUE TO AUDITS, REVIEWS OR INVESTIGATIONS ARE CONSIDERED VARIABLE CONSIDERATION AND ARE INCLUDED IN THE DETERMINATION OF THE ESTIMATED TRANSACTION PRICE FOR PROVIDING PATIENT CARE USING THE MOST LIKELY OUTCOME METHOD. THESE SETTLEMENTS ARE ESTIMATED BASED ON THE TERMS OF THE PAYMENT AGREEMENT WITH THE PAYOR, CORRESPONDENCE FROM THE PAYOR AND HISTORICAL SETTLEMENT ACTIVITY, INCLUDING AN ASSESSMENT TO ENSURE THAT IT IS PROBABLE THAT A SIGNIFICANT REVERSAL IN THE AMOUNT OF CUMULATIVE REVENUE RECOGNIZED WILL NOT OCCUR WHEN THE UNCERTAINTY ASSOCIATED WITH THE RETROACTIVE ADJUSTMENT IS SUBSEQUENTLY RESOLVED.ESTIMATED SETTLEMENTS ARE ADJUSTED IN FUTURE PERIODS AS ADJUSTMENTS BECOME KNOWN, OR AS YEARS ARE SETTLED OR ARE NO LONGER SUBJECT TO SUCH AUDITS, REVIEWS AND INVESTIGATIONS.THE SYSTEM IS NOT AWARE OF ANY MATERIAL CLAIMS, DISPUTES, OR UNSETTLED MATTERS WITH ANY PAYORS THAT WOULD AFFECT REVENUES THAT HAVE NOT BEEN ADEQUATELY PROVIDED FOR AND DISCLOSED IN THE ACCOMPANYING CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. BECAUSE THE LAWS, REGULATIONS, INSTRUCTIONS AND RULE INTERPRETATIONS GOVERNING MEDICARE AND MEDICAID REIMBURSEMENT ARE COMPLEX, SUBJECT TO INTERPRETATION AND CAN CHANGE FREQUENTLY, THE ESTIMATES RECORDED COULD CHANGE BY MATERIAL AMOUNTS.CONSISTENT WITH THE SYSTEM'S MISSION, CARE IS PROVIDED TO PATIENTS REGARDLESS OF THEIR ABILITY TO PAY. THE SYSTEM HAS DETERMINED IT HAS PROVIDED IMPLICIT PRICE CONCESSIONS TO UNINSURED PATIENTS AND PATIENTS WITH OTHER UNINSURED BALANCES (E.G., COPAYS AND DEDUCTIBLES). THE IMPLICIT PRICE CONCESSIONS INCLUDED IN ESTIMATING THE TRANSACTION PRICE REPRESENT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AMOUNTS BILLED TO PATIENTS AND THE AMOUNTS THE SYSTEM EXPECTS TO COLLECT BASED ON ITS COLLECTION HISTORY WITH THOSE PATIENTS. PATIENTS WHO MEET THE SYSTEM'S CRITERIA FOR CHARITY CARE ARE PROVIDED CARE WITHOUT CHARGE OR AT AMOUNTS LESS THAN ESTABLISHED RATES. THE SYSTEM HAS DETERMINED THAT IT HAS PROVIDED SUFFICIENT IMPLICIT PRICE CONCESSIONS FOR THESE ACCOUNTS. PRICE CONCESSIONS, INCLUDING CHARITY CARE, ARE NOT REPORTED AS REVENUE.PATIENTS WHO ARE COVERED BY THIRD-PARTY PAYORS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR RELATED CO-PAYS, CO-INSURANCE AND DEDUCTIBLES, WHICH VARY IN AMOUNT. THE SYSTEM ESTIMATES THE TRANSACTION PRICE FOR PATIENTS WITH CO-PAYS, CO-INSURANCE AND DEDUCTIBLES AND FOR THOSE WHO ARE UNINSURED BASED ON HISTORICAL COLLECTION EXPERIENCE AND CURRENT MARKET CONDITIONS. THE DISCOUNT OFFERED TO CERTAIN UNINSURED PATIENTS IS RECOGNIZED AS A CONTRACTUAL ALLOWANCE, WHICH REDUCES NET OPERATING REVENUES AT THE TIME THE SELF-PAY ACCOUNTS ARE RECORDED. THE UNINSURED PATIENT ACCOUNTS, NET OF CONTRACTUAL ALLOWANCES RECORDED, ARE FURTHER REDUCED TO THEIR NET REALIZABLE VALUE AT THE TIME THEY ARE RECORDED THROUGH IMPLICIT PRICE CONCESSIONS BASED ON HISTORICAL COLLECTION TRENDS FOR SELF-PAY ACCOUNTS AND OTHER FACTORS THAT AFFECT THE ESTIMATION PROCESS. ALTHOUGH OUTCOMES VARY, THE SYSTEM'S POLICY IS TO ATTEMPT TO COLLECT AMOUNTS DUE FROM PATIENTS, INCLUDING CO-PAYS, CO-INSURANCE AND DEDUCTIBLES DUE FROM PATIENTS WITH INSURANCE, AT THE TIME OF SERVICE WHILE COMPLYING WITH ALL FEDERAL AND STATE STATUTES AND REGULATIONS.OTHER REVENUE INCLUDES CONTRIBUTIONS AND NET ASSETS RELEASED FROM RESTRICTIONS AS WELL AS CAFETERIA AND PARKING INCOME. ADDITIONALLY, PHARMACY SALES AND OTHER CONTRACTS RELATED TO HEALTH CARE SERVICES ARE INCLUDED IN OTHER REVENUE AND CONSIST OF CONTRACTS WHICH VARY IN DURATION AND IN PERFORMANCE. REVENUE IS RECOGNIZED WHEN THE PERFORMANCE OBLIGATIONS IDENTIFIED WITHIN THE INDIVIDUAL CONTRACTS ARE SATISFIED AND COLLECTIONS ARE PROBABLE. OTHER REVENUE FOR THE YEARS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2024 AND 2023 ALSO INCLUDED FUNDING RECEIVED FROM FEDERAL AND STATE SOURCES RELATED TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC AMOUNTING TO $17,500 AND $6,100, RESPECTIVELY.EMERGENCY CARE ACCESSBETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER IS A TERTIARY CARE LICENSED ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER, PROVIDING MEDICAL AND SURGICAL CARE, TEACHING AND RESEARCH AND AS NOTED ELSEWHERE IN THIS RETURN, PROVIDES 24 HOUR EMERGENCY MEDICAL CARE TO ALL PATIENTS WITHOUT REGARD TO ABILITY TO PAY. THE ED'S MISSION, ALIGNED WITH BIDMC'S MISSION, IS TO DISTINGUISH ITSELF FROM OTHER PROVIDERS THROUGH EXCELLENCE IN PATIENT CARE, EDUCATION, RESEARCH AND THROUGH IMPROVED HEALTH IN THE COMMUNITIES SERVED. BIDMC'S DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE, PROVIDES MEDICALLY NECESSARY CARE FOR ALL PEOPLE REGARDLESS OF THEIR ABILITY TO PAY 24 HOURS A DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, AND 365 DAYS A YEAR (SCHEDULE H, PART V, SECTION A AND SECTION B QUESTION 21).
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FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE POLICY - INTERNAL REVENUE CODE SECTION 501(R)(4)
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FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE POLICY PURPOSE BIDMC IS DEDICATED TO PROVIDING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO PATIENTS WHO HAVE HEALTHCARE NEEDS AND ARE UNINSURED, UNDERINSURED, INELIGIBLE FOR A GOVERNMENT PROGRAM OR OTHERWISE UNABLE TO PAY FOR MEDICALLY NECESSARY CARE BASED ON THEIR INDIVIDUAL FINANCIAL SITUATION. THIS FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE POLICY IS INTENDED TO BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE FEDERAL AND STATE LAWS FOR OUR SERVICE AREA. PATIENTS ELIGIBLE FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE WILL RECEIVE DISCOUNTED CARE FROM BIDMC AS WELL AS PROVIDERS WHO FOLLOW BIDMC'S FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE POLICY. A LIST OF ALL PROVIDERS WHO PROVIDE CARE WITHIN BIDMC AS WELL AS INFORMATION INDICATING IF THE LISTED PROVIDERS FOLLOW BIDMC'S FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE POLICY IS INCLUDED IN APPENDIX 5 TO THE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE POLICY. BIDMC DOES NOT DISCRIMINATE WHEN DETERMINING ELIGIBILITY.FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE POLICY, CREDIT AND COLLECTION POLICY AND EMERGENCY CARE POLICYAS REQUIRED BY IRC SECTION 501(R)(4) AND THE REGULATIONS PROMULGATED THEREUNDER, THE HOSPITAL MAINTAINS A WRITTEN FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE POLICY (FAP) THAT APPLIES TO ALL EMERGENCY AND OTHER MEDICALLY NECESSARY CARE PROVIDED BY THE HOSPITAL FACILITY. (SCHEDULE H PART I QUESTIONS 1A AND 1B). DETAIL RELATED TO EMERGENCY AND OTHER MEDICALLY NECESSARY CARE COVERED BY THE POLICY IS INCLUDED WITHIN THE POLICY AND THE DEFINITION OF EMERGENCY CARE MEETS THE DEFINITION OF THE EMERGENCY MEDICAL TREATMENT AND LABOR ACT (EMTALA), SECTION 1867 OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY ACT (42 USC 1395DD). (SCHEDULE H PART V SECTION B QUESTION 21). THE FAP INCLUDES A LIST OF PROVIDERS OTHER THAN THE HOSPITAL ITSELF, WHICH ARE COVERED BY THE FAP AND SPECIFIES ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR BOTH FREE AND DISCOUNTED CARE. THE FAP ALSO INCLUDES THE BASIS FOR CALCULATING AMOUNTS CHARGED TO PATIENTS. THE PROVIDER LIST IS UPDATED NOT LESS THAN QUARTERLY. THE HOSPITAL MAINTAINS A SEPARATE CREDIT AND COLLECTION POLICY AS PERMITTED UNDER THE TREASURY REGULATIONS AND THIS CREDIT AND COLLECTION POLICY IS REFERENCED WITHIN THE FAP AS REQUIRED, ALONG WITH INFORMATION ON HOW TO OBTAIN A FREE COPY OF THE CREDIT AND COLLECTION POLICY. (SCHEDULE H PART III SECTION C QUESTIONS 9A AND 9B AND PART V SECTION B QUESTION 17). THE HOSPITAL'S FAP AND CREDIT & COLLECTION POLICY WERE ADOPTED BY AN AUTHORIZED BODY AS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO THE IRC SECTION 501(R) TREASURY REGULATIONS EFFECTIVE ON OR ABOUT APRIL 24, 2024.FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE POLICY - APPLYING FOR ASSISTANCE THE HOSPITAL'S FAP INCLUDES INFORMATION ON THE METHOD FOR APPLYING FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE UNDER THE FAP. IN ADDITION, THE HOSPITAL'S FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE APPLICATION INCLUDES A LIST OF INFORMATION/DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED AS PART OF A PATIENT'S APPLICATION FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE. (SCHEDULE H PART V SECTION B QUESTION 15)FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE POLICY - ELIGIBILITY GUIDELINES THE HOSPITAL'S FAP USES THE FEDERAL POVERTY GUIDELINES IN DETERMINING ELIGIBILITY FOR FREE AND DISCOUNTED CARE. (SCHEDULE H PART I QUESTION 3A AND 3B AND PART V SECTION B QUESTION 13). IN ADDITION, THE HOSPITAL'S FAP PROVIDES FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE BASED ON MEDICAL HARDSHIP AND ASSET LEVEL (SCHEDULE H PART I QUESTIONS 3C AND 4, PART V SECTION B QUESTION 13 AND PART VI QUESTION 3). FINALLY, THE HOSPITAL UNDERSTANDS THAT NOT ALL PATIENTS ARE ABLE TO COMPLETE A FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE APPLICATION OR COMPLY WITH REQUESTS FOR DOCUMENTATION. THERE MAY BE INSTANCES UNDER WHICH A PATIENT/GUARANTOR'S QUALIFICATION FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE IS ESTABLISHED WITHOUT COMPLETING THE APPLICATION FORM. OTHER INFORMATION MAY BE USED BY THE HOSPITAL TO DETERMINE WHETHER A PATIENT/GUARANTOR'S ACCOUNT IS UNCOLLECTIBLE, AND THIS INFORMATION WILL BE USED TO DETERMINE PRESUMPTIVE ELIGIBILITY AS OUTLINED IN THE HOSPITAL'S FAP. (SCHEDULE H PART I QUESTIONS 3C).FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE - PUBLIC ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS (SCHEDULE H PART I QUESTION 3C)IN ADDITION TO FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE ELIGIBILITY UNDER THE HOSPITAL'S FAP, FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE UNINSURED OR UNDERINSURED, THE HOSPITAL WILL WORK WITH PATIENTS TO ASSIST THEM IN APPLYING FOR PUBLIC ASSISTANCE AND/OR HOSPITAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS THAT MAY COVER SOME OR ALL OF THEIR UNPAID HOSPITAL BILLS. IN ORDER TO HELP UNINSURED AND UNDERINSURED INDIVIDUALS FIND AVAILABLE AND APPROPRIATE OPTIONS, THE HOSPITAL WILL PROVIDE ALL INDIVIDUALS WITH A GENERAL NOTICE OF THE AVAILABILITY OF PUBLIC ASSISTANCE AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS DURING THE PATIENT'S INITIAL IN-PERSON REGISTRATION AT A HOSPITAL LOCATION FOR A SERVICE, IN ALL BILLING INVOICES THAT ARE SENT TO A PATIENT OR GUARANTOR, AND WHEN THE PROVIDER IS NOTIFIED OR THROUGH ITS OWN DUE DILIGENCE BECOMES AWARE OF A CHANGE IN THE PATIENT'S ELIGIBILITY STATUS FOR PUBLIC OR PRIVATE INSURANCE COVERAGE.HOSPITAL PATIENTS MAY BE ELIGIBLE FOR FREE OR REDUCED COST OF HEALTH CARE SERVICES THROUGH VARIOUS STATE PUBLIC ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS AS WELL AS THE HOSPITAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO MASSHEALTH, THE PREMIUM ASSISTANCE PAYMENT PROGRAM OPERATED BY THE HEALTH CONNECTOR, THE CHILDREN'S MEDICAL SECURITY PROGRAM, THE HEALTH SAFETY NET, AND MEDICAL HARDSHIP). SUCH PROGRAMS ARE INTENDED TO ASSIST LOW-INCOME PATIENTS TAKING INTO ACCOUNT EACH INDIVIDUAL'S ABILITY TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE COST OF HIS OR HER CARE. FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE UNINSURED OR UNDERINSURED, THE HOSPITAL WILL, WHEN REQUESTED, HELP THEM WITH APPLYING FOR EITHER COVERAGE THROUGH PUBLIC ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS OR HOSPITAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS THAT MAY COVER ALL OR SOME OF THEIR UNPAID HOSPITAL BILLS.THE HOSPITAL IS AVAILABLE TO ASSIST PATIENTS IN ENROLLING INTO STATE HEALTH COVERAGE PROGRAMS. THESE INCLUDE MASSHEALTH, THE PREMIUM ASSISTANCE PAYMENT PROGRAM OPERATED BY THE STATE'S HEALTH CONNECTOR, AND THE CHILDREN'S MEDICAL SECURITY PLAN. FOR THESE PROGRAMS, APPLICANTS CAN SUBMIT AN APPLICATION THROUGH AN ONLINE WEBSITE (WHICH IS CENTRALLY LOCATED ON THE STATE'S HEALTH CONNECTOR WEBSITE), A PAPER APPLICATION, OR OVER THE PHONE WITH A CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE LOCATED AT EITHER MASSHEALTH OR THE CONNECTOR. INDIVIDUALS MAY ALSO ASK FOR ASSISTANCE FROM HOSPITAL FINANCIAL COUNSELORS (ALSO CALLED CERTIFIED APPLICATION COUNSELORS) WITH SUBMITTING THE APPLICATION EITHER ON THE WEBSITE OR THROUGH A PAPER APPLICATION.FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE POLICY - TRANSLATIONS THE HOSPITAL'S FAP, CREDIT AND COLLECTION POLICY AND PLAIN LANGUAGE SUMMARY OF THE FAP (SEE DETAIL BELOW) HAVE ALL BEEN TRANSLATED INTO THE LANGUAGES SPOKEN BY THOSE IN THE HOSPITAL'S COMMUNITY WHO MAY COMMUNICATE IN A LANGUAGE OTHER THAN ENGLISH. THE HOSPITAL HAS TRANSLATED THESE DOCUMENTS INTO THE LANGUAGES OF LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY (LEP) OF ITS PATIENTS, 5% OF THE POPULATION OR 1000 PERSONS, WHICHEVER IS LESS, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REGULATIONS PROMULGATED UNDER IRC SECTION 501(R). BASED ON THE HOSPITAL'S REVIEW OF THIS SAFE HARBOR, THE HOSPITAL HAS TRANSLATED THESE DOCUMENTS INTO THE FOLLOWING LANGUAGES: SPANISH, SIMPLIFIED CHINESE, TRADITIONAL CHINESE, RUSSIAN, PORTUGUESE, VIETNAMESE, FRENCH, HAITIAN CREOLE, HINDI, ITALIAN, JAPANESE, CAPE VERDEAN, AND ARABIC. (SCHEDULE H PART V SECTION B QUESTION 16I)FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE POLICY - WIDELY PUBLICIZING AND AVAILABILITYCOPIES OF THE FAP, CREDIT AND COLLECTION POLICY, FAP SUMMARY AND APPLICATION FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE ARE ALL AVAILABLE IN BOTH ENGLISH AND ALL LEP LANGUAGES AT THE HOSPITAL, BY MAIL FREE OF CHARGE AND/OR ON THE HOSPITAL'S WEBSITE: (SCHEDULE H PART V SECTION B QUESTIONS 16A, 16B, 16C, 16D, 16E, 16H) AT HTTPS://WWW.BIDMC.ORG/PATIENT-AND-VISITOR-INFORMATION/PATIENT-INFORMATION/YOUR-HOSPITAL-BILL/FINANCIAL-ASSISTANCE. IN ADDITION, THE FAP, CREDIT AND COLLECTION POLICY, FAP SUMMARY AND APPLICATION FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE ARE ALL AVAILABLE IN THE HOSPITAL'S EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT AND FINANCIAL COUNSELING OFFICE. (SCHEDULE H PART V SECTION B QUESTION 16F AND SCHEDULE H PART VI QUESTION 3).THE HOSPITAL MAINTAINS SIGNAGE AND CONSPICUOUS PUBLIC DISPLAYS ABOUT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND THE FAP DESIGNED TO ATTRACT THE ATTENTION OF PATIENTS AND VISITORS, INCLUDING BOTH THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT AND ADMISSIONS. SUCH SIGNAGE IS POSTED BOTH IN ENGLISH AND THE LEP LANGUAGES NOTED ABOVE. IN ADDITION, FINANCIAL COUNSELING PERSONNEL ROUTINELY VISIT LOCATIONS DESIGNATED FOR SIGNAGE TO ENSURE THAT SUCH SIGNAGE REMAINS VISIBLE TO PATIENTS AND VISITORS AS ATTENDED. THE HOSPITAL PROVIDES INFORMATION ABOUT THE FAP TO PATIENTS BEFORE DISCHARGE AND CONSPICUOUSLY WITHIN BILLING STATEMENTS. INFORMATION PROVIDED TO PATIENTS IN THESE COMMUNICATIONS INCLUDE CONTACT INFORMATION FOR THOSE THAT CAN HELP PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE FAP, INFORMATION ON THE APPLICATION PROCESS AND THE WEBSITE WHERE THE FAP CAN BE OBTAINED. ADDITIONALLY, A PLAIN LANGUAGE SUMMARY OF THE FAP IS PROVIDED TO PATIENTS AS PART OF THE INTAKE PROCESS. (SCHEDULE H PART V SECTION B QUESTION 16G).
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FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE POLICY - PLAIN LANGUAGE SUMMARY
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AS NOTED IN THIS NARRATIVE SUPPORT TO THE FORM 990 SCHEDULE H, THE HOSPITAL HAS A PLAIN LANGUAGE SUMMARY OF ITS FAP. THIS IS A WRITTEN STATEMENT DESIGNED TO NOTIFY PATIENTS AND VISITORS THAT THE HOSPITAL HAS A WRITTEN FAP AND PROVIDES FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE. THIS PLAIN LANGUAGE SUMMARY INCLUDES INFORMATION ON FREE AND DISCOUNTED CARE, HOW TO OBTAIN A COPY OF THE FAP POLICY AND APPLICATION, INCLUDING THE WEBSITE ADDRESS, THE LOCATION AND PHONE NUMBER OF THE FINANCIAL COUNSELING OFFICE. THE PLAIN LANGUAGE SUMMARY ALSO INCLUDES THE LIST OF LANGUAGES INTO WHICH THE FAP AND SUMMARY HAVE BEEN TRANSLATED AS WELL AS HOW TO ACCESS INFORMATION ON PROVIDERS NOT COVERED BY THE FAP AND TO WHICH OTHER RELATED HOSPITALS APPROVAL UNDER THE FAP WILL APPLY. LINKS TO FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE POLICY AND RELATED DOCUMENTSTHE LINK TO THE BIDMC FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE POLICY (FAP) AND THE FOLLOWING RELATED DOCUMENTS CAN BE FOUND ON THE HOSPITAL'S WEBSITE. CREDIT AND COLLECTION POLICY APPLICATION FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE MEDICAL HARDSHIP APPLICATION FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE POLICY - PLAIN LANGUAGE SUMMARY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON PATIENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND BILLING, ALL IN ENGLISH, SPANISH, FRENCH, HAITIAN CREOLE, HINDI, ITALIAN, SIMPLIFIED CHINESE, TRADITIONAL CHINESE, RUSSIAN, PORTUGUESE, VIETNAMESE, JAPANESE, ARABIC, CAPE VERDEAN, CAN BE FOUND ON THE BIDMC WEBSITE AT: HTTPS://WWW.BIDMC.ORG/PATIENT-AND-VISITOR-INFORMATION/PATIENT-INFORMATION/YOUR-HOSPITAL-BILL/FINANCIAL-ASSISTANCE LIMITATION ON CHARGES-INTERNAL REVENUE CODE SECTION 501(R)(5)LIMITATION ON CHARGESAS REQUIRED BY IRC SECTION 501(R)(5) AND THE REGULATIONS PROMULGATED THEREUNDER, THE HOSPITAL LIMITS THE AMOUNTS CHARGED FOR ANY EMERGENCY OR OTHER MEDICALLY NECESSARY CARE IT PROVIDES TO A FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE-ELIGIBLE PATIENT, TO NOT MORE THAN AMOUNTS GENERALLY BILLED (AGB) AND LIMITS THE AMOUNTS CHARGED TO ANY FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE ELIGIBLE PATIENT FOR ALL OTHER MEDICAL CARE TO LESS THAN GROSS CHARGES. AMOUNTS GENERALLY BILLED-LOOK BACK METHODTHE HOSPITAL CALCULATES ITS AGB, USING THE LOOK BACK METHOD, DIVIDING THE TOTAL PAYMENTS RECEIVED FROM ALL COMMERCIAL PLANS AND MEDICARE BY THE TOTAL CHARGES SENT TO THOSE SAME PAYERS FOR THE PREVIOUS FISCAL YEAR. CALCULATED AGB IS INCLUDED IN THE HOSPITAL'S FAP AS REQUIRED UNDER THE REGULATIONS DETAILING THE REQUIREMENTS UNDER IRC SECTION 501(R)(5). (SCHEDULE H PART V SECTION B QUESTION 22). PATIENT REFUNDS FOR CHARGES IN EXCESS OF AMOUNTS GENERALLY BILLEDTHE HOSPITAL REGULARLY MONITORS THE FINANCIAL ACCOUNTS OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE ELIGIBLE PATIENTS. WHERE A PATIENT SUBMITS A COMPLETED APPLICATION FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND IS DETERMINED TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, THE HOSPITAL REFUNDS ANY AMOUNTS PREVIOUSLY PAID FOR CARE THAN EXCEEDS THE AMOUNT THAT THE PATIENT IS PERSONALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR PAYING WHERE SUCH AMOUNTS ARE EQUAL TO OR EXCEED $5.00. BILLING AND COLLECTIONS 501(R)(6)EXTRAORDINARY COLLECTION ACTIVITIESTHE HOSPITAL DOES NOT REPORT TO CREDIT AGENCIES, ENGAGE IN LEGAL OR JUDICIAL PROCESSES OR SELL A PATIENT'S OUTSTANDING AMOUNTS OWED FOR PATIENT CARE. IN ADDITION, THIS EXTENDS TO ANY THIRD PARTY CONTRACTED WITH THE HOSPITAL RELATED TO BILLING AND COLLECTIONS. THE HOSPITAL MAY DEFER OR REQUIRE PAYMENT BEFORE PROVIDING MEDICALLY NECESSARY SERVICES (OTHER THAN EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES) TO PATIENTS WITH UNPAID BALANCES WHO HAVE FAILED TO PROVIDE REQUESTED INFORMATION FOR PROCESSING A FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE APPLICATION OR WITH RESPECT TO A PAYMENT PLAN. THE HOSPITAL DOES NOT PROVIDE A 30-DAY WRITTEN NOTICE IN ADVANCE OF TAKING SUCH ACTION, AS SUCH NOTICE IS NOT REQUIRED BY THE SECTION 501(R) REGULATIONS. (SCHEDULE H PART V SECTION B QUESTIONS 18 AND 19).APPLICATION PERIOD PATIENTS MAY APPLY FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AT ANY TIME UP TO TWO HUNDRED FORTY (240) DAYS AFTER THE FIRST POST DISCHARGE BILLING STATEMENT IS AVAILABLE. FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND CERTAIN OTHER COMMUNITY BENEFITS RESEARCHAS PREVIOUSLY NOTED IN THIS FORM 990, PART III, PART OF THE MEDICAL CENTER'S MISSION IS TO BE A WORLD-CLASS RESEARCH INSTITUTION WHERE OUTSTANDING SCIENTISTS WORK TO DEVELOP NEW KNOWLEDGE FOR THE BETTERMENT OF THE HEALTH OF OUR LOCAL AND EXTENDED COMMUNITIES. THE RESEARCH PROGRAM STRIVES TO BE RENOWNED FOR ITS BENCH-TO-BEDSIDE MODEL OF TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH AND FOR ITS COLLABORATION WITH INDUSTRY AS A PATHWAY FOR TRANSFERRING THE FRUITS OF RESEARCH INTO CARE THAT IMPROVES THE QUALITY OF LIFE.MEDICAL CENTER SCIENTISTS CONTINUE TO SEARCH FOR IMPROVED UNDERSTANDING OF DISEASES AND BETTER TREATMENTS FOR PATIENTS, WHICH IN TURN DIRECTLY IMPACT THE LIVES OF PATIENTS AND IMPROVE THE MEDICAL CENTER'S PATIENT CARE. DURING THE FISCAL PERIOD COVERED BY THIS FILING, BIDMC HAD MORE THAN 1,220 ACTIVE FEDERAL, INDUSTRY AND FOUNDATION SPONSORED PROJECTS AND MORE THAN 2,500 ACTIVE EXEMPT, EXPEDITED, AND FULL BOARD-REVIEWED CLINICAL RESEARCH STUDIES. BIDMC RESEARCH IS LED BY MORE THAN 280 PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS, THE MAJORITY OF WHOM ARE HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL FACULTY. THE KEY AREAS OF RESEARCH INCLUDE VASCULAR BIOLOGY, MOLECULAR IMAGING, TRANSPLANTATION, SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION, CANCER BIOLOGY, METABOLIC DISEASE, NEUROBIOLOGY, AND VIROLOGY, INFECTION CONTROL AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND CARDIOLOGY/CARDIAC SURGERY. AS NOTED IN THIS FILING, THE MEDICAL CENTER IS A TEACHING HOSPITAL OF HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL AND IS COMMITTED TO MAINTAINING A COLLABORATIVE CULTURE; TO MAINTAINING MODERN, HIGH-QUALITY FACILITIES, AND TO TAKING FULL ADVANTAGE OF THE UNIQUE RELATIONSHIPS THAT EXIST AMONG THE HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL AND THE HARVARD TEACHING HOSPITALS. THE MEDICAL CENTER DESIGNS AND IMPLEMENTS MANY INTERDEPARTMENTAL AND INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH PROGRAMS WITHIN THE INSTITUTION. THE MEDICAL CENTER ALSO COLLABORATES WITH OTHER NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED AND WORLD-RENOWNED EXPERTS IN VARIOUS FIELDS IN AN EFFORT TO TRANSLATE NEW KNOWLEDGE INTO NOVEL MEDICAL TREATMENTS AND PATIENT CARE. THE MEDICAL CENTER PARTICIPATES IN HARVARD CATALYST, THE HARVARD CLINICAL AND TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCE CENTER, WHICH BRINGS TOGETHER THE INTELLECTUAL FORCE, TECHNOLOGIES, AND CLINICAL EXPERTISE AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY AND ITS ACADEMIC, HEALTH CARE, AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO CREATE CONNECTIONS, ENABLE RESEARCH AT THE CUTTING EDGE OF DISCOVERY, AND NURTURE CLINICAL AND TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCHERS WITH THE GOAL OF IMPROVING HUMAN HEALTH.STUDIES BY MEDICAL CENTER RESEARCHERS ARE ROUTINELY PUBLISHED IN THE WORLD'S LEADING SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS, INCLUDING NATURE, SCIENCE, THE JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION AND THE NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE, WHICH HELPS TO BRING THE RESEARCH FINDINGS TO CLINICIANS AND PATIENTS BEYOND THE MEDICAL CENTER.
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THE MEDICAL CENTER ENGAGES IN RESEARCH IN ALL OF THE FOLLOWING DISCIPLINES:
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ANESTHESIA, CRITICAL CARE, AND PAIN MEDICINE EMERGENCY MEDICINE MEDICINE ALLERGY AND INFLAMMATION CARDIOVASCULAR MEDICINE CENTER FOR VASCULAR BIOLOGY RESEARCH CLINICAL INFORMATICS CLINICAL NUTRITION ENDOCRINOLOGY EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE GASTROENTEROLOGY GENERAL MEDICINE AND PRIMARY CARE GENETICS GERONTOLOGY HEMATOLOGY AND ONCOLOGY HEMOSTASIS AND THROMBOSIS IMMUNOLOGY INFECTIOUS DISEASE INTERDISCIPLINARY MEDICINE AND BIOTECHNOLOGY MOLECULAR AND VASCULAR MEDICINE NEPHROLOGY PULMONOLOGY RHEUMATOLOGY SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH TRANSPLANT IMMUNOLOGY NEONATOLOGY NEUROLOGY OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY ORTHOPAEDIC SURGERY PATHOLOGY PSYCHIATRY RADIOLOGY SURGERY CARDIAC SURGERY CENTER FOR MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY NEUROSURGERY PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY VASCULAR SURGERY TRANSPLANT INSTITUTEDURING THE FISCAL YEAR COVERED BY THIS FILING, THE MEDICAL CENTER REPORTED $91,547,912 OF NET INTERNALLY FUNDED RESEARCH ON THIS SCHEDULE H, PART I, LINE 7H RELATED TO RESEARCH TO FURTHER SCIENCE AND PATIENT CARE, WHICH REPRESENTED 2.96% OF THE MEDICAL CENTER'S TOTAL EXPENSES. ADDITIONALLY, THE MEDICAL CENTER REPORTED $282,272,524 OF RESEARCH EXPENSES FUNDED BY GOVERNMENTS AND OTHER TAX-EXEMPT ENTITIES INCLUDING OTHER HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITIES AND FOUNDATIONS ON SCHEDULE H, PART I LINE 7H COLUMN D, WHICH, IF INCLUDED IN SCHEDULE H, PART I, LINE 7H COLUMN E CALCULATION, WOULD INCREASE THE NET COMMUNITY BENEFIT REPORTED FROM RESEARCH ACTIVITIES ON THIS SCHEDULE H, PART I, LINE 7H TO 12.07%.RESEARCH ENGAGED IN AT THE MEDICAL CENTERTHE REAL CORNERSTONES OF THE MEDICAL CENTER'S SUCCESS CAN BE DESCRIBED IN THREE KEY WORDS: INNOVATION, CULTIVATION, AND TRANSFORMATION. BEGINNING WITH SUPPORT OF BOLD AND INNOVATIVE IDEAS, EXTENDING TO CULTIVATION AND NURTURING OF PROMISING YOUNG SCIENTISTS, AND CULMINATING IN THE TRANSFORMATION OF NOVEL DISCOVERIES INTO THERAPIES AND DIAGNOSTICS, THE MEDICAL CENTER'S RESEARCH PROGRAM HAS EMERGED AS A UNIQUE AND SUCCESSFUL MODEL FOR TODAY'S RAPIDLY CHANGING HEALTH CARE LANDSCAPE.EXAMPLES OF THE RESEARCH ENGAGED IN AT BIDMCBELOW IS INFORMATION RELATED TO JUST A HANDFUL OF THE CUTTING-EDGE RESEARCH STUDIES ENGAGED IN BY PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS AT THE MEDICAL CENTER. THE DETAIL BELOW IS DESIGNED TO PROVIDE THE READER WITH A TASTE OF THE MANY CONTRIBUTIONS THE MEDICAL CENTER IS MAKING TO PATIENT CARE TODAY AND TOMORROW. EXPENSES FROM THE RESEARCH ACTIVITIES NOTED BELOW ARE INCLUDED IN FORM 990 SCHEDULE H, PART I LINE 7H COLUMN C AND MAY OR MAY NOT BE QUANTIFIED IN FORM 990 SCHEDULE H, PART I, LINE 7H COLUMN E, DEPENDING ON FUNDING SOURCE. DETAIL ON RESEARCH EFFORTS WHICH WERE UNDERTAKEN AT BIDMC DURING THE FISCAL PERIOD COVERED BY THIS FILING ARE BELOW.1. FIRST-OF-ITS-KIND STUDY FINDS HIDDEN CLUES TO RARE TYPE OF PANCREATIC CANCER, OPENS DOORS TO NEW THERAPIESPANCREATIC NEUROENDOCRINE TUMORS (PANNETS) ARE A RARE KIND OF CANCER THAT FORMS IN THE PANCREAS. PHYSICIANS STILL HAVE DIFFICULTY PREDICTING HOW THE DISEASE WILL AFFECT INDIVIDUAL PATIENTS AND HOW BEST TO TREAT IT.BIDMC SCIENTISTS USED PROTEOGENOMICS, THE INTEGRATED LARGE-SCALE STUDY OF GENES AND PROTEINS IN CANCER CELLS, TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THESE TUMORS. USING 37 TUMOR SAMPLES, THE TEAM DISCOVERED FOUR PREVIOUSLY UNDESCRIBED PANNETS. TWO OF THESE SUBTYPES SHOWED HIGH RECURRENCE RATES, SUGGESTING A PREVIOUSLY UNRECOGNIZED CLINICAL AGGRESSIVENESS. THESE TUMORS ALSO SHOWED SIGNS OF LOW OXYGEN LEVELS AND INFLAMMATIONBOTH LINKED TO MORE AGGRESSIVE CANCERS.THE SCIENTISTS ALSO FOUND CHANGES IN HOW THE CANCER CELLS USE ENERGY AND HOW THEY HIDE FROM THE IMMUNE SYSTEM, FINDINGS WHICH COULD HELP RESEARCHERS DEVELOP NEW TREATMENTS.IMPORTANTLY, THE RESEARCHERS ADD, THESE PROTEOMIC SUBTYPES WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN DISCOVERABLE USING PRIOR GENOMICS-BASED APPROACHES TO PANNETS OR CURRENT STATE-OF-THE-ART CLINICOPATHOLOGICAL PANNET SUBTYPING. LEAD AUTHOR MICHAEL ROEHRL, CHIEF OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY AND PI AT BIDMC SAID: "PROTEOGENOMICS REPRESENTS A SIGNIFICANT STEP FORWARD IN UNDERSTANDING PANCREATIC NEUROENDOCRINE TUMORS, AND OUR PUBLICLY AVAILABLE PROTEOMIC PANNET DATASET SHOULD BE OF IMMEDIATE INTEREST TO SCIENTISTS AND PHYSICIANS AROUND THE WORLD." 2. RESEARCHERS HALT PROGRESSION IN PARKINSON'S DISEASE MOUSE MODEL, OPENING THE DOOR TO POTENTIAL DISEASE-MODIFYING TREATMENT FOR PATIENTS WITH PARKINSON'S DISEASEINVESTIGATORS AT BIDMC SHED NEW LIGHT ON KEY CELLULAR PROCESSES INVOLVED IN THE PROGRESSION OF PARKINSON'S DISEASE (PD). AFFECTING AROUND 10 MILLION PEOPLE WORLDWIDE, PARKINSON'S DISEASE IS A NEURODEGENERATIVE DISORDER CAUSED BY THE PROGRESSIVE LOSS OF THE GROUP OF BRAIN CELLS RESPONSIBLE FOR PRODUCING DOPAMINE, A NEUROTRANSMITTER THAT PLAYS A CRITICAL ROLE IN REGULATING MOVEMENT AND COORDINATION. AS THESE NEURONS DEGENERATE AND DOPAMINE LEVELS DECREASE, INDIVIDUALS WITH PARKINSON'S DISEASE EXPERIENCE A WIDE RANGE OF SYMPTOMS, INCLUDING TREMORS, STIFFNESS AND DIFFICULTIES WITH BALANCE AND COORDINATION.RESEARCHERS IN THE LAB OF SENIOR AUTHOR DAVID K. SIMON, MD, PHD, DIRECTOR OF THE PARKINSON'S DISEASE & MOVEMENT DISORDERS CENTER, IN COLLABORATION WITH COLLEAGUES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE AND MISSION THERAPEUTICS, PERFORMED TWO SETS OF COMPLEMENTARY EXPERIMENTS SHOWING THAT INHIBITING A SPECIFIC ENZYME IN A MOUSE MODEL PROTECTS THE DOPAMINE-PRODUCING NEURONS THAT ARE NORMALLY LOST AS PD PROGRESSES, EFFECTIVELY HALTING THE PROGRESSION OF THE DISEASE. THE FINDINGS OPEN THE DOOR TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF NOVEL THERAPEUTICS TARGETING THE ENZYME THAT MAY SLOW OR PREVENT THE PROGRESSION OF PARKINSON'S DISEASE IN PEOPLE A MAJOR UNMET NEED. "OUR LAB IS FOCUSED ON WORKING OUT THE ORIGINS OF PARKINSON'S DISEASE AND IT IS OUR HOPE THATONE DAYWE WILL BE ABLE TO SLOW DOWN OR EVEN PREVENT DISEASE PROGRESSION IN PATIENTS," SAID FIRST AUTHOR TRACY-SHI ZHANG FANG, PHD, AN INSTRUCTOR IN SIMON'S LAB. "THE CURRENT STUDY'S FINDINGS PAVE THE WAY TOWARD THAT FUTURE."3. AI CHATBOT SHOWS POTENTIAL AS DIAGNOSTIC PARTNER, RESEARCHERS FINDPHYSICIAN-INVESTIGATORS AT BIDMC COMPARED A CHATBOT'S PROBABILISTIC REASONING TO THAT OF HUMAN CLINICIANS. THE FINDINGS, PUBLISHED IN JAMA NETWORK OPEN, SUGGEST THAT ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE COULD SERVE AS USEFUL CLINICAL DECISION SUPPORT TOOLS FOR PHYSICIANS.BASING THEIR STUDY ON A PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED NATIONAL SURVEY OF MORE THAN 550 PRACTITIONERS PERFORMING PROBABILISTIC REASONING ON FIVE MEDICAL CASES, ADAM RODMAN, MD, AN INTERNAL MEDICINE PHYSICIAN AND INVESTIGATOR IN THE DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE, AND COLLEAGUES FED THE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE LARGE LANGUAGE MODEL (LLM), CHAT GPT-4, THE SAME SERIES OF CASES AND RAN AN IDENTICAL PROMPT 100 TIMES TO GENERATE A RANGE OF RESPONSES.THE CHATBOT JUST LIKE THE PRACTITIONERS BEFORE THEMWAS TASKED WITH ESTIMATING THE LIKELIHOOD OF A GIVEN DIAGNOSIS BASED ON PATIENTS' PRESENTATION. THEN, GIVEN TEST RESULTS SUCH AS CHEST RADIOGRAPHY FOR PNEUMONIA, MAMMOGRAPHY FOR BREAST CANCER, STRESS TEST FOR CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE AND A URINE CULTURE FOR URINARY TRACT INFECTION, THE CHATBOT PROGRAM UPDATED ITS ESTIMATES.WHEN TEST RESULTS WERE POSITIVE, IT WAS SOMETHING OF A DRAW; THE CHATBOT WAS MORE ACCURATE IN MAKING DIAGNOSES THAN THE HUMANS IN TWO CASES, SIMILARLY ACCURATE IN TWO CASES AND LESS ACCURATE IN ONE CASE. BUT WHEN TESTS CAME BACK NEGATIVE, THE CHATBOT SHONE, DEMONSTRATING MORE ACCURACY IN MAKING DIAGNOSES THAN HUMANS IN ALL FIVE CASES.BUT RODMAN IS LESS INTERESTED IN HOW CHATBOTS AND HUMANS PERFORM TOE-TO-TOE THAN IN HOW HIGHLY SKILLED PHYSICIANS' PERFORMANCE MIGHT CHANGE IN RESPONSE TO HAVING THESE NEW SUPPORTIVE TECHNOLOGIES AVAILABLE TO THEM IN THE CLINIC, ADDED RODMAN."HUMANS STRUGGLE WITH PROBABILISTIC REASONING, THE PRACTICE OF MAKING DECISIONS BASED ON CALCULATING ODDS," SAID RODMAN. "WE CHOSE TO EVALUATE PROBABILISTIC REASONING IN ISOLATION BECAUSE IT IS A WELL-KNOWN AREA WHERE HUMANS COULD USE SUPPORT. HUMANS SOMETIMES FEEL THE RISK IS HIGHER THAN IT IS AFTER A NEGATIVE TEST RESULT, WHICH CAN LEAD TO OVERTREATMENT, MORE TESTS AND TOO MANY MEDICATIONS."
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4. BIDMC'S COMPLEX HYPERTENSION CENTER
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IS THE REGION'S ONLY AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION - CERTIFIED COMPREHENSIVE CARE CENTER PHYSICIAN-SCIENTISTS AT BIDMC, LED BY ERIC A. SECEMSKY, MD, ARE AT THE FOREFRONT OF A BREAKTHROUGH TREATMENT FOR PATIENTS WITH TREATMENT-RESISTANT HYPERTENSION-DANGEROUSLY HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE THAT PERSISTS DESPITE TAKING THREE OR MORE MEDICATIONS. FOR THESE HIGH-RISK PATIENTS, BIDMC IS AMONG THE FIRST IN THE NATION TO OFFER RENAL DENERVATION (RDN), A MINIMALLY INVASIVE PROCEDURE THAT TARGETS OVERACTIVE NERVES NEAR THE KIDNEYS TO HELP LOWER BLOOD PRESSURE.SECEMSKY, DIRECTOR OF VASCULAR INTERVENTION AT BIDMC, PIONEERED THE USE OF RDN AT THE MEDICAL CENTER AND SERVES AS SITE PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR ON MAJOR CLINICAL TRIALS THAT HELPED SECURE FDA APPROVAL FOR TWO CATHETER-BASED RDN DEVICES. THE PROCEDURE INVOLVES THREADING A DEVICE THROUGH THE GROIN TO REACH THE RENAL ARTERIES. ONE USES HEAT-FILLED BALLOONS; THE OTHER, RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION-BOTH DESIGNED TO DISRUPT NERVE SIGNALS THAT RAISE BLOOD PRESSURE.SO FAR, SECEMSKY AND HIS TEAM HAVE PERFORMED RDN ON SIX PATIENTS THROUGH BIDMC'S COMPLEX HYPERTENSION CLINIC, WHICH BRINGS TOGETHER A MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM TO CARE FOR PATIENTS WITH THE MOST DIFFICULT-TO-CONTROL BLOOD PRESSURE. ON AVERAGE, PATIENTS CAN EXPECT A 710 MMHG DROP IN BLOOD PRESSURE-ENOUGH TO MEANINGFULLY REDUCE THE RISK OF HEART ATTACK AND STROKE OVER TIME."THIS DEVICE IS NOVEL AND STATE-OF-THE ART, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, HAVING SOMETHING TO OFFER PEOPLE WITH TREATMENT RESISTANT BLOOD PRESSURE REPRESENTS ONE PART OF OUR OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD ONE OF THE LARGEST HYPERTENSION CENTERS IN NEW ENGLAND."5. NEW AI MODEL FLAGS 3.5 TIMES AS MANY PATIENTS AT RISK FOR PANCREATIC CANCER AS CURRENT SCREENING GUIDELINES; COULD LEAD TO EARLIER DETECTION OF PANCREATIC CANCERHOVERING AT JUST 11 PERCENT, PANCREATIC CANCER HAS THE LOWEST FIVE-YEAR RELATIVE SURVIVAL RATE OF ANY CANCER DIAGNOSIS, LARGELY BECAUSE THE DISEASE IS TYPICALLY CAUGHT IN ITS ADVANCED STAGES. IF CAUGHT IN ITS EARLIEST STAGES, FIVE-YEAR SURVIVAL RATES CAN REACH AS HIGH AS 80 PERCENT; HOWEVER, CURRENT SCREENING GUIDELINES APPLY ONLY TO ABOUT 10 PERCENT OF THE 62,000 PANCREATIC CANCER CASES THAT ARE DIAGNOSED EACH YEAR IN THE UNITED STATES. INVESTIGATORS AT BIDMC BUILT AND VALIDATED A RISK PREDICTION MODEL TO HELP PHYSICIANS IDENTIFY PATIENTS WHO ARE AT HIGH RISK FOR DEVELOPING PANCREATIC CANCER. THE TEAM'S MODEL, A NEURAL NETWORK TRAINED ON DE-IDENTIFIED DATA FROM ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS FROM 55 U.S. HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATIONS, FLAGGED PATIENTS AS AT RISK OF DEVELOPING PANCREATIC CANCER UP TO 18 MONTHS BEFORE DIAGNOSIS IN PATIENTS 40 YEARS OR OLDER AND CAUGHT 3.5 TIMES AS MANY CASES THAN CURRENT SCREENING GUIDELINES WOULD IF APPLIED TO THE SAME GROUP. THEIR FINDINGS APPEAR IN EBIOMEDICINE, PART OF LANCET DISCOVERY SCIENCE.NAMED PRISMNN, THE TEAM'S MACHINE LEARNING MODEL WAS TRAINED ON DATA FROM MORE THAN 1.5 MILLION EHR PROVIDED BY INDUSTRY PARTNER TRINETX. THE DATA SET INCLUDED AN AVERAGE OF 13 YEARS OF HISTORICAL DATA ABOUT DEMOGRAPHICS, DOCTOR'S VISITS, DIAGNOSES, LAB WORK, PROCEDURES AND MEDICATIONS FOR MORE THAN 35,000 PATIENTS WHO EVENTUALLY DEVELOPED PANCREATIC CANCER AND MORE THAN 1.5 MILLION CONTROLS. THE MODEL FLAGGED PATIENTS AT HIGH RISK FOR DEVELOPING CANCER BASED ON 87 FEATURES IT AUTOMATICALLY SELECTED BASED ON THE INPUT TRAINING DATA."THERE ARE SIGNALS IN THE DATA THAT'S BEING ROUTINELY COLLECTED ALREADY WHEN PEOPLE SEE THEIR PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN OR GO TO THE ED WITH A BROKEN ANKLESYMPTOMS THAT SHOW UP, SUCH AS CERTAIN MEDICATIONS OR CHANGES IN LAB VALUES," LIMOR APPELBAUM, AN INVESTIGATOR AT BIDMC, SAID. "TAKEN TOGETHER, THESE ARE ALL SIGNALS THAT CAN PREDICT PANCREATIC CANCER BEFORE THE CANCER IS ACTUALLY DETECTED, AND THAT GIVES US THE OPPORTUNITY TO CATCH THOSE CANCERS EARLY, BEFORE IT HAS SPREAD."6. PLASMA PROTEIN CLUES COULD HELP PREDICT WHO WILL DEVELOP HYPERTENSIONEXERCISE TESTING CAN SERVE AS A POWERFUL PHYSIOLOGIC PROBE TO UNMASK SUBCLINICAL CARDIOVASCULAR ABNORMALITIES WELL BEFORE DISEASE ONSET. FOR EXAMPLE, BLOOD PRESSURE CHANGES DURING EXERCISE (EBP) CAN REVEAL A LATENT TENDENCY TOWARD FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF HYPERTENSION. AT PRESENT, THERE IS NO RELIABLE CIRCULATING BIOMARKERA PROTEIN OR OTHER MOLECULE PRESENT IN THE BLOOD STREAMINDICATIVE OF FUTURE RISK OF HYPERTENSION.INVESTIGATORS AT BIDMC IDENTIFIED UNIQUE CIRCULATING PROTEINS THAT REFLECT EBP AND THAT MAY, IN TURN, BE EARLY INDICATORS OF FUTURE RISK OF HYPERTENSION. LED BY ROBERT E. GERSZTEN, MD, DIRECTOR OF BIDMC'S NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED PROGRAM IN PERSONAL GENOMICS AND CARDIOMETABOLIC DISEASE, JEREMY ROBBINS, MD, AND MARK SARZYNSKI, PHD, THE SCIENTISTS PERFORMED LARGE-SCALE PROTEOMIC PROFILING AND EBP MEASUREMENTS AMONG 681 HEALTHY ADULTS WHO UNDERWENT CARDIOPULMONARY EXERCISE TESTING BEFORE AND AFTER 20 WEEKS OF ENDURANCE EXERCISE TRAINING.THE STUDY TEAM, INCLUDING LEAD AUTHOR PRASHANT RAO, MBBS, IDENTIFIED 37 PROTEINS ASSOCIATED WITH EBP, MANY OF WHICH WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED THROUGH PROFILING RESTING BP ALONE. SEVERAL OF THESE PROTEINS WERE RELEVANT TO VASCULAR BIOLOGY.THE INVESTIGATORS DEMONSTRATED THAT THE EBP-ASSOCIATED PLASMA PROTEIN KNOWN AS TGFBR3 IS A NOVEL CIRCULATING BIOMARKER ASSOCIATED WITH A LOWER RISK OF INCIDENT HYPERTENSION. GENETICALLY PREDICTED LEVELS OF THIS PLASMA PROTEIN WERE INVERSELY ASSOCIATED WITH FUTURE HYPERTENSION RISK IN A DIVERSE POPULATION AND MAY PROTECT AGAINST THE DEVELOPMENT OF CVD. THIS WORK MAY HELP IN DETERMINING WHICH PATIENTS MIGHT BENEFIT FROM EARLY CLINICAL INTERVENTIONS TO REDUCE THE IMPACT OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE.7. DYNAMIC DUO: COMBINING CHOLESTEROL-LOWERING STATINS WITH EXISTING CANCER DRUG SHOWS POTENT EFFECT AGAINST AGGRESSIVE SUBTYPE OF BREAST CANCER IN PRE-CLINICAL MODELSIN A NEW TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH STUDY, INVESTIGATORS AT BIDMC EXPLORED THE POTENTIAL OF STATINS COMMONLY USED MEDICATIONS FOR MANAGING CHOLESTEROL LEVELS TO WORK IN CONJUNCTION WITH AKT INHIBITORS, A CLASS OF DRUGS THAT TARGET A KEY PATHWAY INVOLVED IN CANCER CELL SURVIVAL AND GROWTH. RESEARCHERS DISCOVERED THAT THIS DRUG COMBINATION POTENTLY KILLED TRIPLE NEGATIVE BREAST CANCER (TNBC) CELLS IN PRECLINICAL MODELS. THE FINDINGS SUGGEST THE DRUG COMBINATION MAY PROVIDE A NEW, EFFECTIVE TREATMENT FOR TNBC, A SUBTYPE OF BREAST CANCER KNOWN FOR ITS AGGRESSIVENESS AND LIMITED TREATMENT OPTIONS AND THAT AFFECTS UP TO 15 PERCENT OF BREAST CANCER PATIENTS.THE BIDMC INVESTIGATORS AND THEIR COLLEAGUES USED A CRISPR-BASED SCREENING APPROACH IN TNBC TO IDENTIFY GENES THAT COULD BE TARGETED IN COMBINATION WITH A RECENTLY FDA-APPROVED AKT-INHIBITOR CALLED CAPIVASERTIB. THE SCREEN IDENTIFIED GENES IN CHOLESTEROL METABOLISM AS CANDIDATES, REVEALING A TNBC-SPECIFIC VULNERABILITY TO THE COMBINATION OF STATINSCHOLESTEROL-LOWERING DRUGS THAT TARGET CELLS' CHOLESTEROL METABOLISMAND AKT INHIBITORS.AS THE SCIENTISTS EXPECTED, THE COMBINATION KILLED TNBC CELLS IN A PANEL OF CELL LINES, PATIENT-DERIVED ORGANOIDS AND MOUSE MODELS. THE FINDINGS PAVE THE WAY FOR CLINICAL TRIALS TO DETERMINE THE SAFETY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF THIS COMBINATION IN PATIENTS. IF SUCCESSFUL, THIS BASIC, DISCOVERY SCIENCE APPROACH COULD LEAD TO A NEW TREATMENT OPTION FOR PATIENTS WITH TNBC, PROVIDING A MUCH-NEEDED ADVANCEMENT IN THE FIGHT AGAINST THIS AGGRESSIVE CANCER.FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND CERTAIN OTHER COMMUNITY BENEFITS GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION THE MEDICAL CENTER'S DEVOTION TO TEACHING, RESPECT FOR STUDENTS/TRAINEES AND WILLINGNESS TO EMBRACE TECHNOLOGICAL AND CLINICAL PRACTICE INNOVATION MAKE THE MEDICAL CENTER A TOP CHOICE AMONG MEDICAL STUDENTS AND HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS. THE MEDICAL CENTER TRAINS HUNDREDS OF MEDICAL STUDENTS, INTERNS, RESIDENTS AND FELLOWS, AS WELL AS PROFESSIONALS IN NURSING, SOCIAL WORK AND THE ALLIED HEALTH SCIENCES. THE MEDICAL CENTER HAS 63 ACCREDITATION COUNCIL FOR GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION (ACGME) APPROVED CLINICAL RESIDENCY AND FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMS WITH 736 RESIDENTS AND CLINICAL FELLOWS. IN ADDITION, THE MEDICAL CENTER HAS 43 NONSTANDARD CLINICAL FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMS WITH 47 TRAINEES PER YEAR. STAFF PHYSICIANS AT THE MEDICAL CENTER WHO HOLD FACULTY APPOINTMENTS AT HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL INSTRUCT THE DOCTORS OF TOMORROW THROUGH SUPERVISION OF THEIR DAILY PATIENT CARE AND A RANGE OF INTERACTIVE LEARNING EXPERIENCES.
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CORE CLINICAL TRAINING PROGRAMS
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THE MEDICAL CENTER SPONSORS CORE CLINICAL TRAINING PROGRAMS IN THE FOLLOWING FIELDS: ANESTHESIOLOGY EMERGENCY MEDICINE EAR, NOSE AND THROAT (OTOLARYNGOLOGY) INTERNAL MEDICINE NEUROLOGY NEUROSURGERY OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY PATHOLOGY PLASTIC SURGERY PSYCHIATRY RADIOLOGY SURGERY TRANSITIONAL YEAR UROLOGYDURING THE FISCAL YEAR COVERED BY THIS FILING, THE MEDICAL CENTER HAD NET EXPENDITURES OF $99,275,629 REPORTED ON THIS SCHEDULE H, PART I, LINE 7F RELATED TO THE MEDICAL CENTER'S TEACHING FUNCTION WHICH REPRESENTED 3.21% % OF THE MEDICAL CENTER'S TOTAL EXPENSES.RESIDENCY PROGRAMSTHE MEDICAL CENTER SPONSORS ACCREDITATION COUNCIL FOR GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION (ACGME) APPROVED RESIDENCY PROGRAMS IN EACH OF THE CORE CLINICAL TRAINING PROGRAMS LISTED ABOVE. FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMSIN ADDITION TO THE RESIDENT TRAINING PROGRAMS LISTED ABOVE, THE MEDICAL CENTER SPONSORS A WIDE VARIETY OF FELLOWSHIP TRAINING PROGRAMS FOR ELIGIBLE DOCTORS WHO HAVE COMPLETED THEIR RESIDENCY AND WANT TO ENGAGE IN MORE SPECIALIZED STUDY. MORE THAN HALF OF THESE PROGRAMS (47 OF 91) ARE ACGME APPROVED OR APPROVED BY A COMPARABLE BODY RELATED TO THE PARTICULAR SUBSPECIALTY. THE MEDICAL CENTER SPONSORS THE FOLLOWING FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMS: ANESTHESIA: ADULT CARDIOTHORACIC ANESTHESIOLOGY, ADVANCED CLINICAL ANESTHESIA, ANESTHESIA FOR OUTPATIENT SURGERY, CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE, NEUROANESTHESIA, NEURO CRITICAL CARE, OBSTETRIC ANESTHESIOLOGY, PAIN MEDICINE, REGIONAL ANESTHESIA, VASCULAR ANESTHESIA, PATIENT SAFETY AND QUALITY IMPROVEMENT IN ANESTHESIA, ANESTHESIA MEDICAL EDUCATION, ADVANCED CRITICAL CARE AND ULTRASOUND DERMATOLOGY: CUTANEOUS ONCOLOGY, DERMATOLOGY RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP IN CLINICAL TRIALS AND OUTCOMES RESEARCH (CLEARS) EMERGENCY MEDICINE: EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES, EMERGENCY ULTRASOUND, DISASTER MEDICINE, MEDICAL EDUCATION IN EMERGENCY MEDICINE INTERNAL MEDICINE: ADVANCED CARDIAC NON-INVASIVE IMAGING, ADVANCED ENDOCRINE, DIABETES AND METABOLISM, ADVANCED ENDOSCOPY, ADVANCED INFECTIOUS DISEASE, ADVANCED NEPHROLOGY, CARDIAC MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING, CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE, CELIAC DISEASE, CLINICAL CARDIAC ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY, CLINICAL INFORMATICS, ENDOCRINOLOGY, DIABETES, AND METABOLISM, GASTROENTEROLOGY, GENERAL MEDICINE, GERIATRIC MEDICINE, GERIATRIC AND DIABETES, GI MOTILITY/FUNCTIONAL BOWEL DISORDERS, GLOBAL HEALTH, HEMATOLOGY AND MEDICAL ONCOLOGY, HEPATOLOGY, HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE, INFECTIOUS DISEASE, INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE, INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY, INTERVENTIONAL PULMONOLOGY, NEPHROLOGY, PULMONARY CRITICAL CARE, RHEUMATOLOGY, SLEEP MEDICINE, SLEEP RESPIRATION, STRUCTURAL HEART DISEASE, TRANSPLANT HEPATOLOGY, TRANSPLANT NEPHROLOGY NEUROLOGY: AUTONOMIC DISORDERS, COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL NEUROLOGY, CLINICAL NEUROPHYSIOLOGY, EPILEPSY, MOVEMENT DISORDERS, MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, NEUROLOGY-HIV, NEUROMUSCULAR MEDICINE, NEURO-ONCOLOGY, VASCULAR NEUROLOGY, NEURO CRITICAL CARE OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY: FEMALE PELVIC MEDICINE & RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY, GYNECOLOGIC ONCOLOGY, MATERNAL FETAL MEDICINE, REPRODUCTIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY, UROGYNECOLOGY AND PELVIC RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY. PATHOLOGY: BLOOD BANKING/TRANSFUSION MEDICINE, CYTOPATHOLOGY, DERMATOPATHOLOGY, HEMATOPATHOLOGY, MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY, MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY CPEP, NEUROPATHOLOGY, SELECTIVE PATHOLOGY PSYCHIATRY: EARLY PSYCHOSIS, CONSULT LIAISON PSYCHIATRY RADIOLOGY: DIAGNOSTIC, ABDOMINAL RADIOLOGY, BREAST IMAGING RADIOLOGY, INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY-INDEPENDENT, INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY-INTEGRATED, MRI, MUSCULOSKELETAL IMAGING (MSK), NEURORADIOLOGY, THORACIC IMAGING RADIOLOGY, ADVANCED CROSS-SECTIONAL IMAGING. RADIATION ONCOLOGY: BRACHYTHERAPY, STEREOTATIC SURGERY: ABDOMINAL TRANSPLANT SURGERY/KIDNEY, ACUTE CARE SURGERY, ANTERIOR SEGMENT OPHTHALMOLOGY, COLON AND RECTAL SURGERY, CORNEA AND REFRACTIVE SURGERY, CEREBROVASCULAR AND ENDOVASCULAR NEUROSURGERY, HEAD & NECK SURGICAL ONCOLOGY & RECONSTRUCTION, INTERDISCIPLINARY BREAST SURGERY, LYMPHATIC SURGERY, MINIMALLY INVASIVE BARIATRIC SURGERY, NEUROSURGERY/ORTHO SPINE, ORTHOPAEDIC HAND SURGERY, ORTHOPAEDIC SPINE SURGERY, OTOLARYNGOLOGY FELLOWSHIP, PLASTIC SURGERY, PLASTIC SURGERY/AESTHETIC RECONSTRUCTION, PLASTIC SURGERY/BREAST RECONSTRUCTION, PODIATRY, SURGICAL CRITICAL CARE, THORACIC SURGERY, UROLOGY, UROLOGY MALE INFERTILITY/SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, VASCULAR SURGERY, VASCULAR SURGERY-INTEGRATED, JOINTS FELLOWSHIPADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON CLINICAL RESIDENCY AND FELLOWSHIPS - EXAMPLESBELOW IS MORE DETAIL ON JUST A FEW OF THE SPECIFIC GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS OFFERED AT THE MEDICAL CENTER:
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HARVARD AFFILIATED EMERGENCY MEDICINE RESIDENCY AT BIDMC
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THE BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER HARVARD AFFILIATED EMERGENCY MEDICINE RESIDENCY IS A THREE-YEAR PROGRAM (PGY-1 TO PGY-3) AFFILIATED WITH HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL AND IS BASED AT BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER (BIDMC), A 57,000 VISIT PER YEAR LEVEL I TRAUMA CENTER. RESIDENTS ROTATE AT CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL BOSTON, BROCKTON HOSPITAL, CAMBRIDGE HEALTH ALLIANCE, TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER, ST. LUKE'S HOSPITAL, MOUNT AUBURN HOSPITAL, SOUTH SHORE HOSPITAL AND BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL-NEEDHAM.THE EDUCATIONAL GOALS OF THE RESIDENCY ARE TO PROMOTE EXCELLENCE IN THE CLINICAL, ACADEMIC, AND ADMINISTRATIVE ASPECTS OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE. RESIDENTS ARE TAUGHT HOW TO BE OUTSTANDING CLINICIANS. THIS IS ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH CLINICAL EXPERIENCE IN SEVERAL BUSY EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS AS WELL AS THROUGH A HIGH QUALITY DIDACTIC PROGRAM. DURING THE CLINICAL EXPERIENCE, THE RESIDENTS ARE CLOSELY SUPERVISED AND GIVEN GRADED RESPONSIBILITY FOR PATIENT CARE AND ULTIMATELY FOR PATIENT FLOW IN THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT. ADDITIONALLY, RESIDENTS ARE TAUGHT HOW TO SUPERVISE MEDICAL STUDENTS AND OTHER RESIDENTS AND HOW TO TEACH THE PRACTICE OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE. RESIDENTS TEACH MEDICAL STUDENTS AND PREHOSPITAL PERSONNEL AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE DIDACTIC PROGRAM. SENIOR RESIDENTS TAKE ON THE RESPONSIBILITY OF SUPERVISING JUNIOR RESIDENTS IN THE CLINICAL ARENA. THE FOCUS OF THE RESIDENCY PROGRAM IS ON TEACHING THE LEADERSHIP SKILLS NECESSARY TO DIRECT A BUSY EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT IN ANY SETTING.THE OTHER MAJOR EDUCATIONAL GOAL OF THE RESIDENCY IS TO DEVELOP THE RESEARCH AND ACADEMIC SKILLS REQUIRED FOR A CAREER IN ACADEMIC EMERGENCY MEDICINE. PARTICIPATION IN RESEARCH IS PROMOTED THROUGH A SYSTEM OF MENTORSHIP, JOURNAL CLUB PARTICIPATION, AND A DIDACTIC PROGRAM THAT TEACHES RESEARCH DESIGN AND STATISTICAL METHODS. RESIDENTS ARE REQUIRED TO COMPLETE A RESEARCH OR ACADEMIC PROJECT THAT RESULTS IN A PAPER SUITABLE FOR PUBLICATION. FUNDING IS AVAILABLE WITHIN THE DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE AT HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL AND THE DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE AT BIDMC. PROMOTING THE ADMINISTRATIVE ASPECTS OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE IS ANOTHER GOAL OF THE BIDMC HARVARD AFFILIATED EMERGENCY MEDICINE RESIDENCY. THROUGH AN EMS/ADMINISTRATIVE ROTATION AND A LONGITUDINAL EXPERIENCE IN PREHOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION, RESIDENTS GAIN EXPERIENCE IN RUNNING A LOCAL PREHOSPITAL SYSTEM.THIS PROGRAM TAKES ADVANTAGE OF THE UNIQUE ACADEMIC OPPORTUNITIES AT HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL, THE HARVARD TEACHING HOSPITALS, AND THE HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. THESE OPPORTUNITIES INCLUDE THE OUTSTANDING EXPERIENCE AVAILABLE THROUGH BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL AND THE DEPARTMENTS OF MEDICINE, SURGERY, OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY, AND ANESTHESIA AT BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER. INTERNAL MEDICINE EDUCATION AT BIDMCTHE GOAL OF THIS PROGRAM IS TO DEVELOP EACH RESIDENT'S JUDGMENT AND SKILLS TO PROVIDE THE HIGHEST QUALITY MEDICAL CARE. THE MEDICAL CENTER TRAINS RESIDENTS AS ACADEMIC INTERNISTS AND PROVIDES THE FOUNDATION FOR THE PRACTICE OF INTERNAL MEDICINE OR FOR SUBSEQUENT CLINICAL AND RESEARCH TRAINING IN MEDICAL SUBSPECIALTIES. RESIDENTS ARE EXPOSED TO A WIDE ARRAY OF PATIENTS IN VARIOUS INPATIENT AND OUTPATIENT SETTINGS, INCLUDING DIFFERENT UNITS WITHIN BIDMC, DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE, AND WEST ROXBURY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER. CLINICAL TEACHING IS A FOCUS AT BIDMC AND IS COMPRISED OF FORMAL AND INFORMAL DAILY ROUNDS AND NOONTIME CONFERENCES. THIS TEACHING PROVIDES THE BASIS OF AN ORGANIZED CURRICULUM FOR ALL MEDICAL INTERNS AND RESIDENTS AT BIDMC.INTERNSHIPTHE INTERNSHIP YEAR EMPHASIZES THE CARE OF PATIENTS IN GENERAL INPATIENT MEDICINE, INTENSIVE CARE MEDICINE, ONCOLOGY, CARDIOLOGY, EMERGENCY MEDICINE AND AMBULATORY CARE UTILIZING BOTH CAMPUSES AND SELECTED OUTSIDE SITES. WORKING AS PART OF A 2-4 PHYSICIAN TEAM WHICH INCLUDES AN OVERSEEING RESIDENT, ATTENDING STAFF AND OFTEN MEDICAL STUDENTS, INTERNS GAIN EXPERIENCE IN THE MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH A BROAD RANGE OF MEDICAL DISEASES. INTERNS HAVE PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE CARE OF ALL PATIENTS ADMITTED TO THE MEDICAL WARD SERVICE AND ARE CONSIDERED THEIR PATIENT'S PRIMARY INPATIENT DOCTOR FOR THE DURATION OF THE HOSPITALIZATION. THROUGHOUT INTERN YEAR, INTERNS MAINTAIN A LONGITUDINAL CONTINUITY CLINIC EXPERIENCE WHERE THEY DEVELOP A PANEL OF THEIR OWN PRIMARY CARE PATIENTS. DURING MOST OF THE YEAR, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF INTENSIVE CARE ROTATIONS, AN INTERN WILL HAVE CLINIC ONE HALF-DAY PER WEEK. DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR ARE FOUR "AMBULATORY BLOCKS" OF TWO WEEKS DURATION. DURING THIS TIME THE INTERN IS IN THEIR CONTINUITY CLINIC EVERY AFTERNOON AND ATTENDS OUTPATIENT SPECIFIC DIDACTIC LECTURES DURING THE MORNING HOURS. AS MEMBERS OF THE HARVARD FACULTY, INTERNS PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN TEACHING, BOTH OF THEIR PEERS AND OF ROTATING MEDICAL STUDENTS. WHILE ON THE MEDICAL WARDS, INTERNS PROVIDE DAILY CLINICAL GUIDANCE AND TEACHING TO THIRD AND FOURTH YEAR MEDICAL STUDENTS. AS PART OF THE AMBULATORY CARE CURRICULUM, INTERNS WILL ALSO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEAD PRE-CLINIC CONFERENCES. DURING THE YEAR, THERE ARE SPECIAL INTERN-ONLY EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES INCLUDING THE TWICE-WEEKLY INTERN REPORT, MONTHLY INTERN FORUM SESSIONS AND BI-ANNUAL 24-HOUR INTERN RETREATS.JUNIOR AND SENIOR RESIDENCYRESIDENCY SOLIDIFIES CLINICAL AND TEACHING SKILLS AND ALLOWS TRAINEES TO EXPERIENCE LEADERSHIP OF A MEDICAL TEAM. JUNIOR RESIDENCY PROVIDES THE FIRST OPPORTUNITY FOR RESIDENTS TO SUPERVISE HOUSESTAFF TEAMS ON GENERAL MEDICAL SERVICES AND IN THE MEDICAL AND CARDIAC INTENSIVE CARE UNITS. SENIOR RESIDENCY PROMOTES CONSOLIDATION AND REFINEMENT OF THESE SKILLS, WITH ATTENDINGS ALLOWING INCREASING AUTONOMY. THE RESIDENT ON THE SERVICE IS LOOKED ON AS THE TEAM LEADER AND ASSUMES PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY FOR TEACHING OF THE TEAM. RESIDENCY ALSO PROVIDES OPPORTUNITIES FOR INCREASED ELECTIVE TIME TO SAMPLE SUBSPECIALTY ROTATIONS. THIS PROVIDES ADDITIONAL SPECIALTY TRAINING IN AREAS OF INTEREST. THE ELECTIVE OPPORTUNITIES ARE DIVERSE, RANGING FROM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY TO MUSCULOSKELETAL MEDICINE TO HEALTH POLICY. RESIDENTS ALSO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN ONE OF SEVERAL "TRACKS" WITHIN THE RESIDENCY PROGRAM IF INTERESTED IN ADDITIONAL SPECIFIC TRAINING RESOURCES AND EXPERIENCES.TEACHING AS A RESIDENTAS MENTIONED ABOVE, RESIDENTS ARE VIEWED AS SOME OF THE PRIMARY TEACHERS WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE. SOME OF THESE TEACHING OPPORTUNITIES WILL ALSO BE OBSERVED BY DEPARTMENT FACULTY TO HELP THE RESIDENT REFINE THE STYLE AND EFFECTIVENESS OF THEIR TEACHING. TEACHING OPPORTUNITIES WILL INCLUDE:LEADING INPATIENT MEDICINE ROUNDS: RESIDENTS ARE IN CHARGE OF RUNNING WARD ROUNDS. MEDICAL STUDENTS AND INTERNS PRESENT TO THE RESIDENT DURING ROUNDS. THE ATTENDING HOSPITALIST IS CONSIDERED THE RESIDENT'S CONSULTANT, WITH THE RESIDENT RETAINING THE PRIMARY DECISION-MAKING ROLE FOR THE PATIENTS ON THEIR SERVICE. DURING THE MONTHS ON MEDICAL WARDS, THE CHIEF RESIDENTS AND FIRM CHIEFS ARE ASSIGNED TO DO WALK ROUND ONCE EACH WEEK WITH ONE OF THE RESIDENTS ON THEIR FIRM. THEY WILL OBSERVE THE RESIDENT RUNNING THE WARD ROUNDS AND PROVIDE FEEDBACK ON THE TEACHING SKILLS OBSERVED DURING ROUNDS.
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LEADING TEACHING ATTENDING ROUNDS:
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DURING EVERY ROTATION ON THE MEDICAL WARDS, EACH RESIDENT WILL LEAD ONE TO THREE ATTENDING ROUNDS SESSIONS. THE TWO TEACHING ATTENDINGS HELP PROVIDE FEEDBACK ON THE RESIDENT'S SMALL GROUP DISCUSSION AND TEACHING SKILLS. SMALL GROUP PRESENTATIONS: DURING AMBULATORY WEEKS, RESIDENTS WILL LEAD A MAJORITY OF THE PRE-CLINIC CONFERENCES, TYPICALLY PRESENTING EITHER A CHALLENGING AMBULATORY CASE OR AMBULATORY-BASED TOPIC. ONCE DURING RESIDENCY, EACH JUNIOR RESIDENT WILL ALSO PRESENT A JOURNAL ARTICLE OF AMBULATORY CARE SIGNIFICANCE AT AMBULATORY JOURNAL CLUB TO A SMALL GROUP OF THEIR PEERS. INTERNAL MEDICINE GLOBAL HEALTH PROGRAMOUR MISSION IS TO TRAIN LEADERS IN GLOBAL HEALTH AND EVALUATE GLOBAL PUBLIC HEALTH PROGRAMS.PROGRAM OBJECTIVES INTRODUCE GLOBAL HEALTH ISSUES TO BIDMC MEDICAL RESIDENTS CONTRIBUTE TO THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF POPULATIONS AROUND THE WORLD ENRICH THE MEDICAL KNOWLEDGE AND ENHANCE THE CLINICAL SKILLS OF RESIDENTS BY PRACTICING IN UNIQUE SETTINGS EXPAND RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES ADVANCE THE CAREERS OF BIDMC RESIDENTS IN THE FIELDS OF INTERNATIONAL HEALTH, PUBLIC POLICY AND RESEARCH SITE LOCATIONS BOTSWANA: THE DEPARTMENT HAS A PERMANENT PRESENCE IN BOTSWANA WITH A MEMBER OF OUR DEPARTMENT FULL-TIME AT SCOTTISH LIVINGSTONE HOSPITAL IN MOLEPOLOLE, BOTSWANA. VIETNAM: THE MEDICAL CENTER HAS A PERMANENT PRESENCE IN VIETNAM. ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS: THE DEPARTMENT OFFERS ROTATIONS AT THE ALBERT SCHWEITZER HOSPITAL IN GABON AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL SITES. RESIDENTS CAN ALSO DO ROTATIONS THROUGH THE INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE OR AT BIDMC-AFFILIATED COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS. GLOBAL HEALTH TRACK LEARNING HOW TO WORK EFFECTIVELY IN RESOURCE-LIMITED SETTINGS REQUIRES BOTH TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE. PARTICIPANTS IN THE GLOBAL HEALTH TRACK WILL PARTICIPATE WITH LEARNERS FROM AROUND THE WORLD IN THE GLOBAL HEALTH EFFECTIVENESS PROGRAM AT THE HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH; THEY WILL ENGAGE IN OUR HOSPITAL-WIDE, YEAR-LONG GLOBAL HEALTH CURRICULUM AND JOURNAL CLUB, AND THEY WILL BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY FOR TWO FIELD EXPERIENCES DURING RESIDENCY. HOSPITAL-WIDE GLOBAL HEALTH PROGRAM THE BIDMC GLOBAL HEALTH PROGRAM IS A HOSPITAL-WIDE PROGRAM AVAILABLE TO ALL BIDMC RESIDENTS. WHILE REQUIREMENTS AND TIMELINES MAY DIFFER BETWEEN DEPARTMENTS AND SPECIALTIES, THE OVERARCHING GOAL IS TO PROVIDE RESIDENTS WITH FURTHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION IN THE DISCIPLINE OF GLOBAL HEALTH. NEUROLOGY EDUCATION AT BIDMCTHE HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL NEUROLOGY PROGRAM AT BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER AND CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL IN BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS WAS FOUNDED IN 1996 AS THE SUCCESSOR TO THE HARVARD-LONGWOOD NEUROLOGY PROGRAM. THE PROGRAM CONCENTRATES ON THE TRAINING AND RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE ON THE HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL LONGWOOD CAMPUS, BY COMBINING THE RESOURCES OF TWO MAJOR HARVARD TEACHING HOSPITALS, BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER AND CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL. THESE COMBINED HOSPITALS, WITH OVER 800 INPATIENT BEDS AND EXTENSIVE OUTPATIENT CLINICS, PROVIDE THE SETTING FOR TRAINING PHYSICIANS IN THE ART AND SCIENCE OF CLINICAL NEUROLOGY.THE COMBINED FACULTY CONSISTS OF MORE THAN 80 NEUROLOGISTS AT THE TWO PARTICIPATING HOSPITALS, AND PROVIDES CORE EXPERIENCES IN INPATIENT AND OUTPATIENT NEUROLOGY, AS WELL AS TRAINING IN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY (INCLUDING EEG, EMG, AND SLEEP POLYSOMNOGRAPHY) AND NEUROPATHOLOGY. THE KEY DISTINGUISHING FEATURE OF THE PROGRAM IS THE CLOSE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE CLINICAL FACULTY, NEARLY ALL OF WHOM ARE FULL-TIME ACADEMIC NEUROLOGISTS ENGAGED IN SUBSTANTIVE RESEARCH AND TEACHING EFFORTS, AND A SELECT GROUP OF RESIDENTS WHO ARE KEENLY INTERESTED IN FORGING ACADEMIC CAREERS IN NEUROLOGY. VIRTUALLY ALL OF THE CLINICAL TRAINING TAKES PLACE WITHIN A 2 BLOCK RADIUS ON THE HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL LONGWOOD CAMPUS. A CRITICAL COMPONENT OF THE PROGRAM IS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR RESIDENTS TO HAVE A MENTORED TEACHING EXPERIENCE AS WELL AS THE OPPORTUNITY TO UNDERTAKE A MENTORED PROJECT, WHICH MAY ENTAIL EITHER CLINICAL OR LABORATORY BASED INVESTIGATION OR PREPARATION OF INNOVATIVE TEACHING MATERIALS OR METHODS.
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PATHOLOGY EDUCATION AT BIDMC
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THE DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY AT BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER IS COMMITTED TO PROVIDING STATE-OF-THE-ART TRAINING TO PREPARE PHYSICIANS FOR LEADERSHIP ROLES IN PATHOLOGY AND ACADEMIC MEDICINE. THE PROGRAM OFFERS THREE RESIDENT TRAINING PATHWAYS: FIRST, A COMBINED ANATOMIC PATHOLOGY/CLINICAL PATHOLOGY (AP/CP) PATHWAY PROVIDES COMPREHENSIVE TRAINING IN ALL AREAS OF TISSUE DIAGNOSTICS AND LABORATORY MEDICINE. SECOND, THE AP ONLY PATHWAY PREPARES RESIDENTS FOR CAREERS AS ACADEMIC SURGICAL PATHOLOGISTS. THIRD, THE CP ONLY PATHWAY PREPARES RESIDENTS FOR CAREERS AS FUTURE LEADERS IN LABORATORY MEDICINE. ALL PATHWAYS INCLUDE EXTENSIVE OPPORTUNITIES TO PARTICIPATE IN RESEARCH PROJECTS WITH WORLD-RENOWNED EXPERTS IN PATHOLOGY OR RELATED DISCIPLINES. KNOWLEDGE COMES THROUGH EXPERIENCE AND EXTENSIVE INTERACTION WITH FACULTY. IN ANATOMIC PATHOLOGY SIGN OUT, RESIDENTS PREPARE THEIR OWN DIAGNOSES AND ARE THEN IN A POSITION TO TAKE FULL ADVANTAGE OF SIGN OUT WITH STAFF MEMBERS. IN CLINICAL PATHOLOGY, RESIDENTS GAIN EXPERIENCE DURING DAILY ROUNDS WITH ATTENDINGS, SOCRATIC TUTORIALS, AND THROUGH POSITIONING OF RESIDENTS AS AN INTERMEDIARY BETWEEN CLINICIAN AND LABORATORY. THERE ARE DAILY TEACHING AND CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCES COVERING THE DIFFERENT PATHOLOGY SPECIALTIES. GIVEN THE IMPORTANT ROLE PATHOLOGISTS PLAY IN TEACHING MEDICAL STUDENTS AND COLLEAGUES IN OTHER SPECIALTIES, THE PROGRAM PROVIDES GUIDANCE FOR RESIDENTS AS THEY HONE THEIR TEACHING SKILLS. SUCH "RESIDENT-AS-TEACHER" PROGRAMS ARE COMMON IN OTHER SPECIALTIES BUT NOT AS WELL-DEVELOPED IN PATHOLOGY. THE CURRICULUM INCLUDES SESSIONS DESIGNED TO IMPROVE SKILLS RELATED TO GIVING FEEDBACK AND SMALL GROUP TEACHING. THERE IS A SESSION ON DEVELOPING PRESENTATION SKILLS WITH CLOSE MENTORING OF FIRST YEAR RESIDENTS, BY SPECIFIC FACULTY WHO HAVE ALSO BEEN THROUGH THE CURRICULUM, AS THEY PREPARE FOR THEIR FIRST PRESENTATION. THERE ARE ALSO OPPORTUNITIES FOR RESIDENTS TO TEACH MEDICAL STUDENTS BOTH WITHIN OUR DEPARTMENT AND AT HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL, AS WELL AS TO RECEIVE FEEDBACK ON THEIR TEACHING SKILLS. RECOGNIZING THE NEED TO INTEGRATE TECHNOLOGY INTO RESIDENCY TRAINING, ALL FIRST YEAR RESIDENTS ARE PROVIDED WITH IPADS. THESE TABLETS ALLOW RESIDENTS TO MORE EASILY PREVIEW THE SLIDES THAT ARE ROUTINELY SCANNED FOR OUR SURGICAL SLIDE CONFERENCE. GENOMIC TECHNOLOGY WILL AFFECT THE PRACTICE OF ALL MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS. AS THE PHYSICIANS WHO MANAGE THE HOSPITAL LABORATORIES, PATHOLOGISTS MUST UNDERSTAND NEXT-GENERATION SEQUENCING TECHNOLOGY AND ITS APPLICATION TO PATIENT CARE. IN 2009, THE PROGRAM CREATED, TO OUR KNOWLEDGE, THE FIRST GENOMIC PATHOLOGY CURRICULUM IN THE COUNTRY. THE CURRICULUM HAS BEEN PUBLISHED AND HAS SERVED AS THE BASIS FOR A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT TO DEVELOP A NATIONAL GENOMICS CURRICULUM (WWW.ASCP.ORG/TRIG).TRAINING IN EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE IS CRITICAL. A FIRST-YEAR RESIDENT JOURNAL CLUB ALLOWS AN INTRODUCTION TO CRITICAL REVIEW OF THE MEDICAL LITERATURE. IN LATER YEARS, RESIDENTS LEAD SMALL-GROUP DISCUSSIONS IN MONTHLY JOURNAL CLUBS. THERE IS ALSO AN EVIDENCE-BASED TRANSFUSION MEDICINE CURRICULUM TO HONE THESE SKILLS DURING CP TRAINING.
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RADIOLOGY EDUCATION AT BIDMC
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THE RADIOLOGY RESIDENCY PROVIDES FOUR YEARS OF TRAINING IN DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING. APPOINTMENTS ARE HELD JOINTLY AS A RESIDENT AT THE MEDICAL CENTER AND AS A CLINICAL FELLOW AT HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL. WITH A CENTRAL ROLE IN CLINICAL SERVICE, TEACHING, AND RESEARCH, THE RADIOLOGY DEPARTMENT PERFORMS OVER 400,000 RADIOLOGIC EXAMINATIONS EACH YEAR. THE DEPARTMENT PROVIDES RADIOGRAPHY, CT, ULTRASOUND, MRI, NUCLEAR MEDICINE, MAMMOGRAPHY, ANGIOGRAPHY, AND INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY SERVICES TO BOTH THE MEDICAL CENTER AS WELL AS OUR AFFILIATED HEALTH CARE FACILITIES. A RADIOLOGY RESEARCH AND ANIMAL LABORATORY IS HOUSED ADJACENT TO THE RADIOLOGY DEPARTMENT. ALL RESIDENTS, FELLOWS, AND FACULTY HAVE APPOINTMENTS AT HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL. ALL RADIOLOGIC STUDIES ARE INTERPRETED UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF STAFF RADIOLOGISTS. THE NUCLEAR MEDICINE PROGRAM IS A PART OF THE JOINT PROGRAM IN NUCLEAR MEDICINE AT HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL. THE DEPARTMENT PLACES STRONG EMPHASIS ON THE QUALITY OF TEACHING-BOTH IN DIDACTIC LECTURES AND IN INDIVIDUAL CASE-BASED TEACHING.WITH THE ADVENT OF RECENT CHANGES IN RESIDENCY TRAINING, THE CURRICULUM HAS RECENTLY BEEN REVISED SO THAT RESIDENTS UNDERTAKE A COURSE OF STUDY WHICH WILL PERMIT THEM TO OBTAIN EXPERTISE NOT JUST IN CLINICAL SUBSPECIALTIES BUT ALSO IN OTHER KEY AREAS SUCH AS RESEARCH, EDUCATION, GLOBAL HEALTH, QUALITY IMPROVEMENT, AND HEALTH POLICY. RADIOLOGIC PHYSICS HAS BEEN INTEGRATED INTO DAILY DIDACTIC SESSIONS. IN ADDITION, MANY DIDACTIC SESSIONS UTILIZE AUDIENCE RESPONSE TECHNOLOGY, VIDEO-RECORDING, AND IPAD2 TECHNOLOGY.THERE ARE NINE FORMAL SECTIONS IN THE DEPARTMENT: ABDOMINAL IMAGING, BREAST IMAGING, CARDIOVASCULAR AND INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY (CVIR), MRI, MUSCULOSKELETAL IMAGING, NEURORADIOLOGY, NUCLEAR MEDICINE, ULTRASOUND, AND THORACIC IMAGING. MOST NON-ANGIOGRAPHIC INTERVENTIONAL PROCEDURES ARE PERFORMED BY THE RESPECTIVE SERVICES. RESIDENTS ROTATING THROUGH THESE SECTIONS ARE PROVIDED WITH READING SUGGESTIONS AND MATERIAL. ACADEMIC ROTATIONS ARE MADE UP OF THIRTEEN 4-WEEK BLOCKS ANNUALLY. AT THE END OF EACH ROTATION RESIDENTS RECEIVE WRITTEN EVALUATIONS AND HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO EVALUATE THE STAFF.FIRST YEAR ROTATIONS EMPHASIZE FUNDAMENTALS AND COMMON RADIOLOGIC EXAMINATIONS IN PREPARATION FOR INPATIENT AND EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT RESPONSIBILITIES. PRIOR TO TAKING CALL, ALL FIRST YEAR RESIDENTS ROTATE THROUGH ABDOMINAL IMAGING, BREAST IMAGING, EMERGENCY RADIOLOGY, FLUOROSCOPY, MUSCULOSKELETAL IMAGING, NEURORADIOLOGY, NUCLEAR MEDICINE, THORACIC IMAGING, AND ULTRASOUND.DURING THE SECOND YEAR, RESIDENTS CONTINUE TO GAIN EXPERIENCE IN THESE SECTIONS, PERFORMING AND INTERPRETING MORE ADVANCED EXAMINATIONS AND INTERVENTIONS AS THEIR LEVELS OF EXPERTISE INCREASE. ADDITIONAL ROTATIONS IN MORE SPECIALIZED TOPICS OCCUR THROUGHOUT THE SECOND THROUGH FOURTH YEARS, INCLUDING INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY, MRI, HEAD AND NECK IMAGING, AND PEDIATRIC RADIOLOGY. IN ADDITION, ALL RESIDENTS PARTICIPATE IN A TWO-WEEK ROTATION IN QUALITY ASSURANCE WHICH PROVIDES THEM WITH ESSENTIAL SKILLS FOR EVENTUAL BOARD RE-CERTIFICATION.ROTATIONS AT OTHER TRAINING LOCATIONS DURING THE SECOND AND THIRD YEARS OF TRAINING INCLUDE: THREE MONTHS OF TRAINING IN PEDIATRIC RADIOLOGY AT THE BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL DURING THE SECOND YEAR. FOUR WEEK PROGRAM IN RADIOLOGIC-PATHOLOGIC CORRELATION AT THE ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY (AIRP) SPONSORED BY THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF RADIOLOGY IN SILVER SPRINGS, MARYLAND DURING THE THIRD YEAR. ONE MONTH ROTATION AT THE MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY IN HEAD-AND-NECK RADIOLOGY DURING THE THIRD YEAR.UPON COMPLETION OF THE SECOND YEAR OF RESIDENCY TRAINING, RESIDENTS SELECT AN AREA OF ACADEMIC FOCUS FOR THEIR FOURTH YEAR WHICH WILL GUIDE CHOICES FOR THE 3-MONTH MINI-FELLOWSHIPS AND THE OTHER TWO MONTHS OF ELECTIVE TIME.OUR UNIQUE EDUCATIONAL TRACKSCURRENTLY, SIX TRACKS ARE OFFERED: CLINICAL EDUCATION RESEARCH GLOBAL HEALTH QUALITY IMPROVEMENT HEALTH POLICY/HEALTH ECONOMICSEACH OF THESE TRACKS HAS SPECIFIC CURRICULAR OFFERINGS AND EDUCATIONAL GOALS. MOST OF THE TRACKS ARE LINKED TO SPECIFIC EDUCATIONAL ENDEAVORS. FOR EXAMPLE, A RESIDENT SELECTING THE GLOBAL HEALTH TRACK WILL ENROLL IN THE GLOBAL EFFECTIVENESS CURRICULUM OFFERED BY THE HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND WILL SPEND TIME ABROAD PROVIDING CLINICAL RADIOLOGY SERVICES AND UNDERTAKING A GLOBAL HEALTH PROJECT. A RESIDENT SELECTING THE EDUCATION TRACK WILL PURSUE ADVANCED TRAINING IN EDUCATIONAL THEORY AND ADULT LEARNING BY PARTICIPATING IN THE HARVARD MACY PROGRAM FOR PHYSICIAN EDUCATORS AND UNDERTAKE AN EDUCATIONAL PROJECT BASED AT BIDMC OR HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL. A RESIDENT CHOOSING THE RESEARCH TRACK WILL PARTICIPATE IN GRANT WRITING WORKSHOPS AND DELVE DEEPLY INTO A RESEARCH PROJECT OF THEIR CHOICE.NO MATTER WHICH TRAINING TRACK, THE EXPECTATION IS THAT EVERY RESIDENT WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO UNDERTAKE A SUBSTANTIAL PROJECT DURING RESIDENCY THAT WILL CULMINATE IN PRESENTATION AT A NATIONAL MEETING AND/OR PUBLICATION.
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THE ROBERTA AND STEPHEN R. WEINER DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY OFFERS EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES FOR RESIDENTS, FELLOWS AND MEDICAL STUDENTS IN CARDIAC SURGERY, GENERAL SURGERY, NEUROSURGERY, PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY, PODIATRY, TRAUMA SURGERY, MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY, UROLOGY, AND VASCULAR SURGERY. RESIDENTS AND FELLOWS LEARN THE MOST ADVANCED TECHNIQUES IN A STATE-OF-THE-FACILITY. RESIDENTS AND FELLOWS ALSO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN MINIMALLY INVASIVE TECHNIQUES AT THE CARL J. SHAPIRO SIMULATION AND SKILLS CENTER, THE FIRST OF ITS KIND TO BE ACCREDITED IN THE COUNTRY AND LOCATED WITHIN THE MEDICAL CENTER.THE MEDICAL CENTER'S DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY IS ONE OF THREE MAJOR TEACHING AND RESEARCH UNITS OF HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL'S DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY. AT ALL LEVELS, THE HOUSESTAFF GAIN TRAINING AND PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE IN THE PREOPERATIVE, OPERATIVE, AND POST-OPERATIVE CARE OF PATIENTS. THE PROGRAM EMPHASIZES RESIDENT-FACULTY INTERACTION FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES. TEACHING CONFERENCES AND SEMINARS FOR THE HOUSESTAFF CAPITALIZE ON WORKING RELATIONSHIPS DEVELOPED WITH THE ATTENDING STAFF. UPON COMPLETION OF FIVE YEARS OF SURGICAL TRAINING, RESIDENTS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR THE AMERICAN BOARD OF SURGERY EXAMINATION. DIDACTIC TEACHINGTHE PROGRAM HAS DEDICATED EDUCATION TIME, INCLUDING A STRONG DIDACTIC CONFERENCE SCHEDULE, TO PROVIDE A BASIC FOUNDATION OF SURGICAL KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS. REQUIRED WEEKLY CONFERENCES INCLUDE: RESIDENT CURRICULUM CONFERENCE / MIS SKILLS LAB SURGICAL SERVICE MORBIDITY/MORTALITY & SURGICAL GRAND ROUNDS COMBINED GI CONFERENCETHROUGHOUT TRAINING, A PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY OF SENIOR RESIDENTS IS TEACHING MORE JUNIOR RESIDENTS AND THE STUDENTS ON THEIR SERVICE. THEY ARE ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ASSIGNMENT OF CASES, CLINICAL SUPERVISION OF MEDICAL STUDENTS AND RESIDENTS, AND PREPARING MATERIAL FOR SERVICE AND TEACHING CONFERENCES.FORM 990 SCHEDULE H PART VI - IRC 501(R) REPORTING UNDER REVENUE PROCEDURE 2015-21:DURING A REVIEW OF BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER'S SECTION 501(R) COMPLIANCE IN FY24, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT HOSPITAL WAS NOT CONSISTENTLY OFFERING A COPY OF ITS FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE POLICY PLAIN LANGUAGE SUMMARY (PLS) AS PART OF PATIENT INTAKE OR DISCHARGE. THE HOSPITAL HAS WORKED AND IS CONTINUING TO WORK ON TRAINING ITS INTAKE AND DISCHARGE TEAMS TO ENSURE THAT A COPY OF THE PLS IS OFFERED. THE HOSPITAL IS NOT AWARE OF ANY PATIENTS WHO WOULD QUALIFY FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE THAT WERE ADVERSELY AFFECTED BY NOT BEING OFFERED A COPY OF THE PLS AT EITHER INTAKE OR DISCHARGE. BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER HAS ADOPTED PROCEDURES THAT REQUIRE IT TO REVIEW, ON A REGULAR BASIS, ITS POLICIES AND PROCEDURE TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 501(R) AND THE REGULATIONS ISSUED THEREUNDER. THOSE PROCEDURES INCLUDE REVIEWING A SECTION 501(R) COMPLIANCE CHECKLIST.BIDMC ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING PROMOTING THE HEALTH OF THE COMMUNITY (SCHEDULE H, PART VI, QUESTIONS 5 AND 6)OPEN MEDICAL STAFFTHE HOSPITAL MAINTAINS AN OPEN MEDICAL STAFF AND AS NOTED IN THIS FORM 990 PARTS I AND VI, THE MAJORITY OF BOARD MEMBERS ARE INDEPENDENT COMMUNITY MEMBERS. AFFILIATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS AS NOTED THROUGHOUT THIS FORM 990, BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER IS A MEMBER OF THE BETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH (BILH) NETWORK OF AFFILIATES. AS NOTED IN VARIOUS NARRATIVE DISCLOSURES THAT SUPPORT THIS FORM 990 AND RELATED SCHEDULES FOR THE PERIOD COVERED BY THIS FILING, BILH IS A MASSACHUSETTS NON-PROFIT CORPORATION EXEMPT FROM INCOME TAX UNDER SECTION 501(C)(3) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED. BETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH'S (BILH) MISSION IS TO SUPPORT ITS AFFILIATES AND THOSE AFFILIATES' MISSIONS TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH OF PATIENTS, THEIR FAMILIES AND THE COMMUNITIES SERVED. BILH STRIVES TO ACCOMPLISH THIS MISSION BY PROVIDING SERVICES TO ITS AFFILIATES WHICH SUPPORT THE DELIVERING THE HIGH-QUALITY HEALTH CARE THAT EVERY PATIENT DESERVES. BILH BELIEVES THAT EFFECTIVE CARE IS EASILY ACCESSIBLE AND SIMPLE TO ACCESS SO IT IS BILH'S FOCUS TO PROVIDE PATIENTS WITH CARE THAT IS IN CLOSE PROXIMITY AND CONVENIENT REGARDLESS OF WHERE PATIENTS LIVE, THEIR HEALTH HISTORY OR STAGE OF LIFE.THE BILH CORE VALUES AND PRINCIPALS ARE LISTED HERE AS WELL AS NETWORK-WIDE ACCOMPLISHMENTS DURING THE FISCAL PERIOD COVERED BY THIS FILING. THE BILH NETWORK IS DELIVERING ON THE PROMISE TO BILH PATIENTS AND COMMUNITIES TO EXPAND ACCESS AND PROVIDE EXTRAORDINARY CARE, WHILE ALSO ADVANCING MEDICINE THROUGH DISCOVERY AND EDUCATION. THE BILH PURPOSE STATEMENT ARTICULATES THE IMPACT THAT EACH BILH AFFILIATE STRIVES TO MAKE IN THE COMMUNITIES SERVED. THESE SHARED VALUES GUIDE EACH ENTITY'S DAILY EFFORTS AND KEEP EACH AFFILIATE ALIGNED IN THE PURSUIT OF THE BILH PURPOSE, SHOWING HOW "WE CARE" FOR PATIENTS, EACH OTHER AND THE COMMUNITIES SERVED.PURPOSE STATEMENT: BILH CREATES HEALTHIER COMMUNITIES ONE PERSON AT A TIME THROUGH SEAMLESS CARE AND GROUND BREAKING SCIENCE, DRIVEN BY EXCELLENCE, INNOVATION AND EQUITY.BILH WE CARE VALUES:WELLBEING. WE PROVIDE A HEALTH-FOCUSED WORKPLACE AND SUPPORT A HEALTHY WORK-LIFE BALANCE.EMPATHY. WE DO OUR BEST TO UNDERSTAND OTHERS' FEELINGS, NEEDS AND PERSPECTIVES.COLLABORATION. WE WORK TOGETHER TO ACHIEVE EXTRAORDINARY RESULTS.ACCOUNTABILITY. WE HOLD OURSELVES AND EACH OTHER TO BEHAVIORS NECESSARY TO ACHIEVE OUR COLLECTIVE GOALS.RESPECT. WE VALUE DIVERSITY AND TREAT ALL MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY WITH DIGNITY AND INCLUSIVENESS.EQUITY. EVERYONE HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTAIN THEIR FULL POTENTIAL IN OUR WORKPLACE AND THROUGH THE CARE WE PROVIDE.
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BILH IS ACCOMPLISHING THIS MISSION
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BY PROVIDING SUPPORT TO ITS AFFILIATES WHICH INCLUDE:1. A PHYSICIAN ENTERPRISE THAT ENCOMPASSES THE SYSTEM'S NETWORK OF EMPLOYED PRIMARY CARE AND SPECIALTY PHYSICIANS LOCATED THROUGHOUT OUR REGION;2. A HOSPITAL AND AMBULATORY SERVICES GROUP THAT INCLUDES WORLD-CLASS ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS AND TEACHING HOSPITALS WITH AFFILIATIONS WITH HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL, UM AND TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE; LEADING COMMUNITY HOSPITALS; A RENOWNED ORTHOPEDICS HOSPITAL; AND COMPREHENSIVE AMBULATORY CENTERS;3. A POPULATION HEALTH ENTERPRISE THAT EMBRACES A MODEL OF CARE TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH OF ALL THOSE SERVED BY BILH; THE POPULATION HEALTH DOMAIN INCLUDES THE SYSTEM'S CLINICALLY INTEGRATED NETWORK OF AFFILIATED PROVIDERS AND VITAL SERVICES, INCLUDING BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND HOME CARE SERVICES;4. A ROBUST NETWORK OF ADMINISTRATIVE AND OPERATIONAL SERVICES TO ADVANCE STRATEGIC GOALS, BOTH LOCALLY AND AT THE SYSTEM LEVEL, THAT OFFERS EXPERTISE AND STANDARDIZED RESOURCES BASED ON BEST PRACTICES.DURING THE FISCAL PERIOD COVERED BY THIS FILING, BETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH (BILH) SERVED AS THE SOLE MEMBER OF BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER, INC. (BIDMC), MOUNT AUBURN HOSPITAL (MAH), NEW ENGLAND BAPTIST HOSPITAL (NEBH), BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL - MILTON, INC. (MILTON), BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL - NEEDHAM, INC. (NEEDHAM), BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL - PLYMOUTH, INC. (PLYMOUTH), LAHEY HEALTH SHARED SERVICES (LHSS), LAHEY CLINIC FOUNDATION (LCF), WINCHESTER HOSPITAL (WINCHESTER), NORTHEAST HOSPITAL CORPORATION (NHC) WHICH INCLUDES BEVERLY, ADDISON GILBERT AND BAYRIDGE HOSPITALS, NORTHEAST BEHAVIORAL CORPORATION (NBHC), ANNA JAQUES HOSPITAL (AJH), THE BETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH PERFORMANCE NETWORK (BILHPN), THE JOSLIN DIABETES CENTER, EXETER HEALTH RESOURCES, INC (EHRI) AND THE BETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH PHARMACY. THE LAHEY CLINIC FOUNDATION IN TURN SERVED AS THE SOLE MEMBER OF LAHEY CLINIC INC, AND LAHEY CLINIC HOSPITAL D/B/A LAHEY HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER (LHMC), EHRI IN TURN SERVED AS THE SOLE MEMBER OF EXETER HOSPITAL AND LHSS IN TURN SERVED AS THE SOLE MEMBER OF BETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH PRIMARY CARE. THE ENTITIES LISTED HERE MAY HAVE ALSO, IN TURN, SERVED AS MEMBER TO OTHER NETWORK AFFILIATES. SEE FORM 990 SCHEDULE R FOR ADDITIONAL AFFILIATED ENTITIES. BILH PROVIDES CENTRALIZED SUPPORT TO ITS NETWORK OF SUPPORTED ORGANIZATIONS. BILH SUPPORT INCLUDES, BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO, THE FOLLOWING SERVICES: DEVELOPMENT AND FUNDRAISING, STRATEGIC PLANNING, COMPLIANCE, GOVERNANCE AND LEGAL SUPPORT, HUMAN RESOURCES, PATIENT CARE PAYOR CONTRACTING, OPERATIONAL SUPPORT SUCH AS PROCESSING PAYROLL AND ACCOUNTS PAYABLE, NETWORK-WIDE BENEFIT PLAN STRUCTURING AND NETWORK-WIDE CASH MANAGEMENT. BILH OVERSEES THE FINANCIAL WELL-BEING OF ITS AFFILIATES, INCLUDING PROVIDING MANAGEMENT, LEADERSHIP, DEBT STRUCTURING SUPPORT, FINANCING OF CAPITAL PROJECTS THROUGH ITS OBLIGATED GROUP DEBT AND FINANCIAL SUPPORT SERVICES, INCLUDING INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL AUDIT, TREASURY, INSURANCE AND TAX SERVICES. FOR THE FISCAL PERIOD COVERED BY THIS FILING BILH, INC. PROVIDED SERVICES AND SUPPORT TO ITS AFFILIATES, IN THE AMOUNT OF $15,835,226,845.ADDITIONAL DETAIL ABOUT ACCOMPLISHMENTS ACROSS BILH ARE BELOW. BILH NETWORK ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND ACTIVITIES FISCAL YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2024BILH'S SUPPORT OF ITS AFFILIATES ENABLES THE NETWORK AS A WHOLE TO ACCOMPLISH ITS PRIMARY MISSION OF IMPROVING THE HEALTH OF PATIENTS, THEIR FAMILIES AND THE COMMUNITIES SERVED. AS NOTED PREVIOUSLY IN THIS FILING, BILH STRIVES TO ACCOMPLISH THIS MISSION BY DELIVERING THE HIGH-QUALITY HEALTH CARE THAT EVERY PATIENT DESERVES. BILH BELIEVES THAT EFFECTIVE CARE IS EASILY ACCESSIBLE AND SIMPLE TO USE SO IT IS BILH'S FOCUS TO PROVIDE PATIENTS WITH CARE THAT IS IN CLOSE PROXIMITY AND CONVENIENT REGARDLESS OF WHERE PATIENTS LIVE, THEIR HEALTH HISTORY OR STAGE OF LIFE AND BILH IS ACCOMPLISHING THIS GOAL BY PROVIDING SUPPORT TO EACH OF ITS AFFILIATES, PROVIDING AN ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE AND OPERATING MODEL WHICH IS DRIVEN BY FOUR DEEPLY INTERCONNECTED DOMAINS DESIGNED TO ADVANCE MEANINGFUL PARTNERSHIPS ACROSS ORGANIZATIONS, CARE SETTINGS, SPECIALTIES, AND GEOGRAPHIES TO ENSURE BILH PATIENTS RECEIVE THE CARE THEY NEED IN THE COMMUNITIES WHERE THEY LIVE AND WORK.PATIENT CARE DELIVERY ACROSS THE BILH NETWORK - FISCAL YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2024HOSPITAL CARE:DURING THE PERIOD COVERED BY THIS FILING, THE BILH HOSPITALS PROVIDED CARE TO PATIENTS IN A FULL SPECTRUM OF SPECIALTIES AND UTILIZING A WIDE RANGE OF MODALITIES. BELOW ARE A SAMPLE OF THE HOSPITAL CARE PROVIDED TO BILH PATIENTS. DURING THE FISCAL YEAR COVERED BY THIS FILING, BILH HOSPITALS HAD APPROXIMATELY 4.9 MILLION OUTPATIENT ENCOUNTERS. APPROXIMATELY 80,000 OUTPATIENT/AMBULATORY SURGERIES AND OVER 100,000 ENDOSCOPIES WERE PERFORMED, IN ADDITION, ACROSS BILH HOSPITALS PATIENTS HAD MORE THAN 141,000 ONCOLOGY VISITS AND ALMOST 111,000 ONCOLOGY INFUSIONS, 268,000 EKGS, OVER 59,000 ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES, MORE THAN 758,000 RADIOLOGY EXAMS, OVER 312,000 CT EXAMS, MORE THAN 177,000 ULTRASOUND PROCEDURES, OVER 142,000 MRIS, OVER 221,000 OUTPATIENT BREAST IMAGING EXAMS, APPROXIMATELY 312,000 OUTPATIENT REHABILITATION AND PHYSICAL THERAPY VISITS AND MORE THAN 11.7 MILLION OUTPATIENT LAB TESTS WERE PERFORMED. THE BILH HOSPITALS ALSO HAD APPROXIMATELY 432,000 EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISITS, MORE THAN 35,000 OBSERVATION CASES AND MORE THAN 137,000 INPATIENT DISCHARGES WITH APPROXIMATELY 729,000 INPATIENT DAYS, INCLUDING MORE THAN 44,000 INPATIENT PSYCH DAYS. DURING THIS PERIOD MORE THAN 31,000 INPATIENT SURGERIES WERE PERFORMED AND APPROXIMATELY 14,000 NEWBORNS WERE DELIVERED AND THERE WERE APPROXIMATELY 52,000 PAIN CLINIC VISITS. BILH HOSPITALS ALSO HAD MORE THAN 75,000 URGENT CARE VISITS DURING THIS PERIOD. NON-HOSPITAL PHYSICIAN CARE:DURING THE PERIOD COVERED BY THIS FILING, THE BILH PHYSICIANS PROVIDED CARE TO PATIENTS OUTSIDE OF THE HOSPITALS AND IN PHYSICIAN OFFICE OR OTHER CLINICAL SETTINGS. BELOW ARE A SAMPLE OF THE NON-HOSPITAL PHYSICIAN SERVICES PROVIDED TO BILH PATIENTS. DURING THE FISCAL YEAR COVERED BY THIS FILING, MORE THAN 470 PRIMARY CARE AND FAMILY PRACTICE PROVIDERS HAD APPROXIMATELY 843,000 PATIENT VISITS AND PROVIDERS ACROSS THE FULL SPECTRUM OF SPECIALTIES HAD MORE THAN 624,000 PATIENT VISITS. IN ADDITION, JOSLIN DIABETES CENTER HAD MORE THAN 27,000 PATIENT VISITS RELATED TO DIABETES CARE AND THERE WERE MORE THAN 53,000 URGENT CARE VISITS TO NON-HOSPITAL URGENT CARE LOCATIONS. COMMUNITY BENEFITS, UNCOMPENSATED CARE, COSTS TO PROVIDE CARE TO MEDICAID AND MEDICARE PATIENTS FISCAL YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2024DURING THE FISCAL YEAR COVERED BY THIS FILING BILH HOSPITALS PROVIDED MORE THAN $52 MILLION IN NET COST OF CHARITY CARE, INCLUDING CARE FOR EMERGENT SERVICES PROVIDED TO NON-PAYING PATIENTS AND INCLUDING PAYMENTS TO THE HEALTH SAFETY NET TRUST.IN ADDITION TO THE CHARITY CARE REPORTED ABOVE, EACH OF THE BILH HOSPITALS ALSO PROVIDES CARE TO PATIENTS WHO PARTICIPATE IN OTHER PROGRAMS DESIGNED TO SUPPORT LOW-INCOME FAMILIES, INCLUDING PARTICULARLY THE MEDICAID PROGRAM, WHICH IS JOINTLY FUNDED BY FEDERAL AND STATE GOVERNMENTS. THE MASSACHUSETTS HEALTH REFORM LAW PROVIDED AN INITIATIVE FOR EXPANSION OF MEDICAID COVERAGE TO GREATER POPULATIONS AND FOR ENROLLMENT OF UNINSURED PATIENTS IN OTHER INSURANCE PROGRAMS. PAYMENTS FROM MEDICAID AND OTHER PROGRAMS THAT ENSURE LOW-INCOME POPULATIONS DO NOT COVER THE COST OF SERVICES PROVIDED. DURING THE FISCAL PERIOD COVERED BY THIS FILING, THE COST OF PROVIDING CARE TO MEDICAID PATIENTS ACROSS BILH EXCEEDED PAYMENTS RECEIVED FOR PROVIDING THAT CARE RESULTING IN A COMBINED SHORTFALL EXCEEDING $35.5 MILLION RELATED TO TREATING MEDICAID PATIENTS.MEDICARE IS THE FEDERALLY SPONSORED HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM FOR ELDERLY OR DISABLED PATIENTS. PAYMENTS FROM MEDICARE DO NOT COVER THE COST OF SERVICES PROVIDED. ALL BILH HOSPITALS PROVIDE CARE TO PATIENTS WHO PARTICIPATE IN THE MEDICARE PROGRAM. DURING THE FISCAL PERIOD COVERED BY THIS FILING, THE COST OF PROVIDING CARE TO MEDICARE PATIENTS ACROSS BILH EXCEEDED PAYMENTS RECEIVED FOR PROVIDING THAT CARE, RESULTING IN A COMBINED SHORTFALL EXCEEDING $161 MILLION RELATED TO TREATING MEDICARE PATIENTS. IN ADDITION TO THE COSTS NOTED ABOVE, DURING THE FISCAL YEAR COVERED BY THIS FILING BILH HOSPITALS PROVIDED COMBINED COMMUNITY BENEFITS, COMMUNITY HEALTH IMPROVEMENT SERVICES, CASH AND IN-KIND CONTRIBUTIONS TO COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS AND OTHER GROUPS AS WELL AS COSTS INCURRED RELATED TO SUBSIDIES FOR PRIMARY AND SPECIALTY CARE ACCESS, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CARE AND OTHER CARE PROVIDED AT A LOSS TOTALING OVER $150 MILLION. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THESE ACTIVITIES AS WELL AS EACH HOSPITAL'S MOST RECENT COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY, PLEASE SEE FORM 990 SCHEDULE H FOR EACH OF THE BILH HOSPITALS.
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EDUCATION AND RESEARCH FISCAL YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2024
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RESEARCH ACTIVITIES ACROSS BILH SERVE PATIENT CARE BOTH AT BILH AND BEYOND AS PART OF THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE. BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER, INC. (BIDMC OR MEDICAL CENTER) IS A TERTIARY CARE ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER PROVIDING LEADING EDGE PATIENT CARE, IS A WORLD CLASS RESEARCH INSTITUTION AND IS DEVOTED TO TEACHING AND TRAINING THE MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS OF TOMORROW, EMBRACING TECHNOLOGICAL AND CLINICAL PRACTICE INNOVATION AND TO THAT END, PART OF THE MEDICAL CENTER'S MISSION IS TO BE A WORLD-CLASS RESEARCH INSTITUTION WHERE OUTSTANDING SCIENTISTS WORK TO DEVELOP NEW KNOWLEDGE FOR THE BETTERMENT OF THE HEALTH OF OUR LOCAL AND EXTENDED COMMUNITIES. BIDMC HAS THE LARGEST RESEARCH OPERATIONS ACROSS BILH AND DURING THE FISCAL YEAR COVERED BY THIS FILING, THE MEDICAL CENTER INCURRED OVER $370 MILLION IN RESEARCH EXPENSES, MORE THAN $91 MILLION OF WHICH WERE INTERNALLY FUNDED.ACROSS BILH HOSPITALS, COSTS FOR TRAINING MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS EXCEEDED $210 MILLION. REIMBURSEMENT FROM MEDICARE FOR THESE ACTIVITIES WAS APPROXIMATELY $67 MILLION WHICH LEFT A COMBINED SHORTFALL RELATED TO THESE ACTIVITIES ACROSS BILH OF OVER $143 MILLION WHICH IS AN INVESTMENT IN THE HEALTH SYSTEM OF TOMORROW.ADDITIONAL BILH NETWORK ACTIVITIES -- EXPANDING ACCESS AND SERVICES; CONTINUING TO PROVIDE HIGH QUALITY CARE AT A LOWER COST; BEHAVIORAL HEALTH; COMMUNITY INVESTMENTS FISCAL YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2024THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD COVERED BY THIS FILING, BETH ISRAEL LAHEY HEALTH ("BILH") REMAINED COMMITTED TO DELIVERING HIGH-QUALITY CARE AT A LOWER COST BY LEVERAGING COMMUNITY SETTINGS AND MAINTAINING CARE WITHIN THE BILH PERFORMANCE NETWORK ("BILHPN"), WHEN APPROPRIATE. THE FOLLOWING HIGHLIGHTS SOME OF THESE ONGOING EFFORTS. IN ADDITIONAL TO THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS NOTED ABOVE, BILH CONTINUED THIS COMMITMENT WITH THE FOLLOWING ACTIVITIES: ENHANCING THE BILHPN OPERATING MODELBILH PERFORMANCE NETWORK ("BILHPN") IS BILH'S CLINICALLY INTEGRATED NETWORK OF PHYSICIANS, CLINICIANS, AND HOSPITALS THAT WORK TOGETHER TO PROVIDE HIGH-QUALITY, COST-EFFECTIVE CARE FOR PATIENTS. BILHPN ACHIEVED ITS GOAL OF BECOMING A FULLY INTEGRATED CLINICALLY INTEGRATED NETWORK ("CIN") IN FY 2024. THIS MOVE POSITIONED ITS PROVIDERS TO IMPROVE CARE QUALITY AND SUCCEED IN A VALUE-BASED DELIVERY SYSTEM. ALONGSIDE THIS TRANSFORMATION, BILHPN HAS REDEFINED ITS OPERATING MODEL TO PRIORITIZE HIGH-QUALITY CARE, IMPROVE THE HEALTH OF THE POPULATIONS BILH SERVES, ENHANCE PERFORMANCE, AND PROMOTE WELL-BEING ACROSS ITS NETWORK. THROUGHOUT FY 2024, BILHPN CONCENTRATED ON QUALITY IMPROVEMENT INITIATIVES, SUCH AS REDUCING DISPARITY GAPS, LOWERING READMISSION RATES, IMPROVING DIABETES AND HYPERTENSION MANAGEMENT, AND ENHANCING SKILLED NURSING CARE VISITS. IMPROVING PHARMACY ACCESSTHROUGHOUT FY 2024, BILH PHARMACY EXPERIENCED SIGNIFICANT EXPANSION THAT REFLECTS ITS ONGOING COMMITMENT TO IMPROVING ACCESS TO CARE AND REDUCING THE COST OF CARE. ITS ACHIEVEMENTS INCLUDE:EXPANDED ACCESS TO 8,000 ADDITIONAL PATIENTS, INCLUDING 5,700 MEDICAID PATIENTS;IMPROVED PATIENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE SERVICES;LAUNCHED CLINICS FOCUSED ON WEIGHT LOSS AND IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME AND EXPANDED ACCESS TO ANTICOAGULATION MANAGEMENT THROUGH THE CENTRALIZED ANTICOAGULATION MANAGEMENT PROGRAM;LAUNCHED INSCRIPT TO PROVIDE PHARMACY BENEFIT MANAGEMENT ("PBM") SERVICES TO FULLY INSURED AND SELF-FUNDED HEALTH PLANS, RESULTING IN HEALTH PLAN MEMBERS SAVING OVER 20% IN OUT-OF-POCKET COSTS AND GREATER ACCESS TO MEDICATION; AND, EXPANDED PHARMACY PRESENCE IN CLINICS TO IMPROVE ACCESS TO MEDICATIONS FOR TREATING DIABETES AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES.INCREASING ACCESS TO BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICESIN FY 2024, BILH AWARDED $1.2 MILLION TO FOUR COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS TO IMPLEMENT BEHAVIORAL HEALTH NAVIGATOR PROGRAMS THAT WILL FUND THE HIRING, TRAINING, AND SUPPORT OF COMMUNITY-BASED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH NAVIGATORS WHO WILL WORK TO IDENTIFY, UNDERSTAND, AND EFFECTIVELY CONNECT RESIDENTS EXPERIENCING MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE ISSUES TO APPROPRIATE SUPPORT AND ASSISTANCE. THE FOUR NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS IN THE GATEWAY MUNICIPALITIES OF HAVERHILL, LYNN, PEABODY, AND QUINCY HAVE BEEN GIVEN $300,000 EACH FROM FY 2024 TO 2027 TO LAUNCH THESE PROGRAMS IN THEIR COMMUNITIES. LABORATORY SERVICES EXPANSION AND OPTIMIZATIONBILH TRANSITIONED TO CENTRALIZED OVERSIGHT OF ALL LABORATORY DRAW SITES IN FY 2024 AND CREATED 11 NEW COMMUNITY-BASED LAB DRAW STATIONS, WHICH INCREASES PATIENT ACCESS TO LAB SERVICES AND IMPROVES BOTH PATIENT AND PROVIDER SATISFACTION. THE CENTRALIZED OVERSIGHT MODEL BETTER ENABLES BILH TO FOCUS ON QUALITY, SERVICE, AND PHLEBOTOMIST RECRUITMENT. IN ADDITION, BILH CONTINUES TO REFINE TRANSPORTATION ROUTES FOR LAB SPECIMENS, MAINTAINING HIGH STANDARDS FOR TURNAROUND TIMES AND EFFICIENCY, WHICH FURTHER IMPROVES THE OVERALL QUALITY OF LABORATORY SERVICES.ENHANCEMENT OF CARE DELIVERY ACROSS PRIMARY CARE PRACTICESBILH PRIMARY CARE ("BILHPC") CONTINUED TO ENHANCE CARE DELIVERY AND ELEVATE THE QUALITY OF CARE THROUGHOUT ITS PRACTICES, AS DEMONSTRATED BY THE FOLLOWING INITIATIVES:PARTNERED WITH A BILHPN PHARMACIST AND LOCAL DIABETES NURSE EDUCATORS TO LAUNCH A DIABETES HUB AND SPOKE MODEL IN THE MILTON AND NEEDHAM PRIMARY CARE REGIONS, WHERE A DIABETES-SPECIALIZED ADVANCED PRACTICE PRACTITIONER IS EMBEDDED IN THE PRACTICE; COLLABORATED WITH BILH PHARMACY TO PLAN THE EXPANSION OF REMOTE BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING FOR IMPROVED HYPERTENSION MANAGEMENT;EXPANDED THE VIRTUALIST PROGRAM, ENHANCING ACCESS TO ACUTE AND OVERFLOW CARE; AND INTRODUCED A SELF-SCHEDULING TOOL FOR NEW PATIENTS SEEKING TO ESTABLISH CARE WITH A PRIMARY CARE PROVIDER.EDUCATION AND AWARENESS EFFORTS TO PROMOTE ACCESS TO CAREIN FY 2024, BILH WORKED TO IMPROVE ACCESS FOR MASSHEALTH PATIENTS IN EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS THROUGH VARIOUS COMMUNICATIONS INITIATIVES. A KEY EFFORT WAS LAUNCHING A MONTHLY NEWSLETTER, AVAILABLE IN SEVEN LANGUAGES, TO ENGAGE PATIENTS AND SHARE HEALTH INFORMATION. NEW ENGLAND BAPTIST HOSPITAL ("NEBH") HOSTED INFORMATION SESSIONS TO EDUCATE UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS ABOUT ITS SERVICES. NEBH ALSO PERFORMED OUTREACH TO COMMUNITY HOUSING FACILITIES, PARTICIPATED IN BOSTON MAYOR WU'S HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH LUNCHEON, AND PARTNERED WITH NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS AND MAIN STREET BOARDS.
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