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Mother’s Day is an emotional time for Meg Dumais. The day after Mother’s Day 14 years ago, she found out that her daughter, Addie Lacaire, a little more than 10 months old at the time, had brain cancer.

A new hospital safety report released recently shows 15 hospitals in Massachusetts, including Milford Regional, earned "A" grades based on their ability to protect their patients from often preventable harm.

Becker’s is delighted to recognize 52 hospitals and health systems with great innovation programs. These hospitals and health systems utilize progressive, visionary innovation programs to revolutionize their care provision. Innovation programs often incorporate intensive research, cutting-edge technology, community partnerships, venture arms and more. 

Buying groceries takes a big bite -- a really big bite -- out of a family’s budget today. What’s worse is that Americans throw away more than a third of the food they buy, according to the federal government. Much of that can be attributed to confusion with food date labels that indicate when to best use a product.

Worcester, Mass.-based UMass Memorial Health has expanded the use of Mednition’s KATE AI triage support tool to five additional emergency departments after seeing early success at its flagship hospital.

Chronic cough remains a persistent challenge for clinicians and patients, given the wide range of potential causes and confusion regarding symptoms, according to experts.

One of the key features of chronic cough is its duration of 8 weeks or longer, which makes the cough less likely to be associated with a cold or a respiratory infection, according to the American Lung Association.