Mass General Brigham

Mass General Brigham is no longer delaying non-emergency procedures due to a shortage of intravenous fluids, but said rationing is continuing.

Mass General Brigham has announced it will postpone certain non-emergent, elective procedures due to a nationwide shortage of IV fluids, a spokesperson for the health system said in a statement. The decision by Massachusetts largest hospital and health care system comes in the wake of Hurricane Helene, which has disrupted the supply chain for critical medical supplies across the country….

Mass General Brigham says it has a new way to tell when patients who seem to be in a coma are still aware of their surroundings — a status known as “covert consciousness.”

Two days after the Crowdstrike outage affecting Microsoft computers worldwide caused disruptions at hospitals, airports and more across the Boston area, Mass General Brigham says they’re back to regular service. The hospital says they were able to keep up in emergency departments during the outage. As of Sunday, officials say the hospital is fully functional. Appointments and procedures will go forward...

Three employees of Massachusetts’ largest health care system have been fired over a “privacy incident” concerning the personal information of patients. Mass General Brigham said in a press release Friday that it learned earlier this year that unauthorized access to some patients’ and policy holders’ information may have been granted. The hospital system said it was notifying certain Massachusetts residents…

The Mass General Brigham Hospital system is making a major change and it will impact their youngest patients. The hospital will no longer report suspected abuse or neglect to the state solely if a newborn baby tests positive for drugs after birth. Instead, hospitals will now require written consent before conducting a drug test on the expectant mother or infant,…

Massachusetts’ largest hospital system is pulling its doctors from two medical facilities jeopardized by Steward Health Care’s financial struggles. Lawmakers say Steward plans to close down four of the nine hospitals it owns in Massachusetts: Nashoba Valley Medical Center in Ayer, Norwood Hospital, St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center in Boston’s Brighton neighborhood, and Holy Family Hospital, which has campuses in...

With Steward Health Care considering closing several hospitals amid a dire financial crisis, the state’s largest hospital system has decided to pull its physicians.

Mass. General Brigham could soon be testing a new concept — medical drone deliveries right to your door. Within the next few months, the state’s largest hospital system could be testing out drones that would take medicine, samples, and medical gear to and from patients’ homes. “What could take our team something like 20 minutes to do, sometimes even longer,…

Drones could soon deliver medicine and supplies directly to patients’ homes.

Boston Public Schools announced a new jobs pipeline partnership with the state’s largest health care system, funded by a $37.8 million donation, the biggest in the district’s history. Boston Mayor Michelle Wu, Schools Superintendent Mary Skipper made the announcement Wednesday morning at Massachusetts General Hospital’s Museum of Medical History and Innovation. Wu’s office described the unveiling as “a transformative...

A car fire at a hospital parking garage in Waltham, Massachusetts, forced the evacuation of patients and staff on Monday. Firefighters responded just after 11 a.m. to the reported fire in a basement garage at Mass General Waltham. The fire was extinguished, but the hospital had to be evacuated due to concerns about smoke and fumes in the building, according…

The capacity for new patients is extremely limited at Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women’s Hospital.

Massachusetts General Brigham, the largest healthcare system in the state, says it can’t accept any new primary care patients at its two main hospitals.

Mass General Brigham says it’s full and won’t be accepting any new primary care patients — and if you’re on a waitlist, it may be months before you can get an appointment with a primary care physician.

If you’re searching for a new primary care doctor, you won’t be able to find one at some of the major Mass General Brigham hospitals. The state’s largest health care system said its academic medical centers, Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women’s Hospital are full and won’t be accepting any new primary care patients. If you’re on a...