Video Now Available from “Working with Translators and Interpreters in Public Health and Healthcare Settings”
In this workshop, staff from the UMass Amherst Translation Center provided an overview of considerations regarding interpreting and translation needs, tools, and best practices within a public health or healthcare setting. Specific topics covered included: Should bilingual employees in your…
Registration Now Open for Violent Critical Incident Tabletop Exercise
Building off last spring’s Active Shooter Planning Considerations Workshop, this tabletop exercise will have attendees examine their response, recovery, and/or continuity of operations plans through the lens of responding to and recovering from a violent critical incident. While the workshop…
CYBER ALERT – BlueKeep Exploit Affecting Medical Devices
A newly identified exploit, known as BlueKeep, is being used by unauthorized actors to gain system level access to healthcare networks via unprotected medical devices. This exploit is similar to the Eternal Blue exploit used to spread the ransomware, WannaCry,…
HMCC Leadership Elects New Officers
Jacqueline Johnson, Chief Operating Officer of Caring Health Center HMCC Steering Committee Chair
Baystate Noble Hospital Honored for Stroke Care
Baystate Noble Hospital received the American Heart Assoc./American Stroke Assoc. Get with the Guidelines – Stroke Silver Plus Quality Achievement Award, recognizing the hospital’s commitment to ensuring stroke patients receive the most appropriate treatment according to nationally recognized, research-based guidelines…