During the Dec. 13 webinar, association member Boston Medical Center will discuss the hospital's substance use disorder treatment initiatives.

This tax season, employees and volunteers at Boston Medical Center turned financial advisers, helping return more than $400,000 to low-income families.

Over the past several years, opioid abuse has become a widespread and urgent public health concern in the United States, and essential hospitals are taking steps to prevent misuse and promote better prescription drug management.

The hospital has received a $3.5 million grant to research the effectiveness of virtual technology for diabetes self-management among vulnerable women.

Food insecurity may be the most significant social determinant of health for essential hospital patients. Read how BMC is prioritizing this issue.

Boston Medical Center physicians can now prescribe subsidized annual memberships to Hubway, Boston's bike-sharing program. Through the program, enrollees pay $5 for an annual membership compared to the normal cost of $85 and are allowed unlimited rides that last 60 minutes or less.

Boston Medical Center has teamed up with the City of Boston to subsidize annual memberships to Hubway, the city's bike-sharing service. The normally $85 membership is available to eligible low-income Bostonians for $5.

In a recent study, two geriatrics clinicians at Boston Medical Center explored the experiences of other geriatrics health care providers caring for an older family member. They found that geriatrics clinicians experience complex and unique stressors, including emotional and professional benefits and challenges.

A Boston Medical Center pilot program successfully reduced audible alarms and improved patient safety across six weeks, leading the hospital to implement the strategy on all inpatient medical/surgical units.

Local hospitals organized their staffs and emergency departments into high-capacity treatment centers

Through research, education and clinical services, Boston Medical Center’s (BMC’s) Program for Integrative Medicine and Health Care Disparities is achieving a range of positive outcomes, including increasing access to integrative therapies – such as acupuncture, massage therapy, and yoga – and creating safer national and international policies for the development of alternative therapies.

BMC aims to equip victims of violence with the skills they need to avoid future high-risk situations