By Jim Kinney, jkinney@repub.com LONGMEADOW — Doctors, nurse practitioners and physician assistants will treat illnesses and injuries quickly — without a trip to the emergency room — at a new urgent care clinic run by Baystate Health at the Longmeadow Shops. The location, Baystate’s sixth urgent care clinic, opened Monday. “I see urgent care as really a … Continued
By Paige Minemyer http://www.fiercehealthcare.com/finance/shields-launches-tool-calculates-patients-out-pocket-mri-costs Shields, the largest network of imaging centers in New England, will provide patients with personalized estimates of the out-of-pocket costs they could pay for an MRI, the organization said in an announcement emailed to FierceHealthcare. The tool factors the overall costs of care as well as a patient’s individual health plan to come up … Continued
CLICK: http://www.wcvb.com/article/manogram-the-new-test-for-prostate-cancer/12664879 WCVB news anchor Rhondella Richardson interviews Shields’ medical director, Dr. Steve Sweriduk and Shields’ patient Bill Whelan about the benefits of the “manogram” for prostate cancer detection. Bill is 76 years old and had a rising PSA. His physician told him “there was a 98% chance he did NOT have prostate cancer.” but … Continued
March 27, 2017 by Steven Reinberg, Healthday Reporter MRI screening might greatly reduce overdiagnosis and overtreatment of prostate cancer in older men, a preliminary study suggests. Compared to the current screening method, MRI can reduce overdiagnosis of prostate cancer by 50 percent, and unnecessary biopsies by 70 percent in men over 70, Dutch researchers reported Saturday at … Continued
State-of-the-Art 3T MRI Scanner Improves Image Clarity, Patient Comfort and Exam Speed Shields Health Care Group (Shields) and UMass Memorial Health Care today announced that patients now have access to a state-of-the-art magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner at the imaging center located at 214 Shrewsbury Street. This newest wide-bore 3T MRI from General Electric (GE) … Continued
First Annual Neuroimaging Conference for the Clinician Jointly Sponsored by the University of Massachusetts Medical School Office of Continuing Medical Education and Shields Health Care Group. Date: Saturday, November 5, 2011 – Event date has passed. Waiting list is still available if you would like to sign-up and we will notify you if space becomes available) Location: Babson Executive Conference Center … Continued