Headline Stories
Taking Care of Ourselves: Healthcare for Students
Chris Montgomery, M’11
If your past medical experiences are anything like mine, you most likely avoided switching from your childhood pediatrician to an adult primary care physician for as long as was realistically possible, and then a couple years more. If so, you might be familiar with the confused glances of young parents as you tried to ignore the wails coming from their two-year-old child crying in pain from an ear infection, all in order to get that meningococcal vaccine your college admissions office required prior to matriculation.
As much fun as those visits were, the next time I found myself in need to medical treatment I was pleasantly surprised to finally experience a waiting room that was designed for someone over the age of seven...
Tufts Medical Center: A New Face and a Simpler Name
Nicole Harrison, M'11
Even if you missed the giant banners in the atrium and the nearly overnight change in signs around the hospital, there are the ubiquitous ads in T stations to let you know--Tufts-New England Medical Center is now, simply, Tufts Medical Center. The name change, which went into effect on March 4th, is the culmination of many months of brand research...