MDNews - Greater Boston

Contents | AUGUST 2013 | ON THE COVER PAGE COVER PHOTO COURTESY OF SAINT ANNE'S HOSPITAL ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The Saint Anne's Hospital Regional Cancer Center FEATURES THE SAINT ANNE'S HOSPITAL REGIONAL CANCER CENTER 6 Saint Anne's Hospital, a Steward Family Hospital and provider of comprehensive community cancer care in southeastern Massachusetts since 1976, and the Hawthorn Oncology Center, an outpatient cancer center with more than two decades of medical oncology care in Greater New Bedford, combined services this past spring to become the Saint Anne's Hospital Regional Cancer Center. 9 THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR ACCOUNTABILITY 10 Reform initiatives emphasizing physician accountability have left medical practitioners with many questions, one being, "How am I to control my patients once they leave my exam room?" We explore this question and the burden of accountability in the pages ahead. DEPARTMENTS PRODUCT SPOTLIGHT CAREER TRACKS REAL ESTATE TECHNOLOGY 5 9 12 14 On the Cover: L–R: Medical oncologists Elliott Anderson, MD; John Niedzwicki, MD, PhD; and John Yang, MD; and radiation oncologist Raymond Dugal, MD, are among the specialists at the Saint Anne's Hospital Regional Cancer Center's sites in North Dartmouth and Fall River, Mass. 10

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