HEALTH • Winter 2018 3
This issue
F E AT U R E S
Vaping
policies
evolving
The Region's Quarterly Health Care Magazine
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Litigating health
e well-being of the state's lawyers is at the focus of a new SJC initiative
to combat depression and anxiety in the legal industry.
\\ BY ZACHARY COMEAU
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4 Letter From The Editor
5 Health Care Briefs
An overview of the latest health
care business news
7 Hospital Profile
8 Pictures of Health
A photographic look at the region's
health care happenings
1 0 - 1 2 The Lists
• Top health insurers
• Behavioral health centers
D E PA RT M E N T S
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Youngsters are quickly
taking to e-cigarettes,
leaving officials
scrambling for action.
\\ BY SARAH
BETANCOURT
1 3 Local Innovation
22 Column:
Consumer advice
23 The Pulse
Statistical snapshot of the
health care sector
25 Newsworthy
People, providers and practices
26 Profile
Q&A with Abigail Mathews, a
family nurse practitioner and
assistant medical director at
Kennedy Community Health
Center in Worcester
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Fighting disease with compassion
Opioid addiction crisis also brings complications to patient care with risks
of HIV and hepatitis C. \\ BY LIVIA GERSHON
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A new system of care
Central Massachusetts agencies are pairing in new and familiar ways under
new MassHealth care program. \\ BY GRANT WELKER
C O V E R P H O T O / V A P I N G 3 6 0 / F L I C K R
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