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HEALTH • Fall 2016 7 You're in the right place. Exceptional primary care, here. UMass Memorial - Clinton Hospital | UMass Memorial - Community Healthlink | UMass Memorial - HealthAlliance Hospital UMass Memorial - Marlborough Hospital | UMass Memorial Medical Center | UMass Memorial Medical Group The Clinical Partner of UMass Medical School 855-UMASS-MD (855-862-7763) www.umassmemorial.org/rightplacePCP UMass Memorial Health Care's network of primary care doctors helps keep you well and doing the things you love. • Care for the whole family with the largest adult and pediatric primary care network in the region • More doctors at more than 80 locations means more options and easier access to the expertise you need • Referral to highly specialized care at our nationally recognized UMass Memorial Medical Center RXi maintains $2.2M burn rate while pushing human testing MARLBOROUGH — Marlborough's RXi Pharmaceuticals reported a steady year-over-year $2.2 million in losses as the clinical- stage therapeutics company contin- ues to push forward on human trials of scarring treatments. Research and development expenses for the quar- ter were $1.3 million, compared with $1.4 million for the same quarter in 2015. The company is pursuing human trials of a treatment for hypertrophic scars and an early- stage study of a treatment for retinal scarring. Saint Vincent claims wrong patient kidney surgery not its fault WORCESTER — Calling the events deeply unfortunate, Saint Vincent Hospital said a previously reported patient identification error involving a surgery by its team at the hospital was not the fault of its staff, because the actual misidentifi- cation took place outside of the hospital and didn't involve its employees. According to reports from 7News Boston, a Saint Vincent surgeon operated on the wrong patient and removed his or her kidney. In a statement, Saint Vincent said its staff followed prop- er protocol in preparing for and performing the surgery, which was scheduled by the patient's physi- cian, who is not a Saint Vincent employee. The incident is under investigation by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, the department said. UMass Memorial infuses patient-sharing technology into care WORCESTER — UMass Memorial Health Care added a technology that notifies the Worcester health provider when one of its patients is treated outside of the network. The technology, called PatientPing and developed by a Boston company of the same name, notifies its member providers whenever a patient gets cared for at another facility, and sends patient history information, care team con- tact info and other care instructions to the other facility. The idea is to foster better, more efficient care at a lower cost, according to a press release. Wingate names MetroWest- connected CFO, COO FRAMINGHAM — Northeast senior living provider Wingate Healthcare has named a new COO and CFO with connections to Framingham and Sudbury. The organization, with locations throughout metro Boston and branching out into Sudbury, Worcester and Springfield, appoint- ed Tamilyn Levin to chief operating officer after four years with the organization as chief financial offi- cer. She has more than 30 years of legal and financial experience along with ties to Sudbury, volunteering with seniors and having previously lived in the community. Framingham resident Lisa Burgess has replaced Levin as CFO. Harrington announces new mental health director SOUTHBRIDGE — Harrington HealthCare System has hired Katie Adams as its new director of mental health, the nonprofit announced. Adams joined Harrington after spending the last six years working in clinical social work, according to the company. The northeastern Connecticut market has consider- able behavioral health needs, Adams said, and she feels confident Harrington can help by increasing access to care in that region. Expanding school-based services and restructuring the current outpa- tient program around a team-based approach are some of her other pri- orities, according to Harrington. Katie Adams

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