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MassLive:  Dr. Keroack supported the proposal for "syringe services programs" brought before the Public Health Council in favor of a needle exchange program.  Admitting it is not a cure-all to the drug crisis, these programs offer opportunities for treatment programs, supply Naxolone for overdose treatment, and in the end are cost effective by reducing transmission of blood-borne diseases.

Learn some of the techniques used by child life specialists and caregivers in the emergency department to  reduce stress and anxiety, minimize pain, and improve care and the patient experience.

Baystate Children’s Hospital has a group of caregivers who bear a special knack for calming fears evoking laughter: child life specialists.