Page 26 THE EVERETT ADVOCATE – FRIDAY, APRIL 2, 2021 State Health officials award grant to pilot Telehealth Audiology Program T he Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) has announced a grant to pilot a telehealth newborn diagnostic audiology service. Boston Children’s Hospital and Cape Cod Hospital will operate the pilot through their Universal Newborn Hearing Screening Program for follow-up care. The federal CARES Act provided funding through the Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs. DPH was one of 21 federal awardees to support maternal and child FORMER | FROM PAGE 19 release and a fine of $100,000. Sentences are imposed by a federal district court judge based upon the U.S. Sentenctelehealth focused programs. “Telehealth removed many barriers to accessing healthcare, including geography. This innovative program will allow families to receive care in their community and ensure that babies receive the timely hearing testing they need,” said Public Health Commissioner Dr. Monica Bharel. “Babies who are identified as deaf and hard of hearing early do better and families on Cape Cod and the Islands will benefit from easier access to these critical sering Guidelines and other statutory factors. Acting United States Attorney Nathaniel R. Mendell; Joseph R. Bonavolonta, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal vices.” “The timing of this project was ideal. We learned a lot about remote healthcare as our clinics responded to the COVID emergency,” said Dr. Derek Stiles, director of the Audiology Program at Boston Children’s Hospital. “We were able to apply that knowledge to setting up the remote hearing testing with Cape Cod Hospital, which will benefit families on the Cape and Islands beyond the lifting of quarantine.” The DPH is working with Bureau of Investigations, Boston Field Division; and Ramsey E. Covington, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Internal Revenue Service’s Criminal Investigations in Boston made Boston Children’s to bring their audiological expertise to families living on Cape Cod and the Islands. The pilot will utilize a “hub and spoke” model where audiologists at Boston Children’s will assess newborns at Cape Cod Hospital via telehealth. A team member from Cape Cod Hospital’s The Family Birthplace will prepare the infant for the test while the audiologist at Boston Children’s will perform the testing remotely, explain the test results and provide counseling to the family. the announcement. U.S. Attorney Christine Wichers of Mendell’s Public Corruption & Special Prosecutions Unit is prosecuting the case. The details contained in the Cape Cod and the Islands fall into an underserved region for pediatric diagnostic audiology services, as babies born in the Southeast region of Massachusetts have been more than twice as likely as those in the rest of the state not to receive documented follow-up diagnostic testing after a failed newborn hearing screen. Typically, testing occurs at a DPH approved audiological diagnostic center. The closest approved centers to Cape Cod require travel to Fall River, Taunton or Boston. charging documents are allegations. The defendants are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law. REAL ESTATE TRANSAC TIONS Copyrighted material previously published in Banker & Tradesman/The Commercial Record, a weekly trade newspaper. It is reprinted with permission from the publisher, The Warren Group. For a searchable database of real estate transactions and property information visit: www.thewarrengroup.com. BUYER1 BUYER2 Urrutia, Ianire Anzueto, Otto D Anzueto, Thelma A SELLER1 Hung, Alexis Celsus LLC Aguilar-Landaverde, Otili Aguilar-Tejada, Maria M Goncalves, Laudiceia M Kubel, Cezary Cote, Michael K SELLER2 ADDRESS 43 Edith St #3 39 Madison Ave 41 Autumn St Hung, Janet 60 Englewood Ave CITY DATE Everett Everett Everett Everett PRICE 12.03.2021 11.03.2021 10.03.2021 08.03.2021 $420 000,00 $580 000,00 $715 000,00 $556 000,00
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