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Staying Safe: Five Tips for Proper Seatbelt Use

​​​​​​​Motor vehicle crashes are a serious preventable public health concern and are among the leading causes of injury and death across the United States, killing nearly 100 people every day. Seatbelts are the single most effective safety device when it comes to preventing injury and death in motor vehicle crashes.
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Recognizing Toxic Teen Dating Behaviors and Helping Teens Build Healthy Relationships

​​​​​​​Dating violence affects millions of teens and young adults each year, and unhealthy relationships can cause problems that linger long after a relationship ends.
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$10,000 Donation Reflects "Love for thy Neighbors"

Members of the Old South Union church, honored clinicians and providers for the challenges they’ve faced throughout the pandemic and as we begin to move forward with a generous donation.
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South Shore Health and Boston Children’s Hospital Expand Collaboration to Offer Pediatric Specialty Care and Surgery

South Shore Health and Boston Children’s Hospital have expanded its more than 20-year collaboration.
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Women's Health

South Shore Health Urgent Care features trained providers with experience treating women's health concerns of all kinds. Walk in at your nearest practice or schedule an appointment online.

Physician Perspective: Potential Public Health Risks of Legal Marijuana

One emergency department doctor shares his perspective on trends he's watching as legal marijuana becomes more prevalent in Massachusetts.
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The Potential to Save a Life: Why You Should Consider Carrying Naloxone

Exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, the opioid epidemic had its deadliest year yet in 2020, with more than 93,000 overdose deaths reported by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS).
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Patient Departure Lounge

The Patient Departure Lounge at South Shore Hospital is a comfortable, safe place to wait when you have been discharged and your transportation has not yet arrived. The Patient Departure Lounge is open Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Your care team will inform you if you are eligible to wait...

Liana MacDonald, CNP, WHNP

Liana MacDonald

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Weymouth, MA
Bio

Liana MacDonald is a Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner. She graduated from Regis College with a Master of Science in Nursing in 2020. She obtained her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of Massachusetts Boston in 2016 and began her nursing career in the Emergency Department. She has been working as a Labor and Delivery nurse since 2019.

Liana is passionate about health equity and eliminating the gap in care amongst different races and ethnicities. She is proud of her focus on adolescent health, substance use disorders in pregnancy, and trauma-informed care.  

When not at work, Liana can be found spending her time with family, friends, and her rescue dog. She loves to travel to new cities and countries and learn about different cultures. She also loves to give back to her community.

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Jason Tracy, MD on Carfentanil on the South Shore

Jason Tracy, MD, Chair of Emergency Medicine at South Shore Health, spoke to WBUR about carfentanil, a dangerously strong synthetic opiate, and its impact on our Emergency Department.
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