Media Coverage

Welcome to Hallmark Health's Media Coverage section. This section is designed to assist patients and journalists seeking information about our current news and to introduce our healthcare experts. We are also available to assist you by providing information about Hallmark Health and its members, including Lawrence Memorial of Medford and Melrose-Wakefield Hospitals.

To arrange an interview or photo shoot, contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , Communications Specialist for public and media relations, at 781-979-3243. We also maintain a 24-hour media on-call system. If you are on deadline after normal business hours, call the Hallmark Health operator at 781-979-3000 and ask them to page the marketing/communications team member on-call.



Joint Camp at Hallmark Health, MA, prepares joint-replacement patients for life pre- and postop PDF Print
Media Coverage
Friday, 05 December 2008 08:26

Advance For Nurses

By Sarah Long

Dec. 3, 2008

Community hospitals operating outside a major metropolitan area often have the unenviable task of competing with large nationally known medical centers, trying to prove to potential patients they offer the same up-to-date techniques as their reputable neighbors.

However, it is possible to carve a niche in the local community through education and outreach, as evidenced by the successful launch of a comprehensive bone and joint program by Hallmark Health System, the nonprofit inpatient and outpatient provider of vital health services to Boston's northern communities.

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A musical interlude: LMH study shows tunes relax patients PDF Print
Media Coverage
Wednesday, 03 December 2008 11:17

Medford Transcript

By Nell Escobar Coakley

Dec. 3, 2008


While music may soothe the savage beast, Lawrence Memorial Hospital is giving the old adage a new, high-tech twist.

Nurses at the Hallmark Health facility are conducting a study to see if music has any effects on patients waiting for procedures in the endoscopy unit. On Nov. 1, nurses Judy Moffatt and Donna Begin, clinical leader of endoscopy and recovery, started taking a sampling of patients to see if music should become a routine part of the unit's care.

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Hallmark Health's CEO sees competitive landscape changing PDF Print
Media Coverage
Wednesday, 03 December 2008 11:13

Boston Business Journal

By Mark Hollmer

Oc1. 31, 2008

Michael Sack has plenty of sleepless nights, driven by thoughts about the future of health care.
Sack, the 59-year-old CEO of the community hospital group Hallmark Health System, calmly reveals this during a lunch earlier this month at the Bristol Lounge, a restaurant at the Four Seasons Hotel in Boston's Back Bay.

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Hallmark holds supply drive PDF Print
Media Coverage
Wednesday, 27 August 2008 00:00

Medford Transcript

By Rob Barry

Aug. 27, 2008

With budget cuts slicing deep into the school system, one local business decided to pitch in and help out kids in the community.

Team Medford, a group of employees from Lawrence Memorial Hospital and Hallmark Health, took up a collection - but not for money. For school supplies.

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In a family way PDF Print
Media Coverage
Wednesday, 18 June 2008 00:00

Stoneham Sun

By Kristin Erekson

June 18, 2008

The North Suburban Family Network is celebrating 10 years of building stronger families in Stoneham and surrounding communities.

Established by Hallmark Health, NSFN provides free family education and support for caregivers of young children from the ages of pre-natal to 47 months. The network extends its services to residents of Stoneham, Melrose and Wakefield, providing families in those areas with a variety of parent/child playgroups, educational workshops and support groups.

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