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Aims to provide more life-saving colorectal cancer screenings to eligible Baltimore residentsBaltimore—(February 15, 2017)— The MedStar Health Cancer Network (MHCN) is spotlighting colon cancer awareness month by encouraging eligible residents to get a no cost colorectal screening through its ongoing partnership with the Maryland Colorectal Cancer Control Program at one of its three Baltimore city hospitals. Last year, MHCN performed more colonoscopies than any other program participant in the state, working to continue the descending mortality trend of the nation’s second deadliest cancer. With funding from the Cancer Prevention, Education, Screening, and Treatment Program (CPEST), Baltimore residents aged 50 and older…

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Project Drives Early Intervention and Treatment for Alcohol and Substance AbuseBaltimore, MD—(November 11, 2016)—   MedStar Health was awarded the largest grant in its history by Behavioral Health Systems Baltimore, to fund tools, training and resources for emergency room staff to screen for risky substance abuse behaviors, and motivate patients to enlist treatment.Known as SBIRT, (Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment), the nationally recognized, evidenced based program was implemented in each of MedStar’s four Baltimore hospitals: MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center, MedStar Good Samaritan, MedStar Union Memorial and MedStar Harbor Hospitals, in partnership with Mosaic Group, a Maryland healthcare consulting firm and…

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