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Community residences for elderly

Description: School in East Boston has been converted to community residence for elderly people, where they receive medical and social services. Sen. Kennedy announces plan to build more such facilities.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 11/22/1989

Community residences for mentally ill

Description: Funding for community residences for mentally ill has been cut back despite long waiting list and program success.Interior of group home and file of patient living independently. Henry Tomes, Edward Murphy.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 03/23/1989

Computer medicine

Description: Computer medicine lab at Beth Israel Hospital. Demonstration of test program asking questions on screen in French or Spanish of patient visiting clinic for certain medical problems. Patient would answer via keyboard. If no complications, computer issues prescription appropriate for diagnosis. Printout of examples of computer generated dialogue. Inside computer room -- CPUs labelled “Sherlock” and “Mycroft,” tapes on shelves, teletype-like printer. Outside main entrance to hospital.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 06/29/1983

Contents of health care bill

Description: Not all legislators are fully familiar with contents of health care bill (lack of time to digest voluminous details) although they have strong enough opinions to vote on it. Reps. Tucker, Galvin, MacGovern, Connolly.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 03/01/1988

Conversation with Michael Dukakis

Description: Conversation with governor-elect Michael Dukakis on upcoming second (nonconsecutive) term. His top priority is improving the economy and employment. Also concerned about balancing municipal services and public education with the limitations of Proposition 2 1/2, and strengthening the state's reputation for integrity. Looks forward to constructive criticism from the press. Wants Massachusetts to be a model as a post-industrial knowledge-based economy, with high quality of life and excellent educational and medical resources.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 11/26/1982

Cost of health care for all

Description: Who will bear added cost of providing universal health care, as proposed in Dukakis bill? Philip Johnston, Pat McGovern, Mitchell Rabkin … series of talking heads.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 11/02/1987

Costs of health care bill

Description: Universal health care bill is uncertain because of paradox of increasing access while containing costs. Philip Johnston says Mass. will be a laboratory state. Many generic hospital scenes.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 04/21/1988

Crisis in mental health facilities

Description: Advocates and families of patients plead for better mental health facilities. Danvers State Hospital exterior.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 06/23/1988

DDI

Description: Experimental drug DDI is tried on AIDS patients at Boston City Hospital. Doctor examining man with AIDS.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 10/03/1989

DIABETES TYPE II

Description: DEMONSTRATION OF DIABETES TYPE II PATIENT MONITORING BLOOD GLUCOSE LEVEL
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 03/28/1985