APPLICATION DEADLINE THIRD2 Edition

• Published in: The Boston globe
• Main Author: Christine Wallgren, John Laidler, Emily Sweeney, Elaine Cushman Carroll, Robert Knox, Peter Schworm, Megan McKee, Joan Wilder, Matt Carroll, Johanna Seltz, Paul E. Kandarian, Franci Richardson Ellement, and Sandy Coleman, Joan Wilder
• Format: Newspaper Article
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, Mass Boston Globe Media Partners, LLC 15.06.2006
• ISSN: 0743-1791

ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORDS The Greater Brockton eCare Alliance celebrated a milestone last Wednesday when it announced that five local physician practices had "gone live" with new electronic medical records for their patients. Brockton is one of three communities taking part in a 3-year pilot project to create an electronic network of patients' health records. Approximately 60 practices in the Brockton region will follow suit. "Our patients will reap real benefits from this new initiative," said Dr. James Douglas-Steele, who has a practice at 1350 Belmont St. "As more and more practices come online, patients in the Brockton area will notice the entire health care delivery system changing for the better." Emily Sweeney CRAFT TABLE FOR CAT SHELTER Nine Lives of Norton Feline Rescue Shelter will sponsor a craft table at the Historical Society's flea market, planned for 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday at 18 West Main St.. According to the volunteer coordinator, Phyllis Balser, proceeds from the table will go toward the shelter's building fund. Balser said the goal of Nine Lives, which is a no-kill private cat shelter staffed solely by volunteers, is to build a shelter next to the town's animal shelter. Call 508-285-5159 for more information. [Christine Wallgren] FORMER TAX COLLECTOR DUE IN COURT Former assistant tax collector Nancy Feakins is due in Brockton Superior Court this Monday for a pretrial conference relating to a charge of larceny of over $250. Feakins, who resigned from her position in March of 2005 after a decade on the job, is believed to have taken more than $80,000 in tax money during her tenure, according to Plymouth County Assistant District Attorney Bridget Norton Middleton. She was indicted by a grand jury on April 28 and arraigned in Brockton Superior Court on April 31, Middleton said. Feakins pleaded not guilty. An independent audit of the collector's financial records last year had turned up some irregularities. Feakins resigned just as that audit began.