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23 TheSouthShoreMagazine.com When facing an injury or condition affecting your fingers, hand, wrist elbow, or entire upper extremity, you may find yourself unable to perform daily functions, care for your loved ones, provide for your family, create art and music, and partake in the activities that bring you joy and meaning in your life. The expert team at The Hand & Upper Extremity Center of New England (HandNE) understands that getting fast, high-quality expert care to help you regain function as soon as possible is of the utmost importance. With over 70 years of combined experience and expertise, the HandNE team provides highly personalized timely care from start to finish, eliminating the stress and time often spent seeking care and working your way through the system within large networks. Conveniently located in Quincy at the intersection of 93 and Route 3, between Milton and Braintree, serving the South Shore, the Cape and Islands, greater Boston, all of New England and beyond; the team at HandNE strives to bring care to patients in the most tailored and effective way possible—eliminating the need to visit multiple providers for consultation, evaluation, testing, imaging, splinting, casting, therapy, non-operative treatments and surgical needs. This curated care experience is built from the ground up with intent to fit each patient's unique needs and schedule, with the essential resources in one spot, coordinated by a team deeply committed to their mission to deliver world-class definitive care right here in the community. Experience the Difference In just a single visit, patients experience the complete spectrum of care, including timely evaluation by a senior surgeon, on-site imaging (X-rays and fluoroscopy), with surgeries and treatments performed in office—even on the same day in some cases. Coordinated follow up with the clinical, surgical and therapy team includes a check in by the surgeon who performed your procedure, as well as direct communication with the entire care team including therapists, midlevel providers, radiologic technologist and administrative coordination. No more shuffling to another location for imaging, waiting for an expert to review and diagnose those results, or waiting weeks to undergo treatment. At HandNE, patients bypass those frustrating obstacles. This approach reduces the total-cost-of-care while enhancing value to the patient and decreasing time-to-cure. The HandNE team routinely cares for common conditions including wrist fractures, hand and upper extremity fractures, work injuries, carpal tunnel syndrome, trigger finger, tendonitis, tennis elbow, golfer's elbow, arthritis, nerve compression, ligament injuries, skier's thumb, biceps ruptures and sports injuries. "We work with primary care doctors from all the major healthcare systems in the region," explains Dr. Kadzielski. He further explains that they work with a wide array of physician and care networks, as well as insurance providers, making this much needed subspecialty care even more streamlined and accessible to patients. "Patients, insurers, occupational health groups, managed care systems and case managers alike, all seek out the Hand & Upper Extremity Center of New England because this model drives down total-cost-of-care and minimizes time patients and their loved ones spend out of work." In a world where people often feel overlooked or like a small spoke in a large wheel, this team's approach to personalized care makes a World-Class Care, Close to Home THE HAND & UPPER EXTREMITY CENTER OF NEW ENGLAND Written by Robin Carney