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UMass Memorial Medical Center and UMass Medical School Annual Winter Ball Raises Record Amount

December 4, 2017

Worcester – The Winter Ball, the premier fundraising gala supporting the mission of the academic health sciences center formed by UMass Memorial Medical Center and UMass Medical School crossed the $1,000,000 threshold for the second straight year.

UMass Memorial Health Care Reaches HIMSS Analytics Stage 6

November 29, 2017

WORCESTER, Mass. – HIMSS Analytics announced UMass Memorial Health Care (UMass Memorial) has achieved Stage 6 recognition. UMass Memorial is the largest healthcare system in Central Massachusetts and has the region’s only Level 1 Trauma Center.

UMass Memorial Medical Center Honored with Gold Quality Achievement Award for AFib Care

July 11, 2017

WORCESTER, Mass. – UMass Memorial Medical Center is the proud recipient of the 2017 American Heart Association’s Get with The Guidelines - Atrial Fibrillation (AFib) Gold Quality Achievement Award. It’s one of only two hospitals in Massachusetts to have earned this designation for its atrial fibrillation program.

Volunteers Donated 92,000 Hours in 2016; Are Honored at Luncheon Hosted by UMass Memorial Medical Center

April 26, 2017

UMass Memorial Medical Center honored many of its volunteers on April 26 in observance of National Volunteer Week during a special luncheon held at the Beechwood Hotel, Worcester. Long-time volunteers were recognized for their years and hours of service.

During this last year, 801 volunteers donated 92,000 hours, a significant savings to the Medical Center if employees were to assume volunteers’ duties.

UMass Memorial -  HealthAlliance Hospital Receives First Place Accountable Care Compass Award from Massachusetts Health & Hospital Association

March 13, 2017

 
UMass Memorial – HealthAlliance Hospital was a first place awardee at the Massachusetts Health & Hospital Association (MHA)’s second Accountable Care Compass Awards event, which recognizes provider excellence and innovation in the delivery of high-quality, safe and efficient care.
 

Lisa Colombo, DNP, RN, Appointed Senior Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer at UMass Memorial Medical Center

February 8, 2017

Contact: Debora Spano
508-334-4252
401-258-3081 (cell)
Debora.spano@umassmemorial.org

WORCESTER, Mass. – UMass Memorial Medical Center Care has announced that Lisa Colombo, DNP, MHA, RN, has accepted the position of senior vice president for Patient Care Services and chief nursing officer at UMass Memorial Medical Center, effective January 19. Colombo was previously president of UMass Memorial Medical Center – Clinton Hospital. 

UMass Memorial Medical Center Seeks to Join Dana-Farber Cancer Care Collaborative

January 9, 2017

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 9, 2017
Tony Berry, UMass Memorial Medical Center
508-793-5394
anthony.berry@umassmemorial.org

Ellen Berlin, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
617-632-4090
ellen_berlin@dfci.harvard.edu

UMass Memorial - HealthAlliance Hospital Foundation Announces G.A.L.A. Award Recipients

September 9, 2016

On October 29th, the UMass Memorial - HealthAlliance Hospital Foundation will hold its second annual Gala Event. Proceeds will go to support the Foundation's Doyle Community Fund and the Mass Lung and Allergy Foundation. Both foundations will be directing funds back into the community to support programs and initiatives that address health and wellness, treatment and prevention of lung cancer and other pulmonary diseases in the North Worcester County region. This black tie affair will feature the music of the Tom Nutile Band, dinner and dancing and an electronic silent auction.

Wachusett Music & the Simonds-Hurd Complementary Care Center Invite You to “An Evening for Mind, Body & Spirits”

September 6, 2016

Leominster, MA – Wachusett Music and Simonds-Hurd Complementary Care Center invite you to “An Evening for Mind, Body and Spirits” featuring Mediums Kathleen Glass and Laura Emerald on Thursday, September 15, 2016 from 4 - 9pm at the Devens Common Center located at 31 Andrews Parkway in Devens, MA 01434. Tickets are $20 ($25 at the door) and $15 for students with a college ID.

Leominster Fraternal Order of the Eagles Donates $5,000 to the UMass Memorial – HealthAlliance Hospital Simonds – Sinon Regional Cancer Center 

August 26, 2016

Contact:  Kelli Rooney, Manager, Marketing, Public Relations & Community Relations 
Phone:     978-466-4094

UMass Memorial - Marlborough Hospital Introduces New Technology to Detect Prostate Cancer

July 25, 2016

Marlborough, MA – UMass Memorial - Marlborough Hospital is pleased to announce a new prostate cancer detection technology is now available at the hospital.  Targeted magnetic resonance (MRI)/ultrasound fusion prostate biopsies have been recently performed by Bhalchandra Parulkar, MD, a urologist who is an member of the hospital’s active medical staff.  
 

Mohs Micrographic Surgery Clinic Now Open

July 22, 2016

Leominster, MA – Recently, Colleen and Wayne Elliot were our first patients to receive Mohs Micrographic Surgery (an advanced surgical treatment for treating common forms of skin cancer) during the grand opening of the clinic on July 6, 2016 at our Leominster Campus. Colleen said: "It was so nice to have the convenience of having a procedure closer to home.

UMass Memorial Health Care Wins National Award for Pediatric Asthma Program

June 16, 2016

-Initiative helped to reduce emergency department visits and school absenteeism-

WORCESTER, Mass. – UMass Memorial Health Care has been recognized by a national hospital association for its work to reduce school absenteeism, hospitalizations and emergency department (ED) use among children with poorly controlled asthma.

Children’s Classic Go Carts Donated to UMass Memorial - HealthAlliance Hospital Operating Room

June 10, 2016

HealthAlliance Classic CarLeominster, MA – Recently, the employees of the UMass Memorial - HealthAlliance Hospital Operating Room recognized a need to help minimize the anxiety that their pediatric patients experience during the “pre-operation” phase.  Surgery for patients at any age can cause great angst and chi

UMass Memorial Medical Center Earns Blue Distinction® Center+ Designation for Quality in Joint Replacement Surgery

May 10, 2016

WORCESTER, Mass. – Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts has selected UMass Memorial Medical Center as a Blue Distinction Center+ (plus) for Knee and Hip Replacement, the highest designation in the Blue Distinction Specialty Care program. Blue Distinction Centers are nationally designated healthcare facilities shown to deliver improved patient safety and better health outcomes, based on objective measures that were developed by Blue Cross and Blue Shield companies with input from the medical community.

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