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9-Year-Old Girl with Devastating Skin Disorder Lives in Pain: 'I Can't Play on the Playground'
Nine-year-old Tayma Salim loves drawing flowers, playing with her brother, Arslan, and the color pink.
Inside Hospitals' Digital Command Centers
Every 36 minutes: Amid rising rates of abuse, Central Mass. healthcare providers are pushing state legislation to make hospitals safer for workers
America's Best Maternity Hospitals 2024
To help expectant parents find the right facility amid diminishing options, Newsweek has partnered with data and business intelligence portal Statista for the third annual ranking of America's Best Maternity Hospitals.
Medical Center Earns Newsweek’s 2024 Best Maternity Hospital Recognition
UMass Memorial Medical Center has been named one of America's Best Maternity Hospitals by Newsweek, earning the top five-ribbon rating for the third year in a row. The list names the top 404 leading hospitals for maternity care in the U.S.
Why UMass invested millions in 'hospital at home'
The four-hospital system initially launched acute hospital care at home in 2021 to address bursting-at-the-seams capacity issues. But then UMass Memorial recognized other benefits from the care model.
UMass Memorial Health hosts free skin cancer screenings and eye exams
A free screening in Worcester helped community members get checked for skin cancer.
Systemic failures: An increasing number of Mass. pregnancies are resulting in severe complications, as the greatest impact falls on the Black community
Massachusetts is facing a mounting maternal morbidity crisis, the likes of which aren’t slowing down.
UMass Memorial Medical Center nurse sharing inspirational message on National Nurses Week
A nurse at UMass Memorial Medical Center is sharing their story on National Nurses Week and encouraging others to find a place in the rewarding profession.
UMass Memorial Medical Center honors Donate Life Month with flag raising
At the end of Donate Life Month, UMass Memorial Health is honoring donors and their families for sharing the gift of life.
The medical center held a flag raising Monday in collaboration with New England Donor Services.
UMass Memorial Children's Medical Center launches PediBert, a new program to address behavioral health crises at the hospital
Details PediBERT, the pediatric behavioral emergency response team at UMass Memorial Children’s Medical Center.
It won't be easy: Doctor wants to open long COVID clinic in Worcester
Dr. Michael Hirsh, Medical Director for the Department of Public Health and a Pediatric Surgeon at UMass Memorial Medical Center, and his plans to establish a long COVID clinic in Worcester.
Cherise Hamblin: A voice for Black maternal health equity
Interview with Cherise Hamblin, medical director of the new doula program at UMass Memorial Medical Center, on Black maternal health and the significance of Black Maternal Health Week.
UMass Memorial launches first postpartum home hospital program in US
Details UMass Memorial Health’s new hospital at home program for postpartum patients, including quotes from Dr. Taki Michaelidis, the medical director of Hospital at Home.
Milford Regional to open new Medway satellite location
Announced in the summer of 2023, the new facility will offer adult and pediatric primary care, as well as obstetrics and gynecology, urgent care, and laboratory and radiology services.