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WBJ names the 2025 Champions of Health Care
Experts in Central Mass. prepare for flu season with new variant on the way to U.S.
Shields and UMMH advancing access to innovative healthcare
New healthcare technology will soon be available to residents in Central Massachusetts as Shields Health strengthens its partnership with UMas
Recommendations Issued for Managing Chronic Constipation
Karim Alavi, M.D., M.P.H., from UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester, Massachusetts, and colleagues developed guidelines for evaluation and management of chronic constipation.
The authors present six strong recommendations and seven conditional recommendations.
‘It is just as we thought it would be’: Fire chiefs lament impacts of NVMC closure
“We have gone from an average 2.7 miles drive, to a 12 or 16 miles drive to either Leominster or Concord,” Johnston said in a phone call Friday. “On Wednesday, we didn’t have at least one of our two ambulances in town pretty much all day … . It is just as we thought it would be.
Central Mass. child fights to beat cancer, with help from a friendly robot
Features Robin the Robot, a support Robot in the pediatric wing at UMass Memorial Medical Center – University Campus and its’ interactions with five-year-old patient Levi Pasquino.
'Time to act': Overdose deaths decline in Worcester, but the work isn't done
Mentions UMass Memorial Health's efforts in helping to bring down overdose deaths in Worcester.
Field of purple flags remembers Massachusetts lives lost to overdoses
The 2,125 purple flags at UMass Memorial Health represent each life lost to an opioid-related overdose in Massachusetts in 2023. The annual event is about honoring the story behind every single flag and raising awareness.
Growing concern amid spread of mosquito-borne viruses
Dr. Richard Ellison, immunologist and infectious disease specialist at UMass Memorial Medical Center, is interviewed about mosquito-borne eastern equine encephalitis virus (EEE).
UMass Memorial Health unveils new life flight ambulance
UMass Memorial Health is showing off a new ambulance that brings the resources of a life flight helicopter to the streets.
Letter: Ob-gyns look forward to working with midwives to boost care
Letter from Dr. Luu Ireland of UMass Memorial Medical Center applauding the Legislature’s passage of the maternal health bill.
UMass Memorial Health Announces Fall 2024 CME Conference on Opioid Use Disorder Treatment and Project ECHO Learning Opportunity
UMass Memorial Health/Road To Care Mobile Clinic, in collaboration with UMass Chan Medical School, the Health Foundation of Central Massachusetts, the Reliant Foundation, and RIZE Massachusetts, is proud to announce a free Continued Medical Education (CME) conference on September 2
UMass Memorial Medical Center NICU to celebrate 50th anniversary with NICU babies' reunion
This segment features the 50th anniversary of the Newborn Intensive Care Unit (NICU) and features Chair of Pediatrics, Larry Rhein, MD, MPH, and former NICU patient, Todd Bishop, who is now a healthy father with two children of his own.
'It continues to mutate': Parts of Massachusetts seeing COVID-19 case rise
Dr. Michael Hirsh says COVID-19 isn't going away anytime soon. In fact, as the virus continues to mutate, Hirsh says it looks to be a permanent fixture like the flu.
"Their mission is to spread widely, but not necessarily make us so sick," Hirsh said.
Great hospitals in America | 2024
The list features the Medical Center as a leading nonprofit academic medical center with excellence in cutting-edge medical technology and specialist services.