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Marlborough Campus Emergency Room Gets $50K Boost for Renovation and Expansion
A hospital campus in Marlborough has received another donation for its updated emergency room. UMass Memorial Health received a $50,000 gift from Avidia Bank Charitable Foundation to support the expansion and renovation of the Emergency Department at UMass Memorial Medical Center's Marlborough Campus, located at 157 Union St.
Multidisciplinary Care and Recent Advances in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD)
Welcome back to another Neurology Live Peer Exchange series.
Daughter Who Donated Kidney to Mom Tells Their Story at Ceremony in Worcester
A mother and daughter from Hudson who faced kidney failure and donation shared their inspiring story at a ceremony earlier this week.
Since becoming first in nation to implement new emergency room AI program, UMass Memorial has seen accuracy improve
As the use of artificial intelligence is becoming more prevalent in health care, UMass Memorial Medical Center’s emergency room in Worcester last year quietly became the first level-one trauma center in the United States to implement KATE AI.
Now, after nearly 18 months, UMass Memorial has seen a...
UMass Memorial converting former nursing home into acute-care facility
A new facility will bring more hospital beds and jobs to Central Massachusetts.
UMass Memorial Medical Center is converting the former Beaumont Rehabilitation and Skilled Nursing Center into the medical center’s North Pavilion.
Home care, without the home: New pilot program aims to improve post-hospital care and reduce homelessness by providing a transitional facility
Transitioning out of a hospital into a home care setting comes with its own challenges, which are compounded when a patient doesn’t have anywhere to transition to.
Expert: One case is too many as measles reported in Worcester County
A local infectious disease specialist said the single case of measles reported in Worcester County on Thursday is an alarming development.
'It was just fate': Surgeon mom saves umpire's life at son's baseball game
Dr. Jennifer LaFemina, a surgical oncologist at UMass Memorial Health in Worcester, Massachusetts, was watching her son play in a local baseball tournament on July 11, when she saw the home plate umpire get hit in the throat by a wild pitch.
Little League mom — and surgeon — saves umpire’s life during game in Oxford
UMass Memorial Health surgical oncologist and Little League mom Dr. Jennifer LaFemina is being credited with saving an umpire’s life after he was hit in the neck by a foul ball.
UMass Memorial Medical Center is a top five Mass. hospital
UMass Memorial is still the only Central Massachusetts hospital to break into the top 10 in the state, according to the U.S. News ranking released Tuesday.
UMass Memorial Health Selects 18 Local Organizations to Receive Nearly $5M in Funding to Improve Health Outcomes
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Worcester, MA - UMass Memorial Health (UMMH), the largest not-for-profit health care system in Central Massachusetts, is proud to award nearly $5M in grants to 18 local non-profit organizations working to...
Unique postpartum program at Massachusetts hospital helps moms recover at home
A new program at UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester is offering women a unique chance to receive the postpartum care they would normally receive at the hospital right in their own homes.
100-year-old Margery Dearborn 'feels great' after having heart valve replacement procedure
When Margery Dearborn started losing her breath from just walking across the room, she thought it was her age catching up to her. The then-99-year-old decided to see her doctor after her condition got even worse.
UMass Memorial Children's Medical Center helmet distribution program aims to increase use of safety equipment
UMass Memorial Health is launching a Pediatric Helmet Distribution Program.
Keeping nurses in the field: Amid rising burnout, UMass Memorial’s first-year registered nurse program works to keep high retention rates
To help prepare new nurses for the reality of the profession and combat the growing problem of burnout, UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester offers its New Graduate Nurse Residency Program, which over the course of 12 months seeks to center education, community, and support for those entering...