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New UMass Memorial Health acute-care facility looks to address bed shortage in Massachusetts
We're getting a closer look at UMass Memorial Health's new North Pavilion Building.
Running the Boston Marathon for the UMass ALS Cellucci Fund
The 129th Boston Marathon won’t be John Kelly’s first rodeo.
Following opening of $220M tower, UMass Memorial ER wait times are dropping
New data shows the opening of UMass Memorial Health’s $220-million acute-care facility North Pavilion in Worcester has contributed to increase
FEMA awards over $20 million to UMass Memorial Health Care for COVID-19 costs
The Federal Emergency Management Agency will be sending more than $20 million to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to reimburse UMass Memorial Health Care, Inc. for the cost of steps taken during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Worcester Railers recognize nurses for National Nurses Month
The Worcester Railers Hockey Club in partnership with Fletcher Tilton recognized more than 500 nurses from UMass Memorial Health on Tues., May 23rd in celebration of National Nurses Month.
Community Healthlink appoints leaders of Worcester crisis co-response team
Community Healthlink has appointed two leaders for its new crisis co-response team that will dispatch teams alongside police to mental health-related emergency calls.
Worcester Railers hand out flowers, tickets to UMass nurses
The Worcester Railers are supporting local caregivers in honor of National Nurses Month. Team members handed out 500 flowers Tuesday to nurses at three UMass Memorial Health campuses in Worcester.
UMass Memorial Hosts Free Skin Cancer and Eye Exams
The UMass Memorial Hospital Dermatology Department hosts free skin cancer screening and eye exams on Saturday, May 20, from 8 AM to noon.
UMass Memorial staff members get slimed for Children's Mental Health Awareness Day
WORCESTER, Mass. – Members of the UMass Memorial medical team were slimed Thursday as part of an event to mark Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day.
Worcester among Mass. cities to receive opioid settlement funds for recovery services
In Worcester, UMass Memorial Children’s Medical Center is the only hospital-level provider between Boston and Springfield.
Children's health care in Mass. still recovering from pandemic
In Worcester, UMass Memorial Children’s Medical Center is the only hospital-level provider between Boston and Springfield. But it’s located in a region of the state with the highest population growth, which means there are a lot of children under 18, Worcester Medical Director Dr.
Emergency rooms across the state are overwhelmed — there’s a proven fix
Three years ago, emergency departments across Massachusetts were inundated with patients infected with COVID-19. In my 30-plus years of working in emergency medicine, I had never seen anything like it. No one had. We cared for patients in tents outside the emergency department.
New procedure at UMass Medical can diagnose & treat lung cancer in same day
“At about 99 percent of the hospitals in the country, they come in for a bronchoscopy, they have a biopsy and then the diagnosis takes about a week or so,” said Mark Maxfield, MD, a thoracic surgeon at UMass Memorial Health.
2023 Power 50: Dr. Eric Dickson
As the leader of more than 17,000 caregivers at the largest healthcare provider and largest employer in Central Massachusetts, Dr.
In states predicted to be hardest hit by Medicaid disenrollments, hospitals step in to help patients find coverage
With Massachusetts being an expansion state, UMass Memorial Health has always made significant efforts toward Medicaid enrollment, said Dr. Dickson. Now those efforts will intensify during the redetermination process.