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‘Avenue of Hope’: New Treatment Being Tested in Worcester Shows Promise for Postpartum Depression
For some women, postpartum depression can cast a long shadow over what they thought would be the happiest time of their life. “I should be happy, why am I not happy?”, said Shalea Niles of Dorchester as she described how she felt after the birth of her third child. “It...
Mass. Health Officials: Passenger on Boston-Bound JetBlue Flight Had Measles, Prompts Health Alert
Here’s How To Fix Primary Care for the Highest-Need Patients
Massachusetts health care, often praised for its excellence, is experiencing systemic strain. Our primary care infrastructure is falling woefully short, with many people unable to access a provider.
Hospital at Home program assists new mothers, patients in need
Imagine recovering from a medical condition in the comfort of your own bed—no noisy beeping, no buzzing machines, no hospital roommates, and no midnight interruptions. The University of Massachusetts Medical Center has added a Postpartum at Home program to its repertoire of offerings designed to...
It is not uncommon for our medical centers to have up to 70 patients boarding in our ER department waiting for a bed. It’s not an experience we want for our loved ones or ourselves.
Constantinos Michaelidis | Medical Director of the Hospital at Home program
12 health systems back AI 'nutrition labels'
Originally launched as an open-source project, Applied Model Cards help health systems evaluate AI solutions more efficiently, simplifying the validation and testing process, according to a news release shared with Becker's.
UMass Memorial Health CEO Is Addressing 'Psychology of Change' with AI to Solve the Workforce Problem
Dr. Eric Dickson shares with HealthLeaders the importance of getting clinicians on board with AI for alleviating hospital capacity constraints.
If I could fix one thing right now today for our healthcare system, it would be getting patients out of the hospital that don't need to be there.
Dr. Eric Dickson, President and CEO of UMass Memorial Health
CHAI launches registry for health AI model cards
The goal of the registry is to make it easier for healthcare companies to evaluate and shop between validated AI tools, the standards consortium said.
The model cards play a crucial role in the AI governance process by consolidating information in an easily digestible format, facilitating product comparisons, and providing standardized data that meets the needs of various stakeholders, from radiologists to legal teams.
Elisabeth Garwood | Associate Chief Medical Informatics Officer
Unexpected Ways AI Is Changing Health Care—Beyond Notes and Diagnosis
AI can transcribe clinical notes, draft MyChart messages, interpret X-rays and...well, what else can it do?
How UMass Memorial's digital hub is redefining patient care
UMass Memorial Health has launched a digital hub to centralize digital medicine capabilities and improve patient care across inpatient, outpatient, and home settings.
When we think about a digital hub, it's a setting that locates clinical caregivers and digital medicine capabilities to provide better care for patients, whether they're in the inpatient setting, the ambulatory setting, or at home
Eric Alper, MD, Senior Vice President, Chief Quality Officer and Chief Clinical Informatics Officer
UMass Memorial Health – Harrington Hospital to Participate in Davos Alzheimer's Collaborative US Fellowship Program
Southbridge, MA - UMass Memorial Health – Harrington Hospital is proud to announce that it has been selected as one of 10 U.S. healthcare systems to participate in the Davos Alzheimer’s Collaborative Healthcare System Preparedness U.S. Fellowship program. Through this program, UMass Memorial Health...
New program brings postpartum health care to mothers' homes
In her Westborough home, baby Darcy is all smiles, snuggled into her mother’s lap. Home is where both mom and baby Darcy have found healing, thanks to a new Hospital-at-Home program offered by UMass Memorial Medical Center.
Why UMass Memorial Health is expanding care at home
Worcester, Mass.-based UMass Memorial Health already has one of the largest hospital-at-home programs in the country. Now the health system is expanding into other home-care domains.
135,000 ideas and counting: How UMass Memorial Health drives change
Features Dr. Eric Dickson, President and CEO of UMass Memorial Health, on his collaborative, people centered leadership philosophy and the Innovation Station at UMass Memorial Health.
Wellinks Integrates Virtual Pulmonary Rehabilitation Program at UMass Memorial Health for Massachusetts Residents Living with COPD
Learnings from ongoing Healthy at Home Study at UMass Chan Medical School pave the way for expansion of innovative COPD care at home.
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...