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UMass Memorial Health Moves Longtime Primary Care Practice to Shrewsbury
UMass Memorial Children’s Medical Center Lands on Newsweek’s National Hospital List
Addressing a Critical Need in South County, UMass Memorial Opens New Primary Care Facility in Charlton
UMass Memorial Reaches Hospital-at-Home Milestone; Alper Reflects on Program’s Keys to Success
At a time when health systems are under increasing pressure to improve care delivery models, UMass Memorial Health has reached a significant milestone in its Hospital-at-Home program, admitting its 3,000th patient. This initiative, spearheaded by Dr. Eric Alper, Senior Vice President, Chief Quality...
We were at a point where our hospitals didn’t have enough space for the people that needed to be there. By moving acute-level care into the home, we believed we could provide safe, effective treatment while reducing the burden on our facilities.
Eric Alper, MD | Senior Vice President, Chief Quality Officer, and Chief Clinical Informatics Officer
The Challenges of Chronic Cough
Chronic cough remains a persistent challenge for clinicians and patients, given the wide range of potential causes and confusion regarding symptoms, according to experts.
One of the key features of chronic cough is its duration of 8 weeks or longer, which makes the cough less likely to be associated...
UMass Memorial Health allergist provides tips on how to prepare for allergy season
Just a week into spring and the weather still feels anything but. While many see the season as a time for fresh starts, it's not so pleasant for others, who battle itchy eyes and scratchy throats.
Dr. Stephen Krinzman says while the weather has been cold in recent days, pollen is starting to creep in...
'We had to:' UMass Memorial Health President and CEO says changes to healthcare were a 'must' to fight off COVID pandemic
COVID-19 brought on a lot of new challenges for people both in and out of healthcare. Things like mask wearing and social distancing became the norm. But surprising enough, the virus resulted in some positive changes. Changes to healthcare some never even imagined.
"Prior to COVID, we assumed that we...
Now we use video interpreters all the time. But we also now became much more comfortable delivering care through video. So now, we can have a paramedic go into the home through our mobile integrated health program, do labs, do a physical exam on the patient, put an iv in, deliver fluid, deliver medication.
Dr. Eric Dickson | President and CEO, UMass Memorial Health
Managing Mental Illness in Pregnancy and Postpartum: What to Know
For women with, or at a risk for, depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, or other psychiatric conditions, managing mental health during pregnancy and postpartum presents unique challenges. For physicians, understanding the latest research and clinical guidance is essential for managing these...
We have very clear data that tells us that if a pregnant or postpartum individual doesn’t get the treatment that they need, if they’re experiencing a mood or anxiety disorder, that can have a negative impact on themselves and on their babies.
Nancy Byatt, DO | Perinatal psychiatrist with the Women’s Mental Health at UMass Memorial Medical Center
Four concrete ways Massachusetts can lower health care costs
Massachusetts’ skyrocketing health care costs are an urgent problem for every resident. Every one of us will need medical care. And every one of us will pay for medical care, through doctors’ bills, health insurance, or taxes that fund Medicare and Medicaid.
Mother Delivers Daughter Early in Ambulance with Help from EMT Who Trained Baby's Firefighter Father
Kayla Alvarez was on the way to the hospital when her daughter Mariah decided to make an early arrival. Kayla Alvarez delivered her second daughter Mariah in an unlikely place thanks to the help of an unlikely friend. The 25-year-old Mass. mom was 38 weeks pregnant when she went into labor in the...
Physician assistants say they could help the primary care crisis. Will Mass. lawmakers agree?
The Massachusetts Association of PAs wants state legislators to make permanent COVID-era accommodations that eliminate the legal requirement for physician assistants to register a specific supervising physician with the state.
There’s more camaraderie between physicians and PAs, and less of that historical hierarchy. More and more, physicians are recognizing our value as partners in care and that has been incredibly validating.
Thea Nolan, Physician Assistant, Interventional Radiology
New Tablet-Based Tool Enhances Cognitive Screening in Primary Care
Primary care settings are witnessing a significant advancement in cognitive health screening with the introduction of Linus Health’s Core Cognitive Evaluation (CCE). This tablet-based assessment tool is now being integrated into routine check-ups for elderly patients, aiming to improve the detection...
Sent Home To Heal, Patients Avoid Wait for Rehab Home Beds
After a patch of ice sent Marc Durocher hurtling to the ground, and doctors at UMass Memorial Medical Center repaired the broken hip that resulted, the 75-year-old electrician found himself at a crossroads.
He didn’t need to be in the hospital any longer. But he was still in pain, unsteady on his...
UMass digital hub provides peek into future of remote patient management
When the University of Massachusetts Memorial Health in Worcester opened its digital hub last fall, it provided a glimpse of what the future of remote care management could look like.
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. We’ve been trying to use digital strategies to help drive some of the more important system-level strategies that we have.
Eric Alper | M.D., Chief Quality Officer and Chief Informatics Officer
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