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Outstanding Women in Business: Babu transforms the medical landscape for the most vulnerable patients
Dr. Kavita Babu is a quadruple threat, said Dr. Eric Dickson, president and CEO of UMass Memorial Health in Worcester.
UMass Memorial's new roof garden swaps the buzz of medical equipment for the buzz of bees
It's been three weeks since the ribbon was cut officially unveiling a rooftop garden at the North Pavilion at UMass Memorial Medical Center and it's already become a regular lunch spot for Katherine Poirier, a patient care assistant, and Elaine Lam and Selaijha Powers, both unit secretaries.
A robot programmed to act like a 7-year-old girl works to combat fear and loneliness in hospitals
Days after Meagan Brazil-Sheehan’s 6-year-old son was diagnosed with leukemia, they were walking down the halls of UMass Memorial Children’s Medical Center when they ran into Robin the Robot.
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Breast cancer survivor says first mammogram at age 40 saved her life, "It still is jarring."
After the shock and emotional rollercoaster of a breast cancer diagnosis at 40, Alexis Matera got to work. She received care at UMass Memorial Health and is on the path to recovery.
Local Hospital Teams Up With Milford School To Help Teens With Disabilities Find Employment
A program at UMass Memorial Health - Milford Regional Medical Center supports teenagers with intellectual and developmental disabilities in preparing for the future. The Project SEARCH program gives teens with disabilities three 11-week internships during their final year of high school.
Costco is selling Ozempic and Wegovy at about half price. Here are 5 things to know.
Costco has struck a deal with drugmaker Novo Nordisk to sell the popular GLP-1 medications Ozempic and Wegovy for about half their usual price — $499 a month. The discount still requires a doctor’s prescription, medical supervision, and careful consideration of coverage and cost.
Medical Helicopters Link To A Higher Level Of Care
Helicopter emergency medical services have been a constant in the everchanging U.S. health care landscape, providing a self-contained, self-reliant means of ferrying patients between hospitals or from the scene of an accident to a higher level of care.
Outstanding Women in Business: Babu transforms the medical landscape for the most vulnerable patients
Dr. Kavita Babu is a quadruple threat, said Dr. Eric Dickson, president and CEO of UMass Memorial Health in Worcester.
Every day something amazing happens, and every day something hard happens — It’s that balance of these incredible success stories that sort of propel you forward, and then these tragedies that propel you faster.
Dr. Kavita Babu | Medical Director, Community Benefits
NICU babies at UMass Memorial rock out for Taylor Swift's new album
Taylor Swift fans of all ages celebrated her new album release Friday, including some of her tiniest fans. Babies at UMass Memorial Children's Medical Center Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) stole the show, dressing up to mark the release of Swift's album "The Life of a Showgirl."
Robots, dogs and Legos help kids cope during hospital visits
Robin — an interactive, human-assisted robot — is an innovative tool that’s helping make hospital visits less stressful for pediatric patients at the UMass Memorial Medical Center – Children’s Medical Center.
Home hospital programs stop accepting patients ahead of looming government shutdown
Major hospital systems in Massachusetts have stopped accepting patients to their home hospital programs as the expiration of a Medicare provision allowing the care approaches — along with a potential government shutdown.
Milford MA Regional Golf Classic raises $125K to support hospital services
The Milford Regional Healthcare Foundation's annual Golf Classic has raised about $125,000 to support the highest priority needs of Milford Regional Medical Center.
UMass Memorial, Shields working on $12M upgrade to Worcester outpatient center
Quincy-based Shields Health and Worcester’s UMass Memorial Health are working to upgrade their outpatient center on Worcester’s Shrewsbury Street, a 24-hour facility where more than 25,000 patients a year receive scans, which are critical in diagnosing cancer and other diseases.
UMass Memorial's new roof garden swaps the buzz of medical equipment for the buzz of bees
It's been three weeks since the ribbon was cut officially unveiling a rooftop garden at the North Pavilion at UMass Memorial Medical Center and it's already become a regular lunch spot for Katherine Poirier, a patient care assistant, and Elaine Lam and Selaijha Powers, both unit secretaries.
The rooftop garden ties in with the theme we were trying to accomplish with the North Pavilion — creating an environment that promotes healing and wellness.
Justin Precourt | President, UMass Memorial Medical Center
‘We want this to be able to continue’: Successful home hospital programs could be victims of D.C. gridlock
Paula Ward’s phone rang at 2:08 a.m., waking her up on the couch in her apartment in South Boston. It was her nurse. Ward’s oxygen levels had dropped, the nurse said, explaining the early morning call. She asked Ward to clamp a small device to the end of her finger to check her oxygen saturation, or percentage of oxygen in her blood.
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