What Is Health Coaching?
Health coaching helps you manage chronic conditions and make healthy changes. Coaches don't replace your doctor. They teach about your condition and medicines, set goals, build habits, and check in.
Extreme Heat Warning: Local Cooling Centers
The National Weather Service has issued an Extreme Heat Warning, in effect from 10 am, Wednesday, July 1, through Saturday, July 4 at 8 pm.
Heat index values may reach 115°, and importantly, there will not be much relief during the overnight hours. To help our community members stay safe over the next few days, a number of cooling centers are being opened throughout the region. Please continue to check this page for ongoing updates to this list.
UMass Memorial sounds alarm amid surge in serious e-bike crashes
UMass Memorial Medical Center is seeing three to five e-bike injuries weekly compared to roughly one every week during the same period last year.
UMass Memorial sounds alarm amid surge in serious e-bike crashes
Heywood Hospital Cuts Ribbon for New Helipad
Heywood Hospital representatives proudly marked a significant milestone on Wednesday with the official ribbon cutting of its newly operational helipad, further strengthening its ability to deliver rapid, life-saving care to the community.
Heywood Hospital Cuts Ribbon for New Helipad
How To Start Care with an OB-GYN
First GYN appointment? Learn what to expect, questions to ask and how to feel prepared for a supportive visit focused on your health.
Harrington Hospital Auxiliary Concludes Its Legacy With Meaningful Gifts
In April 2026, the UMass Memorial Health – Harrington Hospital Auxiliary officially disbanded after almost 100 years of service. To mark the occasion, they made final gifts to the Cancer Center and Behavioral Health Support Services.
Founded in 1932, the mission of the Auxiliary was to support the hospital and fulfill any unmet needs through community outreach and philanthropy. Hospital leaders turned to the Auxiliary over the years for help with advancing capital projects such as renovating the ICU, establishing caregiver scholarships, purchasing medical equipment and much more.
“One year we...
Health Systems Must Shift AI Use From Automation to Transformation
While healthcare investments in AI are two to three times that of other industries, most providers focus AI's power on tackling administrative tasks. But AI's true value is in transforming care, explain experts at the HIMSS AI in Healthcare Forum.
Health Systems Must Shift AI Use From Automation to Transformation
5 Revenue Cycle Leaders to Know
Angela Confoey, Senior Vice President of Revenue Cycle and Chief Revenue Officer at UMass Memorial Health leads a large, complex revenue cycle organization focused on protecting reimbursement, improving cash performance, reducing avoidable denials, and advancing a more reliable and compassionate patient financial experience.
5 Revenue Cycle Leaders to Know
Max Johnson
Max Johnson, BA
MBSR/MBCT Qualified Teacher
Formal Education:
- Bachelor of Arts in African and African-American Studies
Minor in Studio Arts, University of Rochester, 2006
Mindfulness and Meditation Training:
- Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Teacher Qualification, Brown University School of Professional Studies (2023)
- Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) Teacher Qualification, Brown University School of Professional Studies (2023)
Bio
Max Johnson is a mindfulness teacher qualified by Brown University to teach Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) and Mindfulness-Based Cognitive...
Tiffany Moore Simas, MD
Tiffany Moore Simas, MD, is the Donna M. and Robert J. Manning Chair and Chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (OB/GYN), and a Professor of OB/GYN, Pediatrics, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, and Population and Quantitative Health Sciences at UMass Chan Medical School/UMass Memorial Health.
A nationally recognized physician scientist and leader in perinatal mental health, she is the founding obstetric engagement leader of the Massachusetts Child Psychiatry Access Program (MCPAP) for Moms — a first-in-nation statewide program supporting obstetric care clinicians in addressing...