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Amid broader concerns about immigration enforcement in previously protected areas such as hospitals, Attorney General Andrea Campbell has issued new guidance to health care providers in Massachusetts, reassuring them of patient rights to privacy and immigrants’ ability to access care.

It would be an understatement to say Danielle Killay is concerned about an executive order from the White House that targets the transgender community. 

Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in women and the American Heart Association is working to make sure women know how to keep themselves healthy and prevent the disease as best they can.

Amrita Sidhu finally got her flu shot, but only at the urging of her daughter who is in the medical profession and seeing a spike in severe cases of the flu in Massachusetts.

A Worcester woman is saying thank you this Valentine's Day after she says a new advanced treatment at a local hospital saved her heart.

Our caregivers are extra special … you could say “the best!” And, the votes cast by you and readers across the region to determine the "Best of Central Mass" puts us up on top. In fact, UMass Memorial Health has been voted the "Best Place to Work!" The results were announced at this month’s Best of Central Mass Award event celebrated at the DCU Center. Our winning services and providers include:

• Best Place to Work: UMass Memorial Health
• Best Cardiologist: Theo Meyer, MD
• Best Plastic Surgeon: John Castle, MD
• Best Hospital/Medical Center: UMass Memorial Medical Center
• Best Maternity and Childbirth...

Worcester Business Journal, Diversity and Inclusion Special Edition | September 4, 2023, wbjournal.com

The Japanese word “Gemba” means “the real place.” At UMass Memorial Health, we go to the Gemba – the place where the actual work happens – to gain knowledge and apply innovative ideas to become the best place to give care and the best place to get care.

A year ago, we used the Gemba to engage in a conversation with our Ghanaian employees (or caregivers, as all employees are known). During listening sessions at our Medical Center, our Office of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging (ODEIB)...

UMass Memorial Health has launched a digital hub to centralize digital medicine capabilities and improve patient care across inpatient, outpatient, and home settings.

UMass Memorial Health – HealthAlliance-Clinton (HA-C) Hospital recently earned accreditation from the Commission on Cancer (CoC), a quality program of the American College of Surgeons. This prestigious accreditation recognizes the high-quality, coordinated care offered by HA-C to cancer patients throughout Central Massachusetts.  

UMass Memorial Medical Center and UMass Memorial Health – Harrington Hospital are also accredited by the CoC for their commitment to improving survival and quality of life for cancer patients.  

Established in 1922, the CoC is a consortium of professional organizations...