UMass Memorial Health Care and CareWell Urgent Care hope to integrate further beyond an affiliation, CEOs from both companies said today.

The multi-site health system and the urgent care clinic announced their affiliation on Thursday, with plans to develop three integrated CareWell locations in Worcester and Northborough.

The story of a life saved never gets old, the tale of grief spared never is boring, but Dr. Larry Rosenthal has outfitted many patients with a LifeVest – a life-sparing garment worn under clothes – during his career as a UMass Memorial Medical Center cardiologist specializing in heart rhythm problems.

(Subscription May Be Required)

Tiffany Moore Simas, MD, obstetrician and gynocologist at UMass Memorial Medical Center encourages those who are currently, or have ever been, or have ever known, a pregnant woman or a new mother, to contact our state senators to support the Massachusetts Child Psychiatry Access Project for Moms (MCPAP for Moms) program and its continued funding through the state budget.

The urgent care frenzy that has swept Eastern Massachusetts is arriving in Greater Worcester, with at least three major players set to enter the market and plans from existing providers to up their urgent care presence.

(Subscription May Be Required)

The pilot at UMass Memorial Health Care was for what's called a “perioperative surgical home,” a model for a comprehensive type of care that starts the moment a decision for surgery is made and doesn’t end until the patient returns to the regular care of her primary care provider.

(Subscription May Be Required)

Sugar is ready to be used by patients at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, according to Diane Strong, a Worcester Polytechnic Institute professor and principal investigator of an interdisciplinary engineering and technology team at WPI.

(Subscription May Be Required)

According to a U.S. government-appointed panel whose recommendations are likely to be taken to heart when U.S. dietary guidelines are revised later this year, Americans consume from 22 to 39 teaspoons of sugar daily, much of it in the form of juices and sugar-laden drinks. Instead the panel wants Americans to cut back to 12 teaspoons of sugar daily. And it wants new labeling on products that would separate out added sugars from naturally occurring sugars, enabling grocery shoppers to be savvier about what they put in their grocery carts.

Cheryl Lapriore has been elected to the college's Board of Trustees. She is UMass Memorial Health Care's senior vice president, chief of staff, and chief marketing officer.  She is also the president of UMass Memorial Health Ventures.  Before joining the UMass Memorial  team, Lapriore held executive positions with The Hanover Insurance Group and its Foundation, as well as with Allmerica Financial Life Insurance and Annuity Company.

UMass Memorial Health Care will open several urgent care centers in Central Massachusetts this year, which will help ease pressure on the health care system's emergency rooms. The Worcester-based system, the region's largest health care provider, announced its plans after a Quincy-based urgent care business, CareWell Urgent Care, announced plans to expand into Worcester in the coming months.