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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.
95 academic medical center CEOs to know | 2025
Justin Precourt, RN, DNP, President at UMass Memorial Medical Center, named among academic medical center CEOs at the helm of some of the most
40 Under Forty 2025: Kait Urlaub
During a turbulent labor market, Kait Urlaub's leadership proved essential to workforce stabilization and growth at UMass Memorial Health, the largest Central Mass. healthcare system with 20,000+ employees.
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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.
BSAS commissioner tours Community Healthlink recovery programs
The leader of the Massachusetts Bureau of Substance Addiction Services toured recovery programs in Worcester Tuesday, as part of national recovery month. In-patient recovery programs at Community Healthlink support individuals struggling with addiction.
UMass Memorial's new emergency facility in Nashoba Valley moves one step closer to reality
Federal, state and local officials gathered in Groton Monday, Sept. 22, to celebrate the first steps toward bringing health care back to the residents of the Nashoba Valley, by unveiling renderings of UMass Memorial Health’s planned satellite emergency room.
The skills boosting physicians’ value in the next 5 years
As new technologies like AI and machine learning change the way that medicine is practiced across healthcare settings, clinical leaders are paying close attention to the skills that will be valued and needed over the next five years.
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.
Mass. paramedicine program targets emergency care gap for adults with developmental disabilities
A 24/7 community paramedicine program launching this fall will provide in-home evaluation and treatment for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities in Worcester County.
Milford Regional Medical Center Devoted $2.6M To Community Programs In One Year
UMass Memorial Health – Milford Regional Medical Center announced that it contributed more than $2.6 million to programs in fiscal year 2024.
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