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Robert Bauer, who was injured in a small plane crash in Stow, MA, reunited with Flight Nurse Andrea Knox, on the day he was being released from UMass Memorial Medical Center.

Robert Bauer, who was injured in a small plane crash in Stow, MA, reunited with Flight Nurse Andrea Knox, on the day he was being released from UMass Memorial Medical Center. 

 

  • February 8, 2022 - Daily Nurse

    Mothers inspire daughters in untold ways, including choice of profession. However, that dynamic takes on special meaning when the profession is nursing during a pandemic – and when the mother and daughter work at the same organization.

    Such is the case with Jonna Dube, MBA, BSN, RN and her daughter Alex Dube, BSN, RN.

  • February 7, 2022 - Worcester Business Journal

    Rare are the moments a person can later pinpoint as life-changing. But when they happen, they pack a punch.

    For Dr. Shlomit Schaal, chair of ophthalmology at UMass Chan Medical School and president of UMass Memorial Medical Group in Worcester, one such moment came by way of attending a mid-career women faculty leadership development seminar hosted by the Association of American Medical Colleges.

  • February 7, 2022 - Worcester Business Journal

    “When you have an informal pipeline of sorts to professional development opportunities, it’s going to lead into disparities of who ultimately moves through,” said Desiree Murphy, senior labor and employee relations specialist at UMass Memorial Health.

  • February 7, 2022 - MassLive

    The early days of the COVID-19 pandemic could very well have spelled the end of the nonprofit human services agency that I run. Thrive has some of the largest residential programs in the state. We needed PPE, testing and medical care for the individuals with developmental disabilities that we serve and our employees. Our community hospital, UMass Memorial Health-Marlborough Hospital, stepped up in unexpected ways.

  • February 4, 2022 - Marlborough Patch

    MARLBOROUGH, MA — Thrive Support & Advocacy, a nonprofit empowering youth and adults with developmental disabilities, today announced that this year's Standing Ovation Award has been presented to UMass Memorial's Marlborough Hospital, a longtime community partner.

    The Standing Ovation Awards are a celebratory initiative created to recognize outstanding and supportive stakeholders. Marlborough Hospital is being recognized for working collaboratively with the Thrive community since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.

  • February 4, 2022 - Worcester Business Journal

    Thrive Support & Advocacy, a nonprofit empowering youth and adults with developmental disabilities in Marlborough, presented UMass Memorial - Marlborough Hospital with its Standing Ovation Award according to a Thursday press release.

    Thrive presents the honor to supportive stakeholders who work collaboratively with the non-profit to support the community.

  • February 3, 2022 - Becker's Hospital Review

    Boston-based Mass General Brigham plans to construct three outpatient surgery centers through a $400 million project. The plans have raised a lot of concerns from competitors — including UMass Memorial Health, Wellforce and Shields Health Care Group — which argue the project could take their wealthiest patients, according to The Boston Globe.

  • February 3, 2022 - Boston Globe

    Hospitals throughout Massachusetts may receive additional federal funding over the next five years, thanks to a proposed change to how the state collects fees from hospitals.

    The new measure, included in Governor Charlie Baker’s 2023 budget, allows the state to assess hospitals at higher rates to earn more matching funds from the federal government.

  • February 2, 2022 - Telegram & Gazette

    WORCESTER — UMass Memorial Health finished its 2021 fiscal year with a 2% profit of $64.8 million.

    But despite the positive balance sheet, UMH President and CEO Dr. Eric Dickson said he remained “wary” of 2022 and the future, citing several major challenges for the health system including a shortage of beds in the region, increasing losses due to support of state programs and labor cost increases.  

  • February 2, 2022 - Boston 25 News

    BOSTON — We don’t know who he is, his exact age, the circumstances surrounding his infection — but two years ago today, February 1, 2020, a UMass Boston student made history by becoming the first confirmed case of COVID-19 in Massachusetts.

    We do know that he had just returned from Wuhan, China, believed to be the origin of the original ‘wild type’ coronavirus that came to be known as COVID-19.

  • February 1, 2022 - Spectrum News 1

    WORCESTER, Mass. - A local health care executive says if you are going to require masks, it really should be a specific kind. 

    President and CEO of UMass Memorial Health, Dr. Eric Dickson, said that while early in the pandemic mask mandates were effective, time and the evolution of the COVID-19 virus made certain masks ineffective.

  • February 1, 2022 - MassLive

    In March of 2020, officials locked down portions of the state as COVID-19 began to infiltrate communities. Gyms and bars closed. Restaurants limited service to takeout. Schools went remote.

    The restrictions, officials said at the time, would only linger for a few weeks with the potential of a return to normal by the summer.

  • January 27, 2022 - NBC Boston

    To see just how dramatically COVID case numbers have dropped from the peak of the omicron surge here in Massachusetts – all you had to do was stop by the walk-up COVID test site at Worcester’s Mercantile Center Wednesday, where there were no lines.

    It was just a few weeks ago that the lines snaked around the corner and down the block.

  • January 27, 2022 - Kaiser Health News

    A boisterous political battle over a proposed expansion by the largest and most expensive hospital system in Massachusetts is spotlighting questions about whether similar expansions by big health systems around the country drive up health care costs.

  • January 26, 2022 - WBUR

    COVID case counts in Massachusetts are trending down, but they are still higher than at any point pre-omicron. That means, there are still a lot of people getting sick with COVID.

    Several treatments are available that promise to help keep patients out of the hospital, but they are in short supply. We talked to doctors about the COVID treatment options, who is getting them and when supply will improve:

  • January 26, 2022 - Spectrum News 1

    WORCESTER, Mass. - Through much of December and into January, a surge in COVID-19 cases overwhelmed Massachusetts. Since then, many are questioning the need for a fourth booster shot.

    Dr. Robert Klugman, Medical Director of Employee Health Services at UMass Memorial Medical Center, said at this point there is no clear evidence of a fourth shot is beneficial. 

  • January 26, 2022 - Medscape

    When one considers improvisational theater or improv, visions of the scuffed floors of a community theater or reruns of the television show Whose Line Is It Anyway? may come to mind. Images of actors shrugging off inhibitions to embody different characters and scenarios instantaneously, or the desperate attempt not to giggle and break character, are plenty.

  • January 26, 2022 - Spectrum News 1

    WORCESTER, Mass. - Between now and the end of the month, UMass Memorial Health and the Worcester Red Sox are partnering on a social media campaign to ask for support for hospital caregivers.

    UMass Memorial and the WooSox are asking people on social media to use the hashtags #ShareASmile and #UMassMemorialStrength along with a photo or story about UMass caregivers.

  • January 26, 2022 - Becker's Hospital Review

    Healthcare needs strong leaders now more than ever to navigate their organizations through the pandemic and digital transformation.

    The following leaders champion innovation and have built a solid cultural foundation for success in the future.

  • January 25, 2022 - Worcester Business Journal

    The new clinic will include exam spaces, as well as providers across a variety of specialties, including endocrinology, diabetes, cardiology, neurosurgery, spine/anesthesia, rheumatology, oncology, infectious disease, and thoracic surgery. It will become the home of the newly expanded Diabetes Center of Excellence.

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