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Family Members Across Three Generations Share Same Birthday, March 16, and Same Birth Time of 3:16 pm After Latest Addition
How Smart Hospitals Push Forward From Pilot to Practice
Hospital Campus in Marlborough Gets $100K for Emergency Department Renovation, Expansion
Saving a stranger: UMass Memorial highlights importance of organ donors
In the spirit of the holidays, UMass Memorial Health is sharing the story of two local strangers connected by an act of goodwill for a woman living with kidney failure.
Massachusetts rehab hospital taps chief nursing officer
Announces Samatha Gauvin’s appointment to chief nursing officer at Fairlawn Rehabilitation Hospital, a collaborative initiative between UMass Memorial Health and Encompass Health.
Christopher J. Ito, MD, MEd: A Leading Force in Otolaryngology at UMass Memorial Medical Center University Campus
Dr. Ito serves as the Residency Program Director and Vice Chair of Academic Affairs, shaping the future of otolaryngology for the next generation of medical professionals.
Why UMass Memorial Health is expanding care at home
Worcester, Mass.-based UMass Memorial Health already has one of the largest hospital-at-home programs in the country. Now the health system is expanding into other home-care domains.
UMMH integrates AEYE Health’s diagnostic tool into EMR system for eye care
Nonprofit healthcare system UMass Memorial Health (UMMH) has integrated AEYE Health's AI-based AEYE-DS autonomous diagnostic screening solution for diabetic eye care into its electronic medical records (EMR) system.
135,000 ideas and counting: How UMass Memorial Health drives change
Features Dr. Eric Dickson, President and CEO of UMass Memorial Health, on his collaborative, people centered leadership philosophy and the Innovation Station at UMass Memorial Health.
UMass Memorial Health Integrates AEYE Health's AEYE-DS Autonomous AI Screening for Diabetic Eye Care into EMR System
AEYE Health, the leader in artificial intelligence-based diagnostics for retinal imaging, and UMass Memorial Health (UMMH), the largest not-for-profit health care system in Central Massachusetts, today announced the integration of AEYE Health's AEYE-DS, an AI-based autonomous diagnostic screening
He ran 154 miles in 4 days to raise money for hospitalized kids — and to challenge himself
Features David Filar, a Worcester resident who ran 154 miles to raise money for UMass Memorial Children’s Medical Center’s Child Life program.
Community Forge turns guns into tools ahead of annual gun buyback day
Local youth at the Regional Environmental Council spent Saturday turning old, destroyed guns into garden tools.
The partnership between UMass Memorial Health's annual gun buyback program and Guns 2 Gardens looks to take unwanted guns off the streets.
Shrewsbury woman grateful after harrowing medical issues
Lyon’s story is a harrowing one, starting with a car crash last August and leading to a heart attack, a series of surgeries, and months of recovery that may stretch into years. But it’s one where she’s had support every step of the way, from her family to the staff at UMass Memorial Medical Center
Champions of Health Care: Precourt tackles systematic healthcare challenges
Champions of Health Care: 'There's not many people like Erik'
“There's not many people like Erik,” said Justin Precourt, president of UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester. “He works day and night, tirelessly, to help meet the needs of the underserved and the Worcester community.”