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UMass digital hub provides peek into future of remote patient management
When the University of Massachusetts Memorial Health in Worcester opened its digital hub last fall, it provided a glimpse of what the future o
Hospital at Home program assists new mothers, patients in need
Imagine recovering from a medical condition in the comfort of your own bed—no noisy beeping, no buzzing machines, no hospital roommates, and n
Massachusetts ICU Beds Almost Full as COVID Positivity Rate Nearly Doubles in a Week
Hospital officials in Massachusetts are warning that intensive care unit (ICU) beds are nearing capacity as the state's positivity rate nearly doubled in a week due to the highly contagious Omicron variant.
Worcester hit with record-high COVID cases; city resources, hospitals stretched thin
WORCESTER — Wednesday marked a grim record in the city's ongoing battle with COVID-19.
With 3,513 new cases since last week's press conference, the city is shattering records for transmission.
More than 3,500 new COVID-19 cases reported in Worcester in past week
WORCESTER, Mass. - In just one week, the City of Worcester has reported its highest one day increase, one week increase and seven-day average of COVID-19 cases since the start of the pandemic.
'No ICU beds left': Massachusetts hospitals are maxed out as COVID continues to surge
Dr. Melisa Lai-Becker, the medical director for the emergency department at Cambridge Health Alliance's Everett Hospital, spent much of Monday afternoon urgently calling hospitals all over the state.
When it comes to COVID in children under age 5, experts struggle to provide useful guidance
The website for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention includes scores of bullet points and lists on how best to protect friends and family from COVID-19.
Largest health systems to require booster for Covid vaccine mandate
“I think it’s the right move,” said Dr. Eric Dickson, CEO of UMass Memorial Health. “I support their decision. And we are actively considering it …. Once we’re through this latest surge — the worst of the three — we will likely follow suit.”
Hospitals In For ‘Rough’ January, Says UMass Memorial Health Care President
WORCESTER (CBS) – The president of UMass Memorial Health Care says this month is going to be “rough” for hospitals in the state.
Long, snaking line at COVID-19 testing site in Massachusetts after New Year's weekend
WORCESTER, Mass. — Hundreds of people in Massachusetts waited for hours outside in the cold in order to receive a COVID-19 test following the New Year's holiday weekend.
Kent offers state’s first ‘hospital-at-home’ acute care program
“Patients like being in their home, where they’re happier and sleeping in their own beds, surrounded by loved ones, their favorite cat and TV,” said Dr. Taki Michaelidis, medical director of the program at UMass Memorial Health. “In your home environment, you just recover better.”
Massachusetts residents wait in cold for hours to get COVID tests, officials seek more testing sites amid omicron ‘log jam’: ‘We have to do better’
Bay Staters are having their patience tested to kick off the year as thousands of people on Monday waited in massive lines — some shivering in the bitter cold for hours — to get tested for COVID amid the omicron surge.
UMass Memorial says positivity rate has 'skyrocketed' to around 30% during recent COVID-19 surge
WORCESTER, Mass. - Monday marked another day of long lines at the Mercantile Center COVID-19 testing site in downtown Worcester.
Hundreds of people lined up to get tested following the holiday season, including 250 people tested in the first hour the clinic was open on Monday.
UMass Memorial welcomes New Year's baby Avianna Alaiia Rosario
WORCESTER — When Ashley Rivera chooses names for her children, she tries to pick something unique.
"I pick names that will make them stand out in the world," she said.