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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
63 Hispanic and Latino leaders to know | 2024
Lists Sergio Melgar, Executive Vice President and CFO for UMass Memorial Health and Connie Camelo, Director of Interpreter Services at UMass Memorial Medical Center in Becker’s Hispanic and Latino leaders to know list for 2024.
63 Hispanic and Latino leaders to know | 2024
Lists Sergio Melgar, Executive Vice President and CFO for UMass Memorial Health and Connie Camelo, Director of Interpreter Services at UMass Memorial Medical Center in Becker’s Hispanic and Latino leaders to know list for 2024.
Worcester doctor shares story of prostate cancer diagnosis in an effort to raise awareness of the disease
A Worcester urologist is sharing his experience of being diagnosed with and battling prostate cancer.
Dr. Mitchell Sokoloff, chair of Urology at UMass Memorial Medical Center, was diagnosed earlier this year and had surgery in April to remove the cancer.
Recommendations Issued for Managing Chronic Constipation
Karim Alavi, M.D., M.P.H., from UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester, Massachusetts, and colleagues developed guidelines for evaluation and management of chronic constipation.
The authors present six strong recommendations and seven conditional recommendations.
Central Mass. child fights to beat cancer, with help from a friendly robot
Features Robin the Robot, a support Robot in the pediatric wing at UMass Memorial Medical Center – University Campus and its’ interactions with five-year-old patient Levi Pasquino.
'Time to act': Overdose deaths decline in Worcester, but the work isn't done
Mentions UMass Memorial Health's efforts in helping to bring down overdose deaths in Worcester.
Field of purple flags remembers Massachusetts lives lost to overdoses
The 2,125 purple flags at UMass Memorial Health represent each life lost to an opioid-related overdose in Massachusetts in 2023. The annual event is about honoring the story behind every single flag and raising awareness.
Growing concern amid spread of mosquito-borne viruses
Dr. Richard Ellison, immunologist and infectious disease specialist at UMass Memorial Medical Center, is interviewed about mosquito-borne eastern equine encephalitis virus (EEE).
UMass Memorial Health unveils new life flight ambulance
UMass Memorial Health is showing off a new ambulance that brings the resources of a life flight helicopter to the streets.
Letter: Ob-gyns look forward to working with midwives to boost care
Letter from Dr. Luu Ireland of UMass Memorial Medical Center applauding the Legislature’s passage of the maternal health bill.
UMass Memorial Medical Center NICU to celebrate 50th anniversary with NICU babies' reunion
This segment features the 50th anniversary of the Newborn Intensive Care Unit (NICU) and features Chair of Pediatrics, Larry Rhein, MD, MPH, and former NICU patient, Todd Bishop, who is now a healthy father with two children of his own.
'It continues to mutate': Parts of Massachusetts seeing COVID-19 case rise
Dr. Michael Hirsh says COVID-19 isn't going away anytime soon. In fact, as the virus continues to mutate, Hirsh says it looks to be a permanent fixture like the flu.
"Their mission is to spread widely, but not necessarily make us so sick," Hirsh said.