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Community Healthlink granted $50K from MassDevelopment for renovations
Community Healthlink in Worcester has received a slice of $519,457 of MassDevelopment funding announced Monday, in order to remake its cafeteria.
Community Healthlink receives $200K for homeless shower program
Worcester-based behavioral healthcare provider Community Healthlink has received a $208,000 grant from the City of Worcester for its Shower Program, which is part of CHL’s Homeless Outreach and Advocacy Project.
'I shouldn't be alive': Survivor of Massachusetts plane crash shares recovery update
A man who survived a plane crash in the MetroWest area of Massachusetts is on track to be discharged a week after it happened…
UMass Memorial taps CNO as interim president
UMass Memorial Medical Center has tapped its chief nursing officer and senior vice president of patient care services, Justin Precourt, to serve as interim president.
Wegmans' closure in Natick means some workers with disabilities need a new employer
Scott Duessel has worked at UMass Memorial-Marlborough Hospital for nine years. He handles all aspects of sanitation, from waxing down floors and cleaning up spills to wiping windows and making every aspect of the hospital shine.
Valve replacement surgery not what it used to be
The human heart is a complicated, masterfully designed organ on the one hand — but incredibly simple on the other. It is a pump. And like any pump, it’s got parts that can wear out. Case in point: its valves…
The Benefits of Morning Meditation
There are some things we all know we’re supposed to do to feel better: drink more water, take more walks, go on fewer tequila benders.
Holy Cross, UMass Memorial partner on internship program
The Worcester institutions The College of the Holy Cross and UMass Memorial Health, are partnering this summer to offer hands-on experience to students at the Worcester college.
UMass Memorial president on tackling patient flow issues
Emergency department boarding remains at crisis levels even as the pandemic dwindles — and capacity problems will likely persist for hospitals through the next decade.
Natural language processing can limit report discrepancies between AI and radiologists
Neither radiologists nor artificial intelligence algorithms have a perfect track record when it comes to diagnostic accuracy, but quality assurance measures can help to bridge the gap in discordance between the two.
UMass Memorial, Shields grant $1.4M to 18 Central Mass. nonprofits
Eighteen Central Massachusetts nonprofits have been granted a combined $1.4 million from Worcester-based UMass Memorial Health in partnership with Shields Health in Quincy.
Scientists ramp up efforts to develop vaccine for virus linked to mononucleosis — and worse
Epstein-Barr is one of the world’s most common human viruses and the most frequent cause of infectious mononucleosis — the “kissing disease” that’s the scourge of college campuses…
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Dozens of high school girls gathered to shadow experienced UMass Memorial OB-GYNs in the operating room and learn from their experiences in a roundtable discussion.
Learn more about this collaboration with @UMassChan and @girls_inc https://t.co/aA4ayRHOd0— UMass Memorial Health (@umassmemorial) July 23, 2024