The newest member of the UMass Memorial Health system, Harrington serves patients from more than25 communitiesacross south central Massachusetts and northeastern Connecticut with a comprehensive array of health care services through:
Harrington Hospital at Websteris an outpatient facility anchored by the 24/7 Remillard Family Emergency Department and 16-bed inpatient co-occurring disorders unit. Additional services include primary care and specialty physicians, diagnostic imaging, laboratory, cardiology, and an advanced sleep lab.Three additional major medical office buildings Harrington at Charlton,Harrington at 169, also in Charlton, andHarrington at Spencer houses primary care and specialty physicians, diagnostic imaging, laboratory, physical therapy, outpatient behavioral health, audiology, and aWound Care Centerwith hyperbaric oxygen chambers.Harrington Physician Services, a primary care and multi-specialty physician group,consists of more than 60 physicians located in offices in Brimfield, Charlton, Dudley, Southbridge, Spencer, Sturbridge and Webster.TheCancer Center at Harringtonin Southbridge allows patients to receive advanced, local oncological and hematology care, including chemotherapy, radiation and pain management. The service is joint venture partner with21stCentury Oncology.Now as a member of UMass Memorial Health, we continue to strengthen our relationship with shared patient privileges and services lines with UMass Memorial. Our Telestroke program in our Southbridge and Webster Emergency Care Centers are led by physicians fromUMass Memorial Stroke Care.Adult imaging studies are read byHarvard Medical Faculty PhysiciansfromBeth Israel Deaconess Medical Center(BIDMC). We often have a BIDMC radiologist on-site, with immediate teleradiology available 24/7.Our board-certifiedhospitalistsprovide on-site physician care 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Hospitalists work with patients physicians and consult with other specialists as needed, providing excellent clinical care and prompt response.Primary care physicians have displayed full support for a hospitalist program at Harrington, which allows their patients to receive on-site and immediate care by physicians who are fully trained in internal and critical care.The Harrington Auxiliaryis a dedicated, volunteer group dedicated to supporting our community. The Auxiliary and Volunteer Department createfundraising projects, community events, holiday sales and health seminars to support our patientsand augment hospital needs.
UMass Memorial Medical Center is the region's trusted academic medical center, part of the UMass Memorial Health. We are committed to improving the health of people in Central Massachusetts through excellence in care, comprehensive health services, teaching and research.
We are the clinical partner ofUMass Chan Medical School. Through this relationship, our staff teaches tomorrow's physicians, nurses and other health care professionals. We also participate in research efforts that bring our patients the very latest diagnostic and treatment options.
May 3, 2022 - Boston Globe Heywood Hospital is looking to join the UMass Memorial Health system, a move that would bring the two-hospital organization into the growing Worcester-based health system. The two health systems signed a letter of intent to conduct due diligence for a deal, a process the groups said could take up to a year. If the pair sign a definitive agreement, the deal would require Health Policy Commission review.The two health systems signed a letter of intent to conduct due diligence for a deal, a process the groups said could take up to a year. If the pair sign a definitive agreement, the deal would require Health Policy Commission review.
May 3, 2022 - Spectrum News 1 WORCESTER, Mass. -COVID-19 cases have been on the rise in Central Massachusetts. According to Massachusetts Department of Public Health data, the 14-day daily average as of April 28 is 21.8 cases, more than double the average on April 7. Compared to the rest of the state, however, the 14-day daily rate in Worcester County is well below average. From April 14 to April 28, Worcester County reported over 2,500 positive COVID-19 cases.According to Massachusetts Department of Public Health data, the 14-day daily average as of April 28 is 21.8 cases, more than double the average on April 7. Compared to the rest of the state, however, the 14-day daily rate in Worcester County is well below average. From April 14 to April 28, Worcester County reported over 2,500 positive COVID-19 cases.
May 3, 2022 - MedCity News Thats something Dr. Eric Alper, senior vice president, chief clinical informatics officer and chief quality officer at UMass Memorial Health, is keeping a close eye on. Currently, Worcester, Massachusetts-based UMass takes advantage of private health information exchanges, like Epics proprietary Care Everywhere platform.Thats something Dr. Eric Alper, senior vice president, chief clinical informatics officer and chief quality officer at UMass Memorial Health, is keeping a close eye on. Currently, Worcester, Massachusetts-based UMass takes advantage of private health information exchanges, like Epics proprietary Care Everywhere platform.
May 3, 2022 - Telegram & Gazette Heywood Healthcare and UMass Memorial Health have started the process of forming an affiliation that would bring Heywood under the UMass Memorial umbrella. The two systems, which currently collaborate on a number of programs, have signed a non-binding letter of intent that will allow Heywood Healthcare and UMass Memorial Health to explore affiliation options upon the completion of a review.Heywood Healthcare and UMass Memorial Health have started the process of forming an affiliation that would bring Heywood under the UMass Memorial umbrella. The two systems, which currently collaborate on a number of programs, have signed a non-binding letter of intent that will allow Heywood Healthcare and UMass Memorial Health to explore affiliation options upon the completion of a review.
March 4, 2022 - The Boston Globe It is often the case that whoever has the most cash can buy market share, said Dr. Eric Dickson, president and CEO of UMass Memorial Health, which has hospitals in the service area where MGB is seeking to expand. Thats true in any industry, especially when the competition is kind of fighting for survival. Thats when you can use your cash for a knockout blow. Thats what it feels like here.It is often the case that whoever has the most cash can buy market share, said Dr. Eric Dickson, president and CEO of UMass Memorial Health, which has hospitals in the service area where MGB is seeking to expand. Thats true in any industry, especially when the competition is kind of fighting for survival. Thats when you can use your cash for a knockout blow. Thats what it feels like here.
February 23, 2022 - The Boston Globe Two years of wearing masks, avoiding crowds, and trying not to catch COVID-19 had a welcome, if unplanned, byproduct: many people caught fewer colds and stomach bugs. But that could soon change. At the end of the month, Massachusetts willno longer require masks in schoolsand has dropped its recommendation that healthy vaccinated people wear masks indoors. Doctors say that means we should brace ourselves for the return of common infections many people have blissfully dodged for the past two years.Two years of wearing masks, avoiding crowds, and trying not to catch COVID-19 had a welcome, if unplanned, byproduct: many people caught fewer colds and stomach bugs. But that could soon change. At the end of the month, Massachusetts willno longer require masks in schoolsand has dropped its recommendation that healthy vaccinated people wear masks indoors. Doctors say that means we should brace ourselves for the return of common infections many people have blissfully dodged for the past two years.
February 22, 2022 - GBH When to use blood, and how much to transfuse, is not always a given, said Dr. Vishesh Chhibber, the medical director for the transfusion service at UMass Memorial Health in Worcester.February 18, 2022 - Boston 25 News To have a drug like that on hand would be a game-changer, said Lawrence Rhein, MD, MPH, chair of the Department of Pediatrics at UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester and a specialist in pediatric pulmonology.To have a drug like that on hand would be a game-changer, said Lawrence Rhein, MD, MPH, chair of the Department of Pediatrics at UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester and a specialist in pediatric pulmonology.
February 15, 2022 - MedicineNet A phase 1 clinical trial for the Moderna vaccine recently kicked off, said Dr. Katherine Luzuriaga, the study's principal investigator and chair of biomedical research for UMass Memorial Health Care in Worcester, Mass.A phase 1 clinical trial for the Moderna vaccine recently kicked off, said Dr. Katherine Luzuriaga, the study's principal investigator and chair of biomedical research for UMass Memorial Health Care in Worcester, Mass.
February 15, 2022 - Buckhannon Results of the study are also intended to provide clinical evidence to support an application for FDA clearance. Thanh Nguyen, M.D., from Boston Medical Center, Guilherme Dabus, M.D., from Miami Cardiac and Vascular Institute and Baptist Neuroscience Institute, and Ajit Puri, M.D., from Umass Memorial Medical Center are the principal investigators of the study.Results of the study are also intended to provide clinical evidence to support an application for FDA clearance. Thanh Nguyen, M.D., from Boston Medical Center, Guilherme Dabus, M.D., from Miami Cardiac and Vascular Institute and Baptist Neuroscience Institute, and Ajit Puri, M.D., from Umass Memorial Medical Center are the principal investigators of the study.
February 10, 2022 - HealthDay A phase 1 clinical trial for the Moderna vaccine recently kicked off, said Dr. Katherine Luzuriaga, the study's principal investigator and chair of biomedical research for UMass Memorial Health Care in Worcester, Mass.February 10, 2022 - Authority Magazine Above all, Dr. Shlomit Schaal considers her greatest strength to be her fierce curiosity; she finds beauty in grappling with scientific questions, learning the stories of her patients and approaching the mentorship of her students always with curiosity.Above all, Dr. Shlomit Schaal considers her greatest strength to be her fierce curiosity; she finds beauty in grappling with scientific questions, learning the stories of her patients and approaching the mentorship of her students always with curiosity.
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.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.
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.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, its going to lead into disparities of who ultimately moves through, said Desiree Murphy, senior labor and employee relations specialist at UMass Memorial Health.When you have an informal pipeline of sorts to professional development opportunities, its 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.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 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 Bakers 2023 budget, allows the state to assess hospitals at higher rates to earn more matching funds from the federal government.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 systemincluding a shortage of beds in the region, increasing losses due to support of state programs and labor cost increases.
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Worcester, Mass Mass Advantage, the new Medicare Advantage health plan, has appointed Mary Hsieh as its Chief Executive Officer (CEO). In this role Hsieh will launch and oversee all business strategies and operations.
WORCESTER, Mass. CommunityHELP (Health and Everyday Living Programs), an online resource that links individuals and families with government and charitable social service programs, now has more than 1,000 participating programs with claimed listings in its comprehensive database. This milestone is not the only accomplishment within the programs reach. Next month CommunityHELP will have supported more than 20,000 searches by community members in need in just under 1-year.
The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) says UMass Memorial Health has earned 2019 CHIME HealthCares Most Wired recognition as a certified level 7. The Most Wired program conducts an annual survey to assess how effectively healthcare organizations apply core and advanced technologies into their clinical and business programs to improve health and care in their communities.
Well-known Central Massachusetts business and community leaders have been announced as co-chairs of the 11th annual Winter Ball, the fundraising gala benefiting UMass Medical School and UMass Memorial Medical Center.
