An employee of UMass Memorial Medical Center (UMMMC) may have accessed and misused information on up to four patients, but officials with the Worcester facilities said they're not aware of any misuse of medical data.
Worcester-based UMass Memorial Health Care is partnering with a Minneapolis IT company to integrate patients' end-of-life directives into its electronic medical records system, a measure that's expected to reduce costs.
HealthAlliance Hospital is planning to lay off the equivalent of 6.5 full-time nursing and support staff positions at its Burbank Campus in Fitchburg, according to hospital officials.
UMass Memorial Health Care announced Wednesday the elimination of 103 full-time equivalent positions at its Worcester locations in the system's latest round of layoffs, which began in March.
UMass Memorial Medical Center (UMMMC) is changing the way it manages and staffs its hemodialysis unit at the University Campus in Worcester after it was confirmed that a patient was infected with the Hepatitis C virus there last year.
Marlborough Hospital has eliminated or reduced the hours of 41 employees in response to a “significant decline in volume” and reimbursements over the first quarter of its fiscal year, the hospital said in a statement.
UMass Memorial Medical Center (UMMMC) cut all or part of 99 positions, including those in high-level roles as well as a small number of clinical staff members, a spokesman for its parent organization said today.
UMass Memorial Health Care has hired a new executive vice president and chief financial officer who will direct the system's finance and technology functions, among others.