UMass Memorial Health

UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester fell one spot down in 2023 in the U.S. News and World Report’s list of best hospitals in Massachusetts but still stayed among the top five in the state.

UMass Memorial Health executives constitute six of the 18 highest-paid nonprofit chief executives in Central Massachusetts when ranked by total compensation for the most recent fiscal year available.

To help prepare new nurses for the reality of the profession and combat the growing problem of burnout, UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester offers its New Graduate Nurse Residency Program, which over the course of 12 months seeks to center education, community, and support for those entering the field.

The property, located at 100 Industrial Drive, was purchased in a deal finalized on Thursday.

UMass Chan Medical School has unveiled its $350-million New Education and Research Building designed to advance disease research while UMass Memorial Health is in the midst of constructing a $125-million, 72-bed acute care facility.

A host of factors are putting a squeeze on primary care practices including rising paperwork demands, pay inequities, burnout, and insurer demands for prior approval. Federal regulators and legislators are pushing an increased role for telemedicine as one possible answer.

Rates of severe maternal morbidity in the state nearly doubled from 2011 to 2020, with Black birthing people among the most impacted by negative outcomes of labor and delivery.

New professionals have joined Synergy and UMass Memorial Medical Group.

After months of discussions, UMass Memorial Health in Worcester and Milford Regional Medical Center have signed a definitive agreement for corporate affiliation, allowing the struggling MetroWest hospital to receive support from Central Massachusetts’ largest healthcare system. 

The fiercely independent Milford hospital long resisted efforts to join with another hospital system, but a $15-million operating loss in fiscal 2023 helped force the board of trustees' hand.