UMass Memorial Medical Center

As demands on the healthcare system in Massachusetts rise and physician shortages become a more pressing problem, the state projects rapid growth in demand for health professionals.

Greater Worcester is projected to have among the worst shortfalls in the number of available hospital beds in the country, virtually no matter how hard the coronavirus pandemic hits.

UMass Memorial Medical Center leaders in Worcester are concerned about low levels of available protective equipment and are turning to measures, including reusing safety masks.

UMass Memorial Medical Center will start drive-through coronavirus screening in a special facility at its University Campus in Worcester on Wednesday, and is working to add screening at Marlborough Hospital.

UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester is canceling most elective procedures starting Monday to leave capacity for potential coronavirus cases and is developing a plan for a drive-thru testing program.

The UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester has been awarded $10,000 to fund programs to further community health initiatives.

Nurses and supporters held a candlelight vigil at the Leominster campus of UMass Memorial HealthAlliance-Clinton Hospital.

As the population in and around Worcester has diversified in recent years, with more newcomers not so fluent in English, the medical community has taken what was once almost an afterthought – interpreter assistance – and made it an essential service.

UMass Memorial Medical Center and Medical Group in Worcester have appointed a doctor from Johns Hopkins Hospital to be a new chief quality officer.

A year after UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester installed a drop-box to safely dispose of opioids, more than 530 pounds of medications have been safely discarded.