UMass Memorial Medical Center

The Leapfrog Group has released its bi-annual Hospital Safety Guide scores, giving three Central Massachusetts hospitals A ratings for their dedication to patient safety.

UMass Memorial Medical Center's chief of endovascular and vascular surgery, Andres Schanzer, MD., was appointed president of the New England Society for Vascular Surgery, according to a Wednesday press release from the Worcester hospital.

UMass Memorial Health in Worcester said on Thursday it has no available intensive care unit beds throughout its entire system due to increased patient volume and staffing shortages, said UMass Memorial spokesman Anthony Berry.

Mary Hsieh, the former managing director of Medicare practice at Michigan-based Health Management Associates, was appointed CEO of the new Worcester-based Medicare Advantage health plan, Mass Advantage, according to a press release on Thursday.

UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester has seen an increase in COVID-positive patients from 35 to 54 cases in less than one week, forcing the hospital to go on an elevated alert status, according to a Tuesday press release.

UMass Memorial Health on Monday announced the acquisition of the former Beaumont Rehabilitation and Skilled Nursing Center at 378 Plantation St. in Worcester, which cost $23.5 million, according to the Worcester County Registry of Deeds.

UMass Memorial Health in Worcester announced plans Wednesday to mandate COVID-19 vaccination for all staff, according to a memo sent to caregivers from President and CEO Eric Dickson.

UMass Memorial Health on Tuesday announced the launch of its new telehealth program, Hospital at Home, which allows patients to stay at home while receiving hospital-level services.

The annual ranking by the publication U.S. News & World Report placed UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester as the sixth best hospital in Massachusetts, while Saint Vincent Hospital, also in Worcester, placed ninth.

UMass Memorial Health told staff on Wednesday it is converting the West 1 unit at the UMass Memorial Medical Center - Memorial Campus in Worcester to an all-COVID unit, after the number of admitted patients quadrupled.