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After Derek Chauvin verdict, UMass Memorial Health hopes community ‘can move toward healing and addressing the systemic racism’ Updated Apr 21, 2021; In the wake of the guilty verdict in the trial of former police officer Derek Chauvin, UMass Memorial Health said it hoped systemic racism “the root cause of so many tragic deaths of people of color” would be addressed. The largest healthcare provider and employer in Worcester County released a statement following the verdict in the trial...

Community stakeholders in around Worcester responded to the Derek Chauvin trial verdicts -- during which the former Minneapolis police officer was found guilty of second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in the killing of George Floyd last May. Among them were Quinsigamond Community College president Luis Pedraja, the Worcester NAACP, as well as UMass Memorial Health President and CEO Eric Dickson and UMass Medical School Chancellor Michael Collins....

UMass Memorial Health to work with Worcester Red Sox at improving fans’ well-being at Polar Park with exercise Updated 11:26 AM; The partnership between UMass Memorial Health and the Worcester Red Sox aims at improving the well-being of fans entering Polar Park this year. On Tuesday, the organizations announced several programs at the ballpark that will bolster fans’ health focused around improving eating habits and exercise. “In our commitment as one of the Founding Partners and the Woo...

By Ana Bottary Worcester SHARE WORCESTER, Mass. - President Joe Biden announces he is moving up the deadline to make all American adults eligible for a COVID-19 vaccine by almost two weeks. It means adults will be eligible for a vaccination by April 19, instead of the original deadline of May 1. We recently spoke with President and CEO of UMass Memorial Health Dr. Eric Dickson about Massachusetts p...

UMass Memorial Health Care is no longer — the name, that is. UMass Memorial, the largest employer in Central Massachusetts, is dropping "Care" from its name as part of a rebranding the hospital group says reflects its fighting of the coronavirus pandemic over the past year. "The Relentless Pursuit of Healing" is the new tagline for the rebranded UMass Memorial Health. The new branding was unveiled on social media Monday, and UMass Memorial created a TV commercial featuring scenes of its careg...

KaiNexus Announces UMass Memorial Health Care as Newest Enterprise Continuous Improvement Software Customer News provided by Share this article AUSTIN, Texas, April 6, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- KaiNexus ( www.kainexus.com), the leading continuous improvement software company, announced today that UMass Memorial Health Care, the largest health care system in Central Massachusetts, has selected KaiNexus as their continuous improvement platform. With this partnership, UMass Memorial Health Care will u...

Telegram & Gazette UMass Memorial Health Care is rebranding itself as UMass Memorial Health and adopting the tagline “the relentless pursuit of healing,” which CEO Dr. Eric Dickson said reflects the organization’s focus on caring not just for the health of the individual but the health of the community.  “We feel it better tells the story of who we are and better tells the promise of what we are going to deliver to people in the coming years,” Dickson said in an interview Tues...

In surprise move, Baker administration sets high insurance payments for vaccinations By Priyanka Dayal McCluskey Globe Staff,Updated March 8, 2021, 6:51 p.m. Email to a Friend Nicole Burgett-Yandow, a nurse practitioner at Urgent Care, rolled up her sleeve for the COVID-19 vaccination at the Gillette Stadium/CIC Health COVID-19 Vaccination Site.Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff As they prepared to roll out COVID-19 vaccines across Massachusetts, the Baker administration in December made a little-noti...

As COVID-19 hospitalizations decrease across the state, UMass Memorial will begin to gradually decrease the amount of patients seen at the field hospital this month, and possibly cease medical operations by mid-March, UMass Memorial CEO & president Dr. Eric Dickson said.

Watch live: UMass Memorial Health Care, community leaders answer questions about COVID vaccine Updated Feb 25, 2021; Officials from UMass Memorial Health Care and community leaders from Worcester are poised to answer questions about health equity and the COVID-19 vaccine during a forum Thursday morning. The virtual forum, moderated by MassLive reporter Melissa Hanson, is being live-streamed from the UMass Memorial Facebook page at 11 a.m. Anyone who wants to ask a question can submit one in th...