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Health equity forum from UMass Memorial Health Care with MassLive to focus on COVID vaccination program, availability in Central Massachusetts Updated Feb 24, 2021; Central Massachusetts residents who have questions about the COVID-19 vaccine program will be able to get answers Thursday during a health equity forum being live-streamed by UMass Memorial Health Care. The virtual forum, the second in a series from UMass Memorial, is being moderated by MassLive reporter Melissa Hanson. Panelists are: Dr. Eric Dickson, the president and CEO of UMass Memorial Health Care, Dr. Mark Johnson, the cha...

Hospitals denounce state’s decision to shut-off vaccine supply By focusing on mass vaccination sites, the state risks leaving out the vulnerable and reluctant, critics say Email to a Friend The main entrance of Massachusetts General Hospital.Erin Clark/Globe Staff Hospital leaders and physicians expressed dismay on Friday at the Baker administration’s decision to halt vaccine distribution to hospitals and primary care offices, saying it could undercut efforts to reach minority communities and reluctant patients. But the state’s top health official said that hospitals were sched...

UMass Memorial Health Care is temporarily stopping new appointments for COVID-19 vaccines for patients because of a dose shortage, with the announcement to staff on Friday coming less than a week after the Worcester hospital system opened a patient vaccine center at the Mercantile Center. Dr. Eric Dickson, UMass Memorial's president and CEO, said in a staff advisory it won't be booking any new appointments at any patient vaccine clinics for two to three weeks. The decision came after talks with state officials and leaders of other health care systems in Massachusetts, he said, with Gov. Charl...

UMass Medical diversity officer says people of color must speak up

COVID-19 vaccination site to open at Mercantile Center, for UMass Memorial patients Cyrus Moulton WORCESTER — UMass Memorial Health Care is setting up a COVID-19 vaccination site at Mercantile Center, adjacent to the COVID-19 testing site. But UMass Memorial Health Care President and CEO Dr. Eric Dickson said the site will initially be available only to already-identified patients in the UMass Memorial system, not to the general public. In other words: Don’t call us, we’ll call you. “Initially we will be doing the frailest and sickest UMass Memorial patients - they have already bee...