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UM Baltimore Washington Medical Center Opens New Critical Care Unit

December 06, 2022
The University of Maryland Baltimore Washington Medical Center opened its new critical care unit with added advanced medical technology today, a renovation which aims to improve efficiency and meet growing community care needs.
UM Baltimore Washington Medical Center

UM Shore Medical Center at Chestertown Team Presents to Next Generation Scholars

December 06, 2022
Two women who are masked are posing for a photo, holding a t-shirt that says "Lab Life."
Health care professionals at UM Shore Medical Center at Chestertown recently hosted Kent County High School students participating in the Next Generations Scholars Program. Thirty-six 10th grade students learned about careers in radiology, laboratory services, emergency and acute care nursing and infection control.
UM Shore Regional Health

UM Memorial Hospital Foundation Announces Annual Appeal

November 30, 2022
Three members of the Clark Comprehensive Breast Center team stand around a mammography machine.
The University of Maryland Memorial Hospital Foundation's 2022 annual appeal will benefit the Clark Comprehensive Breast Center at UM Shore Regional Health (UM SRH). Donations to the appeal, which is now in progress, will help support Breast Center services and the purchase of state-of-the art imaging software that enables providers to gather the most precise 3D images of breast tissue.
UM Shore Regional Health

University of Maryland Capital Region Health Names Joel Sandler Chief Nursing Officer

November 17, 2022
Joel A. Sandler, MBA, BSN, RN, FACVP, has been named UM Capital Region Health's (UM Capital) new Senior Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer. Sandler, who has been serving in an interim role, will have oversight of all nursing practices for inpatient, ambulatory, perioperative and procedural services, as well as behavioral health and patient engagement.
UM Capital Region Health

UM Shore Medical Group-Cardiology Welcomes Two New Providers

November 17, 2022
University of Maryland Shore Medical Group – Cardiology recently welcomed two new providers to the practice based at UM Shore Medical Pavilion at Easton, 500 Cadmus Lane, suite 207; Robert Malacoff, MD, FACC, FSCAI, FHRS, CCDS, and Robyn Lanasa, CRNP, FNP-BC.
UM Shore Regional Health

University of Maryland Shore Medical Center at Easton Earns “A” Safety Grade

November 16, 2022
An exterior photo of UM Shore Medical Center at Easton and its sign
University of Maryland Shore Medical Center at Easton, a member organization of the University of Maryland Medical System (UMMS), has received an "A" Hospital Safety Grade in The Leapfrog Group’s fall 2022 reporting period. This marks the fifth consecutive period that the hospital has received an "A."
UM Shore Regional Health

University of Maryland Strategic Partnership Announces New Institute to Transform Medicine Using Big Data and Artificial Intelligence Technologies

November 10, 2022
The University of Maryland Strategic Partnership: MPowering the State (MPower) today announced a transformative partnership to establish the University of Maryland 3 - Institute for Health Computing (UM-3-IHC), which is being led by the University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) and the University of Maryland, College Park (UMCP), in collaboration with the University of Maryland Medical System (UMMS) and Montgomery County, Md. This new Institute will leverage recent advances in artificial intelligence (AI) and computing to create a premier learning health care system that evaluates both de-identified and secure digitized medical health data to diagnose, prevent and treat diseases in patients across the state of Maryland.