New Social Media Posts This Week…..Please Like and Share Join UM Shore Regional Health for a free presentation, “Cervical Cancer Prevention: Don’t Be the Next Statistic” UM SRH Sporting Clays Classic- Make sure to stop and get your raffle tickets! This Caesar Guerini Maxum Sporting Over/Under Shotgun will be raffled on June 10th MarkContinue reading
Month: April 2017
Above & Beyond
The following reports from patients and family members reaffirm our staff’s commitment to putting our patients’ needs first. Please take a minute to say THANKS! No one likes to be in a hospital, but I could not have imagined the care, professionalism, and quality of care I received at UM Shore Medical Center at Dorchester. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Continue reading
HR Corner – Spotlight on Open Enrollment
OPEN ENROLLMENT is an annual event to review, change, or add to your medical, vision, and dental plan, as well as set up contributions for a Health Savings Account (HSA) or Flexible Spending Account (FSA). This is the ONLY time you may change your benefits during the year unless you experience a qualifying event. (SeeContinue reading
Easter Bunny Visits UM Shore Regional Health Facilities
The Talbot, Kent and Queen Anne’s County Sheriff departments teamed up with UM SRH and The Easter Bunny Foundation to bring some joy to our patients and staff last week. The Easter Bunny visited UM SMC at Easton, the Mid-Shore Early Learning Center, UM SEC at Queenstown and finished up at UM SMC at Chestertown.Continue reading
Quietness Beliefs Contest Winners Announced
Congratulations to our Quietness Beliefs Contest winners! The following team members were among the 70-plus team members who participated in the surveymonkey competition to identify the location of “hidden” beliefs in various UM SRH facilites. Their entries were drawn as winners and each will receive a gift card. Edna Molock, Sterile Processing, UM Shore Medical CenterContinue reading
Best Care Ambulance Inc. Donates $10,000 to UM Memorial Hospital Foundation to Benefit the Birthing Center Renovation
Best Care Ambulance Inc. recently made a donation of $10,000 to the University of Maryland Memorial Hospital Foundation to help benefit the ongoing renovations for the Birthing Center. “We are excited to be able to help the Birthing Center and the current renovations to their patient care areas,” says Wayne L. Gardner, Sr., president, BestContinue reading
Employee Health & Wellness Services Announces Revised Hours
Employee Health and Wellness has announced temporarily revised office hours between now and June 2017. During this time, Employee Health Hours areas are as follows: Location Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday SMC – Chestertown 7:30-9:30 a.m. 1-4 p.m. 7:30 – 11:30 a.m. SMC – Dorchester 7:30 – 11:30 a.m. 1 – 4 p.m. SMC – Easton 7:30Continue reading
SLAM Busts Myths About Safe Patient Handling
MYTH: It takes less time to manually move patients than to use lift equipment. FACT: It can actually take much longer to round up a team of colleagues to manually lift a patient than to find and use lifting equipment. It has been found that using mechanical devices to transfer patients takes fewer personnel andContinue reading
Recovery for Shore Plans "Rally for Recovery" in Easton on June 3
Recovery for Shore (RFS), in partnership with Christ Church Easton, Mariah’s Mission Fund of the Mid Shore Community Foundation and other community partners, will sponsor a Rally for Recovery in downtown Easton on June 3, beginning at 3:30 p.m. The event is open to persons in recovery as well as community advocates; individuals, families andContinue reading
Donate Life Flag Raising at UM SMC at Easton
Officials from the Living Legacy Foundation of Maryland and University of Maryland Shore Regional Health raised a “Donate Life” flag on the front circle of UM Shore Medical Center at Easton to recognize Donate Life Month. “Flags Across America” is part of a national initiative in which the LLF partners with Maryland hospitals to ?y theContinue reading