Month: March 2018
Above & Beyond: Dorchester EVS Wins First CELEBRATE WITH HEART Team Award
Environmental Services team members at UM Shore Medical Center at Dorchester were honored as the first recipients of the CELEBRATE WITH HEART team award on Wednesday, March 21, in the UM Shore Medical Center at Dorchester cafeteria. According to Jo Anne Thomson, director of Patient Experience, the Dorchester EVS team was chosen for scoring inContinue reading
“Advancing Cardiac Care at UM SRH” Presented by Jeffrey Etherton, MD
Nearly 50 health care professionals attend the two events, Advancing Cardiac Care at Shore Regional Health: Primary and Elective Angioplasty,” conducted by University of Maryland Community Medical Group cardiologist, Jeffrey Etherton, MD. Offered on March 7 at Layton’s Chance Winery in Vienna, Md., and again on March 28 at Knoxie’s Table in Stevensville, the presentation was wasContinue reading
Celebrating National Patient Access Week
Established in 1982, Patient Access Week is a celebration of the people in the Patient Access profession. April 5 marks the anniversary of the founding of the National Association of Healthcare Access Management (NAHAM), the only national professional organization dedicated to promoting excellence within the field. In the face of our quickly changing healthcare environment,Continue reading
The Importance of Patient Safety: What You Need to Know
PLEASE NOTE: Information for article is supplied by Jean Seiler, clinical quality coordinator/patient safety officer, Performance Measurement and Improvement, from the IHI Calls to Action series, Implementing the Quality Chasm Report. The Institute of Medicine’s 2001 report, Crossing the Quality Chasm: A New Health System for the 21st Century, describes the immense divide between what is knownContinue reading
HR News You Can Use: Get Started on Your UMMS U Annual Training
All team members of Shore Regional Health (SRH), contract employees and special groups are mandated to complete the Annual Education Update within each calendar year in order to maintain competence. Beginning April 1, 2018, training is offered this year through UMMS U, our Learning management System. This system replace Healthstream so the login and accessContinue reading
Auxiliary Vendor Sales Set for April, 2018
Be on the lookout for the following special shopping opportunities, brought to you by the hardworking volunteers of UM SRH hospital auxiliaries: DORCHESTER: Pretty Pickins Jewelry – Tuesday, April 3, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m., main entrance/lobby, UM Shore Medical Center at Dorchester. EASTON: Electronics – Thursday, April 12, 8 a.m. – 4 p.m., HealthContinue reading
“Donate Life” Flag Raising at UM SMC at Easton, April 4
The Living Legacy Foundation of Maryland will be on hand at UM Shore Medical Center at Easton on Wednesday, April 4 for the annual Donate Life flag raising ceremony beginning at 12 p.m. The ceremony is held in recognition of Donate Life month, which raises awareness for organ, eye and tissue donation and to honorContinue reading
24th Annual CRHF Golf Tourney Set for June 1, 2018
Auxiliary of Memorial Hospital at Easton Donates $100,000 Toward New Imaging Equipment
The Auxiliary of Memorial Hospital at Easton donated $100,000 to UM Memorial Hospital Foundation to support Diagnostic and Imaging at UM Shore Medical Center at Easton. Raised through proceeds generated by the Auxiliary’s thrift and consignment shops (The Bazaar at 121 Federal Street and Maggie’s Gift Shop) as well as special event sales, these fundsContinue reading