Month: December 2018

Special thanks to the staff of Food Services for putting out wonderful holiday meals in our hospital cafeterias! And to Management Forum members who donned aprons and picked up spatulas and serving spoons to dish out the holiday fare. This past week was a festive one thanks to the many decorations and holiday giving “Angel Tree”Continue reading →

The following reports from patients and their family members that reaffirm our staff’s commitment to teamwork and putting our patients’ needs first. Please take a minute to say THANKS! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Each person I encountered during my surgery at UM Shore Medical Center at Chestertown was kind and helpful. I felt that they cared for my well-being and comfort.Continue reading →

Congratulations to Belinda Wixon, clinical technologist in the lab at UM Shore Medical Center at Dorchester, and Brian Gast, physical therapist, UM Shore Rehab at Cambridge, on their selection as Team Members of the Month for October 2018. Of Wixon, nominator Koreen Smith wrote,”Belinda, wonderful, Belinda! You are always the peacemaker.  You always have a smile. YouContinue reading →

Please note the following changes in closing times during the holidays:    

Beginning after close of business on Monday, December 31, X-Ray services at University of Maryland Shore Regional Health Denton Diagnostics, located at 838 S. 5th Avenue, will be unavailable until the practice opens at its new location in the UM Shore Medical Pavilion at Denton. The new Pavilion is slated to open for business onContinue reading →

The 2018 Community Health Improvement Report has been published and is available for viewing at https://www.umms.org/shore/news/2018/um-shore-regional-healths-2018-community-health-improvement-2018 As noted in the introductory message by Ken Kozel, UM SRH president and CEO, and Kathleen McGrath, regional director, Outreach and Community Health, the report “reflects UM Shore Regional Health’s commitment to building community partnerships that help foster better health outsideContinue reading →

Staff members of The Cancer Center at Shore Regional Health provided Christmas gifts for cancer patients and their family patients in need this holiday season. “We touched 28 families with surprise gift items ranging therapeutic weighted blankets to pet food, household items, clothing and accessories (such as a sports team sweatshirt and a replacement forContinue reading →

The Auxiliary of Dorchester General Hospital recently announced their new officers for 2019, as follows: President – Nancy Duvall 1st Vice President – Alexandria Snell 2nd Vice President – Joy Loeffler Recording Secretary – Michelle Mitchell Treasurer – Catherine Gullion Membership Dues Secretary – Karol Redline Corresponding Secretary – Nancy Linder Members-at-Large – Halyna Pagano, ,BarbaraContinue reading →

The Chester River Health Foundation sponsored its eighth annual Angel Tree on which “holiday wishes” were hung for children in the Kent and Queen Anne’s counties’ foster care programs and also for adults with disabilities who are served by the Kent Center. Some of the wishes were surprising again this year and included basic needs,Continue reading →

The registration form for this training course is located on the nursing intranet under Clinical Practice – Quick Links.

   

The following reports from patients and their family members that reaffirm our staff’s commitment to teamwork and putting our patients’ needs first. Please take a minute to say THANKS! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In the Cath Lab at Easton, registration was quick, polite and professional. Before my procedure, staff were VERY PLEASANT with my scared little heart and very reassuring thatContinue reading →

Please join Human Resources in welcoming the following new team members to UM Shore Regional Health: Zakiya Collins, Nursing Tech, 2 Multi Specialty Care, UM SMC at Easton Holly Daly, Multi-Modality Tech I, Diagnostic Imaging, UM SMC at Easton Tierra Dupont, Environmental Tech, Environmental Services, UM SMC at Dorchester Glenn Foxworth, Medical Lab Assistant, LaboratoryContinue reading →

Editor’s note: The following article featuring UM SRH nursing team member Sara Rissolo was published on the website, https://inpublicsafety.com and in the magazine, A PUBLIC HEALTH PERSPECTIVE ON THE OPIOID CRISIS. The author is Stacey Kram, DNP, program director, Nursing, American Public University. Kram is a former nursing team member at UM SRH. In many ruralContinue reading →