Month: January 2017

Fanita Bartoo recently donated to the University of Maryland Memorial Hospital Foundation’s “Every Day Hero” Program to thank Christopher Watson, MD, Sharon Stagg, DNP, Mary Anne Luschinski, RN, CCRN, and Lisa Cook, RN for the excellent care they gave to her daughter when she was a patient in the ER, ICU, and Palliative Care. The EverydayContinue reading →

Patient Experience offers the following summary from the Executive and Leadership Rounding that was conducted on December 21. What is Being Done Well:     SMC- E Food Service Quick response to patient requests. Example: Blueberry muffins unavailable, Delilah was calling patient to inform her on what was available. Delilah also arranged for a fruitContinue reading →

   New Social Media Posts This Week…..Please Like and Share Visit our Birthing Center website to learn about all of the upcoming 2017 educational and support group opportunities. UM Shore Regional Health Announces New HR Director, Business Partner

Alzheimer’s Support Alzheimer’s/Dementia Caregivers Support Group – Thursday, 1/19, 6-7:30pm. UM Shore Nursing & Rehab Center at Chestertown. Led by Stepha Golebieski, assistant director of nursing. Contact: 410-778-4550. Find information about skilled nursing, inpatient rehab and respite care in Chestertown online at UMShoreRegional.org/about/facilities/rehabilitation. Auxiliary Events Uniform Sale – Wednesday, 1/18, 7am-4pm, UM Shore Medical Center atContinue reading →

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! I was in room 220 [at UM Shore Medical Center at Chestertown] and the nurses and aides were wonderful.  I was very pleased with the care I was given.  Everyone wasContinue reading →

UM Shore Regional Health’s Human Resources gained two new key staff members shortly before the new year — Beverly Valltos, director, and Kelley Mills, HR business partner. Valltos moved recently to Easton from the western shore, where since 2007 she served as executive vice president, Human Resources for Towne Park, an Annapolis-based national corporation with moreContinue reading →

Bo Wilkinson is one of seven physician assistant students participating in an exciting University of Maryland Shore Regional Health initiative, the Physician Assistant (PA) Rotation Program. The program brings physician assistant students to learn by working with University of Maryland Community Medical Group (UM CMG) physicians in the five-county region served by UM Shore RegionalContinue reading →

Nearly 100 UM Shore Regional Health team members have signed on to Employee Health & Wellness Services’ weight loss support program, “Waist Management,” that begins this coming Monday, January 9. According to Nancy Bedell, regional director, Employee Health & Wellness Services, the  96-and-still-counting participants are being organized into 10 teams based at UM Shore Medical CentersContinue reading →

Talbot County resident Kim Brice, MSN, RN, CCRN, Intensive Care nurse at UM Shore Medical Center at Easton, was recently recognized as an “Everyday Hero” by Maryann Otterbeck. Otterbeck, whose husband  was under the care of Brice while he was in the Intensive Care Unit at UM SMC at Easton, made a contribution to UM MemorialContinue reading →

Shore Regional Health team members from UM Shore Medical Center at Chestertown, UM Shore Nursing and Rehabilitation at Chestertown, UM Chester River Home Care and UM Chester River Health Foundation assured a bright Christmas for children in foster care in Kent and Queen Anne’s Counties by participating in the 2016 Angel Tree program.  

The Robin Hood Shop, a member of the downtown Cambridge business community for nearly 60 years, has recently announced plans for an expansion. Operated by the Dorchester General Hospital Auxiliary for the benefit of programs, equipment, services and patient care at University of Maryland Shore Medical Center at Dorchester, the Shop is located at 416Continue reading →

University of Maryland Community Medical Group (UM CMG) advanced practice providers serving UM Shore Regional Health met on Thursday, December 22, at the Tidewater Inn in Easton. The Advance Practice Provider Group, which is open to nurse practitioners, nurse midwives, physician assistants, nurse anesthetists and clinical nurse specialists employed by UM CMG and also to those who are communityContinue reading →