Month: January 2018

The following reports from patients and family members reaffirm our staff’s commitment to teamwork and putting our patients’ needs first. Please take a minute to say THANKS! Having just finished radiation treatments at your facility, I felt it incumbent on me to share my experience at the Requard Radiation Oncology Center. In the 45 years I have been working,Continue reading →

Nearly two decades ago, Alice Jackson* began struggling with a range of symptoms, including coughing, wheezing and shortness of breath, and was diagnosed with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Almost always caused by smoking, COPD also can result from breathing in dust, chemical fumes or other contaminants over an extended period of time. Originally fromContinue reading →

In the interest of maintaining providing a safe and secure environment for our patients, visitors, volunteers, and team  members, a new system is in place for identifying visitors to UM Shore Medical Centers at Chestertown, Dorchester and Easton. The visitor sign-in books have been removed from the reception desks in the hospital lobbies and visitorsContinue reading →

Judy Thomas has assumed the role of interim director, Ambulatory Services and Clinical Integration for UM Shore Regional Health, effective January 1, 2018. In this capacity, Thomas is working with imaging, lab, outpatient rehab, and cardiovascular service line teams across UM SRH to foster performance improvement and growth. She also is continuing as point person for medicalContinue reading →

Congratulations to the Cancer Center at University of Maryland Shore Regional Health on another year of excellent care and support for patients and their loved ones. View the newly published 2017 Cancer Annual Report 2017 at this link: http://umshoreregional.org/-/media/systemhospitals/shore/pdfs/centers/cancer/srhannualreport2017finalweb.pdf?la=en&hash=15C43A332EEEB8E396FE8E7102DFBEF658A59B14

The holidays are now in our ice-coated rear view mirrors, but Marketing & Communications can’t resist sharing one last “spririt of the season” story, this one starring Santa’s helpers Steven White, MD, emergency physician at UM Shore Medical Center at Dorchester, his wife and their dog! Enjoy: http://cbs4indy.com/2018/01/04/couple-fulfills-indiana-girls-christmas-list-after-her-balloon-lands-states-away/  

About 30 printers will be available for purchase from UM SRH at a special sale event set for Friday, JANUARY 12, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. (or until all items are sold) in the Health Education Center at UM Shore Medical Center at Easton. The particulars are as follows: All sale items are HP brandContinue reading →

  The Adult/Adolescent Forensic Nurse Examiner Training Course is a structured 40 hour program and is for the experienced RN to perform forensic examinations on patients age 13 years and older. In addition to this didactic portion are 40-plus hours that must be completed outside of the classroom in order to submit for the Maryland FNE-AContinue reading →