Month: March 2018

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

APRIL EVENTS AND SALES TUESDAY, APRIL 3 Special Vendor Sale: Pretty Pickins Jewelry  – 9 a.m. – 4 p.m., UM Shore Medical Center at Dorchester, Main Lobby. Sponsored by the Dorchester General Hospital Auxiliary. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4 Food Shopping for Health — 2 p.m., Cambridge Walmart, 2275 Dorchester Square, Cambridge, Fun, free grocery store tour that teaches howContinue reading →

Patient Experience and Human Resources are pleased to announce the inauguration of a new, HEART Recognition and Rewards awards program that each month, celebrates two team members as Team Members of the Month. Winners are selected each month from the Manager to Team Member wall of the Recognition and Rewards site (http://umshr.isrewards.com) based on commentsContinue reading →

University of Maryland Community Medical Group (UM CMG), announces the addition of neurologist Patricia Scripko, MD. Dr. Scripko’s subspecialties include stroke, headaches and migraines, and sleep medicine. Dr. Scripko is a graduate of the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western University. She completed her residency at Massachusetts General Hospital/Brigham & Women’s Hospital.Continue reading →

Chester River Health Foundation has donated funds exceeding $234,000 — received in past years to support hospice care for Kent County and Queen Anne’s County residents — to Compass Regional Hospice. Chester River Health Foundation had raised funds for hospice care when it was provided by Chester River Home Care & Hospice. Since 2014, CompassContinue reading →