UMass Memorial Health
UMass Memorial Health (UMM Health) is the clinical partner of the University of Massachusetts Medical School and the largest healthcare system in Central Massachusetts. It is a not-for-profit/nonprofit healthcare network providing all levels of primary to quartenary healthcare. History Memorial Hospital was founded in 1871 as the Washburn Dispensary. Worcester industrialist Ichabod Washburn endowed it through a bequest in memory of his wife and daughters. Memorial Hospital moved to its current location in 1888 and later merged with Hahnemann Hospital (founded in 1896) and Holden Hospital to become the Medical Center of Central Massachusetts. The University of Massachusetts Medical Center (University Hospital) opened in 1974 as the principal teaching hospital of the University of Massachusetts Medical School. UMass Memorial Health Care was formed in 1998 through the merger of Memorial Hospital with the clinical system of the University of Massachusetts UMass Medical Center has operated LifeFlight, New England's first hospital-based air ambulance, for over 30 years. About UMass Memorial Health (UMM Health) is a not-for-profit healthcare network in Worcester, Massachusetts that is affiliated with the University of Massachusetts Medical School. It consists of UMass Memorial Medical Center, a Level 1 Trauma Center and the major teaching hospital of UMass Medical School; two community hospitals; and a number of ambulatory clinics throughout Central Massachusetts. UMMH has over 1,700 active medical staff, and 3,166 registered nurses active in over 22 communities. They offer emergency services such as LifeFlight; long-term care facilities; and home health, rehabilitation and behavioral health services. They host a variety of informational patient seminars and classes on health-related topics throughout the year. UMass Memorial Medical Center UMass Memorial Medical Center consists of three campuses in Worcester, Massachusetts: University Campus, Memorial Campus, and Hahnemann Campus. The largest of which is the University Campus, which is a 640-bed non-profit, tertiary, research and academic medical center located in Worcester, servicing central Massachusetts. UMass Memorial Medical Center the region's only academic university-level teaching center. The hospital is owned by the UMass Memorial Health system and is the largest hospital in the system. UMass Memorial Medical Center is affiliated with the University of Massachusetts Medical School. Emergency Care at UMass Memorial Medical Center is the only center in the region that is verified by the American College of Surgeons as a Level 1 Adult and Pediatric Trauma Center. They also offer LifeFlight air ambulance for emergency response. Attached to the medical center is the UMass Hospital for Children that treats infants, children, adolescents, and young adults up to the age of 21. History The hospital was known as Memorial Hospital, which was founded in 1871 as the Washburn Dispensary. Worcester industrialist Ichabod Washburn endowed it through a bequest in memory of his wife and daughters. Memorial Hospital moved to its current location in 1888 and later merged with Hahnemann Hospital (founded in 1896) and Holden Hospital to become the Medical Center of Central Massachusetts. Hahnemann Hospital, founded 1896 The University of Massachusetts Medical Center (University Hospital) opened in 1974 as the principal teaching hospital