Senior Director of Public Relations
Mary Masson is the director of public relations for Michigan Medicine, the academic medical center of the University of Michigan. She leads the team that promotes research and clinical care discoveries and treatments to the news media and the public, via social platforms, media outreach and the content platform, Health Lab. Masson has been a communicator for Michigan Medicine since 2009. Prior to that, she was a reporter and editor at the Detroit Free Press, Indianapolis Star and Flint Journal.
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Michigan Medicine has tightened visitor restrictions at its hospitals and clinics to continue to minimize COVID-19 spread and keep patients and staff safe.
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Michigan Medicine has joined about 100 of the nation’s top health care systems with an urgent plea for all Americans – mask up,(link is external) because wearing a facemask is our best chance at slowing the surging COVID-19 pandemic.
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Michigan Medicine has added visitor restrictions at its hospitals and clinics to continue to minimize COVID-19 spread and keep patients and staff safe.
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Henry Ford Health System, Michigan Medicine(link is external) and Saint Joseph Mercy Health System unveiled their $48 million shared laundry facility that is expected to achieve both significant savings from more efficient operations and better meet the needs of these three health systems.
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Costs from the COVID-19 pandemic dramatically affected financial results for Michigan Medicine’s clinical operations, resulting in a forecasted $3 million operating loss, after government assistance, on $4.7 billion in revenue for the fiscal year that ends June 30.
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Currently, because of the significant financial impact of the global COVID-19 pandemic, the entire Michigan Medicine health system and medical school have had to undergo staff reductions. Unfortunately, layoffs were necessary to continue serving our communities at the level our patients and families have come to expect from us.
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As announced on May 5, 2020, COVID-19 efforts at Michigan Medicine resulted in significant operating losses that resulted in an extensive expense reduction initiative.
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The University of Michigan House Officers Association (HOA) ratified a three-year collective bargaining agreement today with Michigan Medicine, the academic medical center of the University of Michigan.
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Michigan Medicine has earned the No.15 spot in Newsweek’s 2020 World’s Best Hospitals list.
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As much of the country continues to self-isolate due to the coronavirus pandemic, medical centers across the United States are joining forces to start a country-wide movement of physical activity to honor and support front-line health care workers at Michigan Medicine and 26 other health systems who have worked tirelessly to save lives.
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Michigan Medicine is encouraging patients to seek health care that is time sensitive and is continuing to expand availability of procedures, surgeries and clinic visits.
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Faced with projected financial losses of up to $230 million in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2020 Michigan Medicine announced an economic recovery plan that strives to minimize impact on employees and ensures high standards of patient care.
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Michigan Medicine is releasing statistics on how many employees have tested positive for COVID-19.
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Michigan Medicine Chief Medical Officer Jeff Desmond, M.D., shares three things to know about how Michigan Medicine is protecting employees during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Forecasting models from Michigan Medicine clinicians show aggressive social distancing could reduce the number of COVID-19 patients at U-M hospitals in early May by as much as 65 percent at peak.
