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List of hospitals in Massachusetts
Overview of hospitals in Massachusetts: DPH-licensed facilities, major systems like Mass General Brigham, the 2024 Steward Health Care collapse, closures, and Leapfrog and CMS quality ratings.
Lithuanian University of Health Sciences
Lithuanian University of Health Sciences (LSMU, Lietuvos sveikatos mokslų universitetas), public university in Kaunas formed 2010 by merging Kaunas University of Medicine and Lithuanian Veterinary Academy; Lithuania's largest biomedical institution, SKVC-accredited to 2030.
LIVERMORE trial
LIVERMORE (NCT05186116), LIVing Donor livEr tRansplant Modena cOloRectal mEtastasis, is a single-arm open-label Italian trial at AOU Modena testing living donor liver transplantation for unresectable colorectal liver metastases, 25 participants, 5-year OS and DFS endpoints.
Long-Term Care
Long-term care (LTC) is ongoing medical, personal, and support services for people with lasting physical or cognitive limitations, delivered at home, in community settings, and in residential facilities.
Long-Term Care Insurance
Long-term care insurance (LTCI) covers extended help with daily living at home, in assisted living, or in nursing homes, since Medicare does not pay for it; a shrunken U.S. private market of a few insurers sells stand-alone and hybrid policies.
LOOP trial
LOOP trial: Danish randomized controlled trial (NCT02036450) testing implantable loop recorder screening for atrial fibrillation in 6,004 people aged 70-90 with stroke risk factors; AF detection tripled but stroke reduction was not significant (HR 0.80).
Low Socioeconomic Status
Low socioeconomic status (low SES) is socioeconomic status marked by low income and a low educational level, a definition added to the MeSH vocabulary in 2023.
Low-dose CT lung cancer screening
Low-dose CT lung cancer screening is an annual low-radiation chest scan for high-risk smokers, recommended in the US for adults aged 50 to 80 with at least 20 pack-years.
Lunatic asylum
Lunatic asylum: the historic institution for confining and treating people judged insane, also called madhouse and later mental hospital; defined by legal detention, moral treatment at the York Retreat, the 1845 Lunacy Act, peak populations of about 150,000 in 1950s Britain, and twentieth-century closure under deinstitutionalization.
Lung Institute
Lung Institute is the name of two unrelated American organizations: an academic lung center of Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, and a Dallas stem cell clinic chain.
Lurie Children's Hospital
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, founded 1882 by Julia Foster Porter, is Illinois' largest pediatric Medicaid provider in Streeterville, with 266,000+ patients yearly, Stanley Manne Research Institute, and top U.S. News and Newsweek 2026 rankings.
MACA trial (NCT05781412)
MACA trial (NCT05781412), Modulation of the Activity of the Cerebellum in Autism: Vrije Universiteit Brussel study testing anodal cerebellar tDCS versus sham on social understanding in autistic and neurotypical adults, 100 participants, UZ Brussel, status unknown, no results posted.
Maeve Kennedy McKean
Maeve Kennedy McKean (1979-2020), also Maeve McKean, was a public health and human rights lawyer, Georgetown Global Health Initiative executive director, RFK granddaughter, who died with son Gideon in a 2020 Chesapeake Bay canoe accident.
MAGNET trial
MAGNET trial (NCT06018272): German five-site cluster-randomized trial comparing 12 months of outpatient mentalization-based treatment with bona fide psychodynamic or cognitive-behavioral psychotherapy in 304 adults with borderline personality disorder; primary outcome is crisis events (self-harm, suicide attempts).
Mammography screening
Mammography screening is the use of breast X-rays to detect breast cancer early in women without symptoms, reducing mortality but carrying harms like false positives and overdiagnosis.
Mamphela A. Ramphele
Mamphela A. Ramphele, born Mamphela Aletta Ramphele in 1947, is a South African physician and anti-apartheid activist who co-founded the Black Consciousness Movement with Steve Biko and led the University of Cape Town.
Managed care
Managed care: US health care delivery system managing cost, utilization, and quality via HMO, PPO, and POS plans and capitation-paid MCOs in Medicaid and Medicare Advantage; regulated by CMS rules of 2016–2024.
Manchester Royal Infirmary
Manchester Royal Infirmary (MRI) is a large NHS teaching hospital on Oxford Road, Manchester, founded in 1752 by Charles White and Joseph Bancroft; part of Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, with 770 beds, a Major Trauma Centre, and transplant and haematology services.
MAPT trial
MAPT (Multidomain Alzheimer Preventive Trial), NCT00672685, a phase III 4-arm French trial of omega-3 and multidomain lifestyle intervention in 1,680 adults aged 70+ with memory complaints; no significant cognitive benefit versus placebo.
Marburg virus outbreak in Angola
The Marburg virus outbreak in Angola was the deadliest Marburg outbreak on record, killing about 90 percent of its cases in Uige Province from 2004 to 2005.
Margaret C. Heagarty
Margaret Caroline Heagarty (1934-2022) was an American pediatrician and Columbia University professor who directed pediatrics at Harlem Hospital Center for 22 years, studied prenatal cocaine exposure, and joined the National Academy of Medicine.
Margaret D. Sovie
Margaret D. Sovie was an American nurse administrator and researcher who led the 1983 American Academy of Nursing study behind the Magnet Recognition Program and died in 2002.
Margaret E. Mahoney
Margaret E. Mahoney (1924–2011) was an American philanthropy leader who was the first woman to head a major U.S. foundation, as president of the Commonwealth Fund.
Margaret E. O’Kane
Margaret E. O'Kane, known as Peggy O'Kane, is an American health care quality expert who founded NCQA in 1990 and pioneered HEDIS and health plan accreditation.
Marilyn Bergner
Marilyn Bergner was an American health services researcher at Johns Hopkins, best known as a developer of the Sickness Impact Profile questionnaire measuring illness's effect on daily functioning.
Mark R. Chassin
Mark R. Chassin is an American physician and health policy researcher, president and CEO of The Joint Commission from 2008 to 2021 and a co-author of the Institute of Medicine's report To Err Is Human.
Mark Waggoner
Mark Waggoner is an American structural engineer and managing principal at Walter P Moore who designs retractable stadium roofs, including SoFi Stadium, and was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 2026.
MARS study
MARS (Molecular Diagnosis and Risk Stratification of Sepsis, NCT01905033) is a Dutch prospective ICU cohort study (Amsterdam AMC and UMC Utrecht, from 2011) that produced sepsis endotypes Mars1-4 and the SeptiCyte assay; distinct from MARS-India.
Martha's Rule
Martha's Rule is an NHS England patient safety measure letting patients, families, and staff trigger 24/7 rapid review by an independent team when deterioration is suspected. Named for Martha Mills, piloted at 143 sites in 2024, in all acute hospitals by 2025, mandatory by March 2027.
Martin Cherkasky
Martin Cherkasky (1912–1997) was an American physician and hospital administrator who led Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx for three decades and advised Mayor Koch on health.