Harrington Healthcare

There's no question that the health care landscape is shifting — for patients, doctors and medical centers, as well as insurers. As one way to adapt, Harrington HealthCare System in Southbridge and Heywood Hospital in Gardner have formed a partnership that is the first of its kind in the state, and, according to experts and those involved, could serve as a local and national model for community healthcare systems.

Southbridge-based Harrington HealthCare and Heywood Healthcare in Gardner have formed a new company that will allow the systems to pool and manage their patients' care, giving them an advantage in negotiating risk-based contracts with insurers.

Harrington HealthCare System in Southbridge has been awarded a $491,600 grant from the commonwealth to bolster its behavioral health services and help connect providers to the state's electronic health information exchange.

The owners of Indian Ranch in Webster have donated more than $200,000 toward the building of a new emergency department at Harrington HealthCare's Webster facility, the health care system announced.

Harrington Hospital in Southbridge was named a 2013 “Top Hospital” by The Leapfrog Group, making it one of seven in Massachusetts, and the only one in Central Massachusetts, to win that designation.

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Harrington HealthCare System broke ground Tuesday on an $8.8 million reconstruction of the emergency department at its hospital in Webster.

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As cost pressures mount from health-care reform efforts at the state and federal levels, hospitals are continually seeking out alliances within the industry.

Southbridge-based Harrington HealthCare System said it can begin reconstruction of the emergency department on its Webster campus, now that $1.5 million in state funding has been secured in the fiscal 2014 budget.