Milford Regional Medical Center (MRMC) and Harrington HealthCare System are among the latest health care providers to receive funding to help them use the state's new health information exchange, the Mass HIway.
Harrington HealthCare said renovation of its emergency department in Webster could start as early as this fall, thanks in part to a $1.5-million funding provision in the state Senate's fiscal 2014 budget.
HealthAlliance Hospital in Leominster, which is a member of Worcester-based UMass Memorial Health Care, scored the highest safety rating in the state in Consumer Reports' ranking released this month.
Harrington HealthCare System, which operates Harrington Hospital in Southbridge and Harrington HealthCare at Hubbard in Webster, is expanding its territory into Spencer, it announced.