MetroWest Medical Center

MetroWest Medical Center has signed a clinical affiliation agreement with Boston powerhouse hospital Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center that will strengthen the clinical services at MetroWest hospitals.

MetroWest Medical Center is another hospital in the region that's seen a stark financial improvement, and leading the ongoing turnaround is Barbara Doyle, the president and CEO of the Tenet Healthcare-owned hospital, with a main campus in Framingham and another in Natick.

UMass Memorial Medical Center's University Campus received only a “C” score in an industry watchdog's annual ranking of hospital safety.

MetroWest hospitals have come out on top for safety in a semiannual ranking by The Leapfrog Group, an independent hospital watchdog organization.

In fiscal 2014, Saint Vincent Hospital was the most profitable outside of Greater Boston at $65.2 million.

After several years of losses, MetroWest Medical Center is in the midst of a stark turnaround.

HIghest possible score is 100MetroWest Medical Center, Framingham46.8Saint Vincent Hospital, Worcester44UMass Memorial Medical Center, Worcester41.6Milford Regional Medical...

Officials at MetroWest Medical Center and UMass Memorial Medical Center have declined to comment on a wrongful death lawsuit filed in federal court this month, implicating both hospitals in connection with the death of a Milford woman in August 2013.

Health care organizations of all kinds are striving for efficiency under the looming transition to managed-care systems.Instead of being paid for each service, providers will instead be paid to deliver care for a set number of patients annually. Naturally, this is leading providers to reconsider how they manage those patients from the moment they walk through the door.

Health care is a complicated business on all levels, and one of the most confounding aspects of...