Milford Regional Medical Center

The Leapfrog Group, a Washington D.C. based healthcare watchdog nonprofit, has released its biannual Hospital Safety Grade scores, giving one Central Massachusetts hospital an A rating while another received the second-lowest D rating.

Milford Regional Physician Group has added travel medicine services to its infectious disease department, and vaccines for foreign travel are now available at the Milford Regional Medical Center.

Employees are on the move at Akoya Biosciences, Milford Regional Medical Center, and MutualOne Bank, with new hires joining operations and promotions happening within organizations.

Two Central Massachusetts nonprofits and their partner hospitals will receive 20% of the $3 million in grants awarded by the Gov. Maura Healey Administration to aging services access points across Massachusetts.

UMass Memorial Health Care, Inc. in Worcester reported a $38 million operating loss in fiscal 2022.

Registered nurses at Milford Regional Medical Center, represented by the Massachusetts Nurses Association, voted on Wednesday to ratify their first contract since unionizing in 2021.

The troubles, though, date back to 2019, even before the COVID pandemic, when the Association of American Medical Colleges reported hospitals in the country were understaffed by as many as 20,000 doctors.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency will reimburse the City of Worcester for operating the 250-bed DCU Center field hospital in the initial phases of the coronavirus pandemic.

Hospital profits have fallen significantly across the state, including hospital systems based in Central Massachusetts, according to the latest report by the Center for Health Information and Analysis. 

COVID-19 continues to shape the healthcare landscape across Central Massachusetts, as hospitals grapple with soaring costs and staffing shortages.