Saint Vincent Hospital

Medical professionals – especially those who work in an intensive care unit or emergency room – are used to seeing heartbreaking cases of disease, tragic accidents or violence. Virtually nothing, though, has been like the coronavirus pandemic.

Central Massachusetts hospitals generally struggled to reach a break-even point financially despite millions of dollars in federal aid meant to help during the coronavirus pandemic.

With cases rising sharply again, hospital officials planning for the winter are hoping that low hospitalization and death rates will continue, as a consequence of both a better understanding of the pandemic and a much younger population getting sick.

Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester has appointed its interim new chief nursing officer to the role permanently.Lisa...

Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester is expanding its sleep study lab to allow more patients to have their sleep analyzed in the comfort of their own homes.

The coronavirus pandemic has been not only a health challenge to hospitals in Central Massachusetts and beyond, but also a financial one. Fortunately for the larger Central Massachusetts hospitals, they came into 2020 with healthy financials.

Central Massachusetts hospitals are bringing home a range of awards for the care they offer.

After a small spike in confirmed Worcester County coronavirus cases at the end of July and the start of August, the number of positive tests is again on the decline, falling for the last two weeks.

People are on the move at the Massachusetts Bankers Association, UMass Medical School and Harrington Physician Services' Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation practice, among others.

Four Central Massachusetts hospitals have been included in an annual rating of the best places to receive specialty care services.