Saint Vincent Hospital

Saint Vincent Hospital is eliminating its five-nurse intravenous therapy team, once other nurses at the Worcester healthcare provider are trained in administering IVs as part of their regular duties.

Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester is the first hospital in Central Massachusetts to offer aquablation treatment for people with enlarged prostates, the hospital announced on Monday.

Various state and public officials, nurses’ union members, and representatives of the Tenet Healthcare corporation will gather at Framingham’s city hall on Wednesday evening to discuss the proposed closure of the oncology department at MetroWest Medical Center.

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. 

Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester announced Thursday it has invested $11 million in the Worcester hospital’s facilities and services.

MetroWest Medical Center in Framingham has appointed a new chief nursing officer, Daniel Wright, who officially began his new role on Tuesday.

The Power 50 may not necessarily hold the most power in the region, but they are the people who most effectively wielded their power to have an outsized influence on the economy and the community within the last year.

The Massachusetts Nurses Association union has filed charges of unfair labor practice against Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester, in response to a proposed plan to impose 12-hour shifts on nurses working in the hospital’s inpatient units and emergency departments. 

Tenet Health Corp., the Dallas-based multinational parent company of Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester, on Wednesday reported $139 million in profits for the first quarter, the first one since the 301-day nurses strike ended at the Worcester hospital.

Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester will close its outpatient dialysis unit by July, according to a Friday message from CEO Carolyn Jackson addressed to the Saint Vincent team.