In May, the World Health Organization brought a brighter spotlight to what many workers may have already found obvious: People can be overworked in their jobs, and it can have a profound effect on their health.
Outpatient surgery centers benefit patients by having lower costs and avoiding a trip to a hospital campus – enough of a lure for health providers who otherwise could be seen as close competitors to join together to create one such center in Shrewsbury.
In our effort to attract the best and brightest doctors, nurses and other caregivers to Worcester, our future colleagues have a healthy stock of homes to choose from. An inadequate stock puts employers in the region at a competitive disadvantage.
Though the disease was declared eliminated in the United States in 2000, measles is making a comeback in the country, with this year bringing the highest number of cases since 1992.
VNA Care, a Worcester-based nursing agency, is eliminating at-home visits by nurses to newborns and their families amid a drop in reimbursement from insurers.
A new $31-million ambulatory surgical center built in a partnership between UMass Memorial Health Care, Shields Health Care Group and Reliant Medical Group is set to open Monday.
A team of five running the Boston Marathon April 16 in honor of a loved one raised more than double its goal for the UMass ALS Cellucci Fund, nearly $79,000.