UMass Memorial Health Care will convert roughly half of its psychiatric beds for medical/surgical use after it received approval from the state public health council on Wednesday for a $30-million renovation plan.
Savers Bank employee Brian Keith shared his struggle with addiction with more than 150 people at the Worcester Business Journal's inaugural Massachusetts Opioid Crisis Forum on Wednesday.
Facing opposition from the Worcester City Council, UMass Memorial Health Care said it will redirect psychiatric patients to sites in Marlborough, Clinton and Worcester.
The Massachusetts Health Policy Commission will not conduct a formal review of a proposed joint venture between UMass Memorial Health Care and ATI Physical Therapy Services.
UMass Memorial Health Care on Wednesday said it has notified the state of plans to the number of beds in its 28-bed inpatient acute psychiatric unit on the University campus by about 50 percent.