UMass Memorial Health

Five health care organizations have received grants totaling $65,000 from the Massachusetts Medical Society's Alliance Charitable Foundation for health care and medical services they deliver.

Registered nurses who work at the three Worcester campuses of UMass Memorial Medical Center have overwhelmingly authorized a one-day strike to protest what they say are deteriorating patient conditions.

After less than a year and a half on the job, Marlborough Hospital President and CEO Karen Moore resigned last week, the hospital announced.

HealthAlliance Hospital in Leominster, which is a member of Worcester-based UMass Memorial Health Care, scored the highest safety rating in the state in Consumer Reports' ranking released this month.

UMass Memorial Healthcare's chief financial officer reacted Tuesday to the recent credit downgrade Moody's Investors Service issued due to mounting cost pressures for the Worcester-based health care system.

In what is the first major move made with UMass Memorial Health Care's new CEO at the helm, the five-hospital system announced its participation in Blue Cross Blue Shield's alternative quality contract.

In a bit of a surprise move, the University of Massachusetts Medical School has purchased the remainder of the five biotech buildings in the Massachusetts Biotechnology Research Park on Plantation Street for $40.3 million.

John G. O'Brien, who retires next week from his position leading UMass Memorial Health Care, has been appointed to a distinguished professorship at Clark University, the school announced.

New Jersey-based Quest Diagnostics Inc., which is establishing a Central Massachusetts presence in Marlborough through a partnership with UMass Memorial Health Care, saw its revenue and profits fall in the fourth quarter.

UMass Memorial Health Care Inc. (UMMHC), the largest employer in Central Massachusetts, has its investment portfolio to thank for an improved fiscal 2012, which ended Sept. 30.