UMass Memorial Medical Center

Because of its four years of financial improvement and launch of the Epic electronic medical records system, UMass Memorial Health Care's revenue bond rating from Moody's has been upgraded from Baa3 to Baa2, according to the healthcare organization.

The announcement was always planned for Nov. 1, once the hospital got past the launch and implementation of its new Epic system, a $650-million electronic medical records platform.

Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester along with Milford Regional Medical Center, Harrington Memorial Hospital and Nashoba Valley Medical Center received “A” grades on a semiannual safety grade report.

A New York biotech company said Monday it has entered into a lease with the UMass Medicine Science Park in Worcester for a manufacturing facility.

Worcester-based Community Legal Aid has been awarded a two-year $195,000 grant to help continue a medical-legal partnership with UMass Memorial Health Care.

Ambulance workers for UMass Memorial Medical Center picketed outside of the hospital on Plantation Street on Tuesday after contract talks fell through on Friday.

A California biopharmaceutical company said Monday it is distributing $7.5 million to support five HIV cure research initiatives, including at UMass Medical School.

UMass Memorial Health Care emergency medical technicians are organizing a rally at UMass Memorial Medical Center on Oct. 24 to voice their concerns.

The UMass Medical School received a $10-million donation for the study of rare diseases such as ALS, cystic fibrosis and Huntington's.

Unionized emergency medical technicians who work for UMass Memorial Health Care may picket as they spar with the system over wages.