UMass Memorial Medical Center

Harrington HealthCare System plans to close its Family Birthing Center in Southbridge for financial reasons, but expectant mothers will still be able get pre- and post-natal care in its service area.

The former UMass Memorial Medical Center doctor who lost his license May 11 was disciplined for alleged sexual misconduct.

A former UMass Memorial Medical Center emergency department doctor and assistant professor at UMass Medical School resigned his medical license to the Massachusetts Board of Medicine last week.

Richard Siegrist, a health care and technology entrepreneur, will help bring UMass Memorial Health Care to new heights as its new chairman.

Seven of the 11 hospitals in Central Massachusetts had four-year readmissions rates lower than the state average, according to new data released Wednesday from the state Center for Health Information and Analysis.

MetroWest Medical Center matched the most recent state average for how often patients are readmitted, according to new data from the Center for Health Information and Analysis.

Five area hospitals garnered top safety scores in The Leapfrog Group's Spring 2017 Hospital Safety Score rankings.

The state public health agency this week said the 13 psychiatric beds UMass Memorial Health Care hoped to discontinue this summer are necessary.

The Massachusetts Department of Public Health will hold a public meeting at 4 p.m. Thursday at St. George Cathedral on the proposed closure of 13 inpatient psychiatric beds by UMass Memorial Medical Center.

Doctors are re-examining whether medical aid in dying should be legal in Massachusetts, leading to bigger questions about end-of-life care.