Diversity & Inclusion

Health care in Massachusetts is facing multipronged challenges, with no silver bullet solution.

The Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation has released a proposed action plan to build on momentum in the realm of health equity, suggesting the state government create a central organizing entity, a steering committee, and action labs for collaboration.

Researchers from UMass Chan Medical School in Worcester will lead work on a maternal mental health equity study using a $21-million grant from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute in Washington, D.C.

Worcester Business Journal’s annual list of the most influential professionals in Central Massachusetts is doubling in size.

Worcester-based Hanover Insurance, Marlborough-based Boston Scientific, and Milford-based Waters Corp. have been named to the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s Equality 100 Award list.

Worcester Business Journal has launched the annual survey of its readers for the end-of-year Economic Forecast special edition, in order to ascertain business leaders' outlooks on the Central Massachusetts economy in the coming year.

Nearly two decades have passed since WBJ created an awards specifically for healthcare professionals. Today, though, such an honor feels more important than ever.

While the first five years saw more than $5 billion in sales and hundreds of businesses opening, uncertainty awaits ahead for the next five years.

The myth that success is achieved solely through hard work and therefore poor people deserve their station in life because they don’t work hard enough is among the economic narratives sustaining racism throughout the economies of Central Massachusetts and the nation, according to the keynote speaker at WBJ’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Forum.

The Worcester Division of Public Health has identified six priority areas to focus on to improve regional health and increase health equity across Greater Worcester.