Health Care

Registered nurses at Milford Regional Medical Center, represented by the Massachusetts Nurses Association, voted on Wednesday to ratify their first contract since unionizing in 2021.

FEMA has awarded UMass Memorial Health three grants totalling almost $23 million to reimburse the organization for costs incurred during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Finding prices for health care procedures on Massachusetts hospital websites can be a circuitous or frustrating process, despite a 2019 federal law requiring hospitals to make all prices available online in a consumer-friendly format.

Staffing shortages in health care might be here to stay, and the industry needs to reimagine how it delivers care, Gov. Charlie Baker said Thursday morning.

Franklin Realty Advisors, one of the largest owners of commercial property in Central Massachusetts, has purchased a 29,000-square-foot medical and office building in Northborough for $10.7 million. 

Worcester Community Housing Resources, a community development corporation, is proposing to convert a Quality Inn and Suites at 50 Oriol Drive into 90 units of permanent supportive housing for those in need.

A psychiatry professor at UMass Chan Medical School in Worcester is leading a clinical trial studying the efficacy of a peer intervention program designed to help undergraduate and graduate students with serious mental health conditions.

Milford Regional Medical Center ’s Mélange 2022 Gala and Live Auction raised a record-breaking $1.1 million on Nov. 5 after returning to an in-person event.

NuLife Behavioral Health, Inc., a treatment center for patients suffering from addiction and mental health issues, has opened its first location in downtown Worcester. 

UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester received approval on Wednesday from the Commonwealth’s Public Health Council to add 91 inpatient beds between its University campus and Memorial campus.