Health Care

The Massachusetts health care system withstood the upheaval of the COVID-19 pandemic, but widespread staffing shortages and an outdated, reactionary payment model that fails to prevent illnesses linger as major challenges that need to be addressed, Gov. Charlie Baker said Wednesday.

Tufts Medicine plans to take over cancer services in early 2023 at the MetroWest Medical Center in Framingham, which is owned by the parent company of Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester. 

Fitchburg-based Rollstone Bank & Trust elected Brian Anderson as chairman of its board of directors.

Worcester insurer Fallon Health has donated $200,000 to the City of Worcester to establish a five-year fitness program at the Worcester Senior Center.

The City of Worcester recommends residents take precautions amid an unusually high nationwide outbreak of respiratory syncytial virus, known as RSV.

Gov. Charlie Baker on Tuesday signed a bill to restrict the practice in which some patients are made to try and fail on insurance-preferred treatments before their insurer will approve a more expensive option prescribed by a doctor.

Voting for the WBJ’s 2023 Best of Business awards, which seeks to highlight institutions throughout Central Massachusetts based on reader votes, will close this coming Monday, Nov. 14.

Real estate leads in Central Massachusetts, while professional services lead the statewide economy.

When it comes to building new warehouse space in Massachusetts, the Blackstone Valley, despite its legendary status as the birthplace of the American Industrial Revolution, tends to get overlooked.

The workforce became decentralized, and fewer people went out for a quick lunch.