Health Care

Reliant Medical Group of Worcester has been recognized by the American Heart Association for gold-level achievement in three clinical quality programs related to reducing the risk of heart disease and stroke, the healthcare provider announced on Monday.

Jason Shohet, a professor at UMass Chan Medical School in Worcester, has received a second grant for cancer research totaling $300,000, two years after the first grant, according to a Monday announcement on the school’s website.

The filing comes just days after a 301-day nurses strike ended at Saint Vincent, during which WBJ estimates the company spent, at minimum, $31 million over the course of the work stoppage. 

In a Tuesday public health advisory, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health clarified its recommendations related to who and when people infected with and/or exposed to COVID-19 should undergo testing.

The Worcester Business Journal editorial staff is seeking readers' ideas for this year's Power 50, WBJ's annual list of the most influential professionals in Central Massachusetts.

A COVID-19 testing site at the Mercantile Center in Worcester is closed on Tuesday due severely low temperatures, UMass Memorial Health announced on Monday.

The long-awaited digital COVID-19 vaccination card, sometimes referred to as a vaccine passport, launched on Monday, according to an announcement from the Gov. Charlie Baker Administration.

CEO Carolyn Jackson, who was often personally the target of the union members’ frustration, is now tasked with repairing the hospital's culture. 

People are on the move at Country Bank, Spectrum Health Systems, Inc., RCAP Solutions, and more.

UMass Memorial Health President and CEO Dr. Eric Dickson is pleading with his team leaders to voluntarily redeploy administrative staff to support the system’s coronavirus testing sites at the Mercantile Center in Worcester and the New England Sports Center in Marlborough.