Health Care

A Worcester Superior Court jury last week ordered UMass Memorial Medical Center to pay $250,000 in damages to the widow of a 78-year-old man who died after being admitted to the hospital eight years ago.

UMass Memorial Health Care CEO Eric Dickson said the system is planning affiliations in the year ahead, and larger acquisitions may be possible.

Massachusetts lawmakers are fast-tracking legislation to facilitate the expansion of a California biologics company into Worcester.

Fresh off its announcements Thursday about a $68 million annual surplus and a possible new emergency department in Leominster, UMass Memorial Health Care received strong ratings from Fitch Ratings in New York City, which praised the system's financial position.

UMass Memorial Health Care is considering a new emergency department at HealthAlliance Hospital in Leominster, President and CEO Eric Dickson said Thursday.

UMass Memorial Health Care grew its overall surplus in fiscal 2016 to $68 million as patient volume remained steady and investment income grew, according to an earnings call on Thursday morning.

The University of Massachusetts Medical School announced it received $2.1 million in federal funds to expand access to primary care in Worcester County.

Worcester-based autism services provider Behavioral Concepts Inc. (BCI) will celebrate the opening of its new Fitchburg location with an open house and ribbon cutting on Jan. 17.

Researchers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) have developed a chip that could lead to early detection of cancer metastasis.

Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute researchers have received $3.2 million in funding to study how high-deductible health plans and preventative drug lists impact asthma patients.