Health Care

Harrington Physician Services expanded its healthcare offerings by hiring a neurologist to its medical team.

Northeast senior living provider Wingate Healthcare has named a new COO and CFO with connections to Framingham and Sudbury.

Harrington HealthCare System has hired Katie Adams as its new director of mental health, the nonprofit announced Monday.

The 175 members of a healthcare workers' union employed at Nashoba Valley Medical Center will see their wages increase as part of a new contract between the union and Steward Health Care System.

Last week, Nashoba Valley Medical Center completed an expansion of its inpatient psychiatry unit for senior citizens.

The Worcester economy has bounced back to a sluggish end to 2015 with a second strong quarter, with the area adding jobs and the unemployment rate dropping to 4.5 percent, according to the Worcester Economic Index (WEI).

Cape Medical Supply has acquired New England Medical Homecare of Auburn as the Sandwich-based company expands into Worcester County and the Central Massachusetts market.

Telemedicine is opening doors to treating patients throughout Massachusetts.

MassHealth and Medicare each provided primary health insurance coverage for more than 1 million Massachusetts residents from December 2013 to March 2016.

The license of Gardner-area doctor Robert B Shepherd, D.O. was suspended by the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine in an emergency meeting.