Health Care

Community hospitals in Massachusetts face a "self-reinforcing cycle of challenges" that makes their traditional business model unsustainable as more patients choose larger academic medical centers, according to a new report.

Knowing medical costs will grow right along with the number of elders, healthcare organizations are rallying by keeping more nursing-home-eligible seniors in their own homes with more integrated supports and streamlined resources, which – happily – coincides with seniors' wishes to stay in their homes.

While the pharmaceutical industry has not addressed prevention of Lyme disease as a public health need largely because of concerns about the market and profitability, MassBiologics was founded on a mission to improve public health.

To select a primary care provider, patients should first determine where they would like to seek care and carefully consider any potential barriers.

There is no denying that a sedentary lifestyle is unhealthy and can lead to life-threatening health problems.

Lung cancer has long been a particularly terrifying diagnosis. Out of every 100 people who were found to have the disease between 2005 and 2011, only 17 percent were alive five years later.

The Massachusetts Assisted Living Facility Association tried Tuesday to sway lawmakers to opposite sides of a bill that would allow nurses working at an assisted living facility to provide certain health care services.

Gov. Charlie Baker and the Democratic leaders of the House and Senate are discussing a legislative solution to avert a ballot question that would put limits on prices health care providers can charge for comparable services.

Gov. Charlie Baker will bring his perspectives on drug addiction along with a freshly signed law aimed at limiting access to powerful painkillers to an April conference looking at ways to improve health care.

A $700-million technological connection is setting the groundwork that will allow for UMass Medical's community growth.