Health Care

An administrator at Donna Kay Rest Home in Worcester has been indicted on charges related to an alleged scheme to embezzle more than $220,000 from the rest home and its senior residents.

An administrator at Donna Kay Rest Home in Worcester has been indicted on charges related to an alleged scheme to embezzle more than $220,000 from the rest home and its senior residents.

Kasia Dodman’s life has been a series of unexpected twists and turns. An immigrant from Poland, Dodman had no family in the U.S., no money, and could not speak a word of English when she first moved to Worcester.

To help prepare new nurses for the reality of the profession and combat the growing problem of burnout, UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester offers its New Graduate Nurse Residency Program, which over the course of 12 months seeks to center education, community, and support for those entering the field.

Worcester-based behavioral health and human services provider Open Sky Community Services has hired Emmanuel “Manny” Oppong as the nonprofit’s new executive vice president and chief program officer.

The property, located at 100 Industrial Drive, was purchased in a deal finalized on Thursday.

Marlborough medical device manufacturing firm Boston Scientific looks to soon add stroke prevention treatment to its portfolio, as the manufacturer has entered into a $1.16 billion agreement to purchase California-based medical device company Silk Road Medical.

Quinsigamond Community College in Worcester will now be able to upgrade to industry-standard lab equipment for its nursing assistant (CNA) certificate program and surgical technology associate degree program, as the institution has received $171,016 through the Massachusetts Skills Capital Grant Program.

GAAMHA, a Gardner-based mental health services nonprofit, has promoted long-time employee and previous patient, Shawn Hayden, to president and CEO.

Worcester-based Pleasant Street Dental and its owner were indicted in June for their involvement in an alleged MassHealth scheme to defraud the state Medicaid insurance program for more than $2 million.