Health Care

MetroWest hospitals have come out on top for safety in a semiannual ranking by The Leapfrog Group, an independent hospital watchdog organization.

Worcester-based Spectrum Health Systems has received a $1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Justice to operate a reentry program for offenders leaving prison considered at high-risk for resuming criminal activity.

Worcester-based UMass Memorial Health Care will bring 500 information-technology employees downtown following the $36 million redevelopment of 100 and 120 Front St. in downtown Worcester.

When Worcester-based Reliant Medical Group announced the layoff of 78 employees early last month, the healthcare provider cited a projected budget shortfall.

Any one of the six 2015 Outstanding Women in Business is amazing in her own right, but the combined force of this class presents a vast array of lessons and insights for men and women of all ages looking to succeed in their professional and personal lives.

Earlier in my commercial banking career, I came upon the customer files of a small company launched as a startup more than 50 years ago. Today, it is a well-known technology company. My bank had financed some of its startup costs. However, within just a couple of years, the financing needs of that company increased to millions of dollars, and the bank was no longer able to support its growth.

Most Internet users have heard the recommendations that they need to use a password not related to their name, address or pet's name while including symbols, numbers and random capital letters. The reality is the usernames they have created for email accounts, social media and other online services could be delivering all their private details into the hands of cyber criminals – no password needed.

The scope of workplace disfigurement injuries covered under workers' compensation policies would be expanded to injuries anywhere on a person's body, and the amount of compensation workers could receive would also be increased under a bill that cleared the Senate Thursday on a 36-1 vote.

The U.S. Department of Health and Humans Services (HHS) on Thursday awarded a $1.03 million grant to...

Renewing what has been a perennial battle between labor and management, nurses and hospital administrators clashed Tuesday over proposed legislation that calls for a maximum limit on the number of patients assigned to any one nurse, while requiring hospitals to adjust nurses' patient assignments based on the needs of the patients.