Health Care

Paul Reilly is a firm believer in fitness, from his days at West Point to his current role as CEO of a Westborough-based company that helps senior citizens stay in shape.

Members of Fallon Health's NaviCare program will now be able to take part in a physician-hospital organization that serves five hospitals and more than 200 medical practices in Western Massachusetts.

Officials at MetroWest Medical Center and UMass Memorial Medical Center have declined to comment on a wrongful death lawsuit filed in federal court this month, implicating both hospitals in connection with the death of a Milford woman in August 2013.

Justin Maykel is a colorectal surgeon at UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester.

Employees of UMass Memorial Health Care might have suffered a serious case of sticker shock when they learned about the $700 million cost to roll out a new electronic health record system and revamp the health care provider's IT infrastructure when CEO Dr. Eric Dickson unveiled those plans in a blog post last week.

Nurses at HealthAlliance Hospital in Leominster have ratified a new, two-year labor contract that improves staffing ratios and adds new positions, according to their union, the Massachusetts Nurses Association.

ReWalk Robotics, the first company to bring an exoskeleton to market after approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, is celebrating a commercialization milestone that hits close to home today.

Southbridge-based Harrington HealthCare System is the latest Central Massachusetts provider to enter the urgent care business, announcing Tuesday that it will open an urgent care center in Charlton.

Since insulin became the first treatment available in the 1970s, the biologics field has exploded.

Dr. Aaron Lazare, the former head of the UMass Medical School widely credited with raising the school's national profile during his 15-year tenure, died Tuesday at the age of 79.