Health Care

Hospital administrators — and the public — now have a more complete picture on Massachusetts hospital readmissions, after the state Center for Health Information and Analysis (CHIA) last week released the first report showing readmissions rates for all insurance payers.

Registered nurses at HealthAlliance Hospital have scheduled a one-day strike vote on Wednesday as contract negotiations with the UMass Memorial Health Care-owned hospital have exceeded the one-year mark.

A medical marijuana dispensary in Salem will be able to begin selling its product after meeting final inspection protocols, under a one-time, three-month waiver approved Friday by Gov. Charlie Baker.

Alternative medicine, such as yoga and acupuncture, is catching on, with many consumers using some form of those types of therapies with traditional treatments.

Marlborough's Ocata Therapeutics is expecting to net over $30 million in a stock offering, after the company announced pricing for the stock Wednesday.

Backers of legislation to allow spouses to become paid home care providers hope a new look by the Baker administration at the finances underpinning the proposed program will buoy the bill's prospects in the Legislature.

In an effort to advise state law and policymakers on needed updates in regulation and policy around behavioral health care policy, the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation has released a report highlighting the weaknesses of the behavior health system and how they might be fixed.

More than 2,200 unionized nurses at UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester have voted to ratify one-year contracts after negotiations that the union called “relatively smooth.”

The 2014 nurse staffing law will apply to burn units and intensive care for newborns along with intensive care units for adults, under final regulations adopted by the Health Policy Commission on Wednesday.

The Massachusetts e-Health Institute (MeHI), a division of the state-backed Massachusetts Technology Collaborative, has launched a new grant program to help health care agencies improve the exchange of electronic health records with other providers.