Health Care

A survey conducted by a cloud-based health care records management firm indicates that adoption of mobile technology by health care providers has slowed, at least temporarily.

UMass Memorial Health Care's (UMMHC) credit rating outlook was lowered Friday from stable to negative by Standard & Poor's Rating Services following weaker-than-expected quarterly earnings.

Losses for Worcester-based UMass Memorial Health Care (UMMHC) are shrinking, though some of its hospitals actually widened their losses, according to second-quarter financial results released Tuesday by the Massachusetts Center for Health Information and Analysis.

The independent pharmacy is practically a relic in America, where large chains dominate, but Marlborough's Bouvier Pharmacy is one straggler that won't be shut out.

Worcester-based drug and alcohol treatment center operator AdCare has agreed to purchase SSTAR of North Kingstown, R.I., for an undisclosed amount. This would be AdCare's second location in Rhode Island.

UMass Memorial Health Care has reduced its ownership stake in Worcester's Fairlawn Rehabilitation Hospital from 50 percent to 20 percent, according to an announcement yesterday.

Gardner-based Heywood Hospital said earlier this week that it will save more than $29,000 a year by upgrading to energy-efficient equipment.

A Westborough man will lead an Arizona-based senior wellness center company that recently expanded into Central Massachusetts.

Though a merger with Boston-based Partners HealthCare is not imminent, Emerson Hospital CEO Christine Schuster said hospital officials are “thrilled” Partners has the option to acquire Emerson under a deal between the Boston-based health care system and Atty. Gen. Martha Coakley. The deal is the result of a three-year investigation Partners was subjected to as it attempted to acquire South Shore Hospital in Weymouth and its physician group, Harbor Medical Associates, and Hallmark HealthCare's hospitals in Melrose and Wakefield.

When given the option, healthy adults in their 20s or 30s often ditch the familiarity of an...