Health Care

Tufts Medical Center and Vanguard Health Systems New England, the parent of Saint Vincent Hospital and MetroWest Medical Center, have signed an affiliation agreement to enhance and expand cardiovascular services to patients in Central and Eastern Massachusetts, according to a statement from Tufts.

With millions of dollars in play, a state agency is crafting regulations for grants to hospitals and will spend the rest of the summer hearing input on how those funds should be doled out.

The Patrick administration is accepting applications from health care organizations for workforce retention and training grants.

Spectrum Health Systems, Inc. of Worcester has received a grant of close to $50,000 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to implement and upgrade an electronic health records (EHR) system for one of its programs.

Milford Regional Medical Center (MRMC) and Harrington HealthCare System are among the latest health care providers to receive funding to help them use the state's new health information exchange, the Mass HIway.

The Central Massachusetts Independent Physician Association (CMIPA) has received a $75,000 grant from the Massachusetts eHealth Institute to help physicians with the organization connect to the state's electronic Health Information Highway, known as Mass HIway.

As states buckle in to begin implementing the Affordable Care Act, Massachusetts has a conceptual head start on the rest of the country, but a top Bay State health care official says comporting state law to comply with Obamacare presents its own unique challenges.

The head of a UMass Memorial Health Care affiliate has been named the new president of Worcester's...

Harrington HealthCare System is moving rehabilitation services at two locations to its new building in Charlton, the hospital announced.

Marlborough Hospital said it is now offering three-dimensional breast tomosynthesis for breast cancer screening at its Women's Imaging Center in Southborough.