Health Care

Five health care organizations have received grants totaling $65,000 from the Massachusetts Medical Society's Alliance Charitable Foundation for health care and medical services they deliver.

Registered nurses who work at the three Worcester campuses of UMass Memorial Medical Center have overwhelmingly authorized a one-day strike to protest what they say are deteriorating patient conditions.

When Dr. William Muller works with patients at Tri-River Family Health Center in Uxbridge today, he can do things that would have been impossible not long ago.

When it was time for David Price to make a career change a little over three years...

Stakeholders voiced support and suggested changes before state lawmakers this week for proposed regulations meant to tighten oversight of Massachusetts compounding pharmacies.

Dan McHale, senior director of state government finance and policy at the Massachusetts Hospitals Association (MHA), voiced opposition last week to a measure to shift the cost of funding the state Center for Health Information and Analysis (CHIA) entirely onto insurers and providers.

HealthAlliance Hospital in Leominster, which is a member of Worcester-based UMass Memorial Health Care, scored the highest safety rating in the state in Consumer Reports' ranking released this month.

The Massachusetts Hospitals Association (MHA) has asked the Massachusetts Legislature to direct MassHealth to use what it called a “more equitable system” for issuing penalties against hospitals for patient readmission rates.

Concord-based Emerson Hospital will benefit from a $2.5 million lease issued by MassDevelopment on its behalf, for the purpose of investing in new equipment , MassDevelopment announced Monday.

Hospitals or health insurance providers that plan to merge, acquire or affiliate with another health care system...