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UMass Memorial granted $154K to expand opioid disorder treatment

UMass Memorial Health has received $153,824 in a combined grant from The Health Foundation of Central Massachusetts, Reliant Foundation, and RIZE Massachusetts for an opioid-use disorder education program targeted at prescribers.

Movers & Shakers for Sept. 18, 2023

People are on the move at Fallon Health, Nichols College, and Cornerstone Bank.

🔒Watching COVID closely: Mass. hospitals try to stay ahead of a surge

Hospital systems are waiting, monitoring, and responding as COVID cases rise, even as they remain far below peak levels.

🔒Taking the reins: Jessica Sassi begins tenure as NECC CEO

After 48 years with its founder as CEO, The New England Center for Children has a clinician as its new leader.
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Framingham Alzheimer’s pharma firm reports promising drug trial results

Framingham-based Alzheon, a clinical stage biopharmaceutical research and development firm, on Wednesday reported statistically significant results in brain preservation from a phase two trial of an early Alzheimer's disease drug.

HPC pressing for healthcare cost control overhaul

Health care spending in Massachusetts is "moving in the wrong direction" 11 years after enactment of a landmark cost-containment law, and regulators will make another pass at convincing lawmakers to support a new approach, a top state official said Wednesday.

Mercy BioAnalytics adds two new executive positions in push toward commercialization

Natick-based cancer detection firm Mercy BioAnalytics has added two executive positions to its roster ahead of commercialization plans for its product.

Framingham nurses seek to join Massachusetts Nurses Association labor union

Nurses at Framingham Union Hospital have requested voluntary recognition of their labor union in a Tuesday letter to MetroWest Medical Center CEO John Whitlock from The Framingham Union Hospital RN Organizing Committee.
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UMass Memorial to go forward with Sept. 23 closure of Leominster maternity ward

After adjusting its plans to regulators’ concerns, UMass Memorial Health intends to go forward with its plan to close the inpatient maternity unit at HealthAlliance-Clinton Hospital in Leominster.

Spectrum Health Systems adds property in Worcester as it moves headquarters to Westborough

Spectrum Health Systems has purchased a new property in Worcester, months after the mental health and substance use treatment provider outlined plans to move its headquarters from Worcester to Westborough. 
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