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State’s top public safety official has concerns over proposed Worcester safe injection site
March 20, 2024Massachusetts would need to legalize the sites, where medical professionals are available to intervene and prevent overdoses, before Worcester could move forward with its pilot, a city spokesman previously told the News Service.
March 20, 2024
Rising costs discussed at health care hearing as hospitals say recovery from COVID pandemic continues
March 15, 2024Steve Walsh, president of the Massachusetts Health and Hospital Association said hospitals still have not recovered from the COVID-19 pandemic.
March 15, 2024
Watchdog warns of poor conditions at Bridgewater State Hospital
March 14, 2024A watchdog report sounded the alarm about a range of poor conditions that observers found at Bridgewater State Hospital, including mold contamination, difficulty accessing treatments and allegedly unlawful ways of restraining patients.
March 14, 2024
DPH refutes Saint Vincent claim, says investigation into hospital conditions remains ongoing
March 13, 2024The Massachusetts Nurses Association labor union wasted no time in criticizing the hospital for this misleading claim.
March 13, 2024
Disability advocates say Healey budget plan will lead to lost access to services
March 13, 2024Disability advocates are raising the alarm as House Democrats redraft the governor's spending plan, saying that under Healey's budget 6,000 people will lose access to services they need to live at home and maintain their independence.
March 13, 2024
Saint Vincent says DPH survey finds no issues with staffing or quality of care, even as DPH investigation remains ongoing
March 12, 2024Despite the hospital's claims, DPH's investigation into Saint Vincent remains ongoing, according to the government agency.
March 12, 2024
Milford Regional to open new Medway satellite location
March 12, 2024Milford Regional Medical Center is hosting a ribbon-cutting for Milford Regional in Medway, a new community-based satellite location, on Wednesday.
March 12, 2024
Shrewsbury medical office sells for $2M to Marlborough dentist
March 8, 2024Assioun is the owner and CEO of Passion Dental, a company operating dental practices in Massachusetts, New York, New Hampshire, and Connecticut.
March 8, 2024
Saint Vincent Hospital not meeting standards of care, accrediting agency says
March 7, 2024As state regulators investigate nurses’ claims of unsafe conditions at Saint Vincent Hospital, a national accrediting agency has found the Worcester healthcare provider is not compliant with industry standards.
March 7, 2024
Worcester health board backs injection site pilot
March 7, 2024The second largest city in Massachusetts has taken the first step towards supporting overdose prevention centers, sometimes referred to as safe injection sites, where people can use drugs under medical supervision.
March 7, 2024
Demand for dementia care outpacing demand
March 7, 2024Encouraged by federal approval of two new drugs to slow the progression of Alzheimer's disease and a third treatment in the pipeline, advocates called Wednesday for an overhaul of the health care infrastructure in Massachusetts to keep up with the
March 7, 2024
Parent company of Saint Vincent sells two more California hospitals
March 5, 2024This transaction comes after a February deal which saw Tenet offload four other California hospitals to UCI Health, the clinical enterprise of the University of California, Irvine.
March 5, 2024
Following acquisition, Baxter to close Acton manufacturing operation, lay off 59 workers
March 4, 2024Baxter purchased Hillrom, the Illinois-based previous operator of the Acton facility, for $10.5 billion in February 2022. At the time, Baxter said the move would help reach a broader global market.
March 4, 2024
Q&A: Agency on Aging leader named 2024 national presidential scholar
Updated: March 4, 2024In January, Dixon was named a 2024 presidential scholar, among 60 nationwide to participate in the ninth class of the leadership program collectively put on by the presidential centers for Presidents George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George Bush, and
Updated: March 4, 2024
Longtime gastroenterologist again named Milford Regional’s president of medical staff
February 29, 2024“I feel honored to once again lead my physician colleagues, who have entrusted me with this great responsibility,” Crimaldi said in the press release. “I also welcome the opportunity to work with hospital leadership to advocate on behalf of our
February 29, 2024
In wake of Steward financial troubles, advocate calls for health equity urgency
February 29, 2024"We for some reason had urgency in the pandemic that we've lost since the pandemic when, in fact, those same communities are dying, but it's not COVID," Curry told attendees at a Wednesday legislative briefing. "It's diabetes, it's heart disease. It
February 29, 2024
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