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Waters Corp. beat analysts' expectations for the first quarter thanks to “broad-based” organic growth, the Milford company reported Tuesday.

The urgent care frenzy that has swept Eastern Massachusetts is arriving in Greater Worcester, with at least three major players set to enter the market and plans from existing providers to up their urgent care presence.

More than two years after Grafton selectmen sued to prevent the Grafton and Upton Railroad from delivering and installing four 80,000-gallon propane tanks at a planned North Grafton transloading facility, the dispute continues.

Eleven nursing homes in Central Massachusetts received the top rating in U.S. News & World Report's annual list of best nursing homes.

Edward Moore, president and CEO of the Harrington HealthCare System, has been keeping a close eye on developments with Partners HealthCare, the enormous and fast-growing eastern Massachusetts health care system. Although Partners recently scaled back its latest expansion effort, Moore is not letting down his guard.

Privacy has been an obligation of the medical profession dating back to the ancient Greeks and the Hippocratic Oath. However, safeguarding patient information has transformed alongside an industry that increasingly relies on technology.

Health care organizations of all kinds are striving for efficiency under the looming transition to managed-care systems.Instead of being paid for each service, providers will instead be paid to deliver care for a set number of patients annually. Naturally, this is leading providers to reconsider how they manage those patients from the moment they walk through the door.

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Milford-based Waters Corp., a manufacturer of laboratory instruments, on Wednesday announced the opening of its Joint Open Laboratory in Beijing. Outfitted with Waters' chromatography and mass spectrometry technologies, the analytic laboratory will be jointly operated by Waters and the Chinese Pharmacopeia Commission (ChP), according to a company statement. It is expected to serve as one of China's national technical support centers in the field of Chinese pharmaceutical standards, Waters said.