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Electronic health records have rolled out in force over the last several years. And, hundreds of companies offer software, and government has provided incentives and mandates for medical offices to modernize. Many patients are logging on to perform tasks that once took a phone call or visit.

It's no secret that 2014 was a good year for the MetroWest commercial office market around Interstate...

It was a rough start. But leasing activity at Westborough’s Bay State Commons, a 55-acre mixed-use development...

United Medical Systems of Westborough and its parent firm have acquired a privately held lithotripsy company that provides services to kidney patients in Texas and Oklahoma, according to a statement from United.

When her predecessor retired last year, Karen Chapman had already been well established at the Corridor Nine Area Chamber of Commerce, having been its vice president for 12 years. At the time of her promotion, the chamber's chairman said Chapman has “a keen understanding of Corridor Nine's past, as well as proven experience in bringing innovative and visionary ideas for the future.”

It's our annual look at three business executives in Central Massachusetts - and one organization - that have made big differences. This year's honorees come from four distinct industries. Here are their stories.

Mobile advertising isn't just for big businesses with big budgets anymore. That's the message one local Internet advertising company, Chitika Inc., is trying to convey to small businesses in the MetroWest region. By partnering with local business groups, the Westborough firm is aiming to acquaint business owners with mobile advertising, and show them they can manage it themselves without shelling out big bucks. It's not so much that mobile advertising hasn't been available to small businesses, said Andrew Waber, a Chitika marketing analyst, but the metrics available to business owners who outsource mobile advertising to third-party services are not all that helpful, he said. Such services typically provide state-level data about who is seeing mobile ads, and where.

Business consulting and technology outsourcing company Virtusa Corp. of Westborough reported another three months of double-digit percentage gains in revenue and net income for the third quarter of its 2015 fiscal year.

The Training Associates (TTA) of Westborough will remain in the family, with Maria Melfa being named the new CEO, succeeding her father, Vic Melfa.

CSX Corp. has announced record fourth-quarter 2014 net earnings of $491 million, a 15 percent increase from $426 million for the same period last year. The company also generated record fourth-quarter earnings per share of 49 cents, up 17 cents from $0.42 in 2013.