During these exciting days of medical innovation, with developments ranging from advanced robotic surgery to nanoparticle-based cancer treatments, it's easy to forget that simple actions can also advance patient care in equally dramatic ways.
Describing a dysfunctional inventory system that does not meet industry standards, MBTA officials and a consultant made the case Monday to outsource the operations, while workers argued keeping the current staff would be key to improving performance.
UMass Memorial Health Care has announced that Lisa Colombo will be the president of Clinton Hospital and Nicole Gagne will become president of Community Healthlink.
The signing of an 189,124 square-foot lease by Seaboard Folding Box will bring 120 jobs to Westminster as the company seeks to expand its manufacturing capacity.
A national group representing highway and transportation departments in all 50 states has selected the Kenneth F. Burns Memorial Bridge project on the Worcester-Shrewsbury line as a winner in the 2016 America's Transportation Awards competition.
The Massachusetts Senate on Thursday approved a sweeping zoning reform bill that supporters said will spur the development of affordable housing and encourage sustainable growth, but even those supporters admitted the chances of the bill becoming law this session are slim.