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Hospitals dodge a bullet over nurse staffing
July 21, 2014Massachusetts hospital executives have staved off a fight against a ballot initiative intended to mandate nurse staffing ratios in all hospital departments — a measure that, by most accounts, would have inflicted a huge cost burden to health care
July 21, 2014
Medical marijuana school settles into Natick hub
July 21, 2014A school designed to train and certify professionals in the nascent medical marijuana industry is opening in Natick, and will serve dispensaries throughout the Northeast. According to School Administrator Cara Crabb-Burnham, the Northeastern
July 21, 2014Report: Mass. medical community support for IT grows
July 17, 2014With health information technology becoming increasingly important for health care providers, as legislatively mandated deadlines for proficiency and implementation loom, a report released Thursday shows the medical community is becoming more tech
July 17, 2014HealthAlliance to open urgent care center in Leominster
July 17, 2014From minor scrapes and sprains to broken bones and animal bites, non-life threatening emergencies often lead patients to higher-cost visits to hospital emergency rooms.
July 17, 2014IT firm says ACA hasn't boosted patient volume
July 16, 2014A report by Watertown-based IT services provider athenahealth Inc., measuring the impact of the federal Affordable Care Act (ACA) during the first five months of the universal health insurance mandate, indicates that providers it contracts with did
July 16, 2014HealthAlliance named among most wired hospitals
July 11, 2014As health care facilities continue to ramp up advanced technology, HealthAlliance Hospital in Leominster continues to keep pace, making the list of Health Care's Most Wired hospitals in the country for a seventh straight year, it announced.
July 11, 2014
Hopkinton pharmacy takes on CVS Caremark
July 8, 2014Independent pharmacy Hopkinton Drug is taking CVS Caremark to task in court, after the pharmacy benefits manager moved to end a contract that could devastate the Main Street business.
July 8, 2014Ambulance company returns to Worcester area
June 27, 2014American Medical Response (AMR), which serves 40 states, has reached an agreement with Fallon Health to accept insurance from its customers, opening the door for AMR's return to the Worcester market, it said.
June 27, 2014Lawmakers rush ICU staffing bill to governor
June 27, 2014Nurses working in intensive care units will care for only one patient at a time, except in certain circumstances, under legislation approved unanimously in both the House and the Senate and now headed to Gov. Deval Patrick for his signature.
June 27, 2014UMass Memorial ranked among best for heart surgery
June 26, 2014UMass Memorial Medical Center is one of the 15 highest-rated hospitals in the United States for patients who need heart surgery, according to Consumer Reports' inaugural ratings of heart-surgery hospitals.
June 26, 2014Union: HealthAlliance to layoff at least 20 FTEs in Leominster
June 23, 2014HealthAlliance Hospital in Leominster plans to layoff the equivalent of at least 20 full-time workers, according to the union representing nurses.
June 23, 2014
HealthAlliance Hospital announces layoffs
June 18, 2014HealthAlliance Hospital in Leominster on Wednesday said it will lay off employees from clinical and administrative departments, including managerial staff, due to declining patient volumes.
June 18, 2014Survey finds mobile technology adoption in health care is slowing
June 18, 2014A survey conducted by a cloud-based health care records management firm indicates that adoption of mobile technology by health care providers has slowed, at least temporarily.
June 18, 2014
S&P lowers UMass Memorial outlook
June 17, 2014UMass Memorial Health Care's (UMMHC) credit rating outlook was lowered Friday from stable to negative by Standard & Poor's Rating Services following weaker-than-expected quarterly earnings.
June 17, 2014
UMass Memorial Health Care losses shrink, primarily at medical center
June 10, 2014Losses for Worcester-based UMass Memorial Health Care (UMMHC) are shrinking, though some of its hospitals actually widened their losses, according to second-quarter financial results released Tuesday by the Massachusetts Center for Health
June 10, 2014
Central Mass Family Business Awards 2014: Bouvier Pharmacy, Marlborough
June 9, 2014The independent pharmacy is practically a relic in America, where large chains dominate, but Marlborough's Bouvier Pharmacy is one straggler that won't be shut out.
June 9, 2014
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