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The Republican budget bill that passed the House last week would cause health care chaos and a massive transfer of wealth to the rich, Massachusetts’ leading Democrats argued Tuesday as the party mobilized a nationwide bid to derail the legislation.

When Nashoba Valley Medical Center in Ayer was about to close in the summer of 2024, Dickson said he was looking into every opportunity possible to support the region left without its most central hospital.

Massachusetts rural hospitals are among 300 nationwide that are at "immediate risk of closure," a new report says. The report comes as Medicaid changes are contemplated in the House Republican budget bill unveiled earlier this week.

UMass Memorial Health is moving ahead with plans to build a new satellite emergency facility to fill the void left by the closure of Steward Health Care's Nashoba Valley Medical Center.

Worcester, Mass.-based UMass Memorial Health has expanded the use of Mednition’s KATE AI triage support tool to five additional emergency departments after seeing early success at its flagship hospital.

Worcester, Mass.-based UMass Memorial Health is expanding its use of an artificial intelligence tool designed to support emergency department nurses and enhance patient safety across five additional hospitals.

Worcester, MA- UMass Memorial Health (UMMH), the largest not-for-profit health care system in Central Massachusetts, is proud to announce the expansion of KATE AI across an additional five hospital emergency departments, for what is now a total of seven, to enhance patient safety, optimize effici

Healthcare expenditures throughout Massachusetts soared to $78.1 billion in 2023, averaging $11,153 per resident. The year’s total represented an 8.6% per-capita increase from 2022, according to a report released in March by the Center for Health Information and Analysis.

UMass Memorial Health confirmed it will build an emergency department in Groton to help fill the health care void left after last summer's closure of Nashoba Valley Medical Center.

After UMass Memorial Health previously announced it would open an emergency department in the Nashoba Valley region in the wake of Nashoba Valley Medical Center’s closure, the Worcester-based system is taking next steps to acquire a Groton site to open a satellite emergency facility. 

Lauren Murphy is preparing to run the Boston Marathon and she’s got her husband Brian Rettger by her side.

“This is my third marathon in six months," Murphy said. "But Brian is actually the one who got me into running during COVID.”