Banjo Health of Northborough has named
SHIVA KUMAR as its newest member of the board of advisors. Kumar previously served as chief strategy officer and head of business development for Watson Health at IBM from 2015-2020, worked for the consulting firm McKinsey & Co., and was an associate professor at Yale University’s Physics Department. As senior executive at IBM since 2003, he has pioneered analytics use to improve its revenue and profit performance, and co-founded and led teams at IBM Research to develop the capabilities of IBM Watson Health.
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CAROL BARTON, an attorney at Estate Preservation Law Offices in Worcester, has been named National Professional Advisor of the Year for 2020 by the American Cancer Society. Barton was one of two partners of the society’s planned giving team who are honored each year. Her association with the group began in 2008 as a volunteer at Hope Lodge in Worcester, and later grew into national roles, most recently as chair of the n
WORCESTER COVID-19 case counts in the city continued to fall over the past week, amid increasing vaccination availability, more reopenings and rule relaxations.
The city confirmed 107 more cases of the pandemic virus over the past week for a total of 23,579 since March 2020. That number is down 63 cases from last week, when the city reported 170 new cases.
Hospitalizations saw sharp decreases between St. Vincent Hospital and UMass Memorial Health Care; the two hospital systems reported a total of 35 COVID-19-positive inpatients, down 17 from last week.
There were 15 COVID-19-positive intensive care unit patients, a decrease of one over last week.
The hospital system confirmed another five deaths over last week for a total of 728 since the start of the pandemic. Two more city residents died from the virus, bringing the total in the city to 424.
Mass General Brighamâs plan for surgical centers in suburbs stirs controversy
Competitors worry that the already dominant health care provider could become even more powerful
By Priyanka Dayal McCluskey Globe Staff,Updated May 6, 2021, 2 hours ago
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A rendering of the outpatient surgery center that Mass General Brigham is planning to build in Westborough.Mass General Brigham
An ambitious plan by Mass General Brigham to expand into affluent suburbs miles from Boston has set off a fight about the future of outpatient health care in Massachusetts.
A group of rival health care companies has mounted an opposition campaign to block the expansion plan, worried that the stateâs biggest health care provider will become even more powerful at their expense.