UMass Chan Medical School and Lahey Hospital & Medical Center have signed a research affiliation agreement to create a new quantitative science research hub to improve health outcomes and disparities through population health, digital medicine and health systems science.
Health care
Coward! Steward Health CEO dodges Senate hearing
A chair for Steward Health CEO Ralph de la Torre was notably vacant during the Senate’s hearing on the catastrophic financial mismanagement of the company’s Massachusetts hospitals and growing precarious role of private equity in healthcare Wednesday.
Steward hospitals crisis has state leaders on the hunt for legislative solutions
With a host of Massachusetts hospitals and communities’ accessible health care put at risk by Steward Health System’s financial mismanagement, state policymakers are starting to assess the threat of profit-driven models in healthcare and how the issue may be legislatively addressed.
Steward Health Care’s financial crisis will be addressed in an April congressional hearing
Steward’s disastrous financial state wreaking havoc on Massachusetts hospitals and patients will be a key focus in a congressional hearing in April, while the health system continues to receive increased scrutiny by residents and elected officials.
Healey continues to knock major health provider
BOSTON — Steward Health Care, which teeters on a financial crisis that could put multiple Massachusetts hospitals in jeopardy, is a “house of cards and a charade,” Gov. Maura Healey said on Monday, continuing to lash out at the for-profit health care system that is one of the state’s largest employers.
Gov. Healey tells hospital company Steward to leave after it misses financial deadline
“The financial information that Steward provided this week continues to be incomplete and insufficient,” state spokeswoman Karissa Hand said in a statement Saturday. “What Steward must do from this point forward is clear – complete an orderly transition out of Massachusetts.”
