When UMass Memorial Medical Center closed the Leominster hospital’s maternity ward back in September – over the objections of area residents, nurses, and the Department of Public Health – Gov. Maura Healey commissioned a study on statewide access to maternal health care, as well as access to essential services in northern Worcester County. Results […]
Opinion
Editorial: Congested roads like Lowell’s will always face a higher accident risk
If you feel like you’ve tempting fate every time you drive around the streets of Lowell, you’re not alone. Massachusetts Department of Transportation data support that unsettling contention. A new study based on information collected from MassDOT puts Lowell in a tie with the seaside town of Salisbury for the sixth most dangerous intersections in […]
Editorial: It’s time to mend community hospitals’ insurer payment deficit
While a struggling for-profit health-care system might not elicit the kind of sympathy reserved for its not-for-profit counterparts, its take on the uneven field of the state’s medical insurance reimbursement landscape deserves everyone’s attention. Steward Health Care’s dire finances and suspected slew of unpaid bills have spilled into the public domain recently. However, hospital system […]
