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How the Ascension cyberattack is disrupting care at hospitals
With IT systems down, staff at Ascension have to use manual processes they left behind some 20 years ago. It's the latest in a string of attacks on health care systems that house private patient data. -
Black women in Massachusetts invited to take part in groundbreaking cancer study
Providers and survivors say this is a step toward equity and turning around the high mortality rate for Black women with breast cancer -
Mass. AG plans to go after AI scammers
Campbell is also working with lawmakers on a response to the Steward Health Care crisis. -
Steward’s plan to sell doctor network to UnitedHealth is met with both skepticism and cautious optimism
Lawmakers raised immediate antitrust concerns on the potential sale. -
Pressley responds to Supreme Court’s latest abortion case: ‘I’m resolved as ever’
"I've grown tired of old white men on the far-right side of the aisle misleading the public," the Congresswoman said on GBH’s All Things Considered Wednesday. -
PCAs, patients, advocates speak out again Healey’s proposed cuts
Healey’s proposal to keep spending flat would eliminate pay for PCAs who work fewer than 10 hours per week. -
To keep a Mission Hill nursing home open, lawmakers call for government intervention
The Edgar P. Benjamin Healthcare Center in Mission Hill is facing closure this July amid allegations of financial mismanagement. -
Healey again knocks Steward as ‘house of cards’
The governor alleged the health care system’s team has "not been forthcoming, truthful or responsive" about the apparent financial distress the hospitals are facing. -
Healey says ‘time has come’ for Steward to transfer its hospitals
Healey's letter and its razor-sharp tone represent a new forcefulness in the administration's response to Steward since the system's fiscal problems burst into public view last month. -
Community nonprofits are already casualties of Steward Health financial crisis
St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center has quietly backed out of hundreds of thousands of dollars in support for Allston and Brighton community groups
