This week's news and issues for the region's health care industry

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A year after a Harrington incident, few hospitals have implemented enhanced security

Nearly a year after a Harrington Hospital nurse was stabbed, Harrington and UMass are among the few hospitals in the state to have shored up security, particularly in screening people who enter emergency rooms.

Fallon, Tufts report losses; BCBS, Harvard Pilgrim gain

Fallon Health host $4.4 million in the first quarter of the year, while Tufts Health Plan lost nearly $27 million as both insurers began operating as part of accountable care organizations.

Mass., Worcester opioid programs get $11.7M

Massachusetts is getting another public funding boost to combat the opioid epidemic, this time in the form of an $11.7 million federal grant.

City councilor to request delay on flavored tobacco regulations

A Worcester city councilor is now asking city officials to hold off on implementation of Board of Health regulations that would restrict the sale of flavored tobacco products to adult-only...

Alira Health to double Framingham lab space

Framingham life science consulting firm Alira Health is planning to more than double its lab space on Grant Street from 5,700 to 13,000 square feet.

RXi partners with Calif. firm on cancer treatment research

Marlborough drugmaker RXi Pharmaceuticals has begun working with a California biotherapeutic firm to evaluate potential collaborations to create a new cancer treatment.

Saint-Gobain opens life science facility at UMMS

French building materials manufacturer Saint-Gobain, already with a significant manufacturing presence in Worcester, is now bringing its life sciences division to the city.

Pulse check: Opioid overdose deaths by race

Non-hispanic whites made up 89 percent of opioid overdose deaths between January 2017 and September 2017

White, non-hispanic	753
Black, non-hispanic	49
Asian, non-hispanic	8
Hispanic	104
Other/unknown	18

Source: Massachusetts Department of Public Health

People on the Move

Bradley Switzer has joined Reliant Medical Group’s department of hematology and oncology. Switzer completed his internship, residency and fellowship at UMass Medical School, where he was most recently the medical director of the multidisciplinary hepatocellular cancer program and associate director of the hematology and oncology fellowship program. He is serving patients at the Saint Vincent Cancer and Wellness Center.

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