Jonathan Saltzman

1 month ago | bostonglobe.com | Jonathan Saltzman

Doctors-in-training held rallies outside MGH and Brigham & Women's Hospital in December.David L. Ryan/Globe StaffThe union representing about 2,600 doctors-in-training at Mass General Brigham overwhelmingly approved its first contract with the state‘s largest health system, a three-year deal that will raise wages by a total of 7.5 percent. Ninety-eight percent of all voting members of the local chapter of the Committee of Interns and Residents, or CIR, approved the deal.

1 month ago | bostonglobe.com | Jonathan Saltzman |Maren Halpin

The chief executive of Western Massachusetts’ biggest health system formally apologized for repeatedly using passages from other writers’ work in the weekly blog he produces for Baystate Health. Peter Banko e-mailed employees a lengthy apology on Friday evening, the day after the Globe reported that its review of his internal blog found more than 20 posts containing passages identical or nearly identical to those in articles that appeared elsewhere.

1 month ago | bostonglobe.com | Jonathan Saltzman |Maren Halpin

Soon after becoming chief executive of Western Massachusetts’ biggest health system last June, Peter Banko began writing a weekly blog that delivers inspirational messages to Baystate Health’s 13,000 employees. Called “Connect,” the blog appears in the company’s internal network and offers observations on figures as diverse as Martin Luther King Jr., baseball great Pete Rose, and the late General Electric chief executive Jack Welch.

1 month ago | bostonglobe.com | Jonathan Saltzman

Mass General Brigham said Monday that it plans to invest nearly $400 million over the next five years to enhance primary care, citing a shortage of doctors, physician burnout, and demand for care outstripping resources. Dr. Anne Klibanski, chief executive of the state’s largest health care system, announced the investment in an e-mail to employees, while hundreds of primary care doctors at MGB are voting this month on whether to join a union.

1 month ago | bostonglobe.com | Jonathan Saltzman |Scooty Nickerson

White people account for about 68 percent of Massachusetts residents with obesity but make up 82 percent of patients taking the drugs, according to the analysis, which relied on tens of thousands of insurance claims and data on assets. Women make up 51 percent of the state’s obese residents but about 71 percent of GLP-1 users. And nearly one-third of people taking the medicines have household incomes of $200,000 or more.