Martha Bebinger

The solar array on the rooftop of a Boston Medical Center building provides power for the building as well as credits for the Clean Power Prescription program.

Doctors in Boston got tired of writing letters to utility companies asking for assistance for their medically vulnerable patients who need power and heat to stay healthy.

To detect warning signs of heart problems in high-risk patients, some hospitals and health centers use remote blood pressure monitoring. Patients take their readings at home on devices that send their data to medical providers. And MassHealth is now picking up some of these treatment costs.

Anna Goldman, a primary care physician at Boston Medical Center, got tired of hearing that her patients couldn’t afford the electricity needed to run breathing assistance machines, recharge wheelchairs, turn

Anna Goldman, a primary care physician at Boston Medical Center, got tired of hearing that her patients couldn't afford the electricity needed to

Anna Goldman, a primary care physician at Boston Medical Center, got tired of hearing that her patients couldn't afford the electricity needed to

The Clean Power Prescription program relies on 519 solar panels installed on the roof of one of the hospital’s office buildings. Half the energy helps power the medical center. The rest goes to patients who receive a monthly credit of about $50 on their utility bills.

For decades, scientists have relied on evidence that showed mice as the main source of Lyme disease in the Northeast. That may still be true in many places.

Deaths linked to cold shot up dramatically in recent years even as the U.S. set summer heat records and temperatures increased , on average, year-round.

Anna Goldman, a primary care physician at Boston Medical Center, got tired of hearing that her patients couldn't afford the electricity needed to