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Diane Murphy says that when you’re one of a dozen or more individuals sharing a small tent in the middle
Read MoreDiane Murphy says that when you’re one of a dozen or more individuals sharing a small tent in the middle
Read MoreHank Porten says that in many ways, hospitals in the Commonwealth are merely being asked to operate just as any
Read MoreNobody wants to consider the impact of long-term care on the financial resources they have spent a lifetime building. Nursing
Read MoreA threat by the state’s major pharmacy chains — and an 11th-hour effort to avert the potentially far-reaching effects of
Read MoreSPRINGFIELD — The Western Mass. Center for Healthy Communities, one of six new regional centers funded by the Mass. Dept.
Read MoreMedical practices face a number of revenue and cost challenges annually, many of which they have little direct control over.
Read MoreIf there’s one recurring theme throughout this issue of The Healthcare News, it’s this: medical costs are rising, and everyone
Read MoreWhen Dr. Thomas Canto talks about wound care, he immediately thinks of a man with a leg ulcer who had
Read MoreJoe Mathers has been making candles for almost a decade now. His job at South Deerfield’s Yankee Candle complex is
Read MoreKate Flynn calls it “the hidden health career.” That’s because few people actually get to see what the surgical technologist
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Read MoreAGAWAM — Heritage Hall West, a subacute and skilled nursing center in Agawam, recently introduced a palliative care program. The
Read MoreHOLYOKE — With U.S. Rep. John W. Olver leading a list of dignitaries that included a number of state and
Read MoreHOLYOKE — Holyoke Hospital recently announced the appointment of Donna Barre, R.N., and Lisa Fugiel, R.N., as nurse managers. Barre
Read MoreNORTHAMPTON — As a result of funding cutbacks at the state level, Cooley Dickinson Hospital (CDH) administrators have decided to
Read MoreSPRINGFIELD — As part of its continuing “A Healthy You in 2002” series of community wellness presentations, Mercy Medical Center
Read MoreBOSTON — The Mass. Hospital Assoc. is expressing concern about the growing number of uninsured in the state, a statistic
Read MoreBOSTON — The Mass. Hospital Assoc. (MHA) has joined the chorus from around the country calling on Congress to appropriate
Read MoreHOLYOKE — Holyoke Hospital has announced that Dr. Eyal Morag is the newest member of its the Radiology Department. Morag,
Read MoreIt must be wonderful to be a private business in Massachusetts — like CVS, Walgreens, and Brooks — and control
Read MoreWhen it comes to fashionable labels, kids returning to school want to wear them on their clothes — not on
Read MoreAs the senior population continues to spiral upward, so do incidences of emphysema — and doctors say it’s simply decades
Read MoreHOLYOKE — WestMass ElderCare and Holyoke Community College will present a comprehensive program on caregiving in the college’s Peter Picknelly
Read MoreBOSTON — In an effort to both ensure that candidates across the state are focusing on health care issues and
Read MoreLONGMEADOW — Alan S. Rosenfeld, Ph.D., president and chief executive officer for Jewish Geriatric Services (JGS), has been awarded fellowship
Read MoreSPRINGFIELD — The second session of Baystate Medical Center’s Mini Medical School began on Sept. 9. The school, which offers
Read MoreCollege graduation, for most Amer-icans, is a time to move from higher education into the world of work. But for
Read MoreArianne Krumholtz calls managed care a “balancing act.” And the number of entities to balance can be staggering. There are
Read MoreIt’s touted as a great health insurance package for seniors — but, for the third straight year, the cost is
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