River Valley Counseling Restructures Office Locations
SPRINGFIELD — River Valley Counseling Center (RVCC) has announced a restructuring of office locations in order to better serve the
Read MoreSPRINGFIELD — River Valley Counseling Center (RVCC) has announced a restructuring of office locations in order to better serve the
Read MoreWhen Boston’s Beth Israel Hospital merged with Deaconness Medical Center 18 years ago, Joanne Marqusee was there to witness the
Read MoreTwelve years ago, the Institute of Medicine, the independent health arm of the National Academy of Sciences, issued a groundbreaking
Read MoreIf you are a primary-care provider and are not familiar with the term ‘patient-centered medical home,’ or PCMH, now is
Read MoreLooking back, Victoria Healy recalled that providing tours of what is now the former HealthSouth rehabilitation hospital in Ludlow was
Read MoreIt’s been five years since H1N1 put a major scare into the medical community. The virus, a combination of influenza
Read MoreTwelve years ago, when Martha Lang was diagnosed with end-stage AIDS, the 36-year-old understood the disease and knew it had
Read MoreWhen a patient showed up at Baystate Medical Center with measles last month, the hospital sprung into action in more
Read MoreEven the most well-intentioned employers can potentially expose themselves to liability if they are not well versed in the benefits
Read MoreSarcopenia, a loss of muscle mass often associated with weakness, is a commonly recognized cause of disability in older people.
Read MoreCassano Joins BHS as Director of Occupational, Environmental Medicine PITTSFIELD — Berkshire Health Systems has announced the appointment of Dr. Victoria Cassano
Read MoreSometimes it takes something to hit close to home before people sit up and take notice. At one time, measles
Read MoreHOLYOKE — Holyoke Health Center recently rolled out a new website, with the goal of being more user-friendly with more
Read MoreThroughout the early spring of 2014, there was considerable abuzz around Capitol Hill regarding the anticipated cuts in Medicare reimbursement
Read MoreSPRINGFIELD — Five Greater Springfield nursing homes received five-star ratings in a recently published report by U.S. News & World
Read MoreBOSTON — The Massachusetts healthcare reform law of 2006 set in motion a number of important changes to the healthcare
Read MoreSPRINGFIELD — The need for medical and community interpreters is rapidly increasing, and so is the demand for trained professionals
Read MoreNORTHAMPTON — To address findings from a recent health assessment, Cooley Dickinson Hospital will host its first annual Mental Health
Read MoreWARE — Baystate Mary Lane Hospital will sponsor a Babysitters Academy on May 18 to prepare area young people for
Read MoreWORCESTER — Fallon Health, a not-for-profit healthcare-services organization, recently celebrated a historic milestone in the growth of community-based care for
Read MoreGREENFIELD — The Oncology Department at Baystate Franklin Medical Center and dermatologist Dr. Joel Gordon, will co-sponsor a free skin-cancer
Read MoreMaura McCaffrey remembers reading the want ad in her Sunday paper — Health New England was looking for a clinical
Read MoreOn July 3, 1981, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued what may be the most stunning report
Read MoreLast August, I called attention to a survey of nearly 3,500 physicians that found that 60{06cf2b9696b159f874511d23dbc893eb1ac83014175ed30550cfff22781411e5} of physicians would not
Read MoreBob Demerjian says he saw the ad last fall on a state website featuring job postings. It caught his eye
Read MoreArmed with bachelor’s and master’s degrees in geology, Karoun Charkoudian took a good job with ExxonMobil in Houston. But a
Read MoreWhen U.S. Rep. Gabby Giffords was shot at point-blank range in 2011, she lost the ability to speak, as her
Read MoreWhen faced with chronic pain, it’s natural to wish for a cure-all pill, one that will take away the discomfort
Read MoreDespite the high number of veterans with disabilities separating from service, the military is still one of the largest employers
Read MoreThe National Institutes of Health, 10 biopharmaceutical companies, and several nonprofit organizations recently launched a partnership to transform the current
Read MoreIt is pretty easy to get people to agree that child abuse, whether physical or sexual, is bad for children.
Read MoreGiganto Steps Down as President of Baystate Regional Markets SPRINGFIELD — Chuck Gijanto has resigned as president of Regional Markets for Baystate Health.
Read MoreMaking a Difference The Melha Shriners who actively support and promote Shriners children’s hospitals across the country, vwere among five
Read MoreThe Internal Revenue Service in the Western Mass. area has added quite a few new auditors for their Small and
Read MoreWARE — Each year, more than 1,200 walkers meet on the first Sunday in May at the Goodnough Dike at the
Read MoreSPRINGFIELD — The American Red Cross Pioneer Valley Chapter recognized 11 individuals at its Hometown Heroes Breakfast on March 27. The
Read MoreHOLYOKE — Loomis Communities has announced that Loomis House Nursing Center has received two deficiency-free surveys from the state Department of
Read MoreSPRINGFIELD, PITTSFIELD — Baystate Medical Center and Berkshire Medical Center were both recently recognized among the nation’s 100 Top Hospitals by
Read MoreWARE — D&D Fitness Factory, a co-ed training facility in Ware, invites the community to participate in two events on Sunday,
Read MoreCHICAGO — The American Medical Assoc. (AMA) has announced new resources to guide physicians on navigating a little-known rule in the
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