Author: HCN Staff

SPRINGFIELD — Baystate Health is announcing a reduction in its workforce in response to current fiscal challenges and changes in

DALTON — Associated Industries of Massachusetts (AIM) will celebrate its 100th anniversary on June 11 by honoring three people and

WARE — Area women are invited to join Baystate Health’s Spirit of Women Program for a lecture about thyroid disorders.

GREENFIELD — The Baystate Health Blood Donor Mobile will host a blood drive on Monday, June 22, from 11 a.m.

SOUTH HADLEY — People with dementia and their caregivers are often isolated and cut off from their community. A group

GREENFIELD — Baystate Franklin Medical Center’s Clinical Notes, a hospital-based women’s a cappella chorus, will perform a free summer concert,

CHICAGO — To provide guidance on best practices for reimagining traditional relationships between physicians and hospital executives, the American Medical

WARE — The Baystate Regional Cancer Program at Baystate Mary Lane Hospital and the American Cancer Society will present “Look

PITTSFIELD — Hillcrest Commons Nursing and Rehabilitation Center will offer an informational session titled “Reading Labels and Meal Planning” on

WORCESTER — Summertime drinking begins well before the official start to summer, with graduations and Memorial Day celebrations, and moves

BOSTON — Of the 50 state organizations that comprise the National Alliance on Mental Illness, the Massachusetts chapter, NAMI Mass,

OAKBROOK TERRACE, Ill. — As part of the recent White House Forum on Antibiotic Stewardship, the Joint Commission announced a

GREENFIELD — Dennis Chalke, senior vice president of Community Hospitals for Baystate Health, announced that Steven Bradley, president of Baystate

LEE — Representatives of Porchlight VNA/Home Care and Kindred Laurel Lake recently announced the recipient and nominees of the second

SPRINGFIELD — They may be just babies, but kittens as young as four months and puppies as young as five

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Electronic health records (EHRs) introduce new kinds of risks into an already-complex healthcare environment, according to an

SPRINGFIELD — Other than your personal safety, there are health safety issues to worry about when using social-media apps to

NORTHAMPTON — Cooley Dickinson Hospital will offer a free screening of the documentary States of Grace, followed by discussion, on

SPRINGFIELD — As a leading labor and employment law firm serving the Greater Springfield area, Skoler, Abbott & Presser, P.C.

SPRINGFIELD — The rising cost of dental insurance, or lack of coverage, can cause families to skip going to the

SPRINGFIELD — U.S. News & World Report has rated Baystate Medical Center as part of an elite group of 34

WORCESTER — The New England Institute of Addiction & Prevention Studies (NEIAS) Summer School will be held June 8-11 at

BETHESDA, Md. — The American Medical Informatics Assoc. (AMIA) recently released the results of a task-force report on electronic health

BOSTON — On May 26, Madelyn Breen, an oncology registered nurse at Cooley Dickinson Hospital, was among the honorees at

WARE — Area women and men are invited to join Baystate Health’s Spirit of Women and Senior Class programs for

SPRINGFIELD — On May 19, the Western New England University College of Pharmacy held its fifth annual Continuing Pharmacy Education

SPRINGFIELD — Mercy Medical Center will present a free community-health seminar called “Mercy Weight Loss Solutions” on Tuesday, June 16

SPRINGFIELD — 
Dr. Stephen Hume and Bianca Walker from the Massachusetts/New Hampshire Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Assoc. will address the

WARE — Did you know that close to 60 million Americans have high blood pressure, but only about half of

SOUTHBRIDGE — Harrington HealthCare System will celebrate National CPR Awareness Week June 1-7 by emphasizing the importance of hands-only CPR.