Author: HCN Staff

SPRINGFIELD — The Springfield College School of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation will present the 2015 Peter V. Karpovich Lecture

Baystate Children’s Hospital and Connecticut Children’s Medical Center are furthering their clinical collaboration with a new partnership in pediatric neurosurgery.

When BusinesWest, HCN’s sister publication, launched its 40 Under Forty program in 2007, it did so to identify rising stars

NORTHAMPTON — Amy Royal, principal and founding partner of Royal LLP, the Northampton-based boutique woman-owned, women-managed labor and employment law

WESTFIELD — Registration is now open for the 31st Annual Noble Hospital 5k Run & Walk for a Noble Cause,

Hartford-based National Physician Services (NPS), a physician-driven healthcare information technology company providing state-of-the-art enterprise solutions for physician practices to optimize

SPRINGFIELD — Springfield College Psychology Professors Judy Van Raalte, Al Petitpas, and Britt Brewer are the recipients of a $10,000

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Lyme disease cases have been on the rise in Massachusetts in recent years, and once again, as

BOSTON — At the World Medical Innovation Forum, being held April 27-29 in Boston, some 1,000 international decision makers will

WASHINGTON, D.C. — While providers and industry groups hailed Tuesday’s long-awaited repeal of the controversial sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula,

HOLYOKE — O’Connell Care at Home announced that Sheila Pennell, RN case manager, has received the certified hospice and palliative

NORTHAMPTON — Cooley Dickinson Hospital achieved the Healthgrades 2015 Patient Safety Excellence Award, a designation that honors hospital performance in

SPRINGFIELD — Craig Poisson has been named the Springfield College director of Athletics, President Mary-Beth Cooper announced. Poisson has more

CHICAGO — Under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), nonprofit healthcare providers must conduct periodic assessments of community health needs, and

SOUTH HADLEY — It’s never easy to talk about life’s most sensitive subjects with your physician, from emotions to lust

NORTHAMPTON — Local dermatologists and physician assistants will provide skin assessments and prevention education at Cooley Dickinson Hospital’s free skin-cancer

WESTFIELD — Noble Visiting Nurse & Hospice will hold its 11th annual Wine and Beer Tasting on Friday, May 15

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Senate Tuesday night overwhelmingly passed a bill to do away with the controversial Sustainable Growth

HOLYOKE — The ninth annual 40 Under Forty award program, staged by HCN’s sister publication, BusinessWest, will be held at

WEST SPRINGFIELD — AFC Doctors Express, the largest independent urgent-care provider in the Commonwealth, announced that the long winter conditions

SPRINGFIELD — The Baystate Dental project built by Sweitzer Construction at 29 Broad St. in Westfield, known locally as the

CLEVELAND — With primary-care physicians under ever-increasing pressure to engage patients in proactively managing their own health, medical assistants (MAs)

PITTSFIELD — Hillcrest Commons Nursing and Rehabilitation Center will offer an informational session on “Common-sense Eating for Health and Pleasure”

WARE — Jennifer Cashorali has joined the staff at Baystate Medical Practices – Quabbin Pediatrics, located at 83 South St.

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

CLEVELAND — Team-based care is one of the biggest buzzwords in healthcare today, but it’s been a challenge for traditionally

SPRINGFIELD — Adrianne Haslet-Davis, a professional ballroom dancer who lost her lower left leg in the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing,

AMHERST — Thanks to the grant-funded support of the Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services and the Department

WESTFIELD — Noble Hospital will host a volunteer-appreciation luncheon on Wednesday, April 15 at East Mountain Country Club, 1458 East

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The day the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) passed in 1990, U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin delivered a

NORTHAMPTON — ServiceNet Inc., based in Northampton, has received the 2014 Award of Excellence, Overall Best Practice from the Mental

SPRINGFIELD — While the most common offense is texting, police officers handing out tickets have encountered drivers eating, shaving with

SPRINGFIELD — Craig Sweitzer & Co. and Baystate Dental, P.C. announced that the construction of a new dental office at

NORWALK, Conn. — A physician practice’s revenue cycle is rarely seamless, largely due to the challenges of managing different and

NATICK — For more than 30 years, the Massachusetts Council on Compulsive Gambling, a Boston-based, nonprofit health organization, has been

SPRINGFIELD — Families who have experienced the death of a child over the past year are invited to attend the

WESTFIELD — Following up last year’s successful event, Westfield State University will host its second annual Relay for Life on

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Patients older than 60 don’t always visit the doctor frequently because of illness alone. Elderly patients who

WESTFIELD — Registration is now open for the 31st annual Noble Hospital 5k Run & Walk for a Noble Cause

EAST LONGMEADOW — Forastiere Family Funeral & Cremation, which has served the Greater Springfield community since 1905, announced its first