Comforts of Home Longer Life Leads to Tough Questions — and New Models of Care
To many people, the concept of palliative care brings up thoughts of lying on their deathbed. The truth is, it
Read MoreTo many people, the concept of palliative care brings up thoughts of lying on their deathbed. The truth is, it
Read MoreCancer is never a happy story. But the trends in oncology in the past decade have been decidedly optimistic.Since the
Read MoreThe 10 years that the Healthcare News has been in circulation may seem like a blink of the eye to
Read MoreNormally, when one thinks of hospitals investing in infrastructure, what comes to mind are actual buildings — and there’s been
Read MoreBaystate Medical Center’s Hospital of the Future promises to be many things: a modern facility providing cutting-edge medical care. A
Read MoreTen years ago, if there had been one field of medicine that didn’t seem a likely candidate to generate some
Read MoreLooking back through the practice management articles in the Healthcare News since it first went to print in November 2000
Read MoreWhen the financial services giant UBS decided a year or so ago to downsize its branch managers from full-time to
Read MoreThis summer, Harvard Medical School announced new restrictions on the relationships between its faculty and the pharmaceutical and medical-device industries.
Read MoreFor physicians who constantly warn patients about skin cancer, a recent poll by the Marist Institute for Public Opinion brings
Read MoreEd Wood has an advantage that most entrepreneurs can only dream about. When he says he has no competition, he
Read MoreNo one wants to be told they can’t drive. But if a person’s ability to do so becomes questionable due
Read MoreIn 1983, Joseph Arduino’s father was dying of congestive heart failure. “He was a hospice patient, and we had an
Read MoreCertain ideas with respect to estate planning are widely accepted, yet unfortunately, inaccurate. This article will reveal and explain the
Read MoreIt’s not often that a construction company’s work is so impressive that a church service is held to say thanks.
Read MoreDr. Ronald Gross remembers feeling on the verge of vomiting. He had just been stat-paged (code in this business for
Read MoreMaisel Tapped to Lead Baystate Northern Region GREENFIELD — Dr. Gerda Maissel recently joined the Baystate Health Northern Region as
Read MoreThink twice before eating white rice? It might be wise, new research suggests. A comprehensive study reports that people who
Read MoreIf your medical or dental practice is considered to be a small business, and you pay at least half of
Read MorePITTSFIELD — The Renal Dialysis Unit at Berkshire Medical Center has been documented as providing remarkable patient-care results in the
Read MoreWARE — Baystate Mary Lane Hospital will partner with Quality EMS Educators Inc. to offer a Basic Emergency Medical Technical
Read MoreCDH Scholarship Winners Leesa-Lee Keith (left), chief nursing officer and vice president of Patient Care Services at Cooley Dickinson Hospital,
Read MoreSPRINGFIELD — When Dr. Shlomo Mor-Yosef, director general of Hadassah University Medical Center in Jerusalem, visited Baystate Medical Center recently,
Read MoreGREENFIELD — Baystate Franklin Medical Center’s main laboratory and the arterial blood gas laboratory in the hospital’s Cardiopulmonary Department have
Read MoreAMHERST — The Amherst satellite of Cooley Dickinson Hospital’s Women’s Imaging/Radiology department was recently notified that it has earned the
Read MoreWARE — A group of employees from Baystate Mary Lane Hospital, who also happen to be avid cyclists, spent the
Read MoreSPRINGFIELD — The Arthritis Foundation’s Massachusetts chapter has named the volunteer leadership for the 2010 Western Mass. Arthritis Walk. Joan
Read MoreSPRINGFIELD — The Springfield College master’s degree program in Clinical Exercise Physiology has become the first in Massachusetts to be
Read MoreWARREN — The Centered Place will offer a Yoga and Relaxation Program for breast cancer patients, survivors, and caregivers. Beginning
Read MoreSPRINGFIELD — The Center for Human Development (CHD) and Hawthorn Services announced a merger between the two nonprofit agencies that
Read MoreWEST BROOKFIELD — Learning to confront others is a key element of professional and career development. Yet, when slighted, taken
Read MoreFor Dr. John Santoro, volunteering in Haiti after January’s devastating earthquake was what he called “a time of contrast.” Actually,
Read MoreA report issued in April by the Asthma Regional Council (ARC) of New England was clear and direct: New England
Read MoreWhen it comes to professional boundaries, doctors are probably held to a higher standard than other professionals. This is largely
Read MoreDr. Peter Lindenauer says the Center for Quality of Care Research at Baystate Medical Center was started with some very
Read More“Turn out the lights,” the old song says, “the party’s over.” But at Wing Memorial Hospital, turning off some lights
Read MoreFourteen thousand pounds of plastic is a lot of waste. But that’s how much of that material Holyoke Medical Center
Read MoreGoing green is the current rave. When was the last time you looked at a newspaper or magazine without noticing
Read MoreTo Dr. John Warren, becoming an eye doctor was a decision that just added up. “I was always and big
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