VNA & Hospice of Cooley Dickinson Wins Recognition
NORTHAMPTON — Based on newly available results from the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare (CMS) for 2009, the VNA & Hospice
Read MoreNORTHAMPTON — Based on newly available results from the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare (CMS) for 2009, the VNA & Hospice
Read MoreNORTHAMPTON — The month-long Cooley Cares for Kids fund-raiser, an initiative to donate $1 at participating Hampshire and Franklin County
Read MoreWALTHAM — A recent Mass. Medical Society (MMS) analysis shows a prolonged decline in the state’s physician practice environment and
Read MoreSPRINGFIELD — Mercy Medical Center has been awarded a three-year term of re-accreditation in Nuclear Medicine as the result of
Read MoreSPRINGFIELD — Citing severe economic challenges in the first several months of 2010, the Sisters of Providence Health System (SPHS)
Read MoreWARE — Baystate Mary Lane Hospital will partner with Carol Benoit of Quality EMS Educators Inc. to offer a basic
Read MoreWARE — Participation in a youth sports camp during the summer months can offer plenty of exercise and physical activity,
Read MoreLooking back on his 17-year career with the Sisters of Providence Health System, Vincent McCorkle said his time has been
Read MoreNot long after President Nixon took the unprecedented step of imposing peacetime wage and price controls, the American people learned
Read MoreMedical students and physicians with both previously undiagnosed and well-documented learning and attention disorders are becoming a topic of interest
Read MoreThe work of Microsystems at Cooley Dickinson Hospital is invisible to patients. But the impact of those efforts is being
Read MoreSr. Mary Caritas isn’t sure which feature of Mary’s Meadow its residents and patients like best, but there’s plenty to
Read MoreIf you have a loved one who has been diagnosed with dementia or another disabling health condition, it is common
Read MoreYoga wasn’t Karoun Charkoudian’s first career choice. In fact, she likes to say that yoga found her, not the other
Read MoreFor generations, checkups during pregnancy were a private matter between an expectant woman and her doctor. In recent years, midwives
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Read MoreSPRINGFIELD — The Center for Quality of Care Research at Baystate Medical Center has been awarded one of the largest
Read MoreWARREN — The Centered Place will offer a Yoga and Relaxation Program for breast-cancer patients, survivors, and caregivers. Classes will
Read MoreDr. Gladys Fernandez says there was no ‘a-ha moment,’ as they’re called, that led her to pursue a career in
Read MoreRelief for Haiti The medical staff of Holyoke Medical Center has donated $10,000 to the relief efforts in Haiti. Dr.
Read MoreProvidence Taps Dittrich as Director of Nursing HOLYOKE — Jeré Dittrich has been named director of Nursing at Providence Behavioral
Read MoreAny avid student of fitness has experienced a point at which progress has stalled. As a personal trainer, there are
Read MoreThere are two relatively new concepts in health care delivery that are currently in the pilot program stage, but which
Read MoreUDLOW — Monark Complementary Health LLC will conduct a Home Essentials Class on June 16 from 6 to 8 p.m.,
Read MoreSPRINGFIELD — The American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE) has presented the 2010 Management Innovations Poster Session Award to a
Read MoreHOLYOKE — Holyoke Medical Center recently hosted its 19th annual 8th Grade Achievement Awards, saluting students in the Holyoke Public
Read MoreSPRINGFIELD — A new study in the Journal of General Internal Medicine has determined that, although the quality of online
Read MoreNORTHAMPTON — Cooley Dickinson Hospital recently underwent a four-day, unannounced survey by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations.
Read MoreWARE — The Baystate Mary Lane Hospital Summer Swing Classic, sponsored by County Bank for Savings and Health New England,
Read MoreHOLYOKE — While the treatment of cancer has advanced significantly over the past few decades, it remains an arduous path
Read MoreBOSTON — Resolutions focusing on scope of practice, on-call coverage, prior authorization, and medical-staff governance were among several adopted by
Read MoreWARE — Last month’s fifth annual Walk of Champions, held at the Quabbin Reservoir to benefit the Baystate Regional Cancer
Read MoreWARE — Sewing machines hum and scissors work feverishly when members of the Baystate Mary Lane Hospital Quilting Support Group
Read MoreSPRINGFIELD — Mercy Medical Center has been awarded a $40,000 grant from the Massachusetts affiliate of Susan G. Komen for
Read MoreSPRINGFIELD — Surgeons at Baystate Medical Center have enrolled the first patient in a national, multi-center study of the potential
Read MoreDr. Dirk Stanley says that, when it comes to issues like privacy and individualism, two authors have gotten deep into
Read MorePhysicians undergo years of education and training to promote wellness, cure illness, and preserve and protect life. But we’re also
Read MoreResults of a survey recently published in Cancer show that patient-physician discussion about colorectal cancer screening tests is the single
Read MoreFor owners of small businesses and their workers, the recently enacted health-reform legislation has some key provisions to pay attention
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