Author: HCN Staff

HOLYOKE — Holyoke Health Center recently rolled out a new website, with the goal of being more user-friendly with more

SPRINGFIELD — Five Greater Springfield nursing homes received five-star ratings in a recently published report by U.S. News & World

BOSTON — The Massachusetts healthcare reform law of 2006 set in motion a number of important changes to the healthcare

SPRINGFIELD — The need for medical and community interpreters is rapidly increasing, and so is the demand for trained professionals

NORTHAMPTON — To address findings from a recent health assessment, Cooley Dickinson Hospital will host its first annual Mental Health

WARE — Baystate Mary Lane Hospital will sponsor a Babysitters Academy on May 18 to prepare area young people for

WORCESTER — Fallon Health, a not-for-profit healthcare-services organization, recently celebrated a historic milestone in the growth of community-based care for

GREENFIELD — The Oncology Department at Baystate Franklin Medical Center and dermatologist Dr. Joel Gordon, will co-sponsor a free skin-cancer

On July 3, 1981, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued what may be the most stunning report

Last August, I called attention to a survey of nearly 3,500 physicians that found that 60{06cf2b9696b159f874511d23dbc893eb1ac83014175ed30550cfff22781411e5} of physicians would not

Despite the high number of veterans with disabilities separating from service, the military is still one of the largest employers

The National Institutes of Health, 10 biopharmaceutical companies, and several nonprofit organizations recently launched a partnership to transform the current

It is pretty easy to get people to agree that child abuse, whether physical or sexual, is bad for children.

Giganto Steps Down as President of Baystate Regional Markets SPRINGFIELD — Chuck Gijanto has resigned as president of Regional Markets for Baystate Health.

Making a Difference  The Melha Shriners who actively support and promote Shriners children’s hospitals across the country, vwere among five

The Internal Revenue Service in the Western Mass. area has added quite a few new auditors for their Small and

SPRINGFIELD, PITTSFIELD — Baystate Medical Center and Berkshire Medical Center were both recently recognized among the nation’s 100 Top Hospitals by

CHICAGO — The American Medical Assoc. (AMA) has announced new resources to guide physicians on navigating a little-known rule in the

WESTFIELD — Noble Hospital will host a free informational program called “Compass to Care — Navigating the Transition from Hospital to

WESTFIELD — Registration is open for the 30th Annual Noble Hospital 5K Run & Walk for a Noble Cause being held

The medical world is awash in alphabet soup, made more familiar by news reporting and the many direct-to-consumer television commercials

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