Author: HCN Staff

NORTHAMPTON — Awards and new members made headlines at two Cooley Dickinson annual meetings held in October. More than 150

PALMER — Wing Memorial Hospital and Medical Centers was honored with an ‘A’ grade in the fall 2013 update to

LEEDS, GREENFIELD — Of the few long-term-care organizations recognized this year by National Research Corp. for exceptional satisfaction scores, Linda

BOSTON — The Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation has awarded $1.3 million in grants to 26 community organizations across

Patients know it can be crowded, sometimes resulting in long waits. Physicians might say it operates with “organized chaos.” However

The shortage of primary-care physicians, besides creating longer wait times for both new and existing patients, is also changing how

As the days get shorter, many people find themselves feeling sad. You might feel blue around the winter holidays, or

HOLYOKE — Brian Couchon, a nurse at Holyoke Medical Center, has been named Nurse of the Year by the March

SPRINGFIELD – Dr. Richard C. Friedberg, chair of the Department of Pathology at Baystate Medical Center, was sworn in as

LEEDS — Of the approximately 16,000 skilled nursing centers in the U.S., fewer than 1{06cf2b9696b159f874511d23dbc893eb1ac83014175ed30550cfff22781411e5} have been awarded the Gold

NORTHAMPTON — Hampshire Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, also known as Hamp Ortho and HOSM, joined Cooley Dickinson Practice Associates (CDPA)

WARE — Facing a major illness or stressful life change can be a daunting prospect. Although support and self-help groups

NORTHAMPTON — A study published in the August 2013 issue of the American Journal of Infection Control demonstrates that the

SPRINGFIELD — Noble Hospital is preparing for the 49th Noble Ball, co-chaired by the Sarat Family. The Mardi Gras-themed event

Since the days of the Greek physician Hippocrates more than 2,000 years ago, the physician-patient relationship has been regarded as

It’s getting late, yet there are still things you need and want to do. Far too often, we see sleep

In addition to its physical expansion, the Sr. Caritas Cancer Center is expanding the scope of its treatment options. One

When it comes to the flu, the message this year is the same as last year — parents should get

GREENFIELD — Becky George has joined the staff at Baystate Franklin Medical Center as manager of Volunteer Services. A graduate

AMHERST — Laurette Patten, nurse practitioner, recently joined internal-medicine providers Dr. Denise Spence and Seth Kupferschmid at Amherst Medical Associates.

PITTSFIELD — Berkshire Health Systems announced the appointment of Dr. Trevor Bayliss, a board-certified physician and specialist in hematology oncology,

SPRINGFIELD — AmeriCare, an Epic Health Services company, has expanded into Western Mass. and has hired Jill Chaban as client

A special-needs trust, or what is sometimes referred to as a supplemental-needs trust, is a document that is established to

A class of proteins that controls visual-system development in the young brain also appears to affect vulnerability to Alzheimer’s disease