The Cost Problem: Physicians Need to Drive the Solution
There are at least three compelling reasons why physicians must lead in solving the cost problem in health care. First, it really
Read MoreThere are at least three compelling reasons why physicians must lead in solving the cost problem in health care. First, it really
Read MoreIn medicine, not everything that makes sense is sensible. Because smoking predisposes to lung cancer, and because advanced lung cancer
Read MoreWARE — Country Bank was recently honored at Baystate Mary Lane Hospital for its $35,000 donation to the hospital’s Technology
Read MoreSPRINGFIELD — Harvard Pilgrim Health has named Mercy Medical Center to its new “Hospital Honor Roll,” the first such review
Read MoreSantamarina Joins Staff at Berkshire Medical Center PITTSFIELD — Berkshire Health Systems has announced the appointment of Dr. Rodrigo Santamarina,
Read MorePITTSFIELD — Berkshire Medical Center has again been recognized by the American Heart Assoc. for leading the nation in implementing
Read MoreWARE — Baystate Mary Lane Hospital, a 31-bed community hospital in Ware and a member of Baystate Health, has participated
Read MoreIn the Philippines, where Dr. Francis Martinez grew up and attended medical school, three out of every four people cannot
Read MoreHOLYOKE — Holyoke Medical Center has received the American Stroke Assoc. (ASA) ‘Get With The Guidelines-Stroke’ (GWTG-Stroke) Silver Performance Achievement
Read MoreNORTHAMPTON — Due to increased demand, PET/CT scans are now offered more often at Cooley Dickinson Hospital. In November, CDH
Read MoreSPRINGFIELD — The Diagnostic Imaging Department at Mercy Medical Center has added a new open-bore MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) unit
Read MorePeter Straley, CEO of Health New England, has a new role to play as part of what he calls a
Read MoreWhen Josef Woodman’s father decided to hop a flight to Mexico for a few months to have some restorative dentistry
Read MoreJean Jackson rattled off the positions like she had done it before. Respiratory therapists. Radiology techs, nuclear medicine techs, and
Read MoreAs medical imaging exams have replaced more invasive procedures, benefiting patients and revolutionizing medicine, Americans’ exposure to medical radiation has
Read MoreImagine, Jeanne Coburn said, a man in his 70s, sitting with his doctor, answering routine medical questions. “In this day
Read MoreSociologists and the media define the Baby Boom generation as those born in the United States between 1946 and 1964.
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Read MoreOn an average day in the U.S., some 30,000 people have an asthma attack. Of those, 5,000 visit the emergency
Read MoreChalk up one for the environment — although not all asthma sufferers are happy about going ‘green.’ The inhalers that
Read MoreSim-ply Generous MassMutual recently made a $150,000 donation to Springfield Technical Community College’s School of Health and Patient Simulation. The
Read MoreChanges in health care reimbursement in the last decade have shifted more payment responsibility to patients. Co-pays and deductibles have
Read MoreHenry Figueredo is the executive director of the Parent Information Center for Springfield Public Schools, and a former elementary school
Read MoreWARE — The Baystate Neurodiagnos-tic and Sleep Center has opened a sleep laboratory at Baystate Mary Lane Hospital in Ware.
Read MoreMorgan Gilmore, nurse educator with Baystate Mary Lane Hospital in Ware, has been getting out into the community for years,
Read MoreStanding at one end of the headquarters of Baystate Reference Laboratories, Dr. Richard Friedberg compared the hum of activity —
Read MoreNORTHAMPTON — Cooley Dickinson Hospital was awarded the 2007 Betsy Lehman Patient Safety Recognition Award at the fourth annual Betsy
Read MoreCHICOPEE — Elms College is extending the deadline for applications for the spring semester for its new Masters of Science
Read MoreThe choice between expanding health coverage and controlling health care costs is a false choice based on a false assumption:
Read MoreIn this Internet age, patients face a dizzying array of sources for health care information. Search for ‘diabetes’ on Google,
Read MoreBlondin Earns Certification in Oncology Nursing WARE — Sheila Blondin, a registered nurse with the Baystate Regional Cancer Program in
Read MoreIn this issue, The Healthcare News launches a monthly series profiling doctors who are doing interesting work in the office
Read MoreNORTHAMPTON – Providing access to leading-edge imaging technology for its patients, Cooley Dickinson Hospital now offers PET/CT, a form of
Read MoreWARE — It may not be a college town, but more than 12 nursing students from area colleges are learning
Read MorePALMER — Dr. Charles E. Cavagnaro III, president and CEO of Wing Memorial Hospital & Medical Centers (WMH), announced that
Read MoreNORTHAMPTON and AMHERST — This fall, Cooley Dickinson Hospital began offering MRI scans to women at high risk for developing
Read MoreWARE — Pam Wallace has been the manager for Surgical Services at Baystate Mary Lane Hospital for more than 10
Read MoreSPRINGFIELD — Mercy Hospice, a program of the Mercy Senior Care Network, is seeking volunteers to visit with patients and
Read MoreBURLINGTON, Mass. — The Mass. Hospital Association (MHA) recently announced that all Massachusetts hospitals will adopt a uniform policy not
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