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Introducing The Area’s Nursing Graduates Hundreds of Nursing students recently graduated from the area’s colleges with their bachelor’s and associate’s

Mercy Names Wolf VP of Medical Affairs, Chief Medical Officer SPRINGFIELD — Dr. Scott Wolf has been appointed to the

Red Cross Honors At its recent annual meeting, the American Red Cross Pioneer Valley Chapter honored several volunteers and staff

I recently attended a presentation on electronic health records (EHR). It included presentations by various vendors and IT consultants. It

SPRINGFIELD — The American Red Cross Pioneer Valley Chapter elected a slate of officers to its Executive Committee at the

PITTSFIELD — Berkshire Medical Center’s Cancer Program received a 2009 Outstanding Achievement Award from the Commission on Cancer (CoC) of

NORTHAMPTON —  Based on newly available results from the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare (CMS) for 2009, the VNA & Hospice

NORTHAMPTON —  The month-long Cooley Cares for Kids fund-raiser, an initiative to donate $1 at participating Hampshire and Franklin County

WALTHAM — A recent Mass. Medical Society (MMS) analysis shows a prolonged decline in the state’s physician practice environment and

SPRINGFIELD — Citing severe economic challenges in the first several months of 2010, the Sisters of Providence Health System (SPHS)

WARE — Participation in a youth sports camp during the summer months can offer plenty of exercise and physical activity,

Not long after President Nixon took the unprecedented step of imposing peacetime wage and price controls, the American people learned

Medical students and physicians with both previously undiagnosed and well-documented learning and attention disorders are becoming a topic of interest

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SPRINGFIELD — The Center for Quality of Care Research at Baystate Medical Center has been awarded one of the largest

WARREN — The Centered Place will offer a Yoga and Relaxation Program for breast-cancer patients, survivors, and caregivers. Classes will

Relief for Haiti The medical staff of Holyoke Medical Center has donated $10,000 to the relief efforts in Haiti. Dr.

Providence Taps Dittrich as Director of Nursing HOLYOKE — Jeré Dittrich has been named director of Nursing at Providence Behavioral

Any avid student of fitness has experienced a point at which progress has stalled. As a personal trainer, there are

There are two relatively new concepts in health care delivery that are currently in the pilot program stage, but which

UDLOW — Monark Complementary Health LLC will conduct a Home Essentials Class on June 16 from 6 to 8 p.m.,

SPRINGFIELD — The American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE) has presented the 2010 Management Innovations Poster Session Award to a

SPRINGFIELD — A new study in the Journal of General Internal Medicine has determined that, although the quality of online

NORTHAMPTON — Cooley Dickinson Hospital recently underwent a four-day, unannounced survey by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations.

WARE — The Baystate Mary Lane Hospital Summer Swing Classic, sponsored by County Bank for Savings and Health New England,

BOSTON — Resolutions focusing on scope of practice, on-call coverage, prior authorization, and medical-staff governance were among several adopted by