Author: HCN Staff

WEST SPRINGFIELD — Brightside for Families and Children and Behavioral Health Network Inc. (BHN) recently announced an agreement that will

The closest you can come to heresy in today’s health care policy debate is to suggest that managed care can

There is something that Gov. Deval Patrick’s newly minted — and desperately needed — Office of the Child Advocate needs

PALMER — The Quaboag Valley VNA (QVVNA) of Wing Memorial Hospital has been named to the 2007 HomeCare Elite, a

SPRINGFIELD — Baystate Medical Center will host its 11th Annual Breast Cancer Survivors’ Day, “Celebrating Life,” on Saturday, April 12,

SPRINGFIELD — Identifying and developing wellness techniques and spiritual resources to address the impact of compassion fatigue on health care

WALTHAM, Mass. — The Mass. Medical Society (MMS), which recently offered testimony before the Joint Committee on the Judiciary on

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The president-elect of the Mass. Medical Society put forth five recommendations to improve primary care medicine and

Neil Forbes, an assistant professor of Chemical Engineering at UMass Amherst, has received a four-year grant of more than $1

A cataract is an opacification, or clouding, of the natural lens inside of the eye. The lens helps someone focus

There is a changing paradigm in health care, referred to as consumer-driven health plans (CDHPs), which is presenting a significant

Radio Days The success of the 94.7 WMAS Children’s Miracle Network Telethon gave people plenty of reason to smile. Above

SPRINGFIELD — This year’s 7th annual 94.7 WMAS Children’s Miracle Network Radiothon not only broke a record by raising $201,000

SPRINGFIELD — It’s not a crime to be a “change bandit,” at least not when it’s for this year’s annual

CHICOPEE — Thirty employees of the Holyoke Health Center are taking a 10-session Elms College course called “Pathways to Cultural

There are at least three compelling reasons why physicians must lead in solving the cost problem in health care. First, it really

In medicine, not everything that makes sense is sensible. Because smoking predisposes to lung cancer, and because advanced lung cancer

SPRINGFIELD — Harvard Pilgrim Health has named Mercy Medical Center to its new “Hospital Honor Roll,” the first such review

Santamarina Joins Staff at Berkshire Medical Center PITTSFIELD — Berkshire Health Systems has announced the appointment of Dr. Rodrigo Santamarina,

PITTSFIELD — Berkshire Medical Center has again been recognized by the American Heart Assoc. for leading the nation in implementing

WARE — Baystate Mary Lane Hospital, a 31-bed community hospital in Ware and a member of Baystate Health, has participated