Author: HCN Staff

Sometimes it takes awhile for common sense to become common practice. Behavioral health care has always been a complex science,

Info, Please The 10th annual Community Health Fair at Springfield Technical Community College featured dozens of senior Nursing students presenting

If you’re the parent of a disabled child, you’re probably concerned with the uncertainty of your child’s financial future and

On April 12, 2006, then-Gov. Mitt Romney signed into law the Massachusetts Health Care Reform Plan. This legislation is intended

GREENFIELD — A shuttle service for people with medical appointments at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield is now running on

WALTHAM — According to the Mass. Medical Society (MMS), a continuously deteriorating practice environment in the Commonwealth is causing physician

Last April, Massachusetts enacted an ambitious, complex law to expand affordable health insurance to most of the state’s half-million uninsured.

WEST SPRINGFIELD — The new Mercy Wellness Center at Healthtrax Fitness and Wellness in West Springfield officially opened with a

Tessier Recertified by Pharmacotherapy Board GREENFIELD — Edward Tessier, PharmD, MPH, a clinical pharmacist at Baystate Franklin Medical Center, has

SPRINGFIELD — Orthotics & Prosthetics Laboratories Inc. is one of the first prosthetic and orthotic facilities in Massachusetts, and the

SPRINGFIELD — The Diabetes Self-Management Program at Mercy Medical Center’s Diabetes and Endocrine Center has again achieved Education Recognition status

SPRINGFIELD — Baystate Medical Center has joined an elite group of hospitals nationwide to be named three times as one

Gov. Deval Patrick recently joined a widening group of officials nationwide touting a vaccine against human papilloma virus (HPV) approved

However unpleasant it may be to contemplate and prepare for our inevitable departure, we must. That’s because none of us

Grand Opening Cooley Dickinson Hospital recently hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony to open its $50 million New Patient Building and Kittredge

Suddenly, everyone is concerned about the cost of health insurance. Massachusetts municipalities are raising taxes, cutting services, and even contemplating

SPRINGFIELD — Women who are overcommitted with busy work schedules or family obligations, and thus haven’t had the time to

SPRINGFIELD — Those planning their fundraising walk schedules in anticipation of the warmer spring and summer weather should note that

WARE — John O’Neill, girls field hockey coach at Quaboag Regional Middle High School in Warren, is once again busy

HOLYOKE — Dr. David Gottsegen has been elected chief of Pediatrics at Holyoke Medical Center. A graduate of Brown University,

SPRINGFIELD — Mercy Hospice, a program of Sisters of Providence Care Centers Inc., is seeking volunteers to visit with patients

BOSTON — The board that oversees the state’s landmark health insurance law voted recently to delay key elements by 18

The American Hospital Assoc. has released a survey showing that hospitals across the country are embracing health information technology (IT)