Help Wanted – New Nursing Graduates Are Snapped Up Quickly By Western Mass. Employers
If there’s one positive to the region’s prolonged nursing crunch, it’s that the word has gotten out — and area
Read MoreIf there’s one positive to the region’s prolonged nursing crunch, it’s that the word has gotten out — and area
Read MoreRhonda Fernandez Clinical One West Springfield Position: An ICU and telemetry nurse with Clinical One, a staffing agency based
Read MoreThe Jobs and Growth Reconciliation Tax Act of 2003 was signed into law by President Bush on May 28, 2003.
Read MoreSPRINGFIELD — Health New England (HNE) announced recently that it has been awarded ‘excellent’ accreditation for its commercial HMO and
Read MoreAs the Commonwealth of Mass-achusetts faces a severe budget deficit, the state has been utilizing all available additional means to
Read MoreBOSTON — A coalition of business, biotech, and health groups have been working together over the past year to raise
Read MoreLONGMEADOW — Bay Path College and Ruth’s House, the assisted living residence of Jewish Geriatric Services, recently joined together to
Read MoreWALTHAM — The Board of Trustees at Waltham Hospital voted late last month to close the 117-year-old facility, the latest
Read MorePITTSFIELD — The Berkshire Health Systems Department of Pathology Clinical Laboratories has been recognized by Advance magazine, a national publication
Read MorePITTSFIELD — Berkshire Medical Center has named Charles L. Abbott, M.D., the Gerald L. Haidak Memorial Resident of the Year.
Read MoreHOLYOKE — Holyoke Hosopital has announced the appointment of Elaine Alonzo Cote and Deborah Buckley to its Board of Directors.
Read MorePITTSFIELD — Berkshire Medical Center announced the appointment of Jacqueline W. Jones, M.D., to the BMC medical staff. A
Read MoreSPRINGFIELD — The Ultrasound Practice Council of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (AIUM) announced that Baystate Ob/Gyn Group
Read MoreNORTHAMPTON — The Youth Leadership Academy (YLA) of Cooley Dickinson Hospital received an award recently for community leadership at the
Read MoreWARE — Country Bank for Savings was recently honored at the Mary Lane Hospital (MLH) Development Council Appreciation Luncheon for
Read MoreWhen most people in Western Mass. think of pharmacy chains, they think of CVS, Walgreens, or Brooks. Those are the
Read MoreThe numbers are sobering.It is estimated that 8 million American women live with heart disease — 10{06cf2b9696b159f874511d23dbc893eb1ac83014175ed30550cfff22781411e5} of those in
Read MoreWing Memorial Hospital and Medical Centers, as a member hospital of UMass Memorial in Worcester, will now have access to
Read MoreNORTHAMPTON – Donna G. Truesdell was hired recently as Cooley Dickinson Hospital’s quality improvement director. Truesdell, a master’s prepared nurse,
Read MoreFelicia Bycenski says she believes state legislators are getting the message about the Commonwealth’s health care system and its deteriorating
Read MoreThe respected National Academy of Sciences declared last November that “the health care delivery system is incapable of meeting the
Read MoreWILBRAHAM — The Louis & Clark drugstore chain recently announced four new appointments at three of its Springfield locations. •
Read MoreNORTHAMPTON — Northampton Wellness Associates, an established group of medical practitioners offering integrative care for allergy, chronic illness, and pain
Read MoreAmie Cashman, RN, was looking for something different.Her work as a nurse was rewarding, but the hours and the stress
Read MoreSteven Allen, M.D. likens it to trading in a Yugo for a Ferrari. That’s how he chose to describe
Read MoreSPRINGFIELD — Baystate Medical Center has again been named one of the nation’s top 100 hospitals, according to a recently
Read MoreSPRINGFIELD — The Sisters of Providence Health System (SPHS) has announced the appointment of Lee Pledger to the position of
Read MorePITTSFIELD — Rebecca D. Takis-Smith has been appointed a physician assistant in Cardiology at Berkshire Medical Center. She will work
Read MoreSPRINGFIELD — The 17th annual Children’s Miracle Network (CMN) Telethon will be broadcast locally from Baystate Medical Center’s Chestnut Conference
Read MoreLONGMEADOW — Theo Glickman, retired Springfield teacher and past chair for the Jewish Nursing Home, was honored with the 2003
Read MorePITTSFIELD — Prakash Malkani, M.D. has been named chairman of the Radiology Department at Berkshire Medical Center and Fairview Hospital.
Read MorePALMER — Wing Memorial Hospital announced that Dr. S. Triantos, a board-certified oncologist, will again be seeing patients in the
Read MoreAlmost six months after being hit with a $1.30 tax for each non-Medicare and non-Medicaid prescription filled, the state’s pharmacy
Read MoreBuying prescription drugs online in the United States is so easy that the Federal Trade Commission is looking into ways
Read MoreThe surveys are unannounced, but for most nursing homes, they come like clockwork, about once a year. The experience goes
Read MoreDid you hear the one about the man and his cat? Scott Ziskin likes to tell that story. The
Read MoreFrances Bernier Wing Medical Center Monson and Ludlow Position: Nurse Manager Education: Diploma, St. Vincent Hospital School of Nursing;
Read MoreThe long-suspected link between birth control pills and cervical cancer was reinforced by a prominent French study last month, but
Read MoreThe common image of fitness clubs as opportunities to show off toned bodies and create dating opportunities might be an
Read MoreHealth care providers are aware that they must now comply with HIPAA’s privacy regulations. HIPAA, the Health Insurance Portability and
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