Author: HCN Staff

There was a time in health care, Mark Tolosky said, when a person’s first major hospitalization was often the last.

“The best health care decisions are made not by government and insurance companies, but by patients and their doctors,” said

SPRINGFIELD — The American Red Cross recently honored the Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. (MassMutual) with its Circle of Humanitarians

When Baystate Health started down the road toward a smoke-free work environment more than a year ago, it had people

The first time Cynthia Hinckley brought a dog into a hospital, even before she launched her therapy-dog business 15 years

Wiggins the poodle was an ideal sleeping companion, said Suzanne St. Germain — at 10 pounds, he didn’t take up

The nursing shortage has been one of the top American health care stories over the past five years, but the

Kevin McCaskill knows that the long-term economic health of Springfield depends, at least in part, on keeping homegrown talent in

When starting up or reorganizing a medical or dental practice, doctors must decide what form of entity to practice under.

The trends have been widely reported in health care for years: a rapidly aging population, combined with advances in technology

For the second straight year, the February issue of The Healthcare News has gone red. Here’s why. Go Red for

Dr. Jay Fleitman tells the story of a patient with sleep apnea who fell asleep one day behind the wheel.

AGAWAM — Microtest has enhanced its analytical lab services with the installation of a new, advanced technology, the MicroSeq Microbial

GREENFIELD — Catherine Morrell-Ambo, OTR/L, CHT, an occupational therapist with Baystate Rehabilitation Services at Franklin Medical Center, has completed her

SPRINGFIELD — Dr. Robert L. Goodman, owner of the Goodman Vein and Laser Center in West Springfield, recently attended the

HOLYOKE — Gail D. Fournier has been named Managed Care coordinator at Holyoke Medical Center. Fournier comes to Holyoke Medical

WORCESTER — Michael P. Tsotsis, President and CEO of Benefit Development Group, has been appointed to the Board of Directors

HOLYOKE — Patricia Tobey, RN, has been named Operating Room nurse manager at Holyoke Medical Center. Tobey brings to HMC

HOLYOKE — Mary Tarail, M.D., has been appointed to the post of associate medical director of Geriatric Psychiatry at Providence

WARE — The mission of Baystate Mary Lane Hospital is to improve the health of people in the community with

Cholinesterase inhibitors. Memantine. Ballroom dancing. Does any of these terms seem out of place among the others? It shouldn’t. While