Author: HCN Staff

NORTHAMPTON — Earlier this month, the mammography department, part of the Women’s Imaging Center at Cooley Dickinson Hospital, passed a

NORTHAMPTON – In 2003, Cooley Dickinson Hospital announced the creation of its Hospitalists team, formally known as the Cooley Dickinson

One night, while working as a nursing supervisor at Worcester State Hospital, Elizabeth George was punched in the face by

GREENFIELD – Franklin Medical Center’s trauma-informed treatment program, developed by the hospital’s Mental Health Unit (MHU) staff, was recently commended

HOLYOKE — The television series E.R. may give people the idea that emergency rooms are fast-paced, intense hives of bustling

Ira Brandstein says he used to concern himself with making the perfect pâté. “Now, it’s the perfect grilled cheese sandwich.”

There is a new professional force gaining strength across the country, ready to welcome the corporate climbers and entrepreneurial minds

PITTSFIELD — Berkshire Medical Center announced the appointment of Steven A. Leveston, M.D., a fellowship-trained Endocrinologist with more than two

HOLYOKE — Dr. Gregory Miller has joined the Providence Behavioral Health Hospital in Holyoke and Brightside for Families and Children

LONGMEADOW — Jewish Geriatric Services, Inc. (JGS) announced that Charles S. Mills, M.D., F.A.C.P., has been named the system’s Chief

GREENFIELD — Annginette Anderson Moos has been appointed project manager and physician recruiter for Franklin Medical Center.  She comes to

A hospital administrator closes the books after a long day of searching for ways to reduce costs and save the

Every staff member, volunteer, and visitor to the Cancer House of Hope has had their lives touched by cancer in

A patient of Dr. Keith Mortman called him recently to relay an interesting bit of news.   “Doc,” he said,

SPRINGFIELD — Dr. Winthrop F. Whitcomb of Mercy Medical Center in Springfield has been named director of hospitalist services for

The Community Research Initiative of New England offers unique insights into ongoing developments in the field of HIV and AIDS.

Staff at The Women’s Center at Noble Hospital recently welcomed a new group of colleagues to their offices, who visited

SPRINGFIELD – Maripat Toye, MS, RN, program manager of Baystate Medical Center’s Children’s Hospital Pediatric/Perinatal HIV/AIDS Program, has received the

NORTHAMPTON — Sixth graders at Westhampton Elementary School met ‘Mr. Gross Mouth’ recently. They held the murky Jar of Tar,

We all remember that first trip to the dentist: squirming in an oddly shaped chair as shiny instruments came toward

GREENFIELD — Ginger Newell-Stokes, MS, RN, a clinical nurse specialist at Franklin Medical Center, was recently published in the Journal

The Western Mass. workforce is about to receive a training boost in the form of a $276,000 grant from the

Each year on Feb. 4, thousands of women and men don their favorite red shirt, dress, tie, or another ruddy

HOLYOKE — Standing center-stage inside a spacious, freshly-painted new suite at Holyoke Medical Center (HMC)’s Radiology Department is one of

HOLYOKE — Whether she’s delivering a baby, performing laparoscopic surgery or educating a woman about birth control options, Dr. Gretchen