Author: HCN Staff

Medical practices face a number of revenue and cost challenges annually, many of which they have little direct control over.

If there’s one recurring theme throughout this issue of The Healthcare News, it’s this: medical costs are rising, and everyone

When Dr. Thomas Canto talks about wound care, he immediately thinks of a man with a leg ulcer who had

Kate Flynn calls it “the hidden health career.” That’s because few people actually get to see what the surgical technologist

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AGAWAM — Heritage Hall West, a subacute and skilled nursing center in Agawam, recently introduced a palliative care program. The

NORTHAMPTON — As a result of funding cutbacks at the state level, Cooley Dickinson Hospital (CDH) administrators have decided to

SPRINGFIELD — As part of its continuing “A Healthy You in 2002” series of community wellness presentations, Mercy Medical Center

BOSTON — The Mass. Hospital Assoc. is expressing concern about the growing number of uninsured in the state, a statistic

BOSTON — The Mass. Hospital Assoc. (MHA) has joined the chorus from around the country calling on Congress to appropriate

It must be wonderful to be a private business in Massachusetts — like CVS, Walgreens, and Brooks — and control

When it comes to fashionable labels, kids returning to school want to wear them on their clothes — not on

As the senior population continues to spiral upward, so do incidences of emphysema — and doctors say it’s simply decades

HOLYOKE — WestMass ElderCare and Holyoke Community College will present a comprehensive program on caregiving in the college’s Peter Picknelly

BOSTON — In an effort to both ensure that candidates across the state are focusing on health care issues and

LONGMEADOW — Alan S. Rosenfeld, Ph.D., president and chief executive officer for Jewish Geriatric Services (JGS), has been awarded fellowship

SPRINGFIELD — The second session of Baystate Medical Center’s Mini Medical School began on Sept. 9. The school, which offers

It’s touted as a great health insurance package for seniors — but, for the third straight year, the cost is

SPRINGFIELD — Health New England continues its year-long focus on women’s health with A Menopause Town Meeting, set for Sept.

SPRINGFIELD — Health New England (HNE) has arranged to provide its members with discounted access to Seniorlink eldercare services. Seniorlink

Although the most significant contributions to spinal reconstruction, deformity correction, and stabilization have been made during the last 30 years,

You’re not ready to leave the hospital after being treated for a stroke. However, the hospital says you are. It’s