Author: HCN Staff

LONGMEADOW — Ruth’s House, the assisted living residence on the campus of Jewish Geriatric Services (JGS), announced two additions to

SPRINGFIELD — Recognizing suicide as a major health problem, health care professionals from around the country will gather at a

Hank Porten says that in many ways, hospitals in the Commonwealth are merely being asked to operate just as any

Nobody wants to consider the impact of long-term care on the financial resources they have spent a lifetime building. Nursing

A threat by the state’s major pharmacy chains — and an 11th-hour effort to avert the potentially far-reaching effects of

SPRINGFIELD — The Western Mass. Center for Healthy Communities, one of six new regional centers funded by the Mass. Dept.

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