Author: HCN Staff

HOLYOKE — Capitalizing on double-digit sales growth and a 30% staff increase in spite of the COVID-19 pandemic’s effect on

SPRINGFIELD — Throughout the month of April, Freedom Credit Union collected cash donations at its 11 branches throughout Western Mass.

BOSTON — The Executive Office of Health and Human Services and the Department of Public Health (DPH) announced $972,000 in

SPRINGFIELD — It will be golf for a cause on Monday, June 7, when the 29th Baystate Children’s Hospital Golf

SPRINGFIELD — Several community groups are coming together to support Square One’s growing need for emergency diapers. Six Flags New

SPRINGFIELD — American International College (AIC) President Vince Maniaci announced plans to retire at the end of academic year 2021-22.

SPRINGFIELD — In the spring of 2017, the Healthcare News and its sister publication, BusinessWest, created a new and exciting

SPRINGFIELD — Freedom Credit Union is collecting cash donations at its 11 branches throughout Western Mass. to benefit Walk MS

BOSTON — The Executive Office of Health and Human Services and the Department of Public Health (DPH) announced $2.3 million

SPRINGFIELD — Louis & Clark Pharmacy in Springfield has named Kara James, PharmD, its new president. A co-owner of the

WEST SPRINGFIELD — The West of the River collaborative COVID-19 vaccination site at the Eastern States Exposition is now open

SPRINGFIELD — As more people in the community are being vaccinated, Baystate Health has updated its visitor-policy guidelines for each

SPRINGFIELD — Mercy Medical Center is one of five Massachusetts hospitals selected to receive grant funding from the Health Policy

LONGMEADOW — Glenmeadow’s monthly Caregivers Support Group and Memory Café, two programs for people living with dementia and their caregivers,

WALTHAM — Arlington resident Dr. Carole Allen was elected president of the Massachusetts Medical Society, the statewide professional association of

SPRINGFIELD — The 2021 National Nurses Week theme, “You Make a Difference,” recognizes the importance of ethics in nursing and

HOLYOKE — In an effort to make vaccines more accessible to the community, Holyoke Mall is partnering with the Holyoke

SPRINGFIELD — Springfield Museums will present Sensory Friendly Saturdays on the second Saturday of each month from 9 to 11

BOSTON — The Baker-Polito administration announced that, beginning Monday, May 10, most of the Commonwealth’s mass vaccination sites will open

NORTHAMPTON — Karin Jeffers, president and CEO of nonprofit behavioral-health agency Clinical & Support Options (CSO), has become the newest

AMHERST — Imagine harnessing the proliferating power of cancer cells to treat spinal-cord injuries and restore function following brain damage.

SPRINGFIELD — Springfield Technical Community College’s (STCC) ongoing Heart of a Man series continues Thursday, May 6 at 2 p.m.

SPRINGFIELD — Each week during the month of April, the Springfield Thunderbirds and the Massachusetts State Lottery teamed up for

WEST SPRINGFIELD — Visiting Angels, a private-pay home-care agency based in West Springfield, is among a select group of agencies

SPRINGFIELD — Addressing the critical shortage of behavioral-health services for children in the region, Baystate Health opened a temporary, 12-bed

NORTHAMPTON — Cooley Dickinson Health Care has reopened urgent-care services at its hospital location. The urgent-care practice, which closed in

SPRINGFIELD — Springfield College has partnered with Behavioral Health Network Inc. (BHN) in providing employee grants to full- and part-time

SPRINGFIELD — Baystate Medical Center is starting construction on new operating rooms, which will feature state-of-the-art equipment and resources needed

BOSTON — The Baker-Polito administration announced $8.8 million in additional grants and contracts to community-based organizations as part of the

SPRINGFIELD — MHA values what its employees have to say, and when it comes to new ways to enrich the

SPRINGFIELD — Professionals from throughout Western Mass. will gather virtually as Western New England University (WNEU) convenes its 38th annual

HOLYOKE — Holyoke Medical Center (HMC) once again achieved an ‘A’ grade in the spring Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade, a

NORTHAMPTON — Cooley Dickinson Hospital earned an ‘A’ in the spring 2021 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade, a national distinction which

SPRINGFIELD — Mercy Medical Center received an ‘A’ grade in the spring 2021 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade, a national distinction

WESTFIELD — The board of trustees at Westfield State University (WSU) selected higher-education and public-policy leader Linda Thompson to serve

SPRINGFIELD — The Healing Racism Institute of Pioneer Valley (HRIPV) announced it has received a $300,000 grant from the MassMutual

SPRINGFIELD — Springfield Technical Community College’s (STCC) medical assistant program was listed as third-best among the top accredited medical assistant

HOLYOKE — Providence Ministries has joined forces with two other organizations, the Boys and Girls Club of Holyoke and Hope

BOSTON — The Baker-Polito administration announced that Massachusetts will reopen some outdoor phase 4, step 2 industries effective May 10