Local Nurses Share Their Passions, Challenges, and Why They Do It
On the Front Lines of Care Nurses, in many ways, are the backbone of the healthcare system, caring for patients
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Author: George OBrien
Hospitals Respond Proactively, Creatively to ‘Relentless’ Challenges
Beyond the Status Quo Spiros Hatiras was looking for some wood to knock on. The president and CEO of Holyoke
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Recent Nursing Graduates Look Forward to New Challenges
Achieving the Dream For every individual who enters the nursing field, there’s a story. Sometimes, several stories. They involve everything
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The Crisis Might Be Over, but Challenges Remain on the Healthcare Workforce Front
Progress Report Jason Pacheco doesn’t like using that phrase ‘new normal’ any more than anyone else these days. It’s more
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Hospitals Create Some Momentum, but Stern Challenges Remain
Building Blocks for the Future As she talked about the relative fiscal health of hospitals, and especially Cooley Dickinson Hospital
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For Those Caring for Those with Dementia, Education, Understanding Are Keys
Living in Their World By George O’Brien Beth Cardillo calls them ‘fiblets.’ These are things that are said to someone
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Hospitals Challenged by Rising Costs, Falling Revenues
Critical Condition An “inflection point.” That’s what Dr. Robert Roose says hospitals have reached when it comes to their bottom
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For Those on the Organ-donation List, It’s a Painful Numbers Game
Wait of the World By George O’Brien Mark Auerbach says he had started down the stairs in his home in
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Local Executive Coach Writes the Book on Defeating Burnout
Cooling Agent “I had a major problem, and I needed a solution. Fast. So I decided to use the best
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Haiti Nursing Program Lets Students, Elms College Extend Their Reach
Learning Experiences Pictured in photo at top: Spearheading the Haiti Nursing Continuing Education Program are Elms College officials, from left,
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Community Health This Critical Team Provides Hope — and a Roadmap to Recovery Patrick Hamel remained calm and collected as
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Emerging Leader Chief and Physician, Baystate Noble Hospital Emergency Department He Has Devoted His Career to Improving the Community’s ‘Safety
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Health/Wellness Administrator Chief Operating Officer, MiraVista Behavioral Health Center This COO Empowers Team Members and Leads by Example Mark Paglia
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Patient/Resident/Client Care Provider Director of Medical Oncology, Sister Mary Caritas Cancer Center, Mercy Medical Center This Physician Provides a Needed
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Lifetime Achievement Health and Human Services Commissioner, City of Springfield Public Health Has Become Her Life’s Work When then-Mayor Michael
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For Students, and Nursing Schools, COVID Has Brought Some Stern Tests
Reality Check Veronica Machuca remembers the letter she received from Holyoke Community College just a few weeks before she was
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Palliative Care Unit at Mercy Will Bear Andy Yee’s Name
A Tradition of Caring Lives On Sarah Yee recalls that, during her husband’s final stay at Mercy Medical Center before
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Physician Says Momentum May Be Building to Ban Nuclear Weapons
Seizing the Moment Dr. Ira Helfand notes that, since Russia became the second nation to produce nuclear weapons in the
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Dr. Lynnette Watkins Takes the Helm at Cooley Dickinson Hospital
‘A Wonderful, Wonderful Fit’ By George O’Brien Dr. Lynnette Watkins says she is most definitely her father’s daughter. By that,
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UMass Amherst College of Nursing Receives $21.5 Million Donation
An Impactful Gift By George O’Brien Transformative. Allison Vorderstrasse acknowledged that this is a powerful word with specific meaning; it
Read MorePatient/Resident/Client Care Provider: Dr. Louis J. DeCaro
Doctor and Owner, DeCaro Total Foot Care Center This Specialist Has Helped Patients of All Ages Take Huge Strides By
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Counseling and Testing Prevention and Education Program Director, New North Citizens Council Inc. He Has Made a Career of Being
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Executive Director, Armbrook Village She Extends the Reach of This Facility Well Beyond Its Four Walls By George O’Brien Beth
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Hospital Epidemiologist, Baystate Medical Center; Vice Chair for Clinical Affairs, Department of Medicine, Baystate Health She ‘Stands on a Wall
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A Salute to Nurses
Nurses Have Responded to the Pandemic with Resilience, Creativity By George O’Brien As she reflected on the past 15 months
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Physician Caring for the Homeless Meets Patients Where They Are
A Day with ‘Dr. B’ By George O’Brien It’s called a Section 12, and is otherwise known as a ‘pink
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Pandemic Has Tested Nursing Students on Every Level Imaginable
Real Learning Experiences By George O’Brien Miranda Lebel has a ton of memories from a nursing education changed by, but
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40 Under Forty
Health Sector Well-represented Among This Year’s Honorees Amy Ashford Regional Director of Marketing & Communications, Trinity Health of New England;
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An Aging Baby Boomer Population Will Test the Healthcare System
Wave Dynamics By George O’Brien As she talked about the massive Baby Boom generation, how its oldest members turn 75
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Healthcare Construction Is Picking Up, but Questions Remain
Building Momentum By George O’Brien Ryan Pelletier says that, while it was “scary at times,” he believes life has returned
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Healthcare Venture’s Principals Named ‘Top Entrepreneurs’ in Region
Golden Opportunities The principals who have orchestrated the stunning growth of East Longmeadow-based Golden Years Home Care Services were named
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Sandy Cassanelli Wages an Intense, Inspiring Breast-cancer Fight
Raising Awareness — and Hope Sandy Cassanelli says she has a number of initiatives going on this October when it
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What Is Massachusetts Doing Right? And Can This Be Sustained?
Improved State By George O’Brien In many respects, Dr. Andy Artenstein says, the COVID-19 virus acts like water in the
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New Mercy President Leads by Example Amid Stern Challenges
Into the Breach By George O’Brien Debbie Bitsoli understood she was taking on a huge challenge when she accepted the
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Lenzy Dermatology
Practice Owner Says Many Patients Still Wary of Returning Dr. Yolanda Lenzy admits to not knowing exactly what would happen
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Improv Master Is Improvising — and Becoming a Role Model
The Power of Positive Thinking By George O’Brien On one hand, Pam Victor would seem like the perfect person to
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It’s Time to Honor a New Version of ‘the Few’
Opinion By George O’Brien There have been more than a few references to World War II during the COVID-19 crisis,
Read MorePlastics Company Steps Up with COVID-19-related Products for Healthcare Workers
By George O’Brien It’s called an ‘intubation box,’ or an ‘InTuBox,’ to be more specific. As that name suggests, this
Read MoreTime to Honor a New Version of ‘the Few’
By George O’Brien There have been more than a few references to World War II during the COVID-19 crisis, and
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413Cares.org Connects People with Agencies, Answers
One-stop Resource By George O’Brien It’s just a few months’ worth of data, but the numbers already tell an important
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