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Author: George OBrien

Mark Auerbach
Features Special Coverage 

For Those on the Organ-donation List, It’s a Painful Numbers Game

December 15, 2022December 15, 2022 George OBrien 96 Views donor program, Mark Auerbach, Organ-donation, transplants, waiting list

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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Jim Young
Features Special Coverage 

Local Executive Coach Writes the Book on Defeating Burnout

December 15, 2022December 15, 2022 George OBrien 84 Views Burnout, Centered Coach, defeating, Executive Coach, Jim Young

Cooling Agent “I had a major problem, and I needed a solution. Fast. So I decided to use the best

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Features Special Coverage 

Haiti Nursing Program Lets Students, Elms College Extend Their Reach

October 6, 2022October 4, 2022 George OBrien 254 Views education, Elms College, Episcopal University, Haiti, Harry Dumay, Nursing Program

Learning Experiences Pictured in photo at top: Spearheading the Haiti Nursing Continuing Education Program are Elms College officials, from left,

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Healthcare Heroes 

The Addiction Consult Service at Holyoke Medical Center

October 6, 2022October 19, 2022 George OBrien 81 Views 2022, Addiction Consult Service, Healthcare Heroes, Holyoke Medical Center, recovery, Western Mass.

Community Health This Critical Team Provides Hope — and a Roadmap to Recovery Patrick Hamel remained calm and collected as

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Healthcare Heroes 

Dr. Sundeep Shukla

October 6, 2022October 19, 2022 George OBrien 92 Views 2022, Baystate Noble Hospital, Dr. Sundeep Shukla, Healthcare Heroes, Western Mass.

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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Healthcare Heroes 

Mark Paglia

October 6, 2022October 19, 2022 George OBrien 78 Views 2022, Healthcare Heroes, Mark Paglia, MiraVista Behavioral, Western Mass.

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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Healthcare Heroes 

Dr. Philip Glynn

October 6, 2022October 3, 2022 George OBrien 160 Views 2022, Dr. Philip Glynn, Healthcare Heroes, Mercy Medical Center, Sister Mary Caritas Cancer Center, Western Mass.

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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Uncategorized 

Helen Caulton-Harris

October 6, 2022October 3, 2022 George OBrien 123 Views 2022, City of Springfield, Healthcare Heroes, Helen Caulton-Harris, Western Mass.

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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Michael Konderwicz
Salute to Nurses Special Coverage 

For Students, and Nursing Schools, COVID Has Brought Some Stern Tests

July 14, 2022July 11, 2022 George OBrien 296 Views challenges, Covid, new, nurses, tested

Reality Check Veronica Machuca remembers the letter she received from Holyoke Community College just a few weeks before she was

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Features 

Palliative Care Unit at Mercy Will Bear Andy Yee’s Name

July 14, 2022July 14, 2022 George OBrien 279 Views

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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Features Special Coverage 

Physician Says Momentum May Be Building to Ban Nuclear Weapons

April 26, 2022April 25, 2022 George OBrien 380 Views Dr. Ira Helfand, Nuclear Weapons, Russia, threat

Seizing the Moment Dr. Ira Helfand notes that, since Russia became the second nation to produce nuclear weapons in the

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Features Special Coverage 

Dr. Lynnette Watkins Takes the Helm at Cooley Dickinson Hospital

October 6, 2021October 6, 2021 George OBrien 781 Views Dr. Lynnette Watkins

‘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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Allison Vorderstrasse says the $21.5 million gift from the Marieb Foundation
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UMass Amherst College of Nursing Receives $21.5 Million Donation

October 6, 2021October 6, 2021 George OBrien 568 Views $21.5 Million Donation, UMass Amherst College of Nursing

An Impactful Gift By George O’Brien Transformative. Allison Vorderstrasse acknowledged that this is a powerful word with specific meaning; it

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Healthcare Heroes 

Patient/Resident/Client Care Provider: Dr. Louis J. DeCaro

October 6, 2021October 6, 2021 George OBrien 532 Views 2021, Dr. Louis J. DeCaro, Healthcare Heroes, Patient/Resident/Client Care Provider

Doctor and Owner, DeCaro Total Foot Care Center This Specialist Has Helped Patients of All Ages Take Huge Strides By

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Healthcare Heroes 

Community Health: Richard Johnson

October 6, 2021October 4, 2021 George OBrien 829 Views 2021, Community Health, Healthcare Heroes, Richard Johnson

Counseling and Testing Prevention and Education Program Director, New North Citizens Council Inc. He Has Made a Career of Being

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Healthcare Heroes 

Community Health: Beth Cardillo

October 6, 2021October 6, 2021 George OBrien 547 Views 2021, Beth Cardillo, Community Health, Healthcare Heroes

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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Healthcare Heroes 

Emerging Leader: Dr. Sarah Haessler

October 6, 2021October 4, 2021 George OBrien 641 Views 2021, Dr. Sarah Haessler, Emerging Leader, Healthcare Heroes

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

June 16, 2021July 7, 2021 George OBrien 797 Views coping, Need, Nuses, Pandemic, salute to

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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Features Special Coverage 

Physician Caring for the Homeless Meets Patients Where They Are

June 16, 2021July 7, 2021 George OBrien 907 Views COVID-19, Dr. Bossie, Homeless, Patients, Physician

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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Kenneth Tanon
Features Special Coverage 

Pandemic Has Tested Nursing Students on Every Level Imaginable

June 16, 2021June 14, 2021 George OBrien 1263 Views COVID-19, Nusing Students, Pandemic, tested

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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Features 

40 Under Forty

June 16, 2021June 14, 2021 George OBrien 630 Views 2021, 40 Under Forty, healthcare workers, honorees

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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Features Special Coverage 

An Aging Baby Boomer Population Will Test the Healthcare System

April 7, 2021April 5, 2021 George OBrien 989 Views Aging, Baby Boomer, Healthcare System, senior citizens

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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Berkshire Facial Surgery facility in East Longmeadow
Features Special Coverage 

Healthcare Construction Is Picking Up, but Questions Remain

February 24, 2021February 22, 2021 George OBrien 659 Views Construction, Healthcare, increase, Pandemic

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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Golden Years Behavioral Health Group
Features 

Healthcare Venture’s Principals Named ‘Top Entrepreneurs’ in Region

February 24, 2021February 22, 2021 George OBrien 557 Views Behavioral-health, constant expansion, East Longmeadow, Golden Years Home Care Services, Top Entrepreneurs

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 and her husband, Craig
Features Special Coverage 

Sandy Cassanelli Wages an Intense, Inspiring Breast-cancer Fight

October 20, 2020October 20, 2020 George OBrien 1736 Views awareness, Breast Cancer, HCN, Sandy Cassanelli

Raising Awareness — and Hope Sandy Cassanelli says she has a number of initiatives going on this October when it

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Special Coverage 

What Is Massachusetts Doing Right? And Can This Be Sustained?

July 14, 2020July 14, 2020 George OBrien 1043 Views

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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Special Coverage 

New Mercy President Leads by Example Amid Stern Challenges

June 16, 2020June 12, 2020 George OBrien 967 Views CEO, Debbie Bitsoli, Mercy Medical Center, president

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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Dr. Yolanda Lenzy says patients’ reluctance to come to the office out of fear of contracting COVID-19
Features 

Lenzy Dermatology

June 16, 2020June 12, 2020 George OBrien 1179 Views COVID-19, Lenzy Dermatology, opens, Patients, Wary

Practice Owner Says Many Patients Still Wary of Returning Dr. Yolanda Lenzy admits to not knowing exactly what would happen

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Pam Victor TedX
COVID-19 Updates 

Improv Master Is Improvising — and Becoming a Role Model

April 7, 2020April 6, 2020 George OBrien 634 Views Coronavirus, Improv, Pam Victor, Positive Thinking

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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COVID-19 Updates Opinion 

It’s Time to Honor a New Version of ‘the Few’

April 7, 2020April 6, 2020 George OBrien 1297 Views COVID-19, fight, front line, Heroes, Opinion

Opinion By George O’Brien There have been more than a few references to World War II during the COVID-19 crisis,

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COVID-19 Updates 

Plastics Company Steps Up with COVID-19-related Products for Healthcare Workers

April 3, 2020April 3, 2020 George OBrien 674 Views

By George O’Brien It’s called an ‘intubation box,’ or an ‘InTuBox,’ to be more specific. As that name suggests, this

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COVID-19 Updates 

Time to Honor a New Version of ‘the Few’

March 30, 2020March 30, 2020 George OBrien 640 Views

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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Features 

413Cares.org Connects People with Agencies, Answers

March 10, 2020March 10, 2020 George OBrien 1977 Views 413Cares.org, Agencies, Connects, housing

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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Steve Winn will take the reins of BHN
Features 

BHN’s Succession Plan Focuses on Effective Response to Change

March 10, 2020March 10, 2020 George OBrien 1065 Views Behavioral Health Network, Kathy Wilson, progress, Steve Winn, Succession

Transition Game By George O’Brien When asked how long the current transition in leadership at Behavioral Health Network (BHN) has

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Carmen Rivera says that coming out is often a very difficult experience
Features 

Groups Help LGBTQ Community Feel at Ease in Their Own Skin

February 19, 2020March 19, 2020 George OBrien 1234 Views community, LGBTQ, Mental Health, wellness

Support System By George O’Brien Carmen Rivera says she came out as a lesbian in the eighth grade. Sort of.

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