Valley Springs Behavioral Health Hospital to Open in Holyoke This Summer
Specialized Approach By Joseph Bednar bednar@businesswest.com As Dr. Barry Sarvet surveys Valley Springs Behavioral Health Hospital a couple months before
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Recovery Ready Workplaces Face Addiction Challenges Head-on
‘It’s the Right Thing to Do’ By Joseph Bednar bednar@businesswest.com State Sen. John Velis knows something about addiction and recovery,
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Bringing More Nurses into the Field — and Keeping Them There — Remains Critical
Easing the Strain Teresa Kuta Reske loves nursing. She said that on more than one occasion when speaking with BusinessWest
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Meghan Kalbaugh Sees Opportunity and Impact in Nursing
‘I Need to Be a Nurse’ Meghan Kalbaugh’s mother was a nurse who worked in emergency rooms and on patient
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Ashley Girouard Is Grateful for the Difference She’s Already Making
‘I Love the Profession’ To Ashley Girouard, seeing patients isn’t just treating them and sending them on their way. There’s
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Nearing Age 60, Jane Marozzi Finally Has Her BSN in Hand
‘I Always Wanted to Help People’ When Jane Marozzi says she’s been looking forward to earning a bachelor of science
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Memory Screening Can Be an Important Early Step in Dementia
Don’t Ignore the Signs By Joseph Bednar bednar@businesswest.com Like with any disease, Cheryl Moran said, early detection of Alzheimer’s can
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Tackling Issues of Nutrition, Hunger Requires Multi-level Approach
All Hands on Deck In the six months since the Biden-Harris administration hosted the second-ever White House Conference on Hunger,
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Opioid Addiction Remains a Persistent Problem in Massachusetts
Crisis State By Joseph Bednar Christine Palmieri has read the numbers regarding a spike in overdose deaths in Massachusetts over
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Sports Betting Brings Uncertain Benefits, but Well-known Addiction Risks
In on the Action When Rachel Volberg and her team of researchers started examining the potential impacts of legal sports
Read moreThe Elaine Marieb Center for Nursing and Engineering Innovation
Innovation in Health/Wellness Here, Shared Research by Nurses and Engineers Will Benefit Patients Everywhere Intravenous (IV) infusion pump systems are
Read moreDr. Paul Pirraglia
Collaboration in Health/Wellness Division Chief, General Medicine and Community Health, Baystate Health He Convened a Broad, Effective, Street-level Response to
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What’s in Massachusetts’ New, Wide-ranging Mental-health Law?
The ABCs of Access Rene Pinero says the state’s recent action on mental-health access — in the form of a
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Over-the-counter Hearing Aids Expected to Hit the Market in October
Volume Sales About 30 million adults in the U.S. could benefit from the use of a hearing aid. But, according
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JGS Lifecare Incorporates Memory Care into Entire Continuum of Services
Peace of Mind By Joseph Bednar The connection between music and memory is a complex and often surprising one. Just
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Healthcare Workforce Shortage Has No Easy Solutions
Critical Condition By Joseph Bednar While workforce shortages in healthcare are not a new story, Spiros Hatiras said, COVID-19 certainly
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Goodwin House Sets Teenage Boys on a Path to Recovery
New Lease on Life By Joseph Bednar Daniella Grimaldi has worked with young addicts long enough to know it can
Read moreCollaboration In Health/Wellness: Doorway to an Accessible, Safe and Healthy Home
This Coalition Keeps People Healthy in Ways Its Partners Couldn’t Achieve Alone By Joseph Bednar If there’s anyone who understands
Read moreLifetime Achievement: James Goodwin
President and CEO, Center for Human Development In His Long History with CHD, He’s Seen Plenty of Lives Changed By
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As Delta Variant Lingers, Hospitals Gird for an Uncertain Fall
Crowd Control By Joseph Bednar More than 18 months into the pandemic, not much about COVID-19 surprises doctors anymore, but
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Initiative Aims to Tackle Climate Change, Health as Equity Issues
The Sky’s the Limit By Joseph Bednar Dozens of stakeholders in what’s known as the Live Well Springfield Climate Justice
Read moreNominations Sought for Healthcare Heroes Class of 2021
SPRINGFIELD — In the spring of 2017, the Healthcare News and its sister publication, BusinessWest, created a new and exciting
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Opioid Overdose Deaths Rise in Massachusetts, Nationwide
Hard Pill to Swallow By Joseph Bednar It’s been a tough year in the battle against opioid addiction, Jessica Collins
Read moreOpioid-related Overdose Deaths in Massachusetts Rose by 5% in 2020
BOSTON — Opioid-related overdose deaths in Massachusetts increased by 5% in 2020 compared to 2019, with rates among black, non-Hispanic
Read more‘Black Lives/Black Lungs’ Screening, Discussion to Be Held on May 27
SPRINGFIELD — A Zoom presentation and discussion of the short film Black Lives/Black Lungs will take place on Thursday, May
Read moreNominations Sought for Healthcare Heroes Class of 2021
SPRINGFIELD — In the spring of 2017, the Healthcare News and its sister publication, BusinessWest, created a new and exciting
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Pandemic Ratchets Up the Stress on Kids, Teenagers
Youth in Crisis By Joseph Bednar Alane Burgess began by stating the obvious. “It’s not normal for kids to be
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New Inpatient Beds Will Meet a Long-time Regional Need
Mental Block By Joseph Bednar The health anxieties, economic stresses, substance abuse, and feelings of isolation exacerbated by COVID-19 aren’t
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Vaccinating Massachusetts Is a Thorny, Complicated Challenge
Arms Race By Joseph Bednar Back in December, the news was all good. COVID-19 vaccines developed by Pfizer and Moderna
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Providers Grapple with Pandemic’s Toll on Physical, Mental Health
Impact Statements By Joseph Bednar Stephanie Nascimento and Jeanette Wilburn have long explored the connections between physical and emotional health
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Here Come the COVID Vaccines — but Hurdles Remain
Shot in the Arm By Joseph Bednar As COVID-19 vaccines begin to roll off production lines, many questions remain —
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SkinCatering Moves into Larger Space in Tower Square
Urban Oasis By Joseph Bednar When spas were allowed to reopen several months ago following a statewide economic shutdown, clients
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The Healthcare News Celebrates 20 Years
The Only Constant Is Change It’s not easy to find the oldest issues of HCN. But we managed to dig
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Hospitals Bleed Millions in Revenue from Lost Volume During Pandemic
Critical Condition By Joseph Bednar Back in March, when COVID-19 was just starting to crest, hospitals took steps to brace
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College Health Programs Tackle Challenge of Hands-on Learning
Face to Face Weeks before COVID-19 shut down Massachusetts, Jennifer Hixon could read the signs. “In February, I sat with
Read morePhase 3 of State’s Economic Reopening Begins July 6
BOSTON — The Baker-Polito administration announced that phase 3 of the Commonwealth’s reopening plan will begin on Monday, July 6,
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Childcare Centers, Camps to Reopen Under Strict Guidelines
Keeping the Kids Safe Reopening an early-education center in the COVID-19 era isn’t easy, Kristine Allard says. In fact, it’s
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Pandemic Sparks Wave of Mental-health Concerns
High Anxiety By Joseph Bednar Most people have plenty of experience preparing for things, Alane Burgess says, whether that’s surgery,
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Non-COVID-19 Hospital Visits Plummet — and That’s a Problem
Don’t Ignore the Signs By JOSEPH BEDNAR Dr. Mark Kenton wonders where all the appendectomies have gone. “People are sitting
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Health Graduates Enter the Field at an Anxious Moment
Trial by Fire By Joseph Bednar Tallon Tomasi used to punch the same clock everyone else does when starting her
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