Workforce Shortages Hamper Healthcare Sector
Critical Gaps When Beverly Fein surveys the nursing landscape at Holyoke Medical Center, she sees both positives and challenges, and
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Western Mass Completes Helps Nurses Graduate, Start Careers
Crossing the Finish Line A few years ago, faced with a daunting statistic — that average college graduation rates
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Youth Mental Health Roadmap Sets Course for Healthier Teens
Critical Connections It’s called Beat the Odds. That’s the name of a youth group that meets across three community centers
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WestMass ElderCare Evolves Mission, Rebrands to Access Care Partners
More Than a Name Change As WestMass ElderCare celebrated its 50th anniversary last year, its leaders decided a new name
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Grow Food Northampton Makes Broad Impact on Region
Root Causes By Joseph Bednar bednar@businesswest.com Alisa Klein has spent her entire career in the nonprofit world, working on public-health
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Glenmeadow President, CEO Reflects on First Year in Senior Living
Learning Experience Kathy Martin had built an impressive career on higher education — first as a teacher, then as an
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New Demographics, Technology, Ideas Shape Healthcare Outlook
A Shifting Landscape Healthcare is changing. That’s a statement that rings true in any year, but the scope of workforce
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Early Education Seeks Innovative Solutions to Attract a Workforce
Earning and Learning Dawn DiStefano says early education is “not a career path for the faint of heart,” or something
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Gándara Center Tackles Mental Health and More with Cultural Sensitivity
Breaking Down Barriers There’s no doubt, Lois Nesci said, that the COVID years triggered or exacerbated a lot of mental-health
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MiraVista Expands with New Adult Inpatient Treatment Beds
Meeting a Need MiraVista Behavioral Health Center recently announced the expansion of its facilities with the opening of new adult
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As the Population Ages, Memory Care Continues to Evolve
Peace of Mind It’s a moment so many families dread — until they come out on the other side. “There’s
Read MoreTime Is Running Out for 40 Under Forty Nominations
SPRINGFIELD — BusinessWest is currently accepting nominations for the 40 Under Forty class of 2023. The deadline for nominations is Friday, Feb. 16.
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Strategies Evolve to Counter Troubling Opioid-overdose Trends
Stemming the Tide When BusinessWest visited the Mental Health Assoc. (MHA) in Springfield last fall, Christine Palmieri reported what she
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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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Talking About Suicide Is the First Step in Preventing It
Out of the Darkness In 2020, suicide took 45,979 lives in the U.S. — one death every 11 minutes, and
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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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The Arbors Celebrates 25 Years of Business of Growth, Diversity
Staying Power By Kailey Houle For the past 25 years, Sara Robertson and her family have run one of the
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WestMass ElderCare Aims to Bring Mental Healthcare to Seniors
Home-field Advantage By Kailey Houle Adults age 65 and older make up almost 17% of the U.S. population, and nearly
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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
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Pharmacy Tech Training Program Helps Healthcare Workers Aim for More
Prescription for Success Dalmary Santiago is not new to the healthcare field — she has worked in home health, and
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 MoreServiceNet’s Enrichment Center and Strive Clinic and Its Partners at Springfield College and UMass Amherst
Collaboration in Health/Wellness ServiceNet’s Enrichment Center and Strive Clinic and Its Partners at Springfield College and UMass Amherst Helping People
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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Square One’s Cornerstone Program Helps Build Emotional Literacy
Something to Build On Square One has always prided itself in caring for and educating young individuals, meaning the whole
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Hospitals Take Creative Steps to Attract and Retain Nurses
Support Systems Kelly Chevalier, DND, is a military veteran, having served in the Air National Guard at Barnes Airport in
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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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