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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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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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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New Treatment for Dangerous Food Allergies Elicits Hope
Breathing a Little Easier About 3.4 million children and 13.6 million adults in the U.S. have been diagnosed with what’s
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Alzheimer’s Assoc. Offers Tips for Supporting Dementia Caregivers
Easing the Load Currently, there are more than 11 million family members and friends across the country providing care
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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
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Baystate Providers Offer Healthy Tips for 2024
Off on the Right Foot Did you include better health in your New Year’s resolutions? Health experts at Baystate
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Legislation Tackles ‘Responsible Use’ of Artificial Intelligence
A Brave New Year By Lauren C. Ostberg, Esq. and Michael McAndrew, Esq. Artificial intelligence — specifically, natural-language chatbots like
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Dispelling Medicaid Myths
Gifts of All Sizes Trigger Five-year Waiting Period By Hyman G. Darling, Esq. It seems like every day a client
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Report Urges Changes to Costs, Affordability, Health Equity
An Unsustainable Path The Massachusetts Health Policy Commission (HPC) recently voted to issue the 2023 Health Care Cost Trends Report
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For Those Struggling with Addiction, There Is Hope
A Survivor’s Story By James Basler There have been 1 million drug-overdose deaths in this country since 1999. On March
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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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MiraVista Chief Medical Officer Shares Advice for Summer Vacation
Mental Health Shouldn’t Take a Break How do students stay emotionally healthy during a long stretch of school vacation? Dr.
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Nursing Graduates 2023
Introducing the Area’s 2023 Nursing Graduates Hundreds of nursing students recently graduated from the area’s colleges. American International College, the
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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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New Alzheimer’s Drug Awaits Approval, Spurs Hope
Making Progress In January, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Leqembi (lecanemab-irmb) via the Accelerated Approval pathway for the
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Fitness Centers Report Renewed Interest in Getting Healthy
Second Wind By Mark Morris Marina Lebo remembers what Healthtrax in East Longmeadow looked like during the pandemic — and
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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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Experts Reveal Ways to Stay Fit Working from Home
An Active Office Since COVID-19 swept across the globe, many industries have shifted to fully remote or hybrid working. During
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Why Many Diets Don’t Stick, and How to Improve the Odds
Set Up to Fail “How to lose weight fast” has an average 284,000 monthly search volume in the U.S., demonstrating
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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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STCC Celebrates Opening of Workforce Development CNA Laboratory
Meeting a Growing Need According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, employment of certified nursing assistants will grow 11% from 2018
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Community Behavioral Health Centers Strive to Leave No One Behind
Care Where It’s Needed Christy O’Brien sees the state’s new Community Behavioral Health Centers(CBHCs) as a way to keep people
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State Connects Families with High-demand Jobs in Healthcare, Education
Getting on Track The Department of Transitional Assistance’s DTA Works Internship Program recently launched two new career tracks in healthcare
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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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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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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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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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Is Working From Home a Good Option If You’re in Recovery?
Healthy Strategy By Kara Stevens While many people dream of working from home, remote work can be challenging when you’re
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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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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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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
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Rays of Hope Walk & Run Returns — in Person — on Oct. 23
Back to the Streets The Rays of Hope Walk & Run Toward the Cure for Breast Cancer is back in
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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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Optometrists, Gaming Industry Launch Screen-time Safety Campaign
Eye Health Is No Game The American Optometric Assoc. (AOA) recently launched a first-of-its kind Screen Time Alliance, in partnership
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What Ophthalmologists Want You to Know About Kids and Concussions
Blurred Lines Concussion is a common injury in childhood, affecting about 1.4 million children and adolescents annually in the U.S.
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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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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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