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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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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Beset by Wasteful Spending, American Healthcare Needs an Overhaul
What’s Next for Hospitals By Spiros Hatiras The year is 2020, in the midst of an unprecedented pandemic, and the
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New Psychiatric Approaches Promise to Better Meet Growing Needs
What’s Next in Behavioral Health By Barry Sarvet, M.D. As a science-fiction fan, I would love to be able to
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Researchers Continue to Make Advances in Cancer Care
What’s Next in Treatment Options By John Sheldon, M.D. Cancer is the second-leading cause of death in the U.S., but
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Pandemic Has Accelerated Inevitable Technological Progress
What’s Next in Health Education By Marie Meckel, Kathleen Menard, Susan McDiarmid, and Theresa Riethle Despite the complexities that COVID-19
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Portable Ultrasound Allows STCC Students to Train at Home
Shared Solution Springfield Technical Community College (STCC) Professor Eun Soo Lee was worried this past spring her sonography students wouldn’t
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Two New Behavioral Health Hospitals Coming to Holyoke in 2022
Answering a Need By Mark Morris For many years, behavioral healthcare in Western Mass. has experienced persistent shortages of hospital
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Protecting Personal-injury Settlements with a Special-needs Trust
A Practical Option By Seunghee Cha When plaintiffs of medical malpractice or catastrophic accidents receive awards in personal-injury lawsuits, their
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Introducing the Area’s 2020 Nursing Graduates
Hundreds of nursing students recently graduated from the area’s colleges. American International College, the American Women’s College at Bay Path
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Bachelor of Science in Nursing; American International College What three words best describe you? Compassionate, resilient, outgoing. Is there a
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Bachelor of Science in Nursing; Elms College What did you first want to be when you grew up, and why
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Associate of Science in Nursing; Holyoke Community College What did you first want to be when you grew up, and
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Associate of Science in Nursing; Springfield Technical Community College What did you first want to be when you grew up,
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Associate of Science in Nursing; Greenfield Community College What did you first want to be when you grew up, and
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Bachelors of Science in Nursing; Westfield State University What did you first want to be when you grew up, and
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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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Sister Caritas Cancer Center
Extra Caution, Vigilance Needed for the Most Vulnerable of Patients As doctors’ offices begin opening for more than emergency treatments,
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Florence Hearing Health Care
Return to In-person Visits Amplifies Importance of Good Hearing Everyone knows that wearing masks in public helps prevent the spread
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Recovery from Traumatic Brain Injury Requires a Coordinated Effort
Team Approach By Mark Morris In the U.S., 2.5 million adults and children sustain a traumatic brain injury (TBI) every
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What Older Adults Need to Know About Coronavirus
High-risk Population By Dr. Maura Brennan Millions of older adults are living in isolation at home or in nursing facilities
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For Knee and Hip Replacements, Teamwork Is the Key to Success
Joint Effort By Mark Morris In daily life, it’s easy to ignore the important role our knees, hips, and shoulders
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Community Health Needs Assessment Emphasizes Public Participation
Let’s Talk By JOSEPH BEDNAR Health. It’s a simple word — one that brings many other words to mind. Like
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Holyoke Medical Center Proposes New Behavioral Health Hospital
Past Capacity By JOSEPH BEDNAR It’s a long-standing problem that’s not improving, Spiros Hatiras says. So Holyoke Medical Center (HMC)
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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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BHN’s Succession Plan Focuses on Effective Response to Change
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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Access to Healthy Food Identified as an Ongoing Challenge in Western Mass.
Crunching the Numbers By Mark Morris It sounds like a contradiction when someone who struggles with obesity still feels hungry
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RVCC Fills a Gap with School-based Mental Healthcare
Helping Those Who Need It Most By LAURA GRANT Any conversation around mental health is complicated — doubly so when
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Home Care Grapples with the Challenges of an Evolving Sector
Shifting the Balance By JOSEPH BEDNAR When Michele Anstett opened a Visiting Angels franchise with her husband in 1999, it
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Groups Help LGBTQ Community Feel at Ease in Their Own Skin
Support System By George O’Brien Carmen Rivera says she came out as a lesbian in the eighth grade. Sort of.
Read moreMercy LIFE Strives to Keep Seniors Engaged and Healthy
Care Connections By JOSEPH BEDNAR Celina Conway tells the story of a man who arrived at Mercy LIFE after five
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New Hearing-aid Technology Improves Quality of Life
Sound Judgment By Kayla Ebner The girl sits in her classroom and turns up the volume wheel on her hearing
Read moreWhen Is the Best Time to Have Cataract Surgery?
Clear-eyed Decisions By MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR In most cases, the timing of cataract surgery depends on your lifestyle, symptoms
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Baystate’s Mobile Medical Unit Will Put a Focus on Prevention
Where the Rubber Meets the Road By George O’Brien ‘Prevention block parties.’ That’s the phrase Dr. Kevin Hinchey contrived to
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Atwood Drive Complex Has Become, Among Other Things, a Healthcare Destination
Changing the Landscape By George O’Brien Ken Vincunas says he started getting into drone photography years ago — well before
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Colleges, Universities Adapt to Changes in the Field of Nursing
Meeting a Persistent Need By Kayla Ebner Nursing, Lisa Fugiel says, is not a one-size-fits-all discipline. “One of the awesome
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Venture Way Collaborative Building to Promote Holistic Approach
An Innovative Model By Joseph Bednar Everyone has a story they tell themselves, Andrea Bordenca says, and hers, growing up,
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Springfield Regional Chamber to Host Broad Marijuana Workshop
Cannabis Among Us By Kayla Ebner There’s still a lot of confusion surrounding the cannabis industry. Despite the fact that
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These Volunteers Are Driven
By George O’Brien And the Road to Recovery Program Needs More of Them When asked how he came to participate
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Local Universities Step Up to Tackle Drug, Alcohol Disorders
Back on Track Most people are affected by addiction at some point in their lives, whether by having a disorder
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