HCN News & Notes

SPRINGFIELD — In the spring of 2017, HCN and its sister publication, BusinessWest, created a new and exciting recognition program

SPRINGFIELD — Mercy Medical Center is the first hospital in the area to implant a leadless pacemaker. The historic procedure

HOLYOKE — Holyoke Medical Center (HMC) Chief Financial Officer Michael Koziol has been named a 2019 recipient of the Healthcare

LENOX — Kimball Farms Life Care invites the public to an opening reception of its spring art show on Sunday,

WORCESTER — AdCare Hospital has earned behavioral healthcare accreditation from the Joint Commission (TJC). The industry’s gold seal of approval,

SPRINGFIELD — Springfield Technical Community College (STCC) named professors of Physics and Nursing as its 2019 endowed chair award recipients.

HOLYOKE — Providence Ministries is partnering with Gary Rome Hyundai on Friday, May 10 to host its second annual fashion

STOCKBRIDGE — The Austen Riggs Center announce a new exhibition, “The Hospital on Main Street: Human Dignity and Mental Health,” to

SPRINGFIELD — Baystate Health’s Every Woman program will hold a special evening titled “Turn Up the You and Quiet the

CHICOPEE — Elms College President Harry Dumay has been appointed treasurer of the executive committee for the Assoc. of Colleges

PALMER — Six area students have received an increase in their college fund, courtesy of the Baystate Wing Hospital Auxiliary.

HOLYOKE — The largest healthcare IT managed-services provider in Western Mass. is expanding its leadership team with the appointment of David Rooks

AMHERST — The U.S. National Academy of Sciences (NAS) announced the election of 100 new members to the academy in recognition of

SPRINGFIELD — New England Center for Functional Medicine has added two new team members in the newly created role of

HAYDENVILLE — The community is invited to attend a barn dance fundraiser to benefit the hospice services of Cooley Dickinson

PITTSFIELD — The School of Graduate and Professional Studies at Elms College, in partnership with Berkshire Community College (BCC) and

WILBRAHAM — Select Physical Therapy announced a three-month presentation series focusing on low back pain, hip pain, and knee pain.

SPRINGFIELD — Allied Flooring and Paint is making a $5,000 donation to support the work of MHA, which provides residential

SPRINGFIELD — The Human Service Forum (HSF) and UMass Amherst University Without Walls (UWW) will collaborate on the Human Service

SPRINGFIELD — BusinessWest, HCN’s sister publication, is looking for nominees for its fifth Continued Excellence Award, and will accept nominations

LEEDS — Ruth Wheeler, the VA’s longest-serving volunteer was remembered for her more than six decades of service to veterans

SPRINGFIELD — Throughout the month of March, American International College (AIC) will use the college’s website and social-media platforms to

SPRINGFIELD — Springfield Technical Community College will offer two Certified Nurse Aide classes, CNA 1 and CNA 2, starting Monday,

NORTHAMPTON — Hampshire Power is once again supporting Monte’s Cancer Connection Campout by facilitating donations to the Cancer Connection for

LONGMEADOW — In celebration of Women’s History Month and International Women’s Day, Bay Path University’s On the Move Forum will

WARE — Sunday, May 5 marks the 14th annual Walk of Champions, where hundreds of walkers will come together in

LENOX — Kimball Farms Life Care will host three presentations on “Dementia & Our Community” on Thursday, Feb. 28; Wednesday, March

SPRINGFIELD — Two professors at Western New England University have been awarded $30,000 in seed funding by the Massachusetts Technology

AMHERST — In what could serve as a model for tackling one of the nation’s top public-health crises, a UMass

NORTHAMPTON — Clinical & Support Options (CSO) recently partnered with Webber & Grinnell Insurance in Northampton and Joe’s Garage in

LENOX — Kimball Farms Life Care will host two presentations on downsizing homes on Thursday, Feb. 28 and Thursday, March

NORTHAMPTON — Medical Oncologist Dr. Qiang Nai has joined the Mass General Cancer Center at Cooley Dickinson Hospital. “It’s great

GREENFIELD — Pioneer Women’s Health and the Birthplace at Baystate Franklin Medical Center will host an open house for expectant

GREAT BARRINGTON — Fairview Commons Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Great Barrington invites the public to an open house to

SPRINGFIELD — For women living with homelessness, poverty, or respite crisis, having a period is more than a hassle. It

BOSTON — Massachusetts will participate in the development of a new pilot rating system designed to measure quality in addiction-treatment programs.

FLORENCE — Ten years ago, a first-time mother struggled with the care of her newborn and later helped another mother having

SPRINGFIELD — “Evie is the happiest little bean there ever was. Even through the hardest of times, this little sunshine brightens

CAMBRIDGE — A new study from the Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) examines whether employees injured at work are more

SPRINGFIELD — State Sen. Eric Lesser introduced a bill Friday that will reinvest the incentive funds returned to the state