HCN News & Notes

GLASTONBURY, Conn. — CMIC Group, a member-owned medical professional liability insurance company, announced that Michael Conneely has joined the CMIC

CHICAGO — Dr. David Barbe, president of the American Medical Assoc., issued a statement this week on the collapse of GOP

HOLYOKE — Spiros Hatiras, president and CEO of Holyoke Medical Center and Valley Health Systems, announced the promotion of Dr.

WEST SPRINGFIELD — Cindy Sheridan-Murphy remembers walking into the Cancer House of Hope three years ago like it was yesterday.

WATERTOWN, Mass. — athenahealth Inc., a provider of network-enabled services for hospital and ambulatory clients nationwide, announced that John “Jack”

HOLYOKE — The Hazen Paper Co. and the Hazen Family contributed $100,000 toward the Holyoke Medical Center capital campaign —

WILBRAHAM, AGAWAM — Nearly everyone has heard of random acts of kindness, but Benchmark Senior Living employees took things up

WARE — Baystate Mary Lane will sponsor a Babysitters Academy on Saturday, July 22 to prepare area youth for summer

SPRINGFIELD — They just graduated from high school and will start college this fall, but these five teenagers are not

HOLYOKE — Holyoke Medical Center (HMC) received four prestigious national and state awards for excellence in and quality of stroke

PALMER — Area seniors are invited to join Baystate Health’s annual Senior Class Picnic to be held on Wednesday, Aug.

SPRINGFIELD — The Home Health Aide program at Springfield Technical Community College has given Rhonda Skinner more than just skills to care

PITTSFIELD — The American Hospital Assoc. (AHA) Health Forum announced that Berkshire Health Systems has been named among Healthcare’s Most

LUDLOW — The bi-monthly Western Massachusetts Amputee Support Group will meet at HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital, 222 State St. Ludlow, on Wednesday,

AMHERST — Achieve TMS East Amherst will be hosting its first informational open house today, July 13, from 5 to 6:30 p.m. at 6

NORTHAMPTON — What does a newly designed website and an article about the opioid crisis have in common? Both received

ELK GROVE VILLAGE, Ill. — School-age children whose mothers consumed more sugary beverages in mid-pregnancy had higher amounts of body

SPRINGFIELD — Are you ready to walk for love? Join the fun at Shriners Hospitals for Children – Springfield on

LONGMEADOW — Bay Path University has been awarded a $13,000 grant from the Council of Independent Colleges (CIC) program “Intergenerational

NORTHAMPTON — Aimee Furaha Salmon, Harry Montalvo, and Markus Jones have joined the all-volunteer board of directors for the Northampton-based

SPRINGFIELD — Mercy Medical Center received the American Heart Assoc./American Stroke Assoc. Get with the Guidelines – Stroke Gold Plus

CHICOPEE — Ibrahim Kargbo, a post-baccalaureate, pre-med student at Elms College, has earned a prestigious summer internship at the National

BOSTON — The FY18 Budget Conference Committee Report, released on Friday, effectively eliminates the state’s first-in-the-nation Prevention and Wellness Trust

SPRINGFIELD — This afternoon, July 10, at 5 p.m., nominations close for Healthcare Heroes, an exciting recognition program involving the

SPRINGFIELD — Are you already a babysitter looking to further your skills, or considering becoming a babysitter to earn extra

SPRINGFIELD — Planning on applying to Springfield Technical Community College for the fall semester? The college will instantly accept prospective students who bring their

SPRINGFIELD — A graduation ceremony is scheduled for 18 home health aides (HHAs) and personal-care attendants (PCAs) who underwent training

CHICOPEE — Harry Dumay, who boasts a long and distinguished career in higher education, officially took the helm of Elms

WEST SPRINGFIELD — As the widespread opioid crisis persists, more family members, including grandparents, need help coping with the effects

LEE —NanoMolecularDX, LLC (NMDX) announced the closing of $1 million in seed funding executed through a private placement. The offering

HOLYOKE — Holyoke Medical Center began providing care in its new Emergency Department today, July 6, at 7 a.m. The

SPRINGFIELD — Friends of the Homeless, a program of Clinical & Support Options (CSO), recently welcomed Keith Rhone as the

NORTH ADAMS — HospiceCare in the Berkshires invites the public to a Five Wishes workshop on Wednesday, July 12 from

NORTHAMPTON — A Supersitters course will be offered at Cooley Dickinson Hospital on Saturday, July 8 from 9 a.m. to

MUNCIE, Ind. — A majority of America’s nurses admit they are stressed out, consuming too much junk food and getting

HOLYOKE — Holyoke Medical Center will open its new, $25.4 million Emergency Department on Thursday, July 6, beginning at 7

SPRINGFIELD — Springfield College recently hosted its 24th annual Athletic Trainer Student Workshop intended for high-school students interested in careers

NORTHAMPTON — Linda Manor Assisted Living and Linda Manor Extended Care invite the public to the next event in its

SPRINGFIELD — Healthcare Heroes, an exciting recognition program involving the Western Mass. healthcare sector, was launched this spring by HCN

BOSTON — The Mass. Department of Public Health (DPH) announced that West Nile virus (WNV) has been detected in mosquitoes