HCN News & Notes

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

SPRINGFIELD — Baystate Health, an academic health system in Springfield, has received the 2017 Premier Alliance Excellence Award from Premier

Hampden District Attorney Anthony Gulluni, Hampden County Sheriff Nick Cocchi, and Holyoke Mall General Manager Bill Rogalski will kick-off a

Sheriff Nick Cocchi announced recently that the Hampden County Sheriff’s Department received $188,837 from the state for diversion of individuals

STOCKBRIDGE — The San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis has announced that Austen Riggs Center Research Psychologist Katie Lewis, PhD, has

SPRINGFIELD — Taylor Street Dental announced the addition of James Daleo, DMD to its dental practice. Daleo will begin treating

AMHERST — Results of a new study from epidemiologists at UMass Amherst and Harvard T.H Chan School of Public Health

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

CHICOPEE — Grace LaValley, who earned her doctor of nursing practice (DNP) degree in the inaugural DNP class at Elms

CHICAGO — The American Medical Assoc. (AMA) released poll results showing that policies currently under consideration — particularly Medicaid cuts

ELK GROVE VILLAGE, Ill. — Families of children with disabilities face many decisions about medical treatment. The nature and complexity

WILBRAHAM — East Springfield Veterinary Hospital (ESVH) announced it has purchased Wilbraham Animal Hospital, which will operate under the Wilbraham

LONGMEADOW — JGS Lifecare will host the next Western Mass. Eldercare Professionals Assoc. (WMEPA) breakfast on Tuesday, June 27 in

GREENFIELD — Baystate Franklin Medical Center and the Massachusetts Nurses Assoc. (MNA) continued negotiations on Friday but ended without reaching

NORTHAMPTON — Cooley Dickinson announces expanded hours at its hospital-based Urgent Care clinic, and clinicians now treat children ages 2

GREENFIELD — Baystate Franklin Medical Center has asked the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) for injunctive relief to stop the

SPRINGFIELD — Dr. Joseph Schmidt, Baystate Medical Center’s vice chair and chief of Emergency Medicine, offers the following ways to