HCN News & Notes

SPRINGFIELD — How many times have you heard the major risk factors for heart disease? High blood pressure. High blood

SPRINGFIELD — BusinessWest magazine, HCN’s sister publication, will accept nominations for the 40 Under Forty Class of 2017 through the

WILLIAMSTOWN — Berkshire Health Systems (BHS) announced that Williamstown Medical Associates has changed its name to Williamstown Medical of BMC.

LEEDS — Linda Manor Assisted Living will host a discussion on Thursday, Feb. 23 at 5:30 p.m. about meeting the

LONGMEADOW — JGS Lifecare recently named Karen Petruccelli vice president of Quality Improvement. She is responsible for quality improvement of

NORTHAMPTON — Dr. Robert Fazzi, founder and managing partner of Fazzi Associates, announced that Tim Ashe has been promoted to

LONGMEADOW — The Center of Excellence for Women in STEM at Bay Path University will welcome Dr. Becky Wai-Ling Packard

NORTH ADAMS — North Adams Commons invites the public to a discussion of long-term care and estate planning with elder

SPRINGFIELD — Behavioral Health Network Inc. (BHN) has been awarded a $100,000 Mutual Impact Grant by MassMutual through the company’s

SPRINGFIELD — Four Baystate Health dietitians — Leatrice Finck, Alice O’Connor, Lora Warren, and Young Hee Kim — were recently

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Healthcare Supply Chain Assoc. (HSCA), which represents the nation’s leading healthcare group purchasing organizations (GPOs), released

NORTHAMPTON — The Cooley Dickinson Development Office is now accepting applications for one laboratory and four nursing scholarships, which are

CHICAGO — Responding to what is calls unreasonable hurdles for patients seeking care, a coalition including the American Medical Assoc.

SPRINGFIELD — Plenty of good seats are available for the ninth annual Difference Makers award program, staged by BusinessWest, to

SPRINGFIELD — Baystate Medical Center will hold its popular free Heart & Vascular Health Lecture Series during the month of

HARTFORD, Conn. — Staff, patients, family members, and visitors at all five Trinity Health – New England hospitals across Connecticut

SPRINGFIELD — Perkins School for the Blind, Partners for a Healthier Community Inc. and the state Department of Early Education

WEST SPRINGFIELD — CHD Disability Resources will offer a free wheelchair-basketball clinic on Monday, Feb. 20 from 4:30 to 6

SPRINGFIELD — BusinessWest magazine, HCN’s sister publication, will accept nominations for the 40 Under Forty Class of 2017 through the

SPRINGFIELD — Valley Venture Mentors (VVM) announced the 2017 Startup Accelerator cohort this week. The 36 startups, chosen from more

NORTHAMPTON — Join Hampshire Cardiovascular Associates in celebrating American Heart Month with four free lectures on Wednesdays in February, from

SPRINGFIELD — Greater Springfield Senior Services Inc. (GSSSI) is offering respite services for members of the LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual,

SPRINGFIELD — Weldon Rehabilitation Hospital at Mercy Medical Center has again been awarded accreditation by CARF International for its Inpatient

SPRINGFIELD — The Center for Human Development (CHD) announced that Comcast has made a donation of 25 Dell Latitude laptop

NORTHAMPTON ­— Lynne Colesano, formerly of Health New England and an insurance professional since 1998, has joined Webber & Grinnell

CHICAGO — Completely updated after an eight-year modernization project, a revised edition of the Code of Medical Ethics is available

SPRINGFIELD — Plenty of good seats are available for the ninth annual Difference Makers award program, staged by BusinessWest, to

GREENFIELD — Dick Venne, president and CEO of Community Enterprises, announced the appointment of Paula Tessier as director of Employment

SPRINGFIELD — The new year is a good time to make an appointment for an annual exam and include your

ELK GROVE VILLAGE, Ill. ­— Between 2004 and 2014, rates of U.S. adolescent cigarette smoking decreased, even as teen e-cigarette

HOLYOKE — Holyoke Medical Center (HMC) will host a free discussion, “Heart Health: Congestive Heart Failure,” on Thursday, Feb. 9

SPRINGFIELD — Plans are underway for Mercy Medical Center’s first annual Caritas Gala on Saturday, March 11 at the MassMutual

PITTSFIELD — Four of Berkshire Healthcare’s skilled-nursing facilities in Massachusetts have been named among the best in the Commonwealth by

LONGMEADOW — Bay Path University’s annual pinning ceremony for master of occupational therapy students entering the final phase of their

LUDLOW — The third bimonthly Western Massachusetts Amputee Support Group will meet at HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital, 222 State St. Ludlow,

GREENFIELD — Hospice of Franklin County, in collaboration with Baystate Franklin Medical Center, will hold a free community screening of

LONGMEADOW — The need for genetic counselors keeps growing; there are just 4,000 certified genetic counselors in the country today,

SPRINGFIELD — Pediatricians at Baystate Children’s Hospital are beginning to see an increase in cases of the highly contagious respiratory

LENOX — Kimball Farms Life Care will host author Heather Mann — author of Ocean of Insight: A Sailor’s Voyage

MARLBOROUGH — The second annual First Event Professional Training, “Guiding Our Clients Towards Healthy Gender Affirmation and Actualization,” will take