HCN News & Notes

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

SPRINGFIELD — Springfield Neurology Associates is offering a free, confidential memory screening for people ages 60 to 85 with memory

NORTH ADAMS — North Adams Commons will hold its monthly blood-pressure clinic at the Mary Spitzer Center (North Adams Council

LONGMEADOW — For Western Mass. and Northern Conn. residents resolving to look and feel their best in 2017, Aesthetic Plastic

WEST SPRINGFIELD — Balise Motor Sales has announced the launch of the Balise Certified Pre-Owned program, a 90-day or 3,750

SPRINGFIELD — In keeping with its mission to empower women to be more confident in their personal and professional lives,

SPRINGFIELD — Western New England University College of Pharmacy has received a fourth educational grant award of $13,500 from BTG

BOSTON — The 4,000 member employers of Associated Industries of Massachusetts (AIM) support Gov. Charlie Baker’s efforts to ensure that

LONGMEADOW — JGS Lifecare’s Spectrum Home Health & Hospice Care announced the launch of a new monthly bereavement support group

SPRINGFIELD — Online Psychology Degrees, a comprehensive, web-based psychology-degree guide, has named American International College (AIC) one of the top

WALTHAM — The Mass. Medical Society (MMS) and the Mass. Assoc. of Ambulatory Surgery Centers (MAASC) applauded new regulations for

WASHINGTON, D.C. — President-elect Donald Trump’s talk of reviving long-debunked claims of links between vaccines and autism has alarmed the

WEST SPRINGFIELD — West Central Family and Counseling will launch its first annual lecture series for mental-health professionals with “Boundaries

WILLIAMSTOWN — Williamstown Commons Nursing and Rehabilitation Center will present “Getting Back on Track: Healthy Eating after the Holidays” at

SPRINGFIELD — Trillions of microbes make their homes inside our bodies, and the Springfield Museums will introduce visitors to them.

SPRINGFIELD — Western New England University announced a new doctor of occupational therapy (OTD) degree program to begin in the

SPRINGFIELD — Christopher Visser, formerly an associate attorney with the firm, was elected partner at Bulkley, Richardson and Gelinas, LLP

CHICOPEE — The National Alliance on Mental Illness of Western Massachusetts (NAMI Western Mass.) will unveil its sixth annual art

LUDLOW — HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital of Western Massachusetts recently welcomed Susan Barone to its senior leadership team as director of

FLORENCE — Florence Dental Care announced that Dr. Donald Tremblay has merged his dental practice into the Florence Dental Care

LONGMEADOW — JGS Lifecare’s skilled-nursing home, the Leavitt Family Jewish Home, has earned the Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval

SPRINGFIELD — Baystate Medical Center, in conjunction with its Community Benefits Advisory Council, will hold a media event today, Jan.

NORTHAMPTON — Area nurses who are looking to upgrade their careers are invited to a Cooley Dickinson job fair on

WEST SPRINGFIELD — Is it time to have a conversation with your loved one about senior living? Are they lonely,

NORTHAMPTON — Members of the Hampshire County Deputy Sheriff’s Assoc. recognized long-time Hampshire County Sheriff Robert Garvey by donating $20,000

SPRINGFIELD — Are you an experienced IT professional seeking your next career move? FIT Staffing will host a job fair

BOSTON — A broad array of Massachusetts organizations representing consumers, providers, health plans, businesses, labor unions, and faith organizations have

WELLESLEY — Michael Carson, a seasoned healthcare executive with broad leadership experience at some of the nation’s pre-eminent health plans,

PALMER — The Baystate Wing Hospital Auxiliary is currently selling January 2017 Lotto calendars. The one-month calendars, which cost $10

CHICAGO — The American Medical Assoc. (AMA) released a letter to congressional leadership from Chief Executive Officer and Executive Vice

WEST SPRINGFIELD — The Center for Human Development’s Cancer House of Hope will host “Controversies in Prostate Cancer” with Dr.

HADLEY — Death, spiders, heights, flying in airplanes. These are all things that people fear, just not as much as

ELK GROVE VILLAGE, Ill. — For a study in the February 2017 issue of Pediatrics, a researcher posed as a

PALMER — Baystate Wing Hospital and Baystate Health Nurse Residency Program in collaboration with the Vizient and the American Association of