HCN News & Notes

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Healthcare Supply Chain Assoc. (HSCA) President and CEO Todd Ebert released the following statement about the U.S.

HOLYOKE — On Thursday, March 24, Quality Life Adult Day Service will hold a grand-opening event at its new center

SPRINGFIELD — Dawn Roberts, professor of Physical Therapy at Springfield College, and a group of nine physical therapy students recently

SPRINGFIELD — Smith & Wesson will host its annual live comedy show, “A Night of Laughter,” to support two local

GREENFIELD — Baystate Heart & Vascular’s Greenfield practice has moved from its former location at 48 Sanderson St. to a

NORTHAMPTON — Community members are invited to the next Cooley Dickinson/Massachusetts General Hospital lecture, “Palliative Care in Serious Illness: Living

CHICAGO — The American Medical Assoc. (AMA) joined more than 640 patient-advocacy groups, professional societies, medical organizations, and thousands of

NORTHAMPTON — Funded by a three-year grant by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Administration (SAMHSA) through the White

SPRINGFIELD — In celebration of National Nutrition Month, sponsored each March by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, Americans are

SPRINGFIELD — As part of its 10th annual 40 Under Forty program, BusinessWest, the sister publication of HCN, is taking

BOSTON — Gov. Charlie Baker issued a statement this week in response to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s

WESTFIELD — The Western Mass Knights sled hockey teams will host the sixth annual Cammer Cup game at Amelia Park

SPRINGFIELD — During the month of March, Dakin Humane Society is reducing the regular cost of female-dog spay surgery by

NORTHAMPTON — Skin cancer, the most common type of cancer in the U.S. today, occurs most frequently on the face.

CHICOPEE — The Arbors at Chicopee will host an informational seminar Wednesday, April 13 at 5 p.m. on national clinical

WARE — On Saturday, March 26, Debbie Rozzen, owner of Silhouettes Salon, and her staff will donate their earnings and

BOSTON — Yesterday at the State House, Gov. Charlie Baker signed landmark legislation into law to address the deadly opioid

SOUTH HADLEY — Beginning on Thursday, April 7, WestMass ElderCare is offering a six-week program titled “Powerful Tools for Caregivers”

LONGMEADOW — Glenmeadow Retirement will partner with the Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts in offering panel discussion on charitable giving

NORTHAMPTON — Richard Venne, president and CEO, invites the public to join Community Enterprises Inc. in celebrating 40 years of

SPRINGFIELD — Each year, somewhere between 700,000 and 1 million people in the U.S. fall while a patient in a

CHICAGO — The American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) and CAE Healthcare announced a collaborative agreement to design and develop an

SPRINGFIELD — The 2016 94.7 WMAS Children’s Miracle Network Radiothon to benefit Baystate Children’s Hospital broke an all-time record last

FLORENCE — The Dementia Initiative welcomes three Cooley Dickinson Health Care providers as guest experts at its spring 2016 workshop

EAST LONGMEADOW — Painting with a Twist, an art and social studio in East Longmeadow, hosted a Painting with a

SPRINGFIELD — Mercy Medical Center has added new, state-of-the-art, 3-D mammography (breast tomosynthesis) for better breast cancer detection. The 3-D

NORTHAMPTON — Clinical & Support Options (CSO) announced the appointment of Deborah Ekstrom to the position of vice president of

WALTHAM — The Mass. Medical Society board of trustees announced it has selected Lois Dehls Cornell as the society’s new

WEST SPRINGFIELD — Social workers, nurses, and the public are invited to attend Landmark at Monastery Heights’ GEMS program, “Philosophy

GREENFIELD — Baystate Franklin Medical Center (BFMC) recently announced the hospital’s receipt of a $1.8 million grant from the Mass.

SPRINGFIELD — Trinity Health, the parent organization of Mercy Medical Center, has selected Mercy’s new community health project as a

WARE — The Baystate Regional Cancer Program at Baystate Mary Lane Hospital and the American Cancer Society will present “Look

BOSTON — Healthcare workers and advocates with the Campaign for Fair Care will testify today in support of new hospital

NORTHAMPTON — On Saturday, April 9 at 3 p.m., Patrick Donnelly, 2015-17 poet laureate of Northampton, will host “Poets for

SPRINGFIELD — Baystate Children’s Hospital will hold its annual Service of Remembrance on Sunday, April 3, for area families who

WORCESTER — Kathleen Toomey has joined AdCare Hospital as Community Services representative for Central Mass. Toomey has nearly a decade

NORTHAMPTON — Linda Manor Assisted Living community offers a monthly Alzheimer’s disease support group. This month, the meeting will be

GREENFIELD — Baystate Franklin Medical Center’s (BFMC) Oncology Department will offer a free writing workshop, “Spirit of the Written Word,”

SPRINGFIELD — In honor of its 80th Anniversary, Big Y Foods has partnered with Make-A-Wish Massachusetts and Rhode Island, inviting

EAST LONGMEADOW — Painting with a Twist, an art and social studio, will host a Painting with a Purpose charity