HCN News & Notes

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

ATLANTA — Responding to the billions of advertising dollars being spent to promote prescription products, physicians at the interim meeting

NORTHAMPTON — Commissioner of Mental Health Joan Mikula, will be the featured speaker at a community open house for the

PALMER — As the holiday season approaches, the Baystate Wing Auxiliary has set the date for their annual Tree of

SPRINGFIELD — Menopause is a natural part of being a woman. It may, however, have some not-so-fun symptoms and issues.

CHICOPEE — The Elms College School of Nursing will host a white-coat ceremony on Wednesday, Dec. 16 at 6 p.m.

WESTFIELD — Baystate Noble Hospital’s David Rosinski, director of Engineering, was recently honored with the Engineer of the Year Award

SPRINGFIELD — Swanson Meetings & Event Planning, LLC will present its second annual Wine and Food Tasting Fund-raiser, with proceeds

FLORENCE — Sue Keller, owner of the Strong & Healthy Smiles dental practice, is offering free dental services in 2016

GREENFIELD — Baystate Franklin Medical Center’s annual Employee Artisans and Craft Fair will take place on Friday, Dec. 4 from

SPRINGFIELD — Berkshire Bank Foundation is investing in Baystate Academy Charter Public School’s (BACPS) new program, Project Lead the Way,

PITTSFIELD — Berkshire Medical Center and Fairview Hospital have been recognized as 2014 Top Performers on Key Quality Measures by

SPRINGFIELD — Holiday shopping doesn’t have to be so stressful. At least, not while browsing the first Rays of Hope

WARE, PALMER — A year after adding Wing Memorial Hospital in Palmer to its family of community hospitals, Baystate Health

SPRINGFIELD — The Mental Health Assoc. (MHA) will hold a ribbon cutting and opening reception at Magazine Commons, located at

WESTFIELD — Baystate Noble Hospital Executive Chef Christopher Smith received the Willis Williams Spirit of Service Award for Culinary Excellence

ATLANTA — With growing concerns over the global public health threat posed by antibiotic resistance, the American Medical Assoc. (AMA)

HOLYOKE — Baby-Friendly USA announced that Holyoke Medical Center (HMC) has received designation as a baby-friendly birth facility as part

SPRINGFIELD — Drew DiGiorgio was appointed president and CEO of Consolidated Health Plans Inc. (CHP) by the Berkshire Hathaway board

LEE — Porchlight VNA/Home Care has been awarded a five-star rating by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).

NORTHAMPTON — Pregnant women at Cooley Dickinson’s Childbirth Center who want more options for pain management during labor and delivery

WESTFIELD — Baystate Noble Hospital is dedicated to giving back to the community it serves. On Nov. 18, it begin

WALTHAM — The Mass. Medical Society (MMS) announced it is taking additional actions to combat the opioid epidemic in the

NORTHAMPTON — Dr. Deborah Smith, a medical oncologist, has joined Cooley Dickinson Medical Group Hematology Oncology. She is now seeing

HOLYOKE — Nancy Magri, president and owner of Home Health Solutions, recently welcomed Sharon Ashton to the company’s business-development staff.

HOLYOKE — On Friday, Nov. 20, the United Arc will hold a grand-opening event at its new Positive Parenting Resource

WESTFIELD — Baystate Noble Hospital will offer flu shots to adults 18 and older on Wednesday, Nov. 18 in the

CHICOPEE — Starting in January 2016, the Elms College School of Nursing will offer a 30{06cf2b9696b159f874511d23dbc893eb1ac83014175ed30550cfff22781411e5} tuition discount for all

EAST LONGMEADOW — W.F. Young Inc., makers of Absorbine pet, equine, and livestock products, announced it has acquired Pure Ocean

SPRINGFIELD — The skin is the largest organ in the human body and, for at least one in five U.S.

AGAWAM — Insurance Center of New England (ICNE) will host a breakfast seminar covering a range of financial topics related

SPRINGFIELD — With Thanksgiving quickly approaching, the Gray House in Springfield is requesting donations to help the families it serves

NORTHAMPTON — At the recent annual meeting of the Cooley Dickinson board of trustees, voting members of the board elected

PITTSFIELD — Porchlight VNA/Home Care recently held its fifth annual Celebration Dinner at the ITAM Lodge in Pittsfield. The dinner

LEEDS — Linda Manor Assisted Living invites the community to a first-anniversary open house on Sunday, Nov. 29 from 11

WALTHAM — The Mass. Medical Society (MMS) has announced the release of an expanded sixth edition of “Intimate Partner Violence:

LONGMEADOW — JGS Lifecare will present “Do You Have the Right Balance?” as part of its Ruth’s House Life Learning

NORTHAMPTON — When a young person experiences a serious mental-health crisis for the first time, surrounding him or her with

WESTFIELD — Baystate Noble Hospital welcomes four surgeons to its primary-care office at 57 Union St. in Westfield. They are

SPRINGFIELD — The Springfield College applied exercise science major and clinical exercise physiology graduate program recently were awarded continuing accreditation