HCN News & Notes

SPRINGFIELD — Before setting out to carve that magical jack-o-lantern, remember this: Halloween is one of the top three holidays

LEE — Holly Chaffee, president and CEO of Porchlight VNA/Home Care, will co-present a webinar geared toward home-care companies nationwide

SPRINGFIELD — Mercy Medical Center will host an educational event as part of a public awareness campaign to help women

HADLEY — The Tom Cosenzi Driving for the Cure Charity Golf Tournament announced it has raised $103,000 to support Dr.

PHILADELPHIA — The American Medical Assoc. (AMA) took a significant step toward its goal of accelerating digital medicine into clinic

BOSTON — Continuing a series of initiatives to combat the opioid epidemic, Gov. Charlie Baker unveiled legislation to provide medical

SPRINGFIELD — Greenfield-area residents who wish to participate in this year’s annual Rays of Hope – A Walk and Run

SPRINGFIELD — Baystate Noble Hospital is preparing for the 51st Anniversary Noble Ball co-chaired by the Queenin family: Kevin, Barbara,

SPRINGFIELD — Baystate Medical Center will join Americans from all 50 states who will celebrate the fourth annual Food Day

AMHERST — Author and dance educator Sakina Ibrahim will facilitate a workshop for parents and their children using her acclaimed

WALTHAM — The Mass. Medical Society will hold its 16th annual State of the State’s Health Care Leadership Forum on

NORTHAMPTON — Cooley Dickinson Health Care awarded a total of $15,000 in grants to help local communities understand how they

LEE — Earlier this month, Porchlight VNA/Home Care began a new partnership with Highland Valley Elder Services for fiscal years

WESTFIELD — Lisa’s Light of Hope, a charitable fund created to raise awareness, support treatment, and education about eating disorders,

GREENFIELD — Dr. Richard Alexander recently joined Dr. John Daly at Baystate Medical Practices – Greenfield Urology. A graduate of

NORTHAMPTON — What’s causing the pain, numbness, or other symptoms in your hand or wrist? To count the possibilities would

HOLYOKE — Attorney Karen Jackson of Jackson & Torrone, P.C. will lead a series of classes on elder law and

HOLYOKE — Holyoke Mall has partnered with Holyoke Medical Center on “Painting the Mall Pink,” a breast-cancer-awareness initiative. During the

AGAWAM — Survivor Journeys invites the community to its first annual Halloween Gala on Friday, Oct. 30 at 6 p.m.

WEST SPRINGFIELD — Revitalize Community Development Corp. (CDC) is bringing volunteers from MassMutual’s Corporate Audit/Law Division to work on CHD’s

SPRINGFIELD — For the third consecutive year, Springfield College Assistant Professor of Exercise Science and Sport Studies Jasmin Hutchinson, along

SPRINGFIELD — While there is still time to register for the 22nd annual Rays of Hope – A Walk and

SPRINGFIELD — Loomis Lakeside at Reeds Landing at 807 Wilbraham Road, Springfield, will host an artisan craft fair and open

CHICAGO — Dr. Steven Stack, president of the American Medical Assoc. (AMA), issued a statement this week regarding electronic health

HOLYOKE — The public is invited to an open house celebrating the opening of Holyoke Community College’s new Center for

SPRINGFIELD — Women’s Health Associates, a specialized women’s healthcare practice providing obstetrical and gynecological care in Springfield and Westfield, announced

BOSTON — Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Brigham and Women’s Hospital recently announced they have named Berkshire Medical Center (BMC) Cancer

WESTFIELD — Baystate Noble Hospital was recently awarded $150,000 from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to enhance Baystate Noble’s entrance and

GREENFIELD — Representatives of Baystate Franklin Medical Center (BFMC) will present the Blood and Guts program on Friday, Oct. 16

ENFIELD, Conn. — Sandy Sergeant, CEO and founder of Caring Solutions, announced the launch of the EdgeAhead Webinar Series developed

PITTSFIELD — The Berkshire Healthcare Harvest Run will be held on Saturday, Oct. 17 on the scenic cross-country trails at

HOLYOKE — Midwifery Care of Holyoke will mark 30 years of service to the region with a free community-wide party

NORTHAMPTON — On Sept. 30, the members of the first graduating class of the Cooley Dickinson VNA & Hospice Cross

GREENFIELD — Ann Talarico recently joined Baystate Franklin Medical Center as the new program director for the Wound and Hyperbaric

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Because the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has yet to issue the so-called ‘modification rule’

WORCESTER — UMass Medical School, in partnership with UConn Health Center, created one of the 39 healthcare collaborative networks selected

PALMER — Baystate Wing Hospital announced that Dr. Yolanda Lenzy, a board-certified dermatologist and medical director of Lenzy Dermatology and

SPRINGFIELD — SkinCatering Spa’s team of experts is seeking to match sponsors for cancer-care spa services during the month of

HOLYOKE — The Dowd Insurance Agencies will host a second blood drive in a series benefiting the Baystate Blood Donor

WESTERN MASS. — With top national scores, Charlene Manor Extended Care Facility in Greenfield, Linda Manor Extended Care Facility in