HCN News & Notes

CLEVELAND — Team-based care is one of the biggest buzzwords in healthcare today, but it’s been a challenge for traditionally

SPRINGFIELD — Adrianne Haslet-Davis, a professional ballroom dancer who lost her lower left leg in the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing,

AMHERST — Thanks to the grant-funded support of the Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services and the Department

WESTFIELD — Noble Hospital will host a volunteer-appreciation luncheon on Wednesday, April 15 at East Mountain Country Club, 1458 East

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The day the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) passed in 1990, U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin delivered a

NORTHAMPTON — ServiceNet Inc., based in Northampton, has received the 2014 Award of Excellence, Overall Best Practice from the Mental

SPRINGFIELD — While the most common offense is texting, police officers handing out tickets have encountered drivers eating, shaving with

SPRINGFIELD — Craig Sweitzer & Co. and Baystate Dental, P.C. announced that the construction of a new dental office at

NORWALK, Conn. — A physician practice’s revenue cycle is rarely seamless, largely due to the challenges of managing different and

NATICK — For more than 30 years, the Massachusetts Council on Compulsive Gambling, a Boston-based, nonprofit health organization, has been

SPRINGFIELD — Families who have experienced the death of a child over the past year are invited to attend the

WESTFIELD — Following up last year’s successful event, Westfield State University will host its second annual Relay for Life on

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Patients older than 60 don’t always visit the doctor frequently because of illness alone. Elderly patients who

WESTFIELD — Registration is now open for the 31st annual Noble Hospital 5k Run & Walk for a Noble Cause

EAST LONGMEADOW — Forastiere Family Funeral & Cremation, which has served the Greater Springfield community since 1905, announced its first

EAST LONGMEADOW — In celebration of National Prosthodontics Awareness Week, April 18-25, EMA Dental is offering complimentary prosthodontic consultations through

NEW YORK, N.Y. — The brisk pace of mergers and acquisitions in the healthcare industry has had one major casualty

WESTFIELD — Noble Hospital will raise the Donate Life flag in front of the Hospital at 3 p.m. on Tuesday,

AGAWAM — Glenmeadow Retirement will offer a panel presentation that focuses on how to increase a home’s value before listing

SPRINGFIELD — Throughout April, Dakin Humane Society will offer a limited number of no-cost spay and neuter surgeries and rabies

WASHINGTON, D.C. — As the healthcare industry accelerates its transition from a fee-for-service model to a value-based one, population health

SPRINGFIELD — Dr. Mark Keroack, president and CEO of Baystate Health, will be American International College’s (AIC) guest speaker at

NORTHAMPTON — Mental-health challenges, including depression, anxiety, psychosis, and substance use, are common in the U.S. In fact, more than

WESTFIELD — Noble Visiting Nurse & Hospice will hold its 11th annual Wine and Beer Tasting on Friday, May 15

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Hospitals and health systems must improve their performance-management strategies in order to be successful in a value-based

SPRINGFIELD — Professional, college, and even amateur athletes use many different methods and techniques to find that ‘sweet spot’ to

NORTHAMPTON — If Gabriel Kennedy Costa’s newborn son had been born closer to his due date, Costa wouldn’t have been

GREENFIELD — Baystate Franklin Medical Center’s Oncology Department will present a free eight-week yoga class, Gentle Yoga for Cancer Survivors,

GREENFIELD — Poet’s Seat Health Care Center recently celebrated the 10th anniversary of ownership by Michele and Pat Carney of

GREENFIELD — Baystate Franklin Medical Center will hold a cardiac-risk cholesterol screening on Wednesday, April 8 from 8:30 to 9:30

BETHESDA, Md. — During the month of April, the American Occupational Therapy Assoc. celebrates Occupational Therapy Month and the more

WARE — The Baystate Regional Cancer Program at Baystate Mary Lane Hospital (BMLH) and the American Cancer Society will present

CHICAGO — Most people view technology as an enhancement to healthcare, but still consider the doctor-patient relationship as the most

SPRINGFIELD — Families who have experienced the death of a child over the past year are invited to attend the

SPRINGFIELD — Community allies and local legislators will join area healthcare and home-care workers, members of 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers

WARE — As a result of the long, cold, winter season, many people’s diets change and become unbalanced, said Kelly

CHICAGO — Prior to the Affordable Care Act (ACA), chief compliance officers say their role in their healthcare organizations was

PALMER — Dr. Mohammad Abdul Maleque Khan has joined the medical staff at Baystate Wing Hospital. He will provide primary-care

WALTHAM — Mass. Medical Society President Dr. Richard Pieters praised the recent passage of the Medicare payment-reform act by the

GREENFIELD — Baystate Franklin Medical Center’s Volunteer Services Department and Artisans of Western Mass. will host an April Artisan Fair