HCN News & Notes

LEEDS — The VA Central Western Massachusetts Healthcare System successfully converted care to video and telephone visits during the Coronavirus

NORTHAMPTON — Girls on the Run Western Massachusetts unveiled the Power Up Activity Kit to help keep Western Mass. girls

SPRINGFIELD — It’s widely known that most women make the healthcare decisions in the family. Women are also 100% more

SPRINGFIELD — Since the phrase COVID-19 came into our lexicon, those working in the broad healthcare field have emerged as

WEST SPRINGFIELD — Visiting Angels West Springfield has been providing home care to seniors and disabled adults throughout the Pioneer

AGAWAM — NAMI Western Massachusetts announced that, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Greenfield Family to Family class that usually

SPRINGFIELD — The Springfield College Art Therapy/Counseling master’s-degree program has been granted initial accreditation by the Commission on Accreditation of

SPRINGFIELD — Behavioral Health Network (BHN) announced the opening of a new outpatient clinic on its Liberty Street campus for

SPRINGFIELD — The Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts (CFWM) recently announced two new rounds of grants totaling more than $1

WESTFIELD — Results In Wellness, LLC announced the opening of its wellness center at 93 Springfield Road, Suite B, Westfield.

WESTFIELD — Westfield State University’s College of Graduate and Continuing Education is accepting applications for the 2020-21 addiction counselor education

AMHERST — Cooley Dickinson Health Care has expanded its urgent-care services once again, to include a facility at 170 University

SPRINGFIELD — To support the involvement of family members in care while continuing to protect the safety of patients, visitors,

SPRINGFIELD — As Massachusetts continues its reopening process and begins to lift restrictions on businesses and healthcare organizations, Baystate Health

LUDLOW — The novel coronavirus has sparked a public-health emergency that has required frontline workers like doctors and nurses, first

NORTH BROOKFIELD — Second Chance Animal Services is taking on many challenges in resuming low-cost spay/neuter services at its three

SPRINGFIELD — Mercy Medical Center is the first hospital in the area to offer a new treatment option for patients

PALMER — Dr. Henry Tulgan of Baystate Wing Hospital has been honored by the Massachusetts Medical Society (MMS) with its

BOSTON — Opioid-related overdose deaths in Massachusetts continued a steady decline in the first three months of the year, according

HOLYOKE — Holyoke Medical Center announced the appointment of Mark Dunn as director of Health Information Management (HIM). “With nearly

SPRINGFIELD — Due to the impact and disruptions COVID-19 is causing for area families, individuals, and businesses, Health New England (HNE)

SPRINGFIELD — The dental hygiene program at Springfield Technical Community College (STCC) has been named one of the best two-year

SPRINGFIELD — While the coronavirus crisis has presented many challenges for communities and hospitals, it has served to spur the

WORCESTER — A total of 25 Central and Western Mass. nonprofits have received nearly $230,000 from the Harvard Pilgrim Health

EAST BROOKFIELD — Second Chance Animal Services announced plans to host its eighth annual golf tournament with a new venue and

SPRINGFIELD — Mercy Medical Center and Providence Behavioral Health Hospital nurses, represented by the Massachusetts Nurses Assoc. (MNA)  and joined

HOLYOKE ­— Holyoke Community College (HCC) nursing student Tessa Kemp got a lot more than she expected as she pulled

BOSTON — In its efforts to continue to offer transparent reporting on COVID-19, Massachusetts is adding new data elements to

WESTFIELD — Breast surgeon Dr. Danielle Lipoff recently performed the first radioactive seed localization (RSL) breast surgery to be offered

SPRINGFIELD — Since the phrase COVID-19 came into our lexicon, those working in the broad healthcare field have emerged as

SPRINGFIELD — Pioneer Valley Surgical Associates announced it is offering free, monthly surgical weight-loss seminars online. The seminars have previously