HCN News & Notes

SPRINGFIELD — Springfield couple Jan and Bernadette Piepul have provided a challenge pledge to Dakin Humane Society donors. They will

NORTHAMPTON — Chief Medical Officer Dr. Mark Novotny, announced that Dr. Peter Elsea will join Cooley Dickinson Medical Group, Northampton

NORTHAMPTON — Physical therapist Erin Menard-Johnston has joined the Rehabilitation Services team at the Atwood Health Center, a program of

MONSON — It’s never pleasant noticing that your favorite jeans suddenly seem a little tight. “While summer vacations are the

SPRINGFIELD — Come celebrate the 90th anniversary of Shriners Hospitals for Children in Springfield at the sixth annual Walk for

LONGMEADOW — Bay Path University’s master’s program in occupational therapy welcomed 160 students to campus on Monday, July 27, for

NORTHAMPTON — While the Mass General Cancer Center at Cooley Dickinson Hospital is still under construction, UMass Amherst art instructor

PITTSFIELD — Hillcrest Commons Nursing and Rehabilitation Center will offer an informational session on preventing Medicare fraud on Wednesday, Aug.

WORCESTER — AdCare Hospital has named Mary Beth Papcsy Community Services representative for Central Mass. Papcsy served as Public Relations

NORTHAMPTON — Cooley Dickinson Hospital (CDH) received the Mission: Lifeline Silver Referring Quality Achievement Award for implementing specific quality-improvement measures

WESTFIELD — Baystate Noble Hospital is among a select group of hospitals and transplant centers nationwide recognized by the U.S.

EASTHAMPTON — Brian Lepine recently purchased Fitness Fusion after working at the gym for a year. Because he had worked

WALTHAM — Led by the American Medical Assoc., (AMA), with participation from the Mass. Medical Society (MMS), the nation’s physicians

WESTFIELD — Baystate Noble Hospital recently accepted the 2014 Financial Improvement Performance award at the 2015 MedAssets Healthcare Business Summit.

PITTSFIELD, CHICOPEE — Berkshire Community College (BCC) and Elms College in Chicopee have signed a memorandum of understanding allowing qualified

PALMER — For many area youth, the long, sunny days of summer are the perfect time to get on their

GREENFIELD — Baystate Franklin Medical Center will hold a cardiac-risk cholesterol screening on Wednesday, Aug. 12 from 8:30 to 9:30

WORCESTER — Fallon Health, a not-for-profit healthcare-services organization, announced it is strengthening its commitment to the people it serves in

HOLYOKE — The Dowd Insurance Agencies announced it will host a series of Baystate Blood Donor Program blood drives at

HOLYOKE — Holyoke Medical Center (HMC) has announced the appointment of John Kovalchik as manager of the hospital’s Center for

SPRINGFIELD — Susan Canning and representatives of KEVS Foundation presented a check yesterday to Nancy Bazanchuk, Disability Resources Program director

Opioid abuse is a serious public health problem that has reached crisis levels across the United States, with 44 people

HOLYOKE — Holyoke Medical Center has appointed Amy Pierno as the program director of the hospital’s new Wound Care Center,

AMHERST — Cell biologists led by Thomas Maresca at the UMass Amherst, with collaborators elsewhere, report an advance in understanding

PITTSFIELD — Berkshire Health Systems announced the appointment of Vikas Veeranna, MD, a board-certified and fellowship-trained cardiologist to the medical

GREENFIELD — Anne Corrinet, CNM, MS, a nurse midwife at Baystate Medical Practices — Pioneer Women’ Health, was recently inducted

PALMER — Healing after a loss can be a difficult journey. Beginning in September, Baystate Wing VNA and Hospice will

EAST LONGMEADOW — Wingate at East Longmeadow, a skilled nursing and rehabilitation center, today announced its selection as a 2015

Steven J. Stack, M.D., president of the American Medical Association, sounded the alarm recently on proposed mergers within the health

WESTFIELD — Baystate Noble Hospital recently accepted the 2014 Financial Improvement Performance award at the 2015 MedAssets Healthcare Business Summit.

LEE — Porchlight VNA/Home Care has been given top honors with a five-star rating by the Centers for Medicare and

SPRINGFIELD — Springfield College has named Robert Accorsi G’80 as its faculty athletic representative to the National Collegiate Athletic Association

SPRINGFIELD — Organizers of the 2015 Western Mass. Business Expo, presented by Comcast Business, have extended the deadline for submitting

WASHINGTON — In a letter sent Wednesday to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Sen. Edward J. Markey

SPRINGFIELD — According to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, last year there were 466,949 entries for missing

A significant milestone has been reached by Camp Kehillah at the Springfield JCC. For nine years, Camp Kehillah has offered

SPRINGFIELD — Doreen Fadus, executive director of Community Benefit and Health at Mercy Medical Center, has been tapped to serve

WESTFIELD — Baystate Noble Hospital is among a select group of hospitals and transplant centers nationwide recognized by the U.S.

PALMER — Summer is here, and for many area youth, these long, sunny days are the perfect time to get

SPRINGFIELD — Mercy Medical Center announced that Balise Motor Sales has made a $500,000 gift to Transforming Cancer Care –