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Dr. Niels Rathlev says it was maybe a year ago that he started hearing, anecdotally, that the emergency room at

Avital Carlis says the doctors at Cooley Dickinson Hospital and Mass General Hospital have a joke they’ve used since the

Patients and family members walking in the Daly Entrance at Baystate Medical Center are greeted by a large sign that

When Al Parrow retired from his job at ADT Security Systems, he never imagined that, a year later, he would

The goals of electronic health records are easily understood. The path to get there … well, that’s a bit thornier.

When Baystate Health got into the urgent-care business, Dr. Louis Strauss said, it was overseen by emergency doctors. But it

When asked about why students in medical school are shying away from careers in primary care, Dr. Gina Luciano was

For some time now, Dr. Barrie Tan says, vitamin E suffered from what might be considered a public relations problem

There’s a gap, Stacy Robison says, between the ability of the public to understand the copious amounts of health data

When a hotel guest engages in conversation with the staffer charged with cleaning his or her room, Daniel Koval says,

Steve Bradley’s commute to what might still be considered his new job — he’s been at it about nine months

Nine years ago, Baystate Health was in serious talks to bring Noble Hospital into its system, but the potential deal

For more than 50 years, the federal government has warned people that eating foods high in cholesterol could raise their

A child is discharged from the hospital after having surgery, but a few days later his mother fears he has developed

There’s a big difference, Leslie Hennessey said, between giving up on life and accepting that the end is near. “Hospice

Dan Moen understands that the closing of Hampden County Physician Associates (HCPA) is a big story in the region, but

By now, most everyone knows the story. A man named Thomas Duncan contracted the Ebola virus in West Africa, then

Maria Zygmont says parents who spank their children or use corporal punishment don’t mean to harm them. “Their intent is

On Labor Day, Wing Memorial Hospital — the name that’s been over the door of the Palmer institution for more

Rick Crews has been heralding the benefits of urgent care since he and Jim Brennan opened their first Doctors Express

Mark Fulco recognizes the trends. In fact, as senior vice president of strategy and marketing for the Sisters of Providence

When Boston’s Beth Israel Hospital merged with Deaconness Medical Center 18 years ago, Joanne Marqusee was there to witness the

Maura McCaffrey remembers reading the want ad in her Sunday paper — Health New England was looking for a clinical

China 1944: American lieutenant David Parker and Communist guerilla Lin Yuen have nothing in common except a common enemy —

“In every corner of our state, heroin and opiate drug addiction threatens us. It threatens the safety that has always

Dr. Mark Keroack remembers thinking that Victor Woolridge, chairman of the Baystate Health board of directors, probably just wanted to

It’s a story of opposing trends colliding across the healthcare landscape. For example, on one hand, the population is aging

There have been a number of datelines attached to news stories involving Nicholas Colgin. Many of them originated in the

One year ago, marijuana use was illegal in Massachusetts. Now, it falls under the category of economic development. “It’s a

When most students think about jobs in the healthcare industry, they imagine working in a hospital. But the reality is

It’s like the end of a horror movie, when viewers think the villain is dead – only to see him

Spiros Hatiras likened it to being homesick. That’s how he chose to describe his mindset during what would become the

Ed Leyden called it “science — not science fiction.” That was his way of describing a product not yet on

Liz Walz had already talked about the Genesis Spiritual Life and Conference Center for some time, putting a wide array

As a surgeon at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston and associate director of its Center for Surgery and Public

Dr. Mark Novotny likes to tweak the healthcare status quo, asking questions about how care is delivered — and how

Experts say a cancer diagnosis can result in positive life changes. But treatment for the disease can be all-consuming, and

Energy Drinks Continue to Spur Health Concerns As someone who studies nutrition— but also someone who spends much of his

Carol Katz believes that those who work in elder care face a harsh reality. “And that reality is, nobody wants

Daniel Moen wasn’t surprised by the healthcare cost-containment bill passed by the state Legislature and signed into law by Gov.