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LONGMEADOW — Karen L. Johnson, SHRP, CPM has been named vice president of Human Resources for Jewish Geriatric Services (JGS),

SPRINGFIELD — Having graduated in May with a Nursing degree from American International College, Carol R. Scott of Springfield admits

PITTSFIELD — Berkshire Medical Center announced the appointment of Estelle R. Mullen as director of Cardiology Services. In her new

WALTHAM — The Mass. Medical Society (MMS) responded recently to yet another announced cut in Medicare physician reimbursement — the

NORTHAMPTON — Cooley Dickinson Hospital’s theme over this past year was “doing what’s right, not what’s expected.” The 117th annual

BOSTON — The Mass. Hospital Assoc. recently warned that increased numbers of patients without insurance coverage are destabilizing the health

PEMBROKE, Mass. — For the seventh consecutive year, the Massachusetts Healthcare Purchaser Group (MHPG), the state’s only coalition of private

NORTHAMPTON — The Cooley Dickinson Physician Hospital Organi-zation (CDPHO), in partnership with Cooley Dickinson Hospital, recently announced the start of

By the time this issue of The Healthcare News hits the newsstands, there’s a chance that this month’s health law

While congressional leaders appear closer than ever to giving older Americans a Medicare prescription drug benefit, some Democrats complain that

With minimally invasive procedures rising to the forefront of modern surgical practice, two new pieces of equipment at Cooley Dickinson

The votes in Congress were expected. So were the court injunctions that followed. What remains uncertain is the future legal

In the wake of three tragic deaths at Children’s Hospital Boston, the issue of patient safety has once again made

Individual and group practice retirement plans are the single most valuable tax-planning vehicle available to doctors today. Changes in ERISA

An event intended to bring hope to breast cancer sufferers and their families also brought out a record number of

Marketing is big business today — research, sales, advertising, promotion, PR, you name it. And big business means big budgets.

Many nurses say there aren’t enough hours in the day. But a national medical body says nurses are spending too

EAST LONGMEADOW — Rebecca L. Weiner, D.M.D., whose dental practice focuses on prevention, esthetics, and restoring dental function, has joined

HOLYOKE — Holyoke Community College’s Division of Continuing Education, the Division of Health, Education, and Technology, and the Nursing Department

EAST LONGMEADOW — Aspen Dental, the largest dental practice management group in the Northeast, opened its second office in Western

PITTSFIELD — Berkshire Radiological Associates has been awarded a three-year term of accreditation in Mammography as the result of a

NORTHAMPTON — The Cooley Dickinson Hospital (CDH) Auxiliary has donated $77,000 to the hospital for expansion of the facility’s cardiac

NORTHAMPTON — By demonstrating compliance with the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Orga-nization’s (JCAHO) national standards for health care

People don’t often connect behavioral health services with ballet. But for Providence Behavioral Hospital, a partnership with the Moscow Ballet

HOLYOKE — Holyoke Community College’s Division of Continuing Education, the Division of Health, Education, and Technology, and the Nursing Department,

HOLYOKE — Holyoke Community College will stage information sessions about its program in radiologic technology on Nov. 18 at 11

SPRINGFIELD — For the second consecutive year, a national report has ranked Health New England (HNE) among the best plans

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LONGMEADOW — Jewish Geriatric Services Inc. has named Diane Mintz, R.N., B.S.N. to head its home health care entity, Spectrum

SOUTH HADLEY — Underscoring the fact that the state currently underpays the Loomis Nursing Center $40 per resident per day,