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Terminally ill people often add advanced directives to their health proxies to inform medical personnel what kind of care they

LONGMEADOW — Violeta De Los Reyes has been named director of Quality Assurance/Improvement for Spectrum Home Health Care, the home

WESTFIELD — Visiting Angels of Westfield, providers of non-medical care, living assistance, and companion service for seniors, announced the appointment

Insane. That’s the word Noble Hospital President George Koller chose to describe the latest in a series of financial hits

Many people have to juggle the responsibilities of work and family. There never seems to be enough time in the

LONGMEADOW — Dr. Frederic S. Mackler and Associates announced that Dr. Steven M. Goodwin has joined the dental practice, located

AGAWAM — Heritage Hall East Center, a 123-bed skilled nursing center that serves the Greater Springfield community, is one of

Mark Tolosky says state hospital administrators have long known that there is something seriously wrong with not only the formula

LONGMEADOW — In recognition of Alzheimer’s Disease Month, JGS Institute will present a comprehensive program on the subject titled, Is

One of your worst nightmares is discovering that someone within your practice has been stealing from you.   Chances are

OAKBROOK TERRACE, Ill. — The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) formally announced significant changes to its accreditation

Company Number of Lawyers Area of Practice/Discription of services Bulkley, Richardson and Gelinas, LLP 1500 Main St., Suite 2700 Springfield,

AMHERST — Ten managers of the Loomis Communities, with campuses in South Hadley, Holyoke, and Amherst, recently graduated from a

WASHINGTON, D.C. — For the third year in a row, health care quality for millions of Americans improved substantially, despite

The rising cost of health care is a bitter pill for employers to swallow. Most want to offer their employees

LONGMEADOW — Ruth’s House, the assisted living residence on the campus of Jewish Geriatric Services (JGS), announced two additions to

SPRINGFIELD — Recognizing suicide as a major health problem, health care professionals from around the country will gather at a

Hank Porten says that in many ways, hospitals in the Commonwealth are merely being asked to operate just as any

Nobody wants to consider the impact of long-term care on the financial resources they have spent a lifetime building. Nursing

A threat by the state’s major pharmacy chains — and an 11th-hour effort to avert the potentially far-reaching effects of

SPRINGFIELD — The Western Mass. Center for Healthy Communities, one of six new regional centers funded by the Mass. Dept.

Medical practices face a number of revenue and cost challenges annually, many of which they have little direct control over.

If there’s one recurring theme throughout this issue of The Healthcare News, it’s this: medical costs are rising, and everyone

When Dr. Thomas Canto talks about wound care, he immediately thinks of a man with a leg ulcer who had

Kate Flynn calls it “the hidden health career.” That’s because few people actually get to see what the surgical technologist

Organization Address/Phone Providers Contact Members* Coverage/Services Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Mass. Inc./HMO Blue 1500 Main St., Suite 1800