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SPRINGFIELD — Baystate Children’s Hospital has been ranked in pediatric diabetes and endocrinology in U.S. News & World Report’s 2013-14

NORTHAMPTON — Cooley Dickinson Hospital has received the Get With the Guidelines (GWTG) Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award from

WESTFIELD — Construction has begun on a new clinic for the Urology Group of Western New England, to be located

SPRINGFIELD — Mercy Medical Center’s Family Life Center for Maternity has opened two Baby Cafés, the first such offerings in

BOSTON — Policies on gun violence and principles of physician employment led the list of resolutions adopted as policies by

WARE — Peer pressure can be a daunting challenge for anyone. “Everybody, no matter what age, is faced with pressure

PITTSFIELD — Berkshire Medical Center again achieved high marks for patient safety from the Leapfrog Group, an independent national organization

WESTFIELD — Noble Hospital has donated two automated external defibrillators (AEDs) to St. Mary’s School in Westfield. The donation is

Regular exercise, a good diet, and maintaining a proper weight are key steps medical experts consistently recommend for good health

Accountable-care organization. Integrated delivery system. Alternative quality contract. Global budget. All of these are buzzwords that have been floating through

More than half of all adults 65 and older have three or more chronic (ongoing) medical problems, such as heart

WASHINGTON — To bolster ongoing efforts to address the leading causes of suffering and death across the nation and to

GREENFIELD —  Baystate Franklin Medical Center was recognized with an ‘A’ Hospital Safety Score by the Leapfrog Group, an independent

LENOX — Kimball Farms recently earned the prestigious five-year CARF–CCAC accreditation, an unusual accomplishment for a first-time applicant. The accreditation

SPRINGFIELD — Organizers of this year’s Step Out for Hospice on June 8 are now recruiting walkers to participate in

WESTFIELD — Noble Hospital was recognized with an ‘A’ hospital-safety score by the Leapfrog Group, an independent, national nonprofit run

PITTSFIELD — Berkshire Medical Center (BMC) was awarded the 2013 Partner for Change Award by Practice Greenhealth, the nation’s leading

SOUTHAMPTON – People who are prescribed blood thinning medication such as Coumadin (warfarin) to prevent and treat blood clots need

WALTHAM — Saying that it has “steadfastly held that the health professions have a special obligation to promote the public

Editor’s Note: BusinessWest magazine, sister publication to HCN, recently introduced its 40 Under Forty Class of 2013, which will be

‘More is better’ has been a common theme in American medicine for years, as patients have been urged to get

Terrorism is a vile disease, and when this disease strikes civilized society as it has in Boston, we are all

BELCHERTOWN — The Urgent Care Clinic, a Baystate Medical Practice, announced that Dr. Barbara Henrichon, has joined the staff in

Americans are living longer than ever, but American men still aren’t living as long as American women. The average life