Opinion The Older Driver: Questions & Issues
We’ve read the stories and seen the wreckage: elderly persons driving their cars into populated areas with multiple deaths resulting.
Read MoreWe’ve read the stories and seen the wreckage: elderly persons driving their cars into populated areas with multiple deaths resulting.
Read MoreEvery staff member, volunteer, and visitor to the Cancer House of Hope has had their lives touched by cancer in
Read MoreSteve Bradley says that, over the past few decades, health care has become one of most important — and complex
Read MoreNon-physician practitioners (NPPs) are being utilized in increasing numbers in physicians offices and facility settings. Some areas are actually experiencing
Read MoreSPRINGFIELD — Half of the nearly 76 million baby boomers in the U.S. are experiencing some degree of hearing loss,
Read MoreYou’ve spent months remedying a major staff shortage. After reviewing countless applications, conducting interviews, assessing performance skills, and completing all
Read MoreA patient of Dr. Keith Mortman called him recently to relay an interesting bit of news. “Doc,” he said,
Read MoreSPRINGFIELD — Dr. Winthrop F. Whitcomb of Mercy Medical Center in Springfield has been named director of hospitalist services for
Read MorePALMER – Wing Memorial Hospital and Medical Centers pharmacy has moved to a newly constructed 1,500-square-foot location that is specifically
Read MoreThe Community Research Initiative of New England offers unique insights into ongoing developments in the field of HIV and AIDS.
Read MoreEveryone knows that America is the world’s most litigious society. Conflict in family and business is inevitable. Issues such as
Read MoreStaff at The Women’s Center at Noble Hospital recently welcomed a new group of colleagues to their offices, who visited
Read MoreSPRINGFIELD – Maripat Toye, MS, RN, program manager of Baystate Medical Center’s Children’s Hospital Pediatric/Perinatal HIV/AIDS Program, has received the
Read MoreLast summer saw three converging events which have raised storm flags for tax-exempt health care providers: multiple class action lawsuits
Read MoreSPRINGFIELD — Baystate Medical Center’s Cardiology Division has purchased and installed the new VERICIS system from Camtronics Medical Systems, Ltd.,
Read MoreNORTHAMPTON — Sixth graders at Westhampton Elementary School met ‘Mr. Gross Mouth’ recently. They held the murky Jar of Tar,
Read MoreHolyoke Chamber of Commerce Director Doris Ransford says that workforce development is synonymous with economic development. She’s right. But
Read MoreWe all remember that first trip to the dentist: squirming in an oddly shaped chair as shiny instruments came toward
Read MoreGREENFIELD — Ginger Newell-Stokes, MS, RN, a clinical nurse specialist at Franklin Medical Center, was recently published in the Journal
Read MoreThe Western Mass. workforce is about to receive a training boost in the form of a $276,000 grant from the
Read MoreEach year on Feb. 4, thousands of women and men don their favorite red shirt, dress, tie, or another ruddy
Read MoreHOLYOKE — Standing center-stage inside a spacious, freshly-painted new suite at Holyoke Medical Center (HMC)’s Radiology Department is one of
Read MoreHOLYOKE — Whether she’s delivering a baby, performing laparoscopic surgery or educating a woman about birth control options, Dr. Gretchen
Read MoreSPRINGFIELD — Mercy Medical Center has been awarded designation as a Primary Stroke Service provider by the Massachusetts Department of
Read MoreTed Kennedy, Hillary Clinton and other government, single-payer health care system fans need to read the Fraser Institute’s recently published
Read MoreSPRINGFIELD – Do you exercise less than two times a week? Do you have type 2 diabetes and is
Read MoreThe flashbulbs of the paparazzi fire and your favorite actor flashes a dazzling white smile, the same one that will
Read MoreSPRINGFIELD — Sisters of Providence Health System programs have received $170,000 in grants from the Blue Cross Blue Shield Foundation
Read MoreAttorney Ken Gogel has a pile of papers in the corner of his office about three feet tall; it represents
Read MoreLast month we reviewed the importance of performing a risk assessment as the first step toward achieving compliance with the
Read MoreAMHERST – Four professors at UMass, Amherst, who have formed an aging interest group, will soon begin conducting new research
Read MoreAfter 30 years of practicing medicine, Richard Berlin has started a new chapter in his life. Berlin, a Berkshire-based
Read MoreTina Frazier laughed when she said that she no longer has to worry about trying to read physicians’ notoriously bad
Read MoreGREENFIELD — Katie Bak, BSN, RN, has been appointed nurse manager of the Intensive Care and Telemetry units at Franklin
Read MoreIt’s an exciting time for colon cancer research, according to Dr. George Bowers, a medical oncologist at Cooley-Dickinson Hospital.
Read MoreWhen asked to define the word ‘safe,’ as used in the phrases safe staffing levels and safe patient care, Karen
Read MoreLegislation that would have created a pilot program for the establishment of minimum nurse-staffing levels in the state’s hospitals never
Read MoreDr. Ira Schmelkin puts a lot of himself into his work. And sometimes, that means putting his work into himself.
Read MoreGREENFIELD — Robyn Miller, MSN, APRN, BC, manager of Franklin Medical Center’s Inpatient Psychiatric Unit, recently gave a presentation on
Read MoreNEW YORK, N.Y. — U.S. corporations are doing more to promote wellness among employees, according to American Management Association’s (AMA)
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