Western New England University opens pharmacy college, only one in Western Massachusetts

Hampden County to get $5.1 million in federal stimulus funds to provide job training, support for laid-off workers

BHN Is Restoring Lives — and a Neighborhood

Cisco Systems announces plans for "spin-off" of high-performance computing center in Holyoke

Am B Care Ambulance Service opens new base in Chicopee

A Tale of Two Cities and One Region

Study says Springfield has saved millions of dollars on health care costs

Westfield's Noble Hospital Board of Trustees appoint Ronald Bryant new president

Mercy Medical Center launches construction of $20 million outpatient medical building in Springfield

EDC Convenes Healthcare Industry Meeting

Articles in category: Health Care

1. New Baystate Medical Center children's emergency room in Springfield built to a kid's-eye view Explore masslive.com (Nov 16 2012) Health Care Baystate Medical Center showed off its new 18-bed pediatric emergency room Thursday, part of a total new $45-million emergency department that opens to the public Dec. 3. (Read Full Article)

   Comment Mentions:   Baystate Health   Springfield   Chicopee

2. Building Partnerships | BusinessWest Explore BusinessWest (Nov 6 2012) Health Care Dan Moen, president and CEO of the Sisters of Providence Health System (SPHS), is rather proud of the new silver ceremonial shovel in his office. (Read Full Article)

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3. Springfield's AIC gets federal grant to help nursing students pay for their education Explore masslive.com (Oct 25 2012) Education , Health Care U.S. Rep. Richard E. Neal, D-Springfield, announced the grant along with college President Vincent M. Maniaci. Neal is an AIC graduate. The $2.4 million is the largest grant awarded from the federal program to a Massachusetts college and is the largest federal grant ever received by American International College. (Read Full Article)

   Comment Mentions:   American International College   Regional Employment Board of Hampden County Inc.   West Springfield

4. State taps into international eHealth Explore WWLP 22 News Springfield (Oct 24 2012) Health Care , Information Technology State officials and lawmakers are tapping into electronic health opportunities to stimulate jobs and business growth throughout the Commonwealth. (Read Full Article)

   Comment Mentions:   Governor Deval L. Patrick   University of Massachusetts   Amherst

5. Mercy Medical Center launches construction of $20 million outpatient medical building in Springfield Explore masslive.com (Oct 22 2012) Health Care Sisters of Providence Health System, joined by its partners and local officials, launched a $20 million construction project at Mercy Medical Center on Monday to build a $20 million, state-of-the-art outpatient medical office center. (Read Full Article)

   Comment Mentions:   Domenic J. Sarno   Springfield   The Republican

6. Mass. to launch Health Information Exchange Explore masshightech.com (Oct 15 2012) Health Care Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick and other state officials and hospital executives will gather at Massachusetts General Hospital to send the first electronic  medical records data to Baystate Medical Center in Springfield. (Read Full Article)

   Comment Mentions:   Governor Deval L. Patrick   Baystate Health   Springfield

7. UMass professor receives nearly $900,000 grant to increase number of minority nurses Explore masslive.com (Oct 13 2012) Education , Health Care The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Bureau of Health Professions awarded Swinney $892,559 for a program called “Achieving Diversity: A Comprehensive Approach to Nursing Workforce Diversity.” (Read Full Article)

   Comment Mentions:   University of Massachusetts   Springfield   Amherst

8. Holyoke adding pediatric dental center Explore WWLP 22 News Springfield (Oct 11 2012) Health Care Holyoke Health Center is going to add a pediatric dental center to its building. It's the last part of a $25 million project that started ten years ago. Congressmen Richard Neal and John Olver were there today. The center will give both access and education to parents of young children. (Read Full Article)

   Comment Mentions:   Holyoke   Congressman Richard E. Neal   Congressman John W. Olver

9. Massachusetts Businesses Pleased with Health Reform Explore GOVERNING (Sep 17 2012) Health Care The key, agreed a panel discussing the law’s impact on business at Georgetown University Monday, is that state policymakers secured buy-in from all stakeholders -- including, perhaps most importantly, the business community. “When businesses looked at their expenses and revenues, one expense was growing faster than any other: the cost of health care for employees. They didn’t feel like they had control,” said Rick Lord, president and CEO of Associated Industries of Massachusetts, describing the atmosphere before the law’s passage. “We may have come over on different ships, but we’re in the same boat. They wanted to ... (Read Full Article)

   Comment Mentions:   Governor Deval L. Patrick   Associated Industries of Massachusetts   Rick Lord

10. HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital of Western Massachusetts groundbreaking Explore masslive.com (Sep 16 2012) Health Care The ceremony will include Massachusetts Housing and Economic Development Secretary Gregory Bialecki, U.S. Rep. Richard E. Neal, D-Springfield, along with representatives of HealthSouth the state Legislative delegation and representatives of the town of Ludlow and Westmass Area Development Corporation. (Read Full Article)

    Comment Mentions:   Springfield   Gregory P. Bialecki   HealthSouth

11. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Awards $75000 Grants to Four Local Explore businesswire.com (Sep 11 2012) Health Care To recognize Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts’ (BCBSMA) 75th anniversary today, four local not-for-profits each received a $75,000 grant to promote nutrition education and access to healthy foods. The BCBSMA 75th Anniversary Grants were awarded to the Urban Food Initiative; Holyoke Food and Fitness Policy Council; Project Bread in partnership with Lynn Economic Opportunity, Inc.; and Boston Natural Areas Network. (Read Full Article)

    Comment Mentions:   Holyoke

12. Baystate Health achieves top rating in care and hiring of LGBT population  Explore masslive.com (Aug 30 2012) Health Care Baystate and its 10,000 employees at four hospitals, health centers, medical practices, home care and hospice services achieved a perfect rating in providing unbiased care for the LGBT community in Western Massachusetts and for its inclusive hiring practices, according to the Human Rights Campaign Foundation, the educational arm of the largest LGBT organization in the United States. (Read Full Article)

    Comment Mentions:   Baystate Health   Mark R. Tolosky

13. MA getting $300K to educate nurses Explore WWLP 22 News Springfield (Aug 21 2012) Education , Health Care Massachusetts is getting a grant to help nurses advance their training. The $300,000 national grant is designed to support nursing education. The Patrick administration says that the funding will pave pathways for nurses to earn a bachelors degree or obtain further education. Specifically, the money will support ongoing collaboration between the Department of Higher Education and the Organization of Nurse Leaders (Read Full Article)

    Comment Mentions:   University of Massachusetts   Amherst

14. Dispensing Knowledge | BusinessWest Explore BusinessWest (Aug 14 2012) Health Care Robinson said pharmacy will become a more attractive field for young people looking at medical careers, lending credibility to WNEU’s decision several years ago to launch the College of Pharmacy. In fact, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, demand for pharmacists will increase by 25% between 2010 and 2012; that’s much greater than the average career field. (Read Full Article)

    Comment Mentions:   Western New England University

15. Holyoke Hospital's outlook 'negative' as Medicaid rolls rise Explore bizjournals (Jul 26 2012) Health Care The good news for Holyoke Hospital is that it recently received $7 million in extra Medicaid funding to support one of the poorest patient populations in the state. The bad news is without those funds, the hospital and its aging facilities would have booked a $5.6 million operating loss in fiscal 2011 (Read Full Article)

    Comment Mentions:   Holyoke

16. H-1B visas rare in the Pioneer Valley, but are used to fund job training | masslive.com#incart_river_default Explore masslive.com (Jul 23 2012) Education , Health Care , Information Technology , Life Sciences Where Springfield shines is in taking advantage of the American Competitiveness and Workforce Improvement Act funded by the visa requests, Ruiz said. (Read Full Article)

    Comment Mentions:   University of Massachusetts   Regional Employment Board of Hampden County Inc.   Baystate Health

17. Shriners Hospital for Children in Springfield will work with Connecticut Children's Medical Center Explore masslive.com (Jul 20 2012) Health Care Shriners Hospital for Children is partnering with Connecticut Children’s Medical Center to expand services and bring more young patients into Shriners.  "There certainly are some gaps in the services now offered in Western Massachusetts,” said David H. Burstein, chairman of the board of governors for Shriners Hospital for Children. “Basically, this keeps families from having to travel to Boston.” (Read Full Article)

    Comment Mentions:   University of Connecticut   Baystate Health   Springfield

18. Telemedicine topic of stroke talk at Cooley Dickinson Explore masslive.com (Jul 18 2012) Health Care Cooley Dickinson Hospital, in collaboration with its prospective partner hospital, Massachusetts General in Boston, is presenting a lecture free to the public, “Stroke Update and the Use of Telemedicine in Emergency Stroke Care,” on July 25 at 6 p.m., in the Dakin Conference Room at Cooley Dickinson in Northampton. (Read Full Article)

    Comment Mentions:   Northampton   Cooley Dickinson Hospital

19. Workers sick-leave bill sent back for further study, unlikely to be addressed by legislature in this session Explore masslive.com (Jul 9 2012) Health Care BOSTON – Backers of a bill that would require certain employers to offer workers earned paid sick leave acknowledged in recent months that it would be an uphill battle to get the legislation passed this session. They were right. (Read Full Article)

    Comment Mentions:   Robert DeLeo   Associated Industries of Massachusetts   Springfield

20. Massachusetts Broadband Institute broadband effort on track with Hilltown effort Explore GazetteNET (Jul 8 2012) Health Care One of the successes of the project that's already playing out is leasing a fiber-optic line that connects with Boston, thereby dramatically reducing the cost of service providers like Greenfield ... Whittet said, western Massachusetts is ... (Read Full Article)

    Comment Mentions:   Greenfield   Massachusetts Broadband Institute

21. Baystate Health President honored with prestigious award Explore CBS 3 Springfield (Jul 5 2012) Health Care Baystate Health President and CEO Mark R. Tolosky, J.D., FACHE -  who has devoted most of his lifelong career to advancing the field of healthcare in Massachusetts - has been awarded the prestigious 2012 William L. Lane Hospital Advocate Award from the Massachusetts Hospital Association in recognition of his "exceptional leadership." (Read Full Article)

    Comment Mentions:   Baystate Health   Springfield   Mark R. Tolosky

22. An Unparalleled Vision Explore BusinessWest (Jul 3 2012) Health Care  “We conduct sessions for businesses to help them manage their workforce. We’re giving a series of workshops right now to teach mid- to upper-level managers leadership skills — how to resolve problems, make their workers more productive, and avoid turnover,” Gadaire explained, adding that his organization is also set to launch a videoconference-training program to teach businesses how to conduct remote, face-to-face interviews, which he says will save them time and money. (Read Full Article)

    Comment Mentions:   University of Massachusetts   Holyoke Community College   Springfield Technical Community College

23. Health New England: Now that Supreme Court has ruled on Obama health care law, let's focus on the cost of care Explore masslive.com (Jun 28 2012) Health Care “So Massachusetts has been on this path since 2006 and it means it is full speed ahead for the rest of the country to catch up to where we are,” he said. “We will continue to implement the provisions of the Affordable Care Act.” (Read Full Article)

    Comment Mentions:   Springfield   Health New England   Congressman Richard E. Neal

24. Health insurers await Supreme Court ruling, hear news of $56.8 million in rebates Explore masslive.com (Jun 27 2012) Health Care Health insurance customers and small businesses across Massachusetts will share in $56.8 million in rebates this week while the industry waits for the U.S. Supreme Court to rule on federal health care reform and the national individual mandate to buy coverage. (Read Full Article)

    Comment Mentions:   Baystate Health   Springfield   Health New England

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