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

A Tale of Two Cities and One Region

Am B Care Ambulance Service opens new base in Chicopee

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. 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

2. 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

3. Regional Economic Efforts Land $4.9 Million Grant for Health Care Training - Courant.com Explore courant.com (Jun 7 2012) Health Care The U.S. Department of Labor gave the grant jointly to the Capital Workforce Partners in Hartford and the Regional Employment Board of Hampden County in Springfield, Mass., to develop a training program for nurses, medical coders and technical positions. (Read Full Article)

   Comment Mentions:   Springfield

4. Holyoke Medical Center, Mercy Medical Center in Springfield awarded money to create new programs Explore masslive.com (May 22 2012) Health Care Mercy Medical Center in Springfield will receive $45.6 million and Holyoke Medical Center will receive $24.5 million. The money will be spread over three years. (Read Full Article)

   Comment Mentions:   Holyoke Medical Center   Springfield   Holyoke

5. Wellness programs tonic for stressed health care system, Massachusetts medical professionals say Explore masslive.com (May 21 2012) Health Care The growing emphasis on diet, exercise and disease prevention will yield long-term health care cost reductions, but not soon enough to help the system’s current economic crisis, several medical professionals and U.S. Rep. Richard E. Neal said during a panel discussion Monday. (Read Full Article)

   Comment Mentions:   Springfield   Health New England   Sisters of Providence Health System

6. Cooley Dickinson Hospital in Northampton dedicates new chapel Explore masslive.com (May 10 2012) Health Care The chapel project was spearheaded by Dr. Brock Lynch, a retired cancer surgeon who worked at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center and made the major donation for the creation of the chapel. It is named after his late brother-in-law, Vincent Daniel Gugger, who died in 2009. Gugger’s wife Barbara, who is also Lynch’s sister, was at the ceremony along with six of the couple’s seven children. (Read Full Article)

   Comment Mentions:   Northampton   Cooley Dickinson Hospital

7. Community health centers in Holyoke and Springfield win federal grants to expand dental services Explore masslive.com (May 1 2012) Health Care Two community health centers in Western Massachusetts on Tuesday won federal grants that will help them improve dental services. The Holyoke Health Center received two grants, one for $2.8 million and another for $414,000. The Caring Health Center in Springfield received $310,000. The money for the grants was included in the 2010 federal health care law.   (Read Full Article)

   Comment Mentions:   Springfield   Holyoke

8. 3 Western Massachusetts hospitals prepare to test malpractice reform remedies Explore masslive.com (Apr 17 2012) Health Care Three area hospitals, including Baystate Medical Center, will participate in a pilot program designed to change how malpractice cases are handled statewide.  Championed by the Massachusetts Medical Society and other major health care organizations, the initiative is designed to improve patient safety and reduce litigation by allowing medical practitioners to disclose mistakes to patients and offer an apology and compensation when necessary. (Read Full Article)

   Comment Mentions:   Palmer   Baystate Health   Springfield

9. Mercy Medical Center: Advancing robotics, minimizing surgery Explore masslive.com (Apr 17 2012) Health Care Mercy Medical Center’s new chief of robotic surgery is confident an updated robot-aided surgical system the center has introduced from California-based Intuitive Surgical will reduce patients’ recovery time and create a less invasive environment in their bodies. (Read Full Article)

   Comment Mentions:   Springfield   The Republican

10. Transition Team Explore BusinessWest (Apr 12 2012) Health Care Aiken said the CTEP program would never have happened “if the broader partnership of the Healthcare Workforce Partnership of Western Mass. were not in existence.” That group is comprised of three groups: In health care, the players are Baystate Health, Berkshire Healthcare Systems, Cooley Dickinson Hospital, Commonwealth Care Alliance, Genesis Healthcare/Heritage Hall, Holyoke Health Center, Holyoke Medical Center, Jewish Geriatric Services, Noble Hospital, Holyoke VNA & Hospice Lifecare, Sisters of Providence Health System, Mass Senior Care Assoc., Home Care Alliance of Mass., Mass. Coalition for the Prevention of Medical Errors, and VNA and Hospice of Cooley Dickinson. (Read Full Article)

    Comment Mentions:   Baystate Health   Holyoke Medical Center   Holyoke

11. Mason Square group plans weekend health and wellness fair for Springfield residents Explore masslive.com (Apr 11 2012) Health Care The Mason Square Health Task Force will hold The H.E.L.P. Expo on Saturday, April 14, from 10 am to 3 pm at the Dunbar Y Family and Community Center, 33 Oak St, with events that include free workshops, exercise sessions and dozens of health and wellness exhibitors on site. The theme for the expo is "health, education, lifestyle and prevention." (Read Full Article)

    Comment Mentions:   Springfield   The Republican

12. W.F. Young Inc. donates 9 original painting to Baystate's 'Hospital of the Future' Explore masslive.com (Mar 31 2012) Health Care Jamie Young has a long history with Baystate Medical Center, with a positive outcome. “Baystate has kept me alive through three cancers and has been so good to our family,” she says. “When I was in treatment, or in pain, or waiting for test results, the stress was overwhelming at times would focus on a landscape because the earth and nature has always made me feel that my problems are like a grain of sand – and I could manage them. Nature stills my mind. If I can bring the land into the hospital, where the patients, families, and staff deal ... (Read Full Article)

    Comment Mentions:   Baystate Health   Springfield   The Republican

13. Rising Health Costs Mean Real Money to Real People Explore AIM Business Insider (Mar 26 2012) Health Care The association set a clear and aggressive objective because we believe it is the only way to end the run-up in health insurance costs that has depressed economic expansion and job growth for more than a decade. It is also the only way to solve an impending crisis that could leave Massachusetts with a world-class heath care system that no one can afford. (Read Full Article)

    Comment Mentions:   Associated Industries of Massachusetts

14. Anatomy of a Merger Explore BusinessWest (Mar 13 2012) Health Care In some ways, Cooley Dickinson’s merger may not be as dramatic as it seems, as the Northampton hospital was affiliated with the New Hampshire-based Dartmouth-Hitchcock health system from 1992 to 2008. But in other ways, the new affiliation reflects the emergence of some broader economic trends in health care that promise to dominate the industry for years to come. The other news from the merger announcement, of course, was the rejection of the other finalist for affiliation, Baystate Health, which already operates three hospitals across the Pioneer Valley. (Read Full Article)

    Comment Mentions:   Baystate Health   Springfield   Northampton

15. Baystate welcomes first patient in the Davis Family Heart & Vascular Center at its new "Hospital of the Future" Explore masslive.com (Mar 2 2012) Health Care The center is part of the $296 million MassMutual Wing at the hospital, a 640,000-square-foot addition that will also house a new emergency room due to open in November. Even then the new wing will still have unfinished space for future expansion. (Read Full Article)

    Comment Mentions:   Springfield   The Republican

16. New MassMutual wing promises natural healing Explore masslive.com (Feb 28 2012) Health Care The new MassMutual Wing and Davis Family Heart and Vascular Center on the Springfield campus of Baystate Medical Center borrow from Mother Nature when it comes to the healing arts. (Read Full Article)

    Comment Mentions:   Big Y Foods   Baystate Health   Springfield

17. Cooley Dickinson Hospital trustees vote for affiliation with Massachusetts General Hospital; Baystate Health 'extremely disappointed' Explore masslive.com (Feb 27 2012) Health Care The Board of Trustees of Cooley Dickinson Hospital has voted to join forces with Boston's Massachusetts General Hospital. (Read Full Article)

    Comment Mentions:   University of Massachusetts   Baystate Health   Springfield

18. Elms College in Chicopee to construct new science building Explore masslive.com (Feb 20 2012) Education , Health Care Elms College will build a new $13.5 million science building that officials say will enhance the school’s science offerings and allow it to expand its popular nursing programs. (Read Full Article)

    Comment Mentions:   Michael D. Bissonnette   Springfield   Chicopee

19. Hospital of the Future: Baystate Health persevered with major construction project through 'Great Recession' Explore masslive.com (Feb 20 2012) Health Care On March 2, Baystate will wheel the first patient into the 300,000-square-foot Davis Family Heart and Vascular Center. It is the first part of the 640,000-square-foot Hospital of the Future wing, now known formally as the MassMutual Wing. The wing will also house a new 70,000-square-foot emergency room that will push the total cost to $296 million. (Read Full Article)

    Comment Mentions:   MassDevelopment   MassMutual   Baystate Health

20. Baystate touts role of women, minorities in construction of 'Hospital of the future' Explore masslive.com (Feb 18 2012) Health Care “Baystate Health (parent of Baystate Medical Center) is committed to embracing diversity across our organization, from direct patient care to support functions to our suppliers, and this was an opportunity to expand that into subcontracting for our Hospital of the Future project,” said Michael F. Moran, vice president of Clinical, Facilities and Guest Services for Baystate Health. (Read Full Article)

    Comment Mentions:   Baystate Health   Springfield   The Republican

21. Bioskills Solutions offers continuing education on wheels for area medical professionals Explore masslive.com (Feb 18 2012) Health Care The mobile lab is a former 37-foot mobile home (also known as a 5th wheel) that McElroy modified and customized into a mobile training center that can hold up to four stations at once. The internal, 250-square-foot space contains tables, various surgical instruments, and an X-ray imaging system known as a C-arm. (Read Full Article)

    Comment Mentions:   Westfield   The Republican

22. The Cutting Edge Explore BusinessWest (Feb 14 2012) Health Care Robotic surgery as a concept is not new to the hospital. In fact, Mercy committed several years ago to investment in the high-tech machinery. “And it’s not just the surgeon,” Wolf said. “You need an extraordinary team devoted to da Vinci surgery.” (Read Full Article)

    Comment Mentions:   Springfield

23. Massachusetts will be center of health care debate Explore masslive.com (Feb 10 2012) Health Care Massachusetts will be Ground Zero for the national health-care debate this year, according to Peter F. Straley, chairman and chief executive officer of Springfield-based health insurer Health New England. (Read Full Article)

    Comment Mentions:   Springfield   Health New England   The Republican

24. Baystate Medical fights No. 1 killer with Davis Family Heart and Vascular Center set to open March 2 Explore masslive.com (Feb 7 2012) Health Care Baystate Medical will open its Davis Family Heart and Vascular Center, which includes six advanced procedure/operating rooms, a dedicated 20-room unit for outpatient cardiovascular procedures, 96 private inpatient rooms and 32 cardiovascular critical care rooms and family and waiting areas, on March 2. The center is part of a $296 million expansion. (Read Full Article)

    Comment Mentions:   Baystate Health   Greenfield   The Republican

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