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By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI
GREENFIELD — Four years after it opened its first location, Bridge Primary has moved to a new primary care clinic at 55 Federal St.
By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL
NORTHAMPTON — Mass General Brigham announced large-scale layoffs across its entire hospital system on Monday, a move that is likely to affect Cooley Dickinson Hospital in Northampton.
By ALEXA LEWIS
During the last election cycle, voters in nearly a dozen legislative districts voted in favor of a nonbinding ballot question instructing their state representative to support a single-payer health care system in the state.
By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL
NORTHAMPTON — After nearly six months of searching, Cooley Dickinson Hospital has found a new president.
By CHRIS LARABEE
GREENFIELD — With the support of a five-year, $7 million grant, three of Baystate Health’s hospitals are launching a substance use disorder treatment program, which will be based at Baystate Franklin Medical Center.The $7 million grant, awarded by the...
By DOMENIC POLI
ATHOL — Walgreens has announced it will permanently close its location at 1640 South Main St. at 3 p.m. on Jan. 27.A sign posted on the front door states customers’ prescription records are available at all Walgreens locations, including the one at...
By ALISON KUZNITZ
State officials are preparing for the rollout of expanded maternal health care services in 2025, stemming from a new law and recommendations they issued last year.Public health officials said the bevy of reforms were fueled by the controversial...
By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI
Gov. Maura Healey signed the Statewide Accelerated Public Health for Every Community (SAPHE 2.0) bill in late November on the coattails of a $4 billion economic development bond bill. Now roughly four years in the making, local health officials say...
By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN
MONTAGUE — Local and state officials gathered alongside health care workers on Monday afternoon to celebrate the return of a community health center to town.The first community health center in western Massachusetts was founded in 1997 in Turners...
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SPRINGFIELD — As it continues to recover from more than $300 million in operating losses over the past few years, Baystate Health last week took a first step in what it calls “transformational change” by eliminating 134 leadership positions.That...
By CHRIS LARABEE
GREENFIELD — With the continued success of the first accredited family medicine training program in western Massachusetts, state legislators joined Baystate Franklin Medical Center’s Department of Family Medicine Friday morning for a roundtable...
By DOMENIC POLI
GREENFIELD — The Community Health Center of Franklin County’s CEO used a meeting of people dedicated to community health improvement to explain how the nonprofit she oversees expects to expand its reach with a new location in Turners Falls, a...
By ZICHANG LIU
BOSTON — Not long after state Sen. Jo Comerford took office in 2019, a constituent reached out for help after they received a bill from MassHealth in the wake of a family member’s death.The state was seeking to recover expenses associated with caring...
By SAM FERLAND
GREENFIELD — Upon her return to Baystate Franklin Medical Center (BFMC) as the new chief nursing officer and chief administrative officer, Greenfield resident Jodi Stack found her purpose working in health care with the goal of expanding health care...
By ALISON KUZNITZ
BOSTON — Maternal health legislation is heading to Gov. Maura Healey’s desk.The conference committee report (H 4999), which emerged from negotiations Wednesday, won House and Senate approval during sparsely attended informal sessions Thursday.“It’s...
By SCOTT MERZBACH
NORTHAMPTON — Dr. Lynnette M. Watkins, who has served as Cooley Dickinson Hospital’s president and chief operating officer for nearly three years, has left the position.Reached by phone last week, Watkins, who began her tenure at the hospital on Sept....
By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN
TURNERS FALLS — Amid an increased demand for primary care, the Community Health Center of Franklin County plans to open a Turners Falls location in December, with primary medical care available to anyone, regardless of insurance, income or...
By ALEXA LEWIS
SPRINGFIELD — When shift change rolls around at the Baystate Medical Center, across from the organization’s corporate offices, Peter Banko can be found sitting on a bench nearby. When physicians, nurses or other staff notice him there, they often ask...
By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL
WILLIAMSBURG — Over the period of a single year, Osa and Christopher Flory found themselves cycling through three different primary care physicians.After their longtime doctor retired, the Williamsburg couple found another Cooley Dickinson Hospital...
By DOMENIC POLI
ORANGE — Later this year, North Quabbin residents can expect the Health Center Plaza to have an outpatient clinic providing specialized mental health services for child victims of sexual abuse and their families.The Children’s Advocacy Center of...
By EMILEE KLEIN
Two bills presented by Rep. Lindsay Sabadosa that passed last week will support families who have experienced pregnancy loss by adding paid pregnancy loss leave to the Massachusetts Earned Sick Time Law and establishing a public information campaign...
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