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By MARY BYRNE

GREENFIELD — After UMass Memorial Health’s recent announcement that it intends to shut down the maternity unit on its Leominster campus in September, Baystate Franklin Medical Center is anticipating more calls in the coming months as patients make...

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 ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — As it enters its third year, the Baystate Franklin Family Medicine Residency Program is welcoming four new doctors this summer and anticipates retaining three members of the original cohort to work at the hospital after they graduate,...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

The slight uptick of influenza B cases countering a decrease in influenza A infections across Baystate Health’s facilities, including at Baystate Franklin Medical Center in Greenfield, is no cause for alarm, according to the health system’s chief of...

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — Ever sat in a vehicle during a trip from New Jersey to western Massachusetts? How about while in labor? Well, Christy O’Donnell has, and the result was the first baby born at Baystate Franklin Medical Center in 2024.“It was a surprise,...

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — Baystate Health adopted a cashless payment system as of Oct. 1, adding itself to a list of entities embracing a growing worldwide shift.The transition will be more cost- and time-efficient than accepting and handling cash, according to...

By BELLA LEVAVI

GREENFIELD — Community members and health care providers gathered Wednesday night to celebrate the launch of Baystate Health’s $70 million campaign, marking the largest fundraising goal in the hospital system’s history.“Baystate Health has been...

By MARY BYRNE

GREENFIELD — Through a new service at Baystate Franklin Medical Center, a team of experts will be available 24/7 to assist medical providers who are caring for hospitalized patients with substance use disorders. Addiction Consult Service will provide...

By MARY BYRNE

GREENFIELD — An organization that provides free legal services to low-income and elderly residents is partnering with Baystate Franklin Medical Center and the Community Health Center of Franklin County in hopes of more easily connecting with people...

By MARY BYRNE

GREENFIELD — For local nurses and mental health care advocates, the decision to keep the mental health unit open at Baystate Franklin Medical Center, rather than fully consolidate services to a new facility in Holyoke, has been met with relief.“It’s...

By MARY BYRNE

GREENFIELD — Rather than wait until a patient returns home from the hospital to set up the necessary social and support services, a new, grant-funded partnership between LifePath and Baystate Franklin Medical Center will ensure they are connected with...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — A resident doctor who lives part-time in Amherst and practices at Baystate Franklin Medical Center in Greenfield was arrested Tuesday following the FBI’s recent seizure of about 80 devices containing images and videos believed to be child...

By SHELBY BROCK

GREENFIELD — Although Jennifer Heim and her husband, Kenneth, expected their son to be born Dec. 30, he surprised them by entering the world 13 minutes after midnight on Jan. 1, making him the first baby to be born at Baystate Franklin Medical Center...

By MARY BYRNE

GREENFIELD — A new program touted for the opportunity it will offer young doctors to better integrate themselves into the community is doing exactly that with the start of a new shadowing program through the Greenfield Health Department. In...

By MARY BYRNE

Less than three years after Baystate Franklin Medical Center acquired the medical offices on Burnham Street in Turners Falls, Baystate plans to consolidate the practice this fall with its offices on Sanderson Street in Greenfield.The consolidated...

GREENFIELD — Baystate Franklin Medical Center has resumed orthopedic surgeries after nearly a year, thanks to the addition of board-certified orthopedic surgeon Dr. Colin S. Cooper to its medical staff.Cooper has joined Baystate Franklin as part of...