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Cooley Dickinson focuses on patients, community
from Outlook 2023
by repubnews
In October 2022, the Massachusetts Health and Hospital Association released a report that called attention to an acute crisis in health care. The report suggests the “direct connections between workforce shortages, capacity constraints and financial losses are often misunderstood by those outside of the health care system.”
The pandemic has disrupted operations, supply chains, and staffing across all sectors while seasonal illness, coupled with surges in COVID variants, emerge and retreat. The impact on health care is significant and the challenges are ongoing.
Admittedly, I am a glasshalf-full person. I see the world from a positive and hopeful mindset, even when times are difficult, as they are now. Navigating through change and thriving through adversity takes commitment and a certain level of grit and perseverance I have seen exhibited by the staff and providers at Cooley Dickinson A patient
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• We are offering new graduate nurses significant upfront financial support (up to $50,000) to offset their student loans and other expenses for choosing a career at Holyoke Medical Center;
• We have provided not only incentives for new staff to join our organization but significant incentives to our existing staff for continuing to work at Holyoke Medical Center; the certified nurse assistants the recognition and pay they deserve;
The Massachusetts Municipal Wholesale Electric Co. began building its 511-megawatt Stony Brook gas- and oil-powered generator in Ludlow in 1978. Here, a group tours the plant after dedication ceremonies in 1981.
