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HOLYOKE, MA – February 11, 2021 — Spiros Hatiras, President and CEO of Holyoke Medical Center and Valley Health Systems has announced the appointment of Dean Vitarisi as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) at Holyoke Medical Center and Valley Health Systems. “We are proud to welcome Dean to our leadership team here at Holyoke Medical Center […]

Holyoke Medical Center Earns 2020 Leapfrog Top Hospital Award for Outstanding Quality and Safety Holyoke, MA, December 8, 2020– Highlighting its nationally recognized achievements in patient safety and quality, Holyoke Medical Center was named a Top General Hospital nationally by The Leapfrog Group. Announced today, the Leapfrog Top Hospital award is widely acknowledged as one […]

Holyoke Medical Center (HMC) has earned national recognition as a Let Life Bloom Platinum Award recipient for its efforts to increase organ, eye, and tissue donor registrations through the Workplace Partnership for Life (WPFL) Hospital Organ Donation Campaign. The WPFL is a national initiative that unites the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health […]

Holyoke Medical Center (HMC) has received four prestigious national and state awards for excellence and quality of stroke care in Massachusetts. The awards include the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Get With The Guidelines®-Stroke Gold Plus, Target: Stroke Elite Plus, & Target: Type 2 Diabetes Honor Roll Award, and three awards were given by the […]

Holyoke Medical Center is proud to announce President & CEO, Spiros Hatiras, has received the Huron | Studer Group 2020 Healthcare Hero Award. The award was presented during the 18th annual What’s Right in Health Care® conference, Aug. 11-12, 2020. Don Dean, Managing Director and Leadership Advisor at Huron’s Studer Group business, nominated Hatiras for the award. The nomination was based on the quick […]

Public Announcement Concerning a Proposed Health Care Project Holyoke Medical Center, Inc. (“Applicant”) located at 575 Beech Street, Holyoke, Massachusetts intends to file a Notice of Determination of Need (“Application”) with the Massachusetts Department of Public Health for the construction of a freestanding 84-inpatient-bed behavioral health pavilion and adjacent parking deck to be located on […]

HOLYOKE, MA – Holyoke Medical Center has submitted a letter of intent and project proposal to the Massachusetts Bureau of Health Care Safety and Quality to expand psychiatric bed capacity. The letter sent Friday, June 19, 2020, notified the Determination of Need Program that Holyoke Medical Center will be completing an application for an additional […]

HOLYOKE, MA – April 8, 2020 – Holyoke Medical Center has shared Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) with local first responders, including Action Ambulance, South Hadley Fire Department, and the City of Springfield. “Holyoke Medical Center is incredibly grateful for the outpouring of support and donations received through this COVID-19 pandemic by many community businesses, Novanta, and the […]

HOLYOKE MEDICAL CENTER WELCOMES 40 SOLDIER’S HOME RESIDENTS HOLYOKE, MA – April 3, 2020 – Holyoke Medical Center has welcomed 40 Soldier’s Home residents in response to a request for assistance from the Executive Office of Health and Human Services. In order to accommodate this request, The Birthing Center and the outpatient Cardiovascular Center at […]

RING BELLS FOR HOLYOKE MEDICAL CENTER HOLYOKE, MA – March 31, 2020 – Holyoke Medical Center has recently partnered with several local churches to have bells rung during hospital shift changes as a way of showing support and hope during the COVID-19 pandemic.  “We are incredibly proud and appreciative of the Valley Health Systems employees […]