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In honor of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Breast Cancer Patient Navigator Mandy Duncan, RN, discusses her role in helping people deal with the health care system and one of her patients, Theresa Obue, talks about how Mandy helped her through a breast cancer diagnosis and treatment.  Afterwards, BFMC and Baystate Noble Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Thomas Higgins, MD, and Baystate Noble Director of Quality Gina Campbell share their experiences researching and co-authoring Baystate Franklin’s new pictorial history book.

In this episode, Cheryl Pascucci, NP, from Baystate Franklin Medical Center (BFMC)’s Community Hospital Acceleration, Revitalization, & Transformation (CHART) grant team; Dan Sontag, LICSW, from Clinical & Support Options (CSO); and Roseann Martoccia of LifePath discuss how BFMC and its community partners are using CHART grant funds to help those who are most in need in Franklin County.

In first part of this episode, we welcome, and learn a little about, new Baystate Franklin Medical Center (BFMC) & Baystate Health Northern Region President/Chief Administrative Officer Cindy Russo.  Afterwards, 2016 Wheeling for Healing Bike/Walk/Run Committee Chair Bruce Mainville and Jim Bassett, committee member and participant, will share information about this year’s event, which is scheduled for Sunday, August 21st.