Northern Berkshire

Link to the Northern Berkshire eHealth Collaborative

Vision

To improve clinical outcomes, patient safety and satisfaction in a cost-effective manner, by providing secure access to real-time shared clinical information and clinical support tools at the point of care.

Mission

Implement and operate a single, community-wide electronic record.

Care Delivery Structure

Northern Berkshire Community members receive the vast majority of their healthcare services from physicians and other healthcare professionals affiliated with Northern Berkshire Healthcare (NBH). NBH includes: The North Adams Regional Hospital (NARH) a 120 bed community hospital and the only acute care facility in the area; Visiting Nurses Association and Hospice of Northern Berkshire; Sweet Brook Transitional Care and Living Centers; Sweetwood Continuing Care Retirement Community and REACH Community Health Foundation. The hospital has 80 active medical staff including 32 primary care physicians and 48 specialists representing 31 specialties.

A large number of the community's physicians are located in a building adjacent to North Adams Regional Hospital

Community Profile

The Northern Berkshire Community is a rural, somewhat geographically isolated, socio-economically diverse community of about 45,000 located in the northwestern corner of Massachusetts. It includes the city of North Adams and the smaller communities that surround it which receive the majority of their healthcare locally.

The Northern Berkshires is a mostly rural community in Western Massachusetts. At the heart of the community is the old industrial mill town of North Adams.