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    Berkshire Urgent Care provides our patients with convenient access to care for minor illnesses and injuries. Our on-site lab and X-ray services allow us to give patients their results in minutes, so they can begin the healing process.

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    Emergency Care

    Berkshire Health Systems provides around-the-clock emergency care for North, Central, and South Berkshire communities as part of our integrated system of care, anchored by the advanced level of care offered at the Berkshire Medical Center Trauma Center.

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    Lab Patient Service Centers

    Visit one of our 7 patient service centers conveniently located throughout the county to drop off a specimen, have blood drawn, and receive quick results thanks to our state-of-the-art laboratory located at Berkshire Medical Center.

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    Urgent Care

    Berkshire Urgent Care provides our patients with convenient access to care for minor illnesses and injuries. Our on-site lab and X-ray services allow us to give patients their results in minutes, so they can begin the healing process.

    Urgent Care
    Emergency Care

    Berkshire Health Systems provides around-the-clock emergency care for North, Central, and South Berkshire communities as part of our integrated system of care, anchored by the advanced level of care offered at the Berkshire Medical Center Trauma Center.

    Emergency Care
    Lab Patient Service Centers

    Visit one of our 7 patient service centers conveniently located throughout the county to drop off a specimen, have blood drawn, and receive quick results thanks to our state-of-the-art laboratory located at Berkshire Medical Center.

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    We’re here for our patients’ whole health journey. Your primary care team may consist of a physician, nurse practitioner, or physician assistant, who are all skilled in identifying and treating common conditions and ailments.

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    Specialty Care Providers

    No matter the condition, our trusted and compassionate providers are on-call to best serve our patients. Our specialists work with patients to manage their conditions and provide personalized treatment plans to ensure individual needs are met.

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    Surgical Care Providers

    Our surgeons, anesthesiologists, nurses, surgical technicians, and therapists are here to guide you through the process, from pre-surgical preparation to recovery and rehabilitation.

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    Home Commitment to Excellence: Awards, Recognition, Accreditation 

    Commitment to Excellence

    Awards Reflect Our Commitment to Excellence

    Our patients are at the core of everything we do. We constantly strive to provide the highest quality care and exceptional patient experience so that Berkshire Health Systems remains the healthcare provider of choice for everyone in Berkshire County.

    Working together, we deliver award-winning care to our community

    At BHS, our family takes care of your family. But don’t underestimate this small-town feel. BHS offers a sophisticated, high-value care experience that combines the latest in advanced technology with compassion, integrity, and quality.

    Each year, the BHS Board of Trustees and executive leadership team set ambitious system-wide goals for clinical quality and excellent patient outcomes, with full confidence in the exceptional care provided by our colleagues.

    Independent assessment by the Joint Commission, Healthgrades, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), and others who set the industry standards for quality, safety, and patient experience, regularly recognize Berkshire Medical Center and Fairview as top-performing hospitals.

    2025 CARE Award Recipients

    • Provider of the Year

      Adam Gicewicz, MD, Berkshire Health Pediatrics

      Dr. Gicewicz joined Berkshire Health Systems in February of 2024 as a Pediatric provider, transitioning two former community Pediatric practices to BHS.

    • Provider of the Year

      Maribeth Pomerantz, Nurse Midwife – Berkshire OBGYN

      Maribeth joined Berkshire OB/GYN of BMC in 2015, serving for the past 10 years as a Certified Nurse Midwife.

    • Compassion, Accountability, Respect, Excellence

      Yvette Losaw, RN – Berkshire Medical Center, 5 West Surgical-Orthopedics

      Yvette has been with BMC for over 24 years, starting in patient accounting as a biller, then as a nursing assistant. She became a Registered Nurse in 2004.

    • Compassion, Accountability, Respect, Excellence

      Ellen Beckwith, RN – Fairview Hospital

      Ellen has been with Fairview Hospital for nearly 24 years, starting in 2001. She has served in the Fairview Medical Surgery Unit since 2013.

    • Compassion, Accountability, Respect, Excellence

      Randy Wallingford, RN – Behavioral Health

      Randy has been with BHS for nearly 40 years. He has been with Psychiatry and Behavioral Health since 1994.

    • Compassion, Accountability, Respect, Excellence

      Richard “Ricky” Cyrulik, Environmental Services Specialist – North Adams Regional Hospital

      Ricky started at what was then the North Adams Campus of BMC in 2018 and has served for 7 years in EVS at North Adams Regional Hospital.

    • Compassion, Accountability, Respect, Excellence

      Noel Henebury, Recruiter – Berkshire Health Systems

      Noel has served as a Recruiter for Human Resources for three years. 

    • Compassion, Accountability, Respect, Excellence

      Gwen McCarroll, IT Engineer – Berkshire Health Systems

      Gwen has worked for BHS for nearly three years, helping with the integration of the new HR system.

    • Compassion, Accountability, Respect, Excellence

      Frank Bentz, Environmental Services Supervisor – Hillcrest Campus

      Frank joined Berkshire Health Systems in 1989, serving over 36 years at Hillcrest. He was a Housekeeping Supervisor prior to being named EVS Supervisor in 2006.  

    Award-Winning Patient Outcomes

    Providing the highest quality patient care is our goal, and awards from organizations like Healthgrades demonstrate that we are helping our patients to achieve the best possible outcomes.

    2025 Outstanding Patient Experience
    Healthgrades Outpatient Patient Experience Award: Fairview Hospital: 2013-2025.
    2025 Five-Star Recipient
    Healthgrades Clinical Excellence Award, Hip Fracture Treatment: Berkshire Medical Center: 2025.
    2024 Five-Star Recipient
    Healthgrades Excellence Award, Total Knee Replacement (Outpatient): Berkshire Medical Center: 2024.
    2024 Five-Star Recipient
    Healthgrades Excellence Award, Total Joint Replacement (Outpatient): Berkshire Medical Center: 2024.
    2024 Five-Star Recipient
    Healthgrades 5-Star Recipient, Total Knee Replacement (Inpatient): Berkshire Medical Center: 2024
    2024 Five-Star Recipient
    Healthgrades 5-Star Recipient, Treatment of Respiratory Failure: Berkshire Medical Center: 2024

    2024 American Heart Association Quality Improvement Awards

    Full descriptions of each quality improvement award can be found online at heart.org/qualitymeasures.

    Berkshire Medical Center
    American Heart Association
    2024 Get With The Guidelines
    Gold Plus – Heart Failure
    Target: Type 2 Diabetes Honor Roll
    Fairview Hospital

    American Heart Association
    2024 Get With The Guidelines
    Gold Plus – Heart Failure
    Target: Type 2 Diabetes Honor Roll
    Berkshire Medical Center
    American Heart Association
    2024 Get With The Guidelines
    Gold Plus – Stroke
    Target: Type 2 Diabetes Honor Roll
    Berkshire Medical Center
    American Heart Association
    2024 Get With The Guidelines
    Gold – Coronary Artery Disease NSTEMI
    Berkshire Medical Center
    American Heart Association
    2024 Get With The Guidelines
    Silver- Coronary Artery Disease STEMI Referring
    Fairview Hospital

    American Heart Association
    2024 Get With The Guidelines
    Silver- Coronary Artery Disease STEMI Referring
    Berkshire Medical Center
    American Heart Association
    2024 Get With The Guidelines
    Silver- Resuscitation
    Fairview Hospital

    American Heart Association
    2024 Get With The Guidelines
    Silver- Rural Stroke
    Fairview Hospital

    American Heart Association
    2024 Get With The Guidelines
    Bronze- Coronary Artery Disease NSTE-ACE

    Additional Awards & Recognition

    Berkshire Health Systems Receives Go Clear Award
    The Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN), representing more than 200,000 surgical nurses across the country, has named Berkshire Health Systems (BHS) a Center of Excellence in Surgical Safety: Smoke Evacuation.
    Berkshire Medical Center Receives 2024-2025 Star Performer Designation
    Berkshire Medical Center is proud to announce they have received an Own the Bone Star Performer designation this year, an achievement reserved only for institutions that perform the highest level of fragility fracture and bone health care.
    Fairview Hospital Receives 2024 Awards for Stroke Care
    The Paul Coverdell National Acute Stroke Program is a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) funded quality improvement collaborative administered by DPH that supports Primary Stroke Service hospitals.
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    Fairview Hospital Receives 2024 Patient Experience Award
    Fairview Hospital received the 2024 Best 100 Hospitals for Patient Experience. The Women’s Choice Award® identifies America’s Best Hospitals & healthcare facilities across our nation based on robust criteria that includes relevant clinical performance, patient satisfaction and appropriate accreditations to help women make smart healthcare choices.
    Berkshire Medical Center Receives Prestigious Baby-Friendly Designation
    Berkshire Medical Center (BMC) is proud to announce that it has achieved the highly prestigious international Baby-Friendly designation after a rigorous review process conducted by Baby-Friendly USA, the organization responsible for bestowing this certification in the United States. Learn More
    ‘A’ Hospital Safety Grade
    Berkshire Medical Center, the community teaching hospital of Berkshire Health Systems, has earned an “A” Hospital Safety Grade from The Leapfrog Group, an independent national nonprofit watchdog focused on patient safety. Leapfrog assigns an “A,” “B,” “C,” “D” or “F” grade to general hospitals across the country based on over 30 measures of errors, accidents, injuries and infections as well as the systems hospitals have in place to prevent them
    U.S. News & World Report 2025 Best Hospitals for Maternity Care
    U.S. News & World Report, the global authority in hospital rankings and consumer advice, has named Berkshire Medical Center as a 2025 High Performing hospital for Maternity Care. This is the highest award a hospital can earn as part of U.S. News’ Best Hospitals for Maternity Care annual study.
    2025 Gold Award Massachusetts Economic Impact Award
    MassEcon, the state’s private sector partner in promoting business growth in Massachusetts, has honored North Adams Regional Hospital (NARH) in the 21st Annual Team Massachusetts Economic Impact Awards, with a Gold recognition
    2025 Top 100 Critical Access Hospitals
    Fairview Hospital has been named among the 2025 Top 100 Critical Access Hospitals by The Chartis Center for Rural Health, the 13th straight year Fairview has been so honored. Chartis’ annual Top 100 award program honors outstanding performance among the nation’s rural hospitals based on the results of the Chartis Rural Hospital Performance INDEX®.
    Top 100 Massachusetts Women-Led Businesses
    Berkshire Health Systems was again named one of the annual Top 100 Women-Led Businesses in Massachusetts. The 100 organizations honored generated over $124 billion in total revenue in 2023, demonstrating that women leaders continue to be key drivers of the state’s economy. This is the second year in a row that BHS has been recognized.

    National Quality Recognition

    Independent assessment by the regulating agencies that set the industry standards for quality, safety, and patient experience regularly recognize Berkshire Medical Center and Fairview as top-performing hospitals. As part of our ongoing efforts to improve quality and patient experience, we carry relevant lessons and practices to departments and facilities across our system. This means that our patients always have access to our award-winning standard of care.

    • The Joint Commission Gold Seal of Approval – Berkshire Medical Center/Fairview Hospital
    • CHIME Digital Health Most Wired Survey – Berkshire Medical Center/Fairview Hospital
      • Certified Level 8 – Acute 2024
      • Certified Level 8 – Ambulatory 2024
    • Blue Distinction Center Maternity – Berkshire Medical Center/Fairview Hospital
    • Blue Distinction Center Knee & Hip Replacement – Berkshire Medical Center

    Accreditations & Certifications

    • Accredited by The Joint Commission, Berkshire Medical Center – Behavioral Health Care & Human Services: Opioid Treatment Program
    • Accreditation Commission for Health Care, Berkshire Medical Center – Berkshire Community Pharmacy and Specialty Pharmacies
    • Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education and the Massachusetts Medical Society, Berkshire Medical Center – Medicine Residency, Surgery Residency, Psychiatry Residency
    • American College of Radiology, Berkshire Medical Center – Breast Imaging Center of Excellence, Breast Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Breast Ultrasound, Computed Tomography, Designated Lung Cancer Screening Center, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Mammography, Nuclear Medicine, Stereotactic Breast Biopsy, Ultrasound
    • American College of Radiology, Fairview Hospital – Computed Tomography, Mammography, Nuclear Medicine, Ultrasound
    • American College of Emergency Physicians Accredited Geriatric Emergency Department, Berkshire Medical Center/Fairview Hospital
    • American College of Surgeons, Berkshire Medical Center – Trauma Quality Improvement Program, Breast Cancer Accreditation, Commission on Cancer Accreditation, Verified Trauma Center, Surgical Quality Improvement Program, Metabolic and Bariatric Accreditation
    • American College of Surgeons, Fairview Hospital – Surgical Quality Improvement Program
    • Certified by The Joint Commission, Berkshire Medical Center – Hip & Knee Replacement
    • College of American Pathologists Accredited, Berkshire Medical Center/Fairview Hospital
    • Intersocietal Commission for the Accreditation of Nuclear Medicine Laboratories, Berkshire Medical Center- Echocardiography, Nuclear Cardiology, Nuclear Medicine, Vascular Testing
    • International Society for Clinical Densitometry Accredited Facility, Berkshire Medical Center/Fairview Hospital
    • National Consortium of Breast Centers, Berkshire Medical Center –  National Quality Measures for Breast Centers (NQMBC) Certified Quality Breast Center of Excellence

    Memberships

    • American College of Surgeons, National Surgery Quality Improvement Program
    • American Hospital Association
    • American Joint Replacement Registry (AJRR)
    • Berkshire Business Roundtable
    • Council of Teaching Hospitals of the American Hospital Association
    • Dana Farber Cancer Care Collaborative
    • Massachusetts Business Roundtable
    • Massachusetts Hospital Association
    • Massachusetts Value Alliance
    • Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program
    • Nursing Improving Care for Healthsystem Elders (NICHE) 2025 – Fairview Hospital
    • National Association of Orthopaedic Nursing (NAON)
    • Yankee Alliance

    Exceptional Care Teams

    Berkshire Medical Center
    Berkshire Medical Center is a designated Blue Distinction Center for Maternity Care and Knee and Hip Replacement. Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Distinction Centers demonstrate quality care, treatment expertise and better overall patient results.
    Fairview Hospital
    Fairview Hospital is a designated Blue Distinction Center for Maternity Care. Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Distinction Centers demonstrate quality care, treatment expertise and better overall patient results.
    Fairview Hospital and Berkshire Medical Center
    Both Berkshire Medical Center and Fairview Hospital are accredited Geriatric Emergency Departments by the American College of Emergency Physicians, ensuring that our older patients receive well-coordinated, quality care at the appropriate level during every ED encounter.
    Berkshire Internists & Lenox Family Health
    Massachusetts Health Quality Partners (MHQP) conducts the only statewide survey in Massachusetts of patients’ experiences in primary care. The results of this survey are used to identify the top performing adult and pediatric primary care practices each year.