Healthcare
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Brandywine Hospital Optimistic After Sale to Tower Health
Brandywine Hospital CEO Jeff Hunt is predicting good things for the Coatesville hospital following its recent sale to Tower Health, writes Brian McCullough for The Phoenix Reporter & Item. The hospital’s legacy of care goes back to 1899, and Hunt believes the sale puts it in a good position to continue with its mission. He…
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VISTA Careers – Brandywine Hospital
Recently acquired by Reading Health System (now known as Tower Health), West Brandywine-based Brandywine Hospital, a 169-bed community hospital with over 200 employees, has over 40 full-and part time open positions posted including: Risk Manager The Risk Manager is responsible for the facility’s risk management activities which include assisting with the management of general and…
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5th Annual Health Care Best Practices Conference Slated for Thursday
Designed for nurses, nursing assistants, health care administrators, and numerous other allied health care professionals, this year’s conference – Building Agile Leaders In Health Care – will focus on identifying strategies to help current and rising health care leaders navigate challenges faced by today’s health care professionals. Taking place this Thursday, October 12 from 8:00am…
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Acquisition of Three Chesco Hospitals Complete
The Reading Health System has completed the acquisition of five hospitals and their associated assets from subsidiaries of Community Health Systems. The newly formed health system – called Tower Health – includes: Reading Hospital in West Reading Brandywine Hospital in Coatesville Chestnut Hill Hospital in Philadelphia Jennersville Hospital in West Grove Phoenixville Hospital in Phoenixville…
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VISTA Careers – Siemens Healthineers
With nearly 1,000 employees of the firm’s 45,0000 global employees working out of the firm’s Great Valley offices, Siemens Healthineers is one of the world’s largest suppliers of technology to the healthcare industry and a leader in medical imaging, laboratory diagnostics and healthcare IT. Women’s Health Product Marketing Specialist The Women’s Health Product Marketing Specialist will…
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Malvern’s Cerner Wins $4.3 Billion Contract from Department of Defense
Cerner has won a $4.3 billion Department of Defense contract to overhaul the Pentagon’s electronic health records for active military members and retirees over the next 10 years, writes Amy Brittain for The Washington Post. The contract was awarded to the Leidos Partnership for Defense Health, which includes Cerner, Accenture Federal, and Leidos, a government…
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Drug and Alcohol Rehab Center Opens Facility in Devon
King of Prussia’s Recovery Centers of America has opened a drug and alcohol rehabilitation facility in Devon, writes John George for the Philadelphia Business Journal. This is the drug and alcohol treatment center’s first facility in the Philadelphia area since the company was established two years ago by real estate developer J. Brian O’Neill. The…
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Malvern’s Cerner Says Goodbye to Longtime CEO
The man who led a revolution in the digital conversion of medical charts and records saw his own chart flash across computer screens often over the past year and a half. And last month, Cerner Corp. CEO Neal Patterson lost his battle with cancer, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal by James…
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Kennett Square’s Genesis HealthCare to Unload More Assets
Kennett Square’s Genesis HealthCare plans to sell 10 more of its assets that are either underperforming or in non-strategic markets by early next year, writes John George for the Philadelphia Business Journal. The company did not specify which facilities would be affected. [uam_ad id=”58459″] Advertisement “We continued to execute on our plan to divest non-strategic…
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Opinion: Refocusing the Healthcare Debate
Rep. Ryan Costello (R-PA) It is time to refocus the healthcare debate on patient-centered solutions that can achieve bipartisan consensus in Congress. Aware of the distinct possibility that the Senate might not pass a healthcare bill, a bipartisan group of House members called the Problem Solvers Caucus set out to find agreement on a set…
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Neighborhood Health in West Chester Offers Assistance to Family Caregivers
For more than a century, Neighborhood Health has been a trusted member of the Chester County community, providing home health, hospice, and outreach services to people throughout southeastern Pennsylvania. As part of Penn Medicine, Neighborhood Health offers a team of registered nurses, therapists, and other healthcare professionals who work together to create a better state…
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Chester County Has One of Pennsylvania’s Lowest Rates of Hospital Super-Utilizers
A new report by the Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council shows that Chester County continues to reduce its rate of hospital super-utilizers. Super-utilizers are patients who are admitted to a hospital five or more times a year, creating a strain on health care resources. In 2016 alone, there were 21.7 super-utilizers per 10,000 residents,…
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Summer Vacation Checklist – Donate Blood
By Leslie Rylke When making your plans for the summer, please add donating blood to your checklist. The County Economic Development Council (CCEDC) and Red Cross can help you with this effort as they are jointly hosting a blood drive this Tuesday, June 27 between 1pm and 6pm. According to the Red Cross, the warmer…
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Poll: What is Your Blood Type
Did you know that only 35% of Americans know their blood type? Of the four different blood types, Type O negative is the universal red cell donor and Type AB is the universal plasma donor. What is your blood type?
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Is It Really The Pollen That Has You Down?
By Debrah Moore Allergy season is here and the signs are obvious, watery and itchy eyes, runny nose, congested sinuses and a persistent cough, to name a few. Respiratory allergies are caused by an overly sensitive immune response reacting to environmental substances. As the immune system reacts to the irritants, the body believes it is…
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Sale of Local Hospitals Could Become a Nightmare for School Districts
Local school district leaders are beginning to think through how they may have to triage bleeding budgets if the hospitals being acquired by the Reading Health System go tax-exempt. Simply put, seller Community Health Systems is for-profit and Reading Health is not-for-profit. Thus, possible property tax exemptions for Pottstown Memorial, Phoenixville, Brandywine, and Jennersville Regional…
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Final Settlement for Kennett Square’s Genesis HealthCare: $54 Million
Years of improper billing, inadequate staffing, and Medicare violations picked up by Genesis HealthCare as baggage that came with acquisitions are finally catching up with the Kennett Square nursing home operator. Genesis HealthCare recently settled with the U.S. Justice Department by agreeing to pay $53.6 million, according to a Philadelphia Inquirer report by Harold Brubaker.…
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