Healthcare
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New Malvern Clinic Aims to Disrupt Healthcare Industry, Offer More Options to Patients
Don Peterson, CEO of the new Malvern clinic Infusion Express, is aiming to disrupt the healthcare industry by offering more options and convenience to patients with chronic illnesses, writes Taunya English for NewsWorks. The clinic offers free parking, comfortable treatment chairs, Wi-Fi, appointments that can be made for the evening and on weekends. and can…
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Region Flush with $6 Million for Digital Healthcare Startups
A big prize awaits the healthcare startups with the most promising cure to the industry’s future digital needs: a share of a new $6 million pie. The fund is the collaborative result of Philadelphia area leaders Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern Pennsylvania, Independence Health Group, and Safeguard Scientifics, according to a PhillyVoice report by…
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Malvern Anxiety Center Reaches Out to Execs as Stress Costs Companies Millions Each Year
The Malvern Anxiety and OCD Center, which has become one of the largest such specialized practices in the Philadelphia area through its highly effective methods of treating anxiety and related disorders, is now offering its services to executives and their teams. Dr. Brigette Erwin, who runs the successful practice, is offering the consulting arm of…
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Chester County Celebrates Mental Health First Aiders
The positive effects of Mental Health First Aid are being felt across Chester County. At a breakfast gathering sponsored by the Brandywine Health Foundation last week at the Brandywine Hospital, certified First Aiders shared how they have used their MHFA skills to assist others, learned about psychiatric hospitalization, and found out about local treatment and…
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Millions in Cash Pave Way from Exton to Malvern as One Regional Goliath Buys Huge Stake in Another
For a $54 million investment and a $76 million stake in Bentley Systems, the Exton developer of industrial design and facilities construction software is plugging Siemens Medical Solutions directly into its work. “Siemens says virtually all Siemens divisions – including Energy Management, Power Generation, Building Technology, and Mobility – will now use Bentley software to…
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New Spinoff of Wayne’s Intact Vascular Seeking $15 Million
A new medical device spinoff is quietly raising $15.2 million in equity. The action in Wayne has led to a spinoff of Intact Vascular called Vesper Medical, and it’s accumulated $9 million so far, according to a Philadelphia Business Journal report by John George. Both companies share CEO Bruce Shook, but he is tight-lipped about…
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Malvern’s Aclaris Therapeutics named One of Best Places to Work in Pennsylvania
Malvern’s Aclaris Therapeutics has been honored as one of the Best Places to Work in Pennsylvania for 2016 by the Best Companies Group. Created 16 years ago, the awards program is one of the first state programs nationwide. To win the achievement, companies have to fulfill several requirements, including having a facility in Pennsylvania, boosting…
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Paoli Hospital, Bryn Mawr Rehab Among Main Line Health Hospitals to Receive NICHE Designation
The Main Line Health Hospitals – which include Lankenau Medical Center, Bryn Mawr Hospital, Paoli Hospital, Riddle Hospital, and Bryn Mawr Rehab Hospital – have all received NICHE designation. The NICHE (Nurses Improving Care for Healthsystem Elders) designation indicates an organization’s commitment to elder care excellence by stimulating senior-focused transformation in the culture of healthcare…
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Region’s Life Science Innovators Make Greater Philadelphia One of the Best
Throughout an industry in which regions across the nation constantly jockey for prominence, Greater Philadelphia has remained a life science innovator that can be depended on. Greater Philadelphia boasts 90 colleges and universities, 100 hospitals, 1,600 life sciences companies, 11 million square feet, and the hearts and minds of up-and-coming millennials, according to the Philadelphia…
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Brandywine Hospital’s New Women’s Imaging Center Offers Same-day Service, 48-hour Consultations
Chester County women in the Coatesville area now have a high-tech, streamlined path to prevent breast cancer thanks to Brandywine Hospital’s new Women’s Imaging Center. The specialty service just inside the hospital’s outpatient entrance offers same-day 3D mammogram screenings and guaranteed consultations within 48 hours if an abnormality is found, along with other key services…
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Essential Medical Raises $14.9M in Private Stock Offering
A 2010 Malvern biotech startup is developing devices to close up catheter punctures, and a recent round of investment has closed up the gap in financing to help it get there. Essential Medical raised $14.9 million in private stock just after two of its products, its flagship Manta as well as X-Seal, moved into clinical…
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Malvern’s Bryn Mawr Rehab Hosts First Swing Golf Clinic
Last week, Malvern’s Bryn Mawr Rehabilitation Hospital, part of Main Line Health, hosted the 2016 First Swing Golf Clinic in partnership with the Eastern Amputee Golf Association (EAGA) and RiverCrest Golf Club & Preserve. Despite the rainy weather, 23 eager golfers took part in the clinic. A representative from the EAGA, four RiverCrest Golf pros,…
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New Bolton Animal Doctors in the Spotlight as ‘Life at Vet U’ Heads to Animal Planet
Starting October 1, Penn Vet’s New Bolton Center in Kennett Square will be beamed into homes around the country in the new Animal Planet docu-series “Life at Vet U,” writes Katherine Unger Baillie for Penn Current. The show follows six fourth-year students at the School of Veterinary Medicine during their clinical rotations–the daunting practical part…
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Owner of Wellness Nutrition Concepts Honored Among Main Line Today’s “Women on the Move” Feature
Years of juggling the pursuit of a master’s degree, two children, a husband and a successful business have equipped Ashvini Mashru well for her role as a highly respected dietician nutritionist, and her drive for helping others achieve the most out of life has taken her to an elite level. The Malvern founder of Wellness…
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Building the Pipeline – A Student Showcase Success Story
Health Care Connect (HCC) is a program, managed out of the Chester County Economic Development Council, that was formed to address the workforce needs of the health care industry through sharing best practices, talent development/recruiting information, program ideas on trends and issues, and training grants to stabilize and strengthen the local workforce and enhance patient…
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Devon Manor Sold by HCR ManorCare
Leaders of Devon Manor are changing more than just the sheets of their facility’s 131 beds; they’re changing owners. HCR ManorCare just announced it is selling Devon Manor, and though the buyer remains unknown, HCR promised a “smooth” changeover. “HCR ManorCare has made the decision to sell Devon Manor, a facility operating under the company’s…
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Jennersville Regional Hospital Kissing New Baby Delivery Goodbye
Jennersville Regional Hospital is parting with much of its pink and blue this fall thanks to a steady trend that’s brought fewer and fewer Chester County babies into the world in recent years. Community Health Systems’ West Grove facility will officially close its childbirth center and OB service on Nov. 19, according to a Philadelphia…
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