Healthcare
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University of Health and Wellness Coming for Local Seniors
Chester County’s top-notch quality of life offers an abundance of opportunities to seniors, and a University of Health and Wellness event is coming June 2 to outline the best ways for residents to enjoy it all. The free public health classes will cover vision and macular degeneration, diet and diet planning, emergency preparedness, dental information,…
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New Bolton Center Has Groundbreaking New Horse Scanner
Groundbreaking new medical scanning technology is giving Chester County a never-before-seen look inside the bodies of local horses — without cramming them into a diagnostic tube. New Bolton Center of the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine has just been outfitted with the revolutionary new Equimagine robotic imaging system developed by Four Dimensional Digital…
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New Study Indicates Poor in Chester County Live Longer Than Most of Their Neighbors
New research suggests that the rich live longer just about everywhere in the United States, but that geography is an important indicator in the life expectancy of the poor. The study, recently published in The Journal of the American Medical Association and featured in the New York Times, revealed that the poor in Chester County…
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Main Line Health Expands Safe Driving Program
To help continue its effort to raise awareness of the hazards of impaired and distracted driving, Main Line Health has received a $45,000 grant from the State Farm Insurance Company, continuing their 10 year long partnership. “State Farm is proud to partner with Main Line Health in promoting safe driving by exemplifying the consequences of…
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Growing Genesis HealthCare Sells Off Home and Hospice Care Business
Kennett Square’s nationwide skilled nursing provider hasn’t been making house calls very long, and it won’t be much longer either. Genesis HealthCare is selling off most of the home health and hospice operations it just acquired a year ago when it merged with Skilled Healthcare. “Home health and hospice services are non-strategic businesses for Genesis…
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Resources to Keep Seniors Living at Home Longer
Most seniors today want to keep living at home as long as possible. They are comfortable there, have raised families, made memories there and, most importantly, value their independence. Previously we discussed the various programs that Pennsylvania offers to help cash-strapped seniors to afford in home care. You can review that information here. This month,…
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Genesis Tries to Reassure Investors After Huge Operating Losses in 2015
Kennett Square’s Genesis HealthCare Inc. reentered the ranks of publicly traded companies when it merged with the Skilled Healthcare Group a year ago, but it has been anything but smooth sailing for the company since then, writes Harold Brubaker for Philly.com. Shares in Genesis plummeted from $8.77 down to $1.80 on the day of the…
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Chester County’s “Defend Your Head” Looks to Solve Football’s Concussion Crisis
Despite the ever increasing popularity of America’s favorite past time over the last several years, debate has intensified over how safe the game truly is to the average player, especially when it comes to possible head trauma. One Chester County company has decided to take a proactive approach to the issue by offering a product…
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Discover Chester County’s Health and Beauty with Michael Duncan
At the center of Chester County’s prominent health care industry stands an iconic hospital with a culture and legacy core to the communities around it. With an infusion of capital and innovation from Penn Medicine, the Chester County Hospital is reaching out with better clinical programs, greater technological advances and more accessible specialists. “The culture…
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Recovery Centers of America Expanding into Paoli
Thanks to additional funding of over $230 million, Recovery Centers of America is now able to expand throughout the Northeastern U.S., bringing its addiction treatment facilities much closer to those who desperately need it. The firm, based in The King of Prussia, has plans to build some of the largest addiction treatment and behavioral healthcare…
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Exton’s Physiotherapy Associates Sold for $400 Million
Physiotherapy Associates of Chester County announced yesterday that they have entered into a deal with Select Medical Corp to be acquired for $400 million, writes the Philadelphia Business Journal. As a national provider of outpatient physical rehabilitation care, Exton based Physiotherapy Associates operates over 500 outpatient physical rehabilitation centers across the United States, with close…
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Main Line Health Offers Tips for Santa’s Sleigh Ride
Even the jolly old elf isn’t immune to a Christmastime mishap, and Main Line Health has a few tips to help ensure a smooth sleigh ride. “It’s very important that Santa gets plenty of rest prior to his journey,” Bryn Mawr Hospital’s Rothman Orthopedic Surgeon Eric Levicoff said. “He can also prepare by doing some…
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Wayne’s Polaris Behind Innovative Apple Watch Program For Breast Cancer Patients
As a part of the wearable technology partnership between the MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper and Polaris Health Directions, breast cancer patients were educated on Tuesday, on the use of the Apple Watch in the collection of behavioral data. The joint project, announced in May this year between Polaris and the MD Anderson Cancer…
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With a Bigger ‘Little Yellow House’, the Brandywine Consignment Shop Reopens
The “Little Yellow House” in Downingtown is poised to make a bigger difference in the lives of Coatesville area residents. The Brandywine Consignment Shop reopened its doors yesterday to a bigger space and bigger ambitions. “We’re thrilled with the new space!” shop manager Nancy Oliver said in announcing the completion of six months of expansion…
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Dr. George Spyropoulos Takes Over Boutique Care Center in Phoenixville
Dr. Lorna Stuart, a healthcare veteran of 13 years and close to 30 years service within the Phoenixville community, decided to step down from her position at The Clinic in Phoenixville in May. Stepping into these well respected shoes is Chester County native, Dr. George Spyropoulos, who joined the Clinic in August. He now faces…
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Higher Hurdles Set For Nurses As Hospitals Require More-Advanced Degrees
Megan Goodman, a 30-year-old Downingtown resident earned her associate degree in nursing from the Pennsylvania College of Health Sciences in May, finishing her education as a dean’s list student while serving on two student nursing boards. However, while in previous years, that would mean near certain employment, Goodman is still in the process of finding…
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Main Line Health Amassing Two Main HQs
Chester County’s growing health care empire has a new prescription for better serving its patients through streamlining its administrative operations: Main Line Health is consolidating more financial jobs to a third major office space lease. With 130,000 square feet in Newtown Square and 100,462 square feet in Radnor already, Main Line Health just bolstered Newtown…
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AmerisourceBergen Gets Buy Rating after Announcing Plans to Purchase PharMEDium
Last Wednesday, AmerisourceBergen announced plans to purchase hospital product supplier PharMEDium for $2.58 billion. This news caused the company’s shares to drop by 0.3 percent to $92.75 by mid-morning trading that day. However, AmerisourceBergen, the Chesterbrook based pharmaceutical company, sees the move in a much positive light. During the announcement of the planned purchase of…
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