Healthcare
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The Brandywine Health Foundation Adds Three New Board Members
The Brandywine Health Foundation, has three new additions to its volunteer Board of Directors. The foundation, which helps improve the well-being and health of people living and working in the greater Coatesville area, has invited Lisa L. Croft, D.O. of West Chester, Gregory V. Hines of Coatesville, and Valerie K. Martin of Glenmoore to join…
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Aetna Introduces its New Medicare Plan in Three Counties
Aetna announced on Tuesday that it is partnering with Main Line Health to introduce its new Aetna Medicare Advantage plan aimed at senior adults in Chester, Delaware and Montgomery counties, with a $12 monthly premium. The Aetna Medicare Main Line Health Prime Plan is the first time the Connecticut based health insurer has rolled out…
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Half-Century Career Was the Right Prescription for Phoenixville’s Chief Nurse
An ever-changing challenge to care for her community was the right medicine for Phoenixville Hospital Chief Nursing Officer Sally Strzelecki, who retired this month after more than 47 years of dedicated service. “I stayed at Phoenixville because when I was ready to do something different, there always seemed to be something different for me to…
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Seniors Helping Seniors Recognizes National Assisted Living Week
Did you know that there is a 70% chance that someone over 65 years of age will need some type of long term care in their lifetime? It’s a staggering thought as we age! Today about three-quarters of a million people are living in assisted living facilities in the US. Estimates have another 7 to…
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Exton-Based Physio Dealmaking After Quick Rehabilitation
Not long after restructuring its debt and rehabbing its image, Exton’s 25-year physical therapy provider is taking big steps forward with a trio of new deals that add several new outlets to its growing network of 559 clinics in more than half of the nation’s states. Physio recently announced an acquisition of seven-facility Therapy Plus…
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Philly Investors Eager To See How DecisionSim’s Future Plays Out
Investors in Philadelphia have crunched the numbers and run simulations on the future prospects for a young but growing health care learning simulation software maker in Chadds Ford, and the optimistic grade it received has translated into nearly $2 million of Series A funding for DecisionSim. “We were attracted to DecisionSim, Inc., because of the…
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Anti-Overdose Medication Naloxone Helping Hundreds
A new state law has injected life-saving help into the critical emergency response arsenal, and the early results are impressive. Naloxone, the medication that Chester County officials equipped police with and pushed through bureaucratic red tape to get into the hands of first responders months ahead of schedule, has revived nearly 300 people statewide so…
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Brandywine Hospital Partnership With Temple Brings Heart Surgery Closer to Home
Brandywine Hospital and the Temple University Health System have entered into an agreement to ensure board-certified, cardiovascular surgeons are on staff full-time in Brandywine. The deal comes hot on the heels of the partnership established between The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and St. Mary Medical Center in Langhorne, to improve neonatal and pediatric emergency care for…
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Genesis Celebrates Thirty Years of Caring
Genesis Healthcare celebrated thirty years of providing skilled nursing and therapy in post acute care on Wednesday, starting by providing its hard working staff with a celebratory breakfast at the company’s head office in Kennett Square. Founded in 1985 by Mike Walker, Genesis Healthcare began life as a small furniture and dry goods store in…
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Chester County Hospital, Mainline Health Hospitals Ranked Among Philly Metro Elite
When your health — or life — is on the line, there are few better places to go in the region than the five hospitals in and around Chester County that just made the latest U.S. News & World Report Best Hospitals in Philadelphia rankings. “Patients deserve high-quality information on hospitals,” Chief of Health Analysis…
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Chester County Leadership: Jeff Hunt, Brandywine Hospital’s New CEO
Jeff Hunt, Brandywine Hospital’s new CEO, moved to Chester County after finishing 9th grade at Devon Prep. A graduate of Owen J. Roberts High School and Ithaca College, Hunt’s career path kept bringing him back to the Delaware Valley and Chester County; first to work at Brandywine Hospital, then to launching and running an MRI…
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Chester County Health Care Partnership Leads ‘Bests Practices Across The Continuum Of Care’
The annual Southeastern PA Healthcare conference, held June 29th at Main Line Health’s Lakenau Medical Center, focused on industry updates and best practices throughout the health care community as well as the challenges in the constantly evolving health care environment. Barbara Wadsworth, Senior Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer at Main Line Health, gave the…
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Chadds Ford Tech Company DecisionSim Helps Veteran Affairs Get Its Game On
A Chadds Ford business is having a blast at the controls of a real-world simulation that’s helping improve the lives of 9.1 million veterans. Pulling elements of adult learning and gaming together into “the only simulation-based learning platform using a real-world, data-driven, virtual experience to improve learners’ knowledge and application of diagnostic, procedural and communication…
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The Cornerstone of Coatesville, Brandywine Center Puts Brandywine Health Foundation in Spotlight
Despite an initial disbelief that revival could come to poverty-stricken Coatesville, community members are fast becoming believers in the Brandywine Health Foundation’s master plan to make a big difference in the health, life and future of the Chester County city. To some residents and leaders, the 2008 opening of a $13 million four-story building for health,…
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Penn Medicine’s New West Grove Facility Provides Shortcut To Health
Southern Chester County residents looking for a shortcut to better health now have a solution in West Grove. The newly opened Penn Medicine Southern Chester County outpatient care center fills a void in the region’s health care service and positions it to meet a growing need for more doctors. “Our goal is to reduce the…
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CCIU To Host Open House For Students Interested In Nursing
Doors of opportunity are set to swing wide open next week for Chester County’s future nurses. A special open house at the CCIU will showcase two practical, hands-on paths to a nursing career will introduce those prospective students to the instructors they’ll learn from, the classrooms and labs they’ll learn in, and the timeline that…
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Herr Foods Tries Out New Recipe For Healthy Employee Benefits
Chester County snack food giant Herr Foods is trying out a new recipe for healthy employees by handing out healthcare benefits in bite-sized pieces that are easy to swallow. The Nottingham-based family business has partnered with cloud benefits provider Benefitfocus to offer personalized information notifications, “best match” plan options and coverage calculators through the Benefitfocus…
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Southern Penn Medicine Expansion Now Open
Showing its continued commitment to providing healthcare services in Chester County, Penn Medicine opened a new outpatient facility near West Grove yesterday. Penn Medicine Southern Chester County met its June 1 opening date and will offer a full range of outpatient health services. The 72,000-square-foot facility sits on 45 acres and was developed by healthcare…
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