Healthcare
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TARxGET Reporting Is New Health Care Tool From AmerisourceBergen Division
Pharmacy Healthcare Solutions of Chesterbrook, a subsidiary of global pharmaceutical distribution firm AmerisourceBergen, is giving hospitals and health care systems a new web-based analysis and forecasting tool. TARxGET Reporting is the new state-of-the-art diagnostic tool of PHS, and the company says the tool goes above and beyond in helping facilities control costs and maximize the impact…
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National Radiation Oncology Society Honors Dr. Konski Of Chester County Hospital
Dr. Andre A. Konski, medical director of the department of Radiation Oncology at Chester County Hospital, has been named one of 30 Fellows of the American Society for Radiation Oncology – FASTRO. Dr. Konski is also professor of Clinical Radiation Oncology in the department of Radiation Oncology in the Perelman School of Medicine at the…
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Local Health, Charity Experts Join Coatesville’s Brandywine Health Foundation
A West Chester University dean with public health expertise and a memorial foundation president have joined Coatesville’s Brandywine Health Foundation to spearhead a new youth mental health first aid program. Newtown Square resident Dr. Linda Thompson Adams and Exton executive Fred C. Travaglini were just named to the volunteer board of directors, The Unionville Times reported.…
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Physiotherapy Associates Names New Chief Financial Officer
Paul Solomon is the new chief financial officer at Physiotherapy Associates. The company, with its home office at 855 Springdale Drive, Exton, has hundreds of individual clinics throughout the country and provides physical therapy, industrial rehabilitation, sports medicine and orthotics and prosthetics services. Solomon will be responsible for all of the financial activities of the…
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QuadMed At Heart Of Walmart’s ‘Health Care Transformation’
A pioneering printing and publishing company with operations in western Chester County is standing at the forefront of a “health care transformation” the size of, well, Walmart. QuadMed, whose sister operation Quad/Graphics prints color newspaper inserts at a plant in Atglen, has partnered with the big box giant to provide nurse practitioners for new Walmart-owned —…
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Deadly Flaw Prompts DePuy Synthes Recall Of Jaw Device
A medical device that is supposed to help correct birth defects involving the lower jaw is now haunting its West Chester manufacturer, Johnson & Johnson’s DePuy Synthes, with a life-threatening defect of its own that is capable of blocking infants’ airways. The Food and Drug Administration recently classified the recall of the device, called the…
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Lancaster General Health Invites Business Professionals To Workers’ Compensation Seminar
Since taking up residence at the end of the 30 Bypass in Parkesburg, Lancaster General Health Center has hosted a variety of community service events and the next one will focus on workers’ compensation for business professionals. Medical, legal, and safety experts will share best practices and strategies on managing workers’ compensation costs during a…
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Berwyn’s Doctor’s Best Immediate Medical Care Exemplifies New Urgent Care Trend
A growing chorus of frustration about unmet health care needs, particularly in the evening and on weekends, is creating demand for a new kind of medical care, and Berwyn’s Doctor’s Best Immediate Medical Care exemplifies the trending new breed, called urgent care. “When I worked in the ER, we saw patients coming in for colds because…
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Local Hospital Patients At Risk Of New Foe: Data Theft
Hospitals are a known battleground for attacks from viruses and infections, but a new threat ambushed two Chester County hospitals — and it may be contagious. Just a week after news that hackers attacked Acme Markets, Community Health Systems Inc. announced that some patients at its Pottstown Memorial Medical Center and Phoenixville Hospital have become victims…
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Genesis Healthcare Expands, Merges With California Healthcare Group
Genesis HealthCare of Kennett Square announced Aug. 18 it is merging with Skilled Healthcare Group, Inc. of Foothill Ranch, Ca. Company headquarters will remain in Kennett Square and George Hager, Jr., Genesis CEO, will head the newly-combined company. “The constantly changing healthcare environment presents challenges for today’s post-acute healthcare industry providers,” said Hager. “The combination of…
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Genesis Healthcare Plans Renovation Of Former Franciscan Care Center
Genesis HealthCare has expanded into Delaware with the acquisition of the Saint Francis Healthcare Franciscan Care Center – now called Brackenville Center – a 104-bed skilled nursing facility in Hockessin, just south of Chester County. Genesis now owns nine facilities in Delaware. The Kennett Square-based company is one of the nation’s largest skilled nursing providers…
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Penn Medicine Creates Southern Tier Medical Destination
In today’s world of tightly packed schedules and convenience-centric attitudes, no one wants to waste time traveling to multiple locations for health care appointments. And next year, a new medical destination now rising in southern Chester County will provide local patients with a one-stop shop for most of their medical needs. In response to the…
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Paoli Hospital Named One Of Best In Region By U.S. News And World Report
Paoli Hospital is one of four acute care hospitals operated by Main Line Health to be named the best in Pennsylvania and in the Philadelphia region by U.S. News and World Report. The others named to the list are Lankenau Medical Center, Bryn Mawr Hospital and Riddle Hospital. The newspaper’s annual “Best Hospitals” rankings recognize…
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BioTelemetry Reports Stellar Second Quarter
BioTelemetry, Inc. of Malvern said July 31 it purchased two businesses and saw revenue increase by 33 percent – the highest quarterly revenue in the company’s history – during the second quarter of 2014. BioTelemetry provides cardiac monitoring, manufactures cardiac monitoring devices, and offers centralized cardiac laboratory services. Revenue was up to $42.7 million and the…
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Univeral Health Services : Obamacare Starting To Pad Hospital Bottom Lines
A chunk of the 10 percent gain in King of Prussia-based Universal Health Services Inc. a Fortune 500 company and one of the largest hospital management companies in the nation, revenue during the second quarter, compared to the same quarter a year ago, is thanks to the influx of newly-insured patients driven to the market…
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Unionville Family Medicine Announces Merger With Penn Medicine
Unionville Family Medicine has announced the practice will become Penn Family Medicine Unionville on Aug. 26. “While exterior signs and stationery will change to carry our new Penn Medicine name, the team of physicians, practitioners and office staff you have come to know and trust will remain the same,” the practice announced to patients. Dr.…
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Chester County Hospital: Take Back Your Life
From Chester County Hospital and Penn Medicine’s Facebook page: Like us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter _______ Top photo credit: myyogaonline via photopin cc
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Chester County Hospital Named One Of Nation’s ‘Most Wired’ Hospitals
Chester County Hospital has been named one of the Most Wired Hospitals in the nation, according to the 16th annual Health Care’s Most Wired Survey. The survey was conducted by Hospitals & Health Networks, and this is the second consecutive year the hospital has made the list. CCH is one of only 19 hospitals in the…
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