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Elected Officials Seeking Answers from Wilkes-Barre VA August 02, 2023
WILKES-BARRE — U.S. Rep. Matt Cartwright and Pennsylvania Treasurer Stacy Garrity have co-authored another letter to Russell E. Lloyd, Director at the Wilkes-Barre VA Medical Center, with “suggestions…...
Geisinger W. Valley Expansion Will Nearly Double Hospital’s Size July 13, 2023
PLAINS TWP. — Geisinger Wyoming Valley Hospital will nearly double in size through expansion plans unveiled, literally, Wednesday morning....
PA Agency Rejects Mandate On Baby Injuries, Deaths July 11, 2023
A Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority member calls it a matter of "moral importance."...
PA Providers Aborting More Out-of-State Babies July 05, 2023
In the one year since the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the constitutional right to abortion, providers of abortion care in Pennsylvania have seen a dramatic increased demand for services from patients from out of state....
Penn Medicine Is Forgoing National Hospital Rankings July 04, 2023
The local health system will no longer participate in U.S. News & World Report's annual "Best Hospitals" list. Instead, it'll publish more comprehensive metrics of its own....
PA Bill Will Push Us Toward Health Care Crisis June 05, 2023
What the bill would not do is address our nursing shortage in a meaningful way, local college and health care leaders write....
PA Must Act to Avert Another Medical Liability Crisis May 05, 2023
According to some accounts, Pennsylvania had the worst medical liability environment in the nation....
PA Healthcare Roadblocks Must be Addressed May 02, 2023
Safety-net hospitals are endangered. Pending legislation in Congress would worsen their plight, hurting Pennsylvania healthcare....
The Unknown Middlemen Who Affect Drug Access, Prices May 01, 2023
My patient’s rheumatoid arthritis had been stable for 19 years when her insurer opted to deny the medication that had restored her life. The insurer had determined that she now needed to try a different medicine instead....
Medicine and Humanity April 19, 2023
Doctors have known for some time that we are falling short of our humanistic ideals. It was my turn to learn it firsthand. I had avoided covid until February. Although I had a short course — mitigated by Paxlovid— some weird lab results surfaced afte...
Cleanup at W. Reading Explosion Site Expected to Be Difficult March 28, 2023
Authorities took 69 News behind the site of where a deadly explosion happened at R.M. Palmer in West Reading, giving us a new look....
What to Know About Drug-Resistant Fungal Infection in PA March 27, 2023
A new CDC report noted that clinical cases of Candida auris tripled between 2019 and 2021 nationwide. In 2022, Pennsylvania identified 33 clinical cases of the fungus in patients around the state....
Suffering from ‘Alarm Fatigue,’ LVH-Pocono Staff Ignored Alerts March 23, 2023
A Pennsylvania Department of Health report says that staff in Lehigh Valley Hospital-Pocono’s cardiovascular telemetry unit took 14 minutes to respond to an alarm that sounded because one pat…...
Cost Is Often Barrier to Breast Cancer Screenings March 20, 2023
New legislation seeks to remove all out-of-pocket costs for preventative breast cancer screenings for high-risk patients, state senators write....
In PA, Nurse Practitioners Must Work Under Doctors March 20, 2023
Facing a doctor shortage, Pennsylvania stands to lose nurse practitioners to the many states that have given them independence....
State Finds Issues at Central PA Hospital February 23, 2023
Unannounced investigations turned up several other problems at Lancaster General in recent months....
As Rural Hospitals Close, Outpatient EDs Can Fill the Gaps February 21, 2023
Pennsylvania's first freestanding emergency department will open on April 20 in Lock Haven. The outpatient ED will operate as a satellite facility under the license of UPMC Williamsport....
Emergency Room at Scranton's Moses Taylor Hospital to Close February 01, 2023
Commonwealth Health continues to consolidate operations between Moses Taylor and Regional Hospital of Scranton....
Is Anxiety a Loophole for PA Medical Marijuana Cards? January 31, 2023
After Pennsylvania made anxiety a qualifying condition to get a medical marijuana card, certifications skyrocketed. So can virtually anyone get one?...
PA Bill Would Loosen Rules on Medical Marijuana January 30, 2023
HARRISBURG – Two lawmakers have announced plans for legislation that would strip the state’s Medical Marijuana Advisory Board of one of its main functions – determining what serious medical conditions entitle patients to legally use marijuana product...
