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NewsHealth plans open community-based clinics to cut hospital costs
Focused on keeping hospital costs down for their low-income charges, many Medicaid and Medicare health insurers for the disabled are opening up community-based clinics to provide services to Read more...
Public health hero makes healthy options the default
Philadelphia's top public health advocate is the commissioner of public health, Dr. Donald Schwarz, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports. Here are just a few of the changes he has backed:
To make it Read more...
PA malpractice suit levels fall
New data released by state officials has shown that Pennsylvania has had a 41 percent drop in medical malpractice suits since early in the decade. Armed with these numbers, Gov. Ed Rendell is now Read more...
Cost-effectiveness study spurs nurse protests
Usually cost-effectiveness studies are not a big deal, especially not for nurses. But in Philadelphia, nurses are protesting the start of a cost-effectiveness study with a candlelight vigil; this is Read more...
Uninsured violence victims costly for Philadelphia hospitals
Nearly 1,000 gunshot victims were treated in Philadelphia's hospitals in 2006. A large percentage of these patients were uninsured. Roughly a third relied on public health services such as Medicaid Read more...
ALSO NOTED: PA schedules hearings on Independence/Highmark merger; Medical college group urges caution with pharma tech freebie
> More than a year after the deal was proposed, the Pennsylvania Insurance Department has (finally) scheduled hearings to review public comments on the proposed merger of Independence Blue Cross Read more...
Trend: Young MDs seek new practice options
Historically, doctors in training have been encouraged to see medicine as their entire life, not just something they do--and to make themselves available around the clock for patient care. But this Read more...
Study: MDs refer profitable patients to their ASCs
This isn't too surprising, but it's not something policymakers will like, either. A new study of referral patterns in the Philadelphia and Pittsburgh metros suggests that physicians who are Read more...
| Press ReleasesPREIT Announces New Healthcare Center at Plymouth Meeting MallThe Philadelphia region’s first health and wellness facility at an enclosed shopping mall PHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust (PREIT/NYSE: PEI) today announced Read more >> LoJack SafetyNet Offers Free Tracking and Rescue Devices to Help Protect People at Risk of Wandering"SafetyNet Race to Keep Safe" Initiative Designed for People with Autism and Alzheimer's in the Greater Boston, Miami and Philadelphia MarketsWESTWOOD, Mass., Aug. 15, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- One year Read more >> |
