Many local governments are selling their public hospitals to private companies
“More than a fifth of the nation’s 5,000 hospitals are owned by governments and many are drowning in debt caused by rising health-care costs, a spike in uninsured patients, cuts in Medicare and Medicaid and payments on construction bonds sold in fatter times,” reports the Wall Street Journal.
Health groups try to figure out why Chester County is healthier than neighboring York County
York County’s obesity rates are much higher than Chester’s.
More kids are going to the ER for concussions while playing sports
Some experts say that the increase in ER visits may be due to growing awareness about brain injuries.
Hospitals round-up for 8/31/10
Get the latest news on Cambria Care Center, Woods Services, Lower Bucks Hospital, and Coordinated Health.
In PA, UPMC is one of the few hospitals using telemedicine
Most hospitals are waiting for health insurance companies to offer coverage for the services before they start implementing them.
California verdict expected to shake things up nationally for nursing home industry
A jury recently awarded a woman $677 million in damages, a judgment against the nursing home that cared for her father.
Can preschoolers be depressed?
The medical community differs over whether or not young children can be diagnosed with depression.
CA the first state to implement health reform’s provision to create state health insurance exchanges
Millions of Americans around the U.S. are expected to eventually purchase their coverage through such exchanges, which will offer health plans to individuals and some small businesses.
No criminal charges to be filed in deaths of 3 MontCo men with mental illness
Three schizophrenic Montgomery County men died from heat illness in the last month.
PA encounters year’s first case of West Nile virus
A 69-year-old Philadelphia man was recently diagnosed with the mosquito-spread virus.,