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A woman with an abdominal tumor and no health insurance tries to get care.
Health alliance says that PA residents are responding well to online health tools, so they have upgraded their hospital data website
The Pennsylvanian Health Care Quality Alliance has upgraded its website, which provides Pennsylvanians with informative data about hospitals.
A solution to boomers’ care?
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center officials believe they have a new approach to fighting the rising cost of health care as aging baby boomers enter retirement, reports the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review.
Pre-payment for surgery: Could it become the norm?
It already has for at least one Pittsburgh-area health system.
UPDATE: Hospitals not immune to credit squeeze
Last week, HealthPoint PA told you about a New York Times article warning that across the United States, hospitals will be one of the industries greatly affected by the economic crisis. Yesterday’s Pittsburgh Post-Gazette featured an article on the same subject, this time focused on Pennsylvania.
Hospitals not immune to credit squeeze
Noting that hospitals, like any other business, rely on credit for building and improvement projects, the New York Times reports that hospitals around the country are putting off such projects because they simply can’t get the loans that are needed.
Guidelines released on how to prevent hospital infections
WGAL-TV today reported on guidelines recently released by a number of national healthcare organizations, including the American Hospital Association, that provide hospitals with ways to prevent hospital-acquired infections.
Rep. Curry’s bill regarding small hospice regulations poised for Rendell’s signature
Legislation sponsored by state Rep. Lawrence Curry, D-Montgomery/Phila., that would create unique licensing regulations for small residential hospices has been approved by the House and Senate and is now headed to the governor for his signature.
No healthcare plan also means no renewal of PHC4
Legislators failed to renew the Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council.
Senate approves ban on mandatory overtime, House and Rendell say they will also approve
Yesterday, the Senate passed by a margin of 49-0 a bill that will ban mandatory overtime for nurses and other healthcare workers– a move that those workers have been pushing for seven years.