The Western PA Healthcare News Team
Healthcare System
UPMC Unveils New Outpatient Center to Serve Hampton, Allison Park and Northern Communities
Facility Brings Together the Medical Expertise of UPMC Passavant and UPMC St. Margaret Under One Roof to Deliver Coordinated Primary ...
Leadership Operations
The Reason Many Medical Practice Change Initiatives Fail
By Nick Hernandez Good is rarely good enough, and opportunities for improvement are never lacking. Unfortunately, the success rate of ...
Healthcare System
VA Butler’s New Health Care Center Ribbon Cutting
The Abie Abraham Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Center is Officially Unveiled Construction for VA Butler’s new Health Care ...
Human Resources
Retaining New Physician … The First Five Years
By Kim Bassett It takes a lot of time to recruit the right physician. When you finally find a ...
Technology
AHN Orthopaedic Surgeons Explore Novel Handheld Diagnostic Technology that Allows for In-office Visualization of Knee Joints
Collaboration with Highmark Health VITAL Program Seeks to Determine Efficacy of More Immediate, Definitive and Less Expensive Assessment of Knee ...
People in the News
Monongahela Valley Hospital Welcomes New Emergency Department Director
Sundeep Ekbote, M.D., recently joined the medical staff at Monongahela Valley Hospital as director of the Emergency Department. Dr. Ekbote ...
Patient Care
A Look at the Importance of Having a Better Conversation with Your Eye Doctor
By Neda Shamie, MD Today, patients are taking a more active role in their health care than ever before, but ...
