The Western PA Healthcare News Team
Patient Care
Is Your Organization Culturally Competent?
By Kim Bassett Cultural competence in healthcare is defined as the ability of providers and organizations to effectively deliver health ...
Strategy and Management Counseling
Why Strategic Planning is a Must for Practices
By Nick Hernandez Strategic planning is not the same as operational planning. The former is focused on broad and long-lasting ...
Nursing
Have You Considered a Nurse Residency Program?
By Edna Cadmus, PhD, RN and Katherine Kuren Black, MSN, RN-BC Developing a nurse residency program in post-acute settings (such ...
People in the News
Conemaugh Memorial Welcomes Two Hospitalists
Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center welcomes two hospitalists to provide care for inpatients at its main campus on Franklin Street, Johnstown. ...
People in the News
Trauma Surgeon Joins Conemaugh Memorial’s Level One Program
Dr. Michael Sleet, board certified in surgery and surgical critical care, has joined Conemaugh Physician Group – Surgery and is ...
People in the News
UPMC/Pitt’s Donald M. Yealy Elected to National Academy of Medicine
Donald M. Yealy, M.D., chair of emergency medicine at UPMC and professor of emergency medicine and clinical and translational sciences ...
