The Western PA Healthcare News Team
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 ...
People in the News
Infectious Disease Specialist Joins Team at Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center
Latasha Naidu, MD, board certified in Internal Medicine and Infectious Disease, has joined Conemaugh Physician Group and is now seeing ...
People in the News
Conemaugh Welcomes Fellowship Trained Head and Neck Surgeon
Conemaugh Health System welcomes Dr. Amy Ketcham Hwang, a board certified Otolaryngologist with fellowship training in Clinical Neurotology, medical and ...
Healthcare Administration
First FMEC Healthcare Executive Retreat Deemed a Rousing Success
Last fall, the Family Medicine Education Consortium (FMEC) launched the first of what it hopes could become an annual event, ...
Events
Forbes Hospital Partners with Local EMS To Provide Lifesaving “Stop the Bleed” Training to Plum High School Faculty
Today, representatives from the Trauma Center at Forbes Hospital, part of Allegheny Health Network (AHN), and Plum EMS will provide approximately ...
Financial
Value-based Purchasing and Reimbursement: The Business Case for Improving Quality and Patient Safety
By Andy Weissberg In the increasingly competitive, transparent and value-based healthcare economy, hospitals and health systems in Western PA and ...
