The Western PA Healthcare News Team
Technology
Poorly Managed Provider Enrollment Verification Processes Can Prove Costly
By Patrick Doyle, Vice President, Newport Credentialing Solutions In the evolving and complex healthcare landscape, providers are relentlessly looking for ...
Emergency Care
Emergency Care by Appointment: An Oxymoron?
By Dr. Alan Pitt In a WSJ article entitled “Why ER Visits for Non-Emergencies Aren’t Going Away,” Dr. Paul Auerbach, ...
Education
La Roche College to Provide Global Development and Humanitarian Aid Training in 2016
In May 2016 La Roche College will offer its annual Global Development and Humanitarian Aid Training Program to prepare individuals ...
Pittsburgh Regional Health Initiative a Featured Contributor in New Book on Harnessing Wisdom of Learning Collaboratives to Improve Care, Save Lives
More than 35 internationally recognized healthcare experts, including Pittsburgh Regional Health Initiative (PRHI) President and CEO Karen Wolk Feinstein, PhD, ...
People in the News
New OB/GYN Joins Women’s Health Center at Cole
The Cole Memorial Medical Group welcomes obstetrician and gynecologist (OB/Gyn) Ahmad Awada, MD, to the Women’s Health Center located in ...
Drug & Alcohol Treatment
Who’s Responsible for America’s Opioid Epidemic: A Message from the Frontlines
By Constance Scharff, Ph.D. It is no overstatement to suggest that prescription painkiller and heroin abuse is killing too many ...
Technology
3 Integrated Tools that Support Value-Based Care
Providers are struggling to access and utilize information housed in existing EMRs and patient portals in a meaningful way, all ...
