The Western PA Healthcare News Team
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Barbara A. Clouser, MD, Named Medical Director of West Penn Hospital’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Neonatologist Barbara A. Clouser, MD, has joined Allegheny Health Network (AHN) as Medical Director of the Level III Neonatal Intensive ...
Real Estate, Design & Construction
John Schrott Leads Healthcare Panel Discussion at SMPS Pittsburgh
(Editor’s Note: reprinted with permission from IKM) IKM’s managing principal, John Schrott, AIA, ACHA, EDAC, was invited for the second ...
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 ...






