The Western PA Healthcare News Team
Real Estate, Design & Construction
ProHealth Care Teams Up with Staples Advantage on Innovative New Cancer Center
Research shows the design of a healthcare space can speed the recovery of patients. ProHealth Care, a community healthcare system ...
EMR Technology
Improving Patient Outcomes Through EHR Adoption
By Simon Wieczner According to the acting administrator at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)—Andy Slavitt—Meaningful Use (MU) ...
Technology
St. Clair Hospital Unveils Cost Transparency Tool
First Hospital in Region to Offer Patients Cost Estimates in Advance St. Clair Hospital today introduced a cost transparency tool ...
People in the News
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, ...
