The Western PA Healthcare News Team
Events
Upcoming SWPPA Meetings
Please join SWPPA leaders for a timely networking and education event to discuss the significant changes planned for Pennsylvania’s system of aging and disability ...
Career
Position Available in Pennsylvania: Medical Director
Medical Director needed for administrative position with non-profit federally designated organ procurement organization with headquarters in a major metro area. ...
People in the News
Lynn George Named Inaugural Dean of Carlow University’s College of Health and Wellness
Lynn George, PhD, RN, CNE, has been named inaugural dean of the College of Health and Wellness at Carlow University ...
Around the Region
Could Highmark, UPMC Health Plan be in play down the road?
While the nation’s largest publicly traded health insurers continue an elaborate five-way mating dance, physicians groups worry that a winnowing ...
Nursing
How Health Care Organizations Implement Change is Crucial to Sustainability
Experts’ new book pushes integration of quality and safety in nursing curriculum and practice Today’s health care environment is constantly ...
Nursing
The inclusive nurse: Improving patient care through cultural sensibility
New STTI book encourages addressing personal biases for positive patient interactions As a result of a rapidly changing health care ...
Around the Region
The Rise of the “-ists”: A Model Offering New Opportunities and Challenges for Locum Tenens Physicians
By Joseph Turner The hospitalist model of care has spread like wildfire since its introduction 20 years ago. In the mid-1990s, ...
