The Western PA Healthcare News Team
Senior Care
Diabetes Drugs, Blood Thinners Are Leading Cause of Adverse Medication Events
There are nearly 100,000 emergency hospitalizations each year for adverse drug events that involve U.S. senior citizens, according to a ...
Real Estate, Design & Construction
Designing for an Aging Healthcare Clientele
By Scott Hazlett, AIA, ACHA, NCARB, EDAC After spending thirty years of my architectural career specializing in the design of ...
Real Estate, Design & Construction
“Haste Makes Waste” Is Still True Today
By John Reddick When I was 10 years old, I would walk to my neighborhood elementary school with my older ...
Hospice
Start the Conversation: National Healthcare Decisions Day 2012
By Denise Stahl, Executive Director, UPMC Palliative and Supportive Institute Families are often given the difficult job of making critical ...
Events
11th Annual “Shake Your Booties” Event Raises $240,000
The Children’s Home of Pittsburgh & Lemieux Family Center held its 11th annual signature fundraising event, Shake Your Booties on Saturday, March ...
Physical Therapy
Physical Therapy and Pelvic Floor Dysfunction
By Susan C. Clinton PT, MHS, OCS, WCS For 30 years, physical therapists (PTs) have treated women and men with ...
Hospice
Chaplains: The Heart of Hospice
By Francine Rose, AseraCare Hospice Volunteer A patient facing death needs to talk, but doesn’t want to burden his family. ...
