The Western PA Healthcare News Team
Nursing
PA Nurse Leaders Embrace Healthy Communities in New Mission Statement
By Marion Burns Tuck The Pennsylvania Organization of Nurse Leaders (PONL) is the state affiliate of The American Organization of ...
Events
Quality Patient Care With Fewer Resources Is Focus of ASQ Healthcare Conference
Helping healthcare organizations leverage quality principles to maximize patient safety and efficiency—that’s the focus of the 2011 Quality Institute for ...
Technology
Avoiding Staff Burnout as Major Changes Hit Health Care
Great video: Hospital IT staffs are adapting to major systemic changes. Here’s how to keep them focused. This interview was conducted ...
Pediatric Alliance Selects Ascent Data for Colocation and Managed Services
Ascent Data, Pittsburgh’s trusted provider for data center colocation and managed services, including data security, backup, virtualization and cloud computing, ...
Accountable Care Events
Western PA HFMA Event: Challenges Facing Physician Leaders
May 12th: Challenges Facing Physician Leaders: Transitioning Through a Very Difficult Regulatory Environment to the Vision of ACO’s and Bundled ...
Orthotics
Union Orthotics & Prosthetics Co. Hosting Golf Classic
Union Orthotics & Prosthetics is sponsoring its annual Celebrity Amputee Golf Classic on Friday, June 17 at Quicksilver Golf Club. ...
Accountable Care
ACOs Will Need Automation Tools To Do Population Health Management
By Richard Hodach The rising interest in accountable care organizations (ACOs) springs from two factors: the Medicare shared-savings program for ...
