Clinical Care

Hospice

Family Hospice to Open Second Inpatient Unit

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The Western PA Healthcare News Team

Family Hospice and Palliative Care, Western Pennsylvania’s leading non-profit hospice organization, will host an open house and ribbon-cutting ceremony at ...

Anesthesia Management

Somnia’s Hugh Morgan Discusses What to Expect in Anesthesia for 2012

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The Western PA Healthcare News Team

In Somnia Anesthesia’s latest YouTube video, Hugh Morgan, the anesthesia practice management company’s director of quality assurance and director of ...

Hospice

Not So Random Acts of Kindness

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The Western PA Healthcare News Team

By Rafael J. Sciullo, MA, LCSW, MS Some of our clearest and most cherished memories are those that surround the ...

Radiology

Can Standards-Based Radiology Services Improve Quality and Control Costs?

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The Western PA Healthcare News Team

By Alison Shurell The answer is, without question, yes. As a 24-hour, high-volume service with many different types of consumers ...

Anesthesia Management

Anesthesia Request for Proposal Process

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The Western PA Healthcare News Team

As the calendar has turned to a new year, the request for proposal (RFP) process for anesthesia services will be ...

Pediatric

Pediatric Extended Care Center Calls for Change in Age Restrictions to Aide Parents of Medically Fragile Children

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The Western PA Healthcare News Team

House Bill 1960 Vulakovich – (PN 2674) Amends the Prescribed Pediatric Extended Care Centers Act changing the age limit from ...

Accountable Care

How Public Health Experts Can Help Hospitals Meet the Community Health Needs Assessment Requirements of the Affordable Care Act

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The Western PA Healthcare News Team

By George A. Huber, JD, MSIE, MSSM The Affordable Care Act added section 501(r) to the United States Internal Revenue ...