Healthcare Administration

Practice Management

How to Take Customer Service in Your Medical Practice to the Next Level

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The Western PA Healthcare News Team

Maintaining a level of outstanding customer service throughout a patient’s visit plays a critical part in retaining loyal patients as ...

Legal

Changes in Pennsylvania Law Eases Countersignature Requirements for Physician Assistants

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The Western PA Healthcare News Team

By Anna Bamonte Torrance  Recent amendments to the Pennsylvania Medical and Osteopathic Practice Acts have changed the supervisory physician’s countersignature ...

Legal

Severance Agreements May Go Too Far

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The Western PA Healthcare News Team

By Beth Slagle Earlier this year, a former case manager at a Lehigh Valley hospital sued her employer for age ...

Legal

Healthcare Workers Under the Influence

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The Western PA Healthcare News Team

By Elaina Smiley In January 2014, patients slapped a Dallas hospital with a lawsuit after a neurosurgeon, accused of drug ...

Legal Nursing

Pennsylvania Senate Bill Proposes Independent Practice of Certified Nurse Practitioners

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The Western PA Healthcare News Team

By Anna Bamonte Torrance The ever increasing demand for primary care services, fueled by an aging population, longer life expectancies ...

Staffing & Consulting

Heal With the Pill?

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The Western PA Healthcare News Team

By Nick Jacobs Last weekend a friend of mine showed me a paper that had been written by a brilliant, ...

Staffing & Consulting

Staff Training & Pest Control 

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The Western PA Healthcare News Team

How to train your staff to be your first line of defense against the threat of pests  By Hope Bowman ...