Patient Experience

Patient Experience

New PHC4 Report on Healthcare-Associated Infections Focuses on Readmissions

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The Western PA Healthcare News Team

Among Pennsylvania patients who acquired a healthcare-associated infection (HAI) in 2010, 31.3 percent were readmitted within 30 days for an ...

Insurance

Tips for Steering Clear of Problems with Pain-Med Prescribing

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The Western PA Healthcare News Team

By Mary-Lynn Ryan, Risk Management PMSLIC Insurance Company and The NORCAL Group The following tips will help you prescribe narcotics/opioids ...

Patient Experience

Center for Organ Recovery & Education Embraces “20 Million in 2012,” Reflects on Recently Launched Initiatives to Increase Organ Donation

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The Western PA Healthcare News Team

 The Center for Organ Recovery & Education (CORE), a federally designated not-for-profit organ procurement organization (OPO) serving Pennsylvania, West Virginia, ...

Homecare

Bayada Nurses Becomes Bayada Home Health Care

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The Western PA Healthcare News Team
Caregivers

PTSD Caregiver Support Group Now Available

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The Western PA Healthcare News Team

VA Butler Healthcare is now offering a monthly PTSD Caregiver Support Group to all caregivers whose Veterans have post-traumatic stress ...

Homecare

AdvaCare Home Services, Inc. Named Quality Respiratory Care Provider

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The Western PA Healthcare News Team

AdvaCare Home Services has been named a quality respiratory care provider under a new program aimed at making sure residents ...

Insurance

Professional Casualty Association January 2012 Issue Now Available

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The Western PA Healthcare News Team

Check out the latest issue of the PCA Update—the newsletter of the Professional Casualty Association. Click here.