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Why Consumers Should Plan on Paying More for Medicine

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The Western PA Healthcare News Team

Good intentions, bad results: A paradox of healthcare regulation Healthcare spending, currently projected to grow by 5.8% annually in the ...

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7 Ways to Improve Patient Safety

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The Western PA Healthcare News Team

By Sarah Lisovich While there’s been significant improvement in overall patient safety in the in-patient hospital setting, there’s still much work ...

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Repeal of Affordable Care Act Impacts International Medical Travel

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The Western PA Healthcare News Team

By Laura Carabello The repeal of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has been met with considerable market uncertainty. As the ...

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LifeCare Health Partners Opens 49-Bed Freestanding Behavioral Health Hospital

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The Western PA Healthcare News Team

Facility provides inpatient treatment for individuals managing mental health disorders LifeCare Health Partners has announced the opening of LifeCare Behavioral ...

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Sponsor Post: Allegheny County Health Department

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The Western PA Healthcare News Team

 

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Consider the Conversation: A Documentary About Unintended Consequences

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The Western PA Healthcare News Team

Consider the Conversation, a documentary about unintended consequences, takes a hard look at how we treat people at the end ...

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The Truth about Patient Engagement: 5 Myths

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The Western PA Healthcare News Team

By Mary McNeill, MS, RD, LD, CDE, MBA As clinicians, we are told we need to engage patients more effectively  ...