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Technology

When More Patient Portals Create Less Clarity

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The Western PA Healthcare News Team

Healthcare has spent years trying to give patients greater digital access to their care. In many respects, it has succeeded. ...

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Patient Experience

Your Next Patient May Already Be in Your Database

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Daniel Casciato

Healthcare practices devote considerable resources to attracting new patients through search visibility, online reviews, physician directories, referral relationships, advertising and ...

Safety Considerations for Producing Medicine
Pharmaceutical

Beyond the Prescription: Why Health Systems Are Integrating Specialty Pharmacy Into Patient Care

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The Western PA Healthcare News Team

For patients with complex chronic conditions, receiving a prescription can mark the beginning of an entirely new challenge. Specialty medications ...

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Clinical Care

The Pediatric Care Desert That Has Nothing to Do With Distance

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The Western PA Healthcare News Team

A family can live 20 minutes from a nationally recognized children’s hospital and still find itself without meaningful access to ...

Wellness

The Doctor is Always In, but Who’s Checking In on the Doctor?

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The Western PA Healthcare News Team

They are trained to recognize the warning signs in others. They are expected to remain calm under pressure, work through ...

Around the Region

The Allegheny County Medical Society Foundation, Beverly’s Babies PGH Team Up to Support National Breastfeeding Awareness Month

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The Western PA Healthcare News Team

Darla Sherlock, senior director of programming and lactation counselor at Beverly’s Babies PGH, in the lactation suite at the ACMS ...

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Patient Care

Improving Care Through Consistent Patient Monitoring

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Henry Johnson

Better care often depends on what happens between appointments. See how continuity helps clinicians approach each patient visit with greater context.