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A Valentine’s National Donor Day Match of a Lifetime

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The Western PA Healthcare News Team

This Valentine’s Day holds a special meaning for husband and wife, Dennis and Heather Haley. The couple met on Match ...

Hospital intensive care unit area with beds equipment. Health center

Are Ambulatory Surgery Centers Safer During COVID?

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The Western PA Healthcare News Team

By Dr. Matt Apel The rapid spread of Coronavirus is causing many people to shy away from needed treatments and ...

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Human Resources

Workplace Goals to Enhance Your Professional Development

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The Western PA Healthcare News Team

By Katie Lightfoot, Senior Client Manager and Tutor at RADA Business With offices across the country once again opening their ...

Nursing

Student Loan Relief for Nurses Program

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Mary A. O’Connor, PhD, MSN, RN

The Student Loan Relief for Nurses Program (SLRN) provides funds to forgive part of RNs and LPNs student nursing loans, and there ...

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Gov. Wolf Signs Bills Supporting Health Care Workers and Students

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Mary A. O’Connor, PhD, MSN, RN

Governor Tom Wolf signed into law House Bill 253 on January 26, 2022, and it is now Act No. 2  of 2022.(https://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/li/uconsCheck.cfm?yr=2022&sessInd=0&act=2) This ...

People in the News

AHN Names Director for First Steps and Beyond Black Infant Mortality Initiative

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The Western PA Healthcare News Team

Allegheny Health Network’s (AHN) Equitable Health Institute has named Elissa Edmunds-Hunt director of First Steps and Beyond, a critical new ...

Health control application on smartphone with pulse and arterial pressure control. Concept of modern medical technology.

Online Tool Helps Ovarian Cancer Patients Feel More in Control of Symptoms

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The Western PA Healthcare News Team

An online symptom management tool that harnesses the problem-solving benefits of expressive writing could help women with ovarian cancer better ...