The Daily Beat

UPMC Staff to Become Smoke and Tobacco-Free During Work Day in 2014

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The Western PA Healthcare News Team

Beginning July 1, 2014, UPMC staff, including employees, physicians, students and volunteers, will become smoke and tobacco-free throughout the work ...

PA Hospital Association Statement on Medicaid Expansion

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The Western PA Healthcare News Team

The Hospital & Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania (HAP) today issued the following statement from President and CEO Andy Carter about ...

Uwe Reinhardt Blames Employers for High Medical Prices

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The Western PA Healthcare News Team

Great piece on The Health Care Blog by Ewe Reinhardt, one of the nation’s leading authorities on health care economics and the James Madison ...

UPMC Brings a New Era of Patient Care for Altoona

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The Western PA Healthcare News Team

A new era of patient care begins today in our region with the official establishment of UPMC Altoona. UPMC (University ...

Who Reads the Newspaper?

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The Western PA Healthcare News Team

We recently came across a great blog post from Jennifer Sheran at Sheran Memories regarding the state of printed reading ...

HIPAA Business Associates Security Requirements—What You Need To Know

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The Western PA Healthcare News Team

By Angie Singer Keating Can your company afford to lose up to a million and a half dollars a year? ...

Salute to Senior Service – Plum Man Chosen as PA’s Top Senior Volunteer

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The Western PA Healthcare News Team

One of Western PA’s own is being recognized in the Home Instead Senior Care Salute to Senior Service contest to recognize Pennsylvania’s ...