It’s a problem that has played out in other industries, Horst-Martz said, from consumer electronics to farming – but now with the coronavirus pandemic leading to the unprecedented demand for medical equipment, such as ventilators, Right to Repair has become a critical issue in the health care field.

High rates of positive COVID-19 cases among minorities in southcentral Pennsylvania led York-based Family First Health to increase the accessibility of testing at its Lebanon health center.

A blood test that can detect cancer early has shown what the Geisinger health network officials are calling “promising results.”

INOVIO, the Doylestown-based pharmaceutical company, has completed the first phase of its clinical trial for a COVID-19 vaccine. All 40 healthy volunteers in the trial have now received their first dose, INOVIO says.

Hospitals in the commonwealth can resume their elective surgeries and procedures if they follow new guidance released by the Pennsylvania Department of Health.

Pennsylvania’s Health Disparity Task Force is calling for health care organizations to include race and ethnicity data when reporting COVID-19 test results to the state. The task force, formally announced on April 15, is designed to foster health care equality for minorities. 

Residential and non-residential construction in Pennsylvania is set to resume May 8, but projects deemed life-sustaining continued across the commonwealth with only a short delay, including some by regional health care systems.

More than half of Pennsylvania’s 1,550 COVID-19 deaths -- 952 --  were residents of nursing or personal care facilities, the state Department of Health reports.

Long before the coronavirus paralyzed the country, healthcare was a top concern among most Pennsylvanians. And healthcare will remain a top issue through the crisis and well after the November national elections, according to experts who have been monitoring long-term trends.

An organization representing more than 150 independent physicians agreed to a contract with Pittsburgh-based Gateway Health Plan to provide incentives based on quality of service to over 50 private practices.

Businesses and residents of Central Pennsylvania can rest assured that health care providers in the region have the medical supplies they need to treat COVID-19 patients, according to representatives of two major Central Penn health systems. UPMC Pinnacle has a strong supply chain system in place to ensure that the system is building an adequate ...

Plans had been moving along, with city officials discussing possible options with UPMC Pinnacle. Then the coronavirus crisis swept the country, creating higher priorities for health systems, said Jess King, chief of staff for the city.

A letter to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, signed by Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro and 19 other state attorneys general, asks the agency to lift its ban preventing gay and bi-sexual men from giving blood.

A series of changes in Medicare over the last month allowing health care providers to receive reimbursements for telemedicine services was something providers thought would take years.

The legislation reauthorizes the Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council and requires it to study the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on health systems. Under the law, school districts can renegotiate contracts with service providers to ensure payment of personnel and fixed costs amid mandatory school closures.