Some area hospitals are taking advantage of new technology
to expand their knowledge and improve patient care.

A York
doctor has been named Pennsylvania Family Physician of the Year.

Phil Gross never thought a broken arm could nearly ruin his
business.

A national organization has named a York County
hospital a top-notch health care facility when it comes to high-quality patient
care and operational efficiency.

Health insurer Highmark Inc. is revamping an effort to give
more doctors access to e-prescribing technology.

Country Meadows Retirement Communities is expanding its Country
Meadows At Home service next week to the York
area.

The Dauphin County-based Pennsylvania Medical Society has
been awarded a $404,500 state grant to help bring broadband Internet access to more
doctors.

Miracles happen every weekday in the basement of Christ Lutheran
Church in Harrisburg.

Diversifying the workforce at Country Meadows Retirement
Communities goes beyond hiring people from a variety of cultural backgrounds.
It involves creating an employment base that includes individuals of all ages
and from each gender.

Health care organizations throughout Central
Pennsylvania have not created programs or initiatives to aid their
approach to hiring minority and women executives, health-system representatives
said.

A pharmacy that serves low-income and uninsured people in York is moving closer to
the patients it serves.

I read with interest "Health-insurance hikes hit double
digits again," by Christina Olenchek, from the May 30 edition. I am a local
physician, and I thought I would enlighten you and your readers.

The national Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association has
honored three Central Pennsylvania hospitals
for their care of bariatric-surgery patients.

While your article ("Health-insurance hikes hit double
digits again," May 30) does justice to the topic, it missed an opportunity to
talk about the simple fact that claims drive cost.

CyraCom International Inc., a company that provides language
services to the medical industry, tracks what languages are used to communicate
with patients at health care organizations nationwide.