Some area hospitals are taking advantage of new technology
to expand their knowledge and improve patient care.
Health Care
In brief: York doctor commended
A York
doctor has been named Pennsylvania Family Physician of the Year.
Individual health coverage needs reform, proprietors say
Phil Gross never thought a broken arm could nearly ruin his
business.
In brief: Kudos for quality
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.
In brief: Highmark renews push for high-tech
Health insurer Highmark Inc. is revamping an effort to give
more doctors access to e-prescribing technology.
Country Meadows expands home-care service
Country Meadows Retirement Communities is expanding its Country
Meadows At Home service next week to the York
area.
UPDATE: Medical society gets grant to boost broadband access
The Dauphin County-based Pennsylvania Medical Society has
been awarded a $404,500 state grant to help bring broadband Internet access to more
doctors.
Health care report 2008: Clinics are beacons of health and hope
Miracles happen every weekday in the basement of Christ Lutheran
Church in Harrisburg.
Health care report 2008: Providers strive for a good mix of employees
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 report 2008: Executive-level diversity challenges health care groups
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.
In brief: Closer to home
A pharmacy that serves low-income and uninsured people in York is moving closer to
the patients it serves.
Op-ed: Patients aren’t to blame for increasing health-insurance premiums
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.
In brief: Best in bariatrics
The national Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association has
honored three Central Pennsylvania hospitals
for their care of bariatric-surgery patients.
Letter: Health care costs driven by claims
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.
Health care report 2008: Kaleidoscope of cultures challenges, inspires health care industry
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.