Health care has changed significantly since Jim Cooper joined Central Pennsylvania Blood Bank 37 years ago. Open-heart surgery was still newfangled. AIDS hadnt been discovered.
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Health Care
Psychologists urge firms to mind employees mental health
To run a successful company, an employer has to look out for a precious asset its employees.
Studies conducted by the American Psychological Association (APA) show that developing a psychologically healthy workplace produces better profit margins and cuts down on absences and turnover.
Read More »Report evaluates cardiac-surgery care
The Harrisburg-based Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council recently released statewide figures on the quality of care for cardiac surgery at hospitals throughout the state.
Read More »Republicans roll out their own cure for PA’s health-care woes
State House Republicans today introduced an alternative to Gov. Ed Rendell's Prescription for Pennsylvania health-care reform plan.
Read More »Tyco announces stock changes
Tyco International Ltd. will issue stocks for the healthcare and electronics spin-off companies that will result from the Bermuda-based business forthcoming split.
Read More »Select Medical, Nexus call off deal
Cumberland County-based Select Medical Corp. will not go ahead with its planned acquisition of Nexus Health Systems Inc.
Read More »Herley reports third-quarter results
Lancaster County-based Herley Industries Inc. reported lower sales but higher profits for the third quarter ended April 29.
Read More »Health care report: Telephone-based services boost employees health awareness
If you have health insurance, chances are good that you also have a refrigerator magnet advertising your carriers 24-hour nurseline. You might have even used the telephone service to figure out if a pain or illness required a trip to the emergency room or doctors office.
Read More »Health care report: Retail-based clinics tout convenience
Convenient-care clinics continue to pop up around the country, and health-care organizations in the midstate are taking notice.
Read More »Health care report: Midstate doctors slow to embrace e-mail
Communicating by e-mail commonplace in the business world has yet to catch on with most doctors in the midstate.
Read More »Health care report: Some practices extend their hours for 9-to-5 workers
Physicians are finding that customer service is about more than just being a phone call away.
Read More »Health care report: Treatment alternatives
Patients in Central Pennsylvania are taking a more active role in their health-care decisions, and many are choosing alternative therapies to complement or replace traditional medicine, according to area therapists, physicians and patients.
Read More »Health care report: Better-informed patients benefit health-care system, observers say
Before having gall bladder surgery, Doug Legore looked up his surgeon online.
Read More »Health care report: Health-care options good for businesses as well as employees
The rising costs of prescription drugs, hospital stays and doctor visits are further complicating an already difficult health-care insurance environment.
Read More »Health care report: Home-based services give patients choices, save system money
Home health agencies have become significant players in the delivery of medical care over the past 20 years. Its a development that proponents believe is saving the health-care system money.
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