If you were to ask any health system executive what the future of health care was in 2019, they would have said telemedicine. And in March of last year, with patients unable to access their physicians because of the quarantine, that shift to telemedicine happened in weeks, not years.

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Pennsylvania College of Health Sciences launches a new medical assistant program beginning this fall.

Penn State Health plans to open a new pediatric outpatient center in Manheim Township, Lancaster County next spring.

The pandemic caused New Oxford-based Cross Keys Village -- The Brethren Home to pause two major projects at its senior living facilities to focus on slowing the spread of the virus in its communities.

The former COO of a Chicago hospital is set to succeed Lou Baverso as president of UPMC Carlisle.

A new Penn State Health primary care practice is opening at Highmark Health’s corporate campus on Center Street in East Pennsboro Township on Monday.

Former Pennsylvania Department of Health Secretary Rachel Levine was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on Wednesday as the Biden Administration’s assistant secretary of health.

The Camp Hill-based Orthopedic Institute of Pennsylvania (OIP) will provide orthopedic care at two Penn State Health hospitals as part of a new collaborative agreement.

Five new councils established by the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services (DHS) will be tasked with leading efforts to address social determinants of health, reduce health disparities and promote equity in health care.

There seems to be a light at the end of the tunnel with the COVID-19 pandemic as vaccine rates begin to pick up in Pennsylvania. Still, many are frustrated with the slow pace up until this point – especially in getting vaccines to those working with the public who aren’t health care workers or teachers in group 1a of the state’s vaccine roll out.

Pennsylvania businesses mostly held back on making large changes to their benefit plans during the pandemic, according to a survey of 100 organizations by Harrisburg employee benefit and investment advisory firm Conrad Siegel.

Lancaster Health Center and Welsh Mountain Health Centers completed their previously announced merger this month under the new name, Union Community Care.

The $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 signed by President Biden includes a number of federal programs that will funnel millions into Pennsylvania businesses but despite its expensive price, it doesn’t allot enough money to keep the state’s businesses impacted by COVID-19 open.

Three urgent care clinics owned by UPMC Pinnacle have changed their names to fit under the Harrisburg-based health system’s UPMC Urgent Care brand.