York-based WellSpan Health has opened its first practice location to perform minimally invasive outpatient vascular procedures.
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Select Medical forming partnership to operate new hospital in Florida
Mechanicsburg-based Select Medical and ShorePoint Health Venice, a subsidiary of Community Health Systems, are forming a joint venture to operate a combined critical illness recovery (licensed as long-term care) and inpatient rehabilitation hospital in Venice, Florida.
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Workforce issues dominate conversation at annual hospital leadership summit
Improving Pennsylvania’s health care workforce pipeline and the tools available to lessen the problem continue to be at the top of mind for the state’s health system leadership.
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Penn State Health takes advantage of its two Cumberland County hospitals
In 2019, Penn State Health announced that it had signed a letter of intent with Danville-based Geisinger Health to purchase Geisinger Holy Spirit in East Pennsboro Township.
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Lebanon Valley College to break ground on new building
Lebanon Valley College will break ground Friday on its new Nursing & Interdisciplinary Health Education Facility.
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University of Maryland Medical System senior VP joins UPMC
A former University of Maryland Medical System (UMMS) senior vice president will be taking over as president of UPMC’s PinnacleHealth Medical Group.
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Health and wellness top of mind for shoppers, says NPD
-- It’s not all that shocking to note that over the course of the pandemic consumers focused more intensely on health and wellness. However, what is surprising is the fact that nearly two years after the pandemic hit the U.S., retail sales of products in health and wellness categories continue to match peak growth rates, according to the NPD Group.
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Penn State Health adds physician leader for cancer services
Penn State Health appointed Dr. Marc Rovito to vice president and physician leader for cancer services, a newly created position that’s part of the health system’s effort to deliver coordinated cancer care across its hospitals and outpatient locations.
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WellSpan Health names new president of Good Samaritan
Lebanon-based WellSpan Good Samaritan Hospital’s vice president of patient care services and chief nursing officer will be leading the hospital as its president starting Feb. 6.
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Penn State Health hires former Tower Health VP to help lead Lancaster Medical Center
Reading-based Tower Health's former vice president for nursing operations joins Penn State Health as the new chief nursing officer for the Hershey-based health system’s upcoming Lancaster Medical Center on Jan. 17.
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Pa. Dept. of Health acting secretary to step down in January
Alison Beam, acting secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, will resign at the end of the year. She is expected to be replaced by Executive Deputy Secretary Keara Klinepeter.
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Lancaster General Health receives $750,000 in grant funding for services for new mothers
Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health recently received $750,000 in state grants to combat substance-use-disorder and mental-health challenges in women.
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New medical marijuana dispensary opens in Lancaster
Chicago-based privately held cannabis company PharmaCann Inc. opened its newest Verilife medical marijuana dispensary in Lancaster on Tuesday.
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Hershey Medical Center selects new senior vice president and COO
Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center has appointed its newest senior vice president and chief operating officer, to begin at the Hershey-based hospital next month.
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Penn State Health purchases Surgery Center of Lancaster in partnership with surgeon owners, ValueHealth
Surgery Center of Lancaster, a 17,000-square-foot surgical center of 26 surgeons, was recently purchased through a partnership of the center’s owners, Penn State Health and ValueHealth.
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