Lancaster-based Pennsylvania College of Health Sciences has signed a definitive agreement to become part of Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia.

Two major construction projects that will add hundreds of units to Lancaster city’s rental housing stock celebrated milestones this week.

Dr. Michael Ripchinski, chief clinical officer at Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health, was recently appointed to the Pennsylvania State Board of Medicine. He was nominated by Gov. Tom Wolf and unanimously confirmed by the state Senate on Feb. 9. 

Amid yet another rise in COVID-19 patient numbers in hospitals, the midstate’s hospital systems recognize that they will need to continue to reinvent everything from how they deliver care to the part they play in the supply chain. 

A new 10-year initiative by Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health will see the Lancaster-based hospital system invest $50 million into combating lead poisoning in Lancaster County.

Reading-based Tower Health announced today that it is forming a strategic alliance with Philadelphia-based Penn Medicine.

A CEO for a New Orleans-based hospital system is set to join Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health as its next CEO when current president and CEO, Jan Bergen, retires this March.

Lancaster General Hospital is now a Level One Trauma Center after receiving accreditation from the Pennsylvania Trauma Systems Foundation.

Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health opened a Lancaster-based practice specializing in diagnosing and treating fertility and reproductive conditions opened this month.

A number of midstate hospitals, including UPMC Pinnacle Harrisburg and Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health, were listed as “equality leaders” for their LGBTQ care policies and practices by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation.

Health care providers associated with Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health’s Accountable Care Organization will receive incentives for meeting health care quality and cost-reduction targets through a new partnership with AmeriHealth Caritas Pennsylvania.

Plans had been moving along, with city officials discussing possible options with UPMC Pinnacle. Then the coronavirus crisis swept the country, creating higher priorities for health systems, said Jess King, chief of staff for the city.

Area hospitals are looking at which of their employees can work remotely and how many employees their departments need to still operate.

WellSpan’s incoming addition to WellSpan York Hospital, an eight-story tower created to expand the hospital’s inpatient services, is not the only major project the system is working on. In fact, the midstate is currently brimming with new projects in the works from all of the area’s major players.

Experts say the average cancer patient needs more access and education on the benefits of trials before they choose them over better-known therapies.