Philadelphia based Saint Joseph's University, which has a definitive agreement to merge with Pennsylvania College of Health Sciences in Lancaster by January 2024, named its first female president in the university’s 172-year history. 

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

Pennsylvania College of Health Sciences (PA College) is offering a Cardiac Sonography Associate Degree and Certificate Program this fall. 

“Physically, psychologically, it was too much,” Grab said, adding that a lot of nurses left the field in the past year. “Unfortunately, there are not enough nurses in the pipeline to fill those spots.”

Rural hospitals remain a gateway to care for roughly 2 million Pennsylvania residents. But those hospitals are under increasing financial strain.