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Apr 29, 2022

Highmark senior medical director talks telemedicine 

Highmark Blue Shield’s senior medical director, Dr. Tim Law, spoke to the Journal about how the pandemic impacted Highmark as a payer and what the telemedicine space looks like for payers today. 

Apr 15, 2022

Pennsylvania unemployment rate drops below 5% 

Pennsylvania’s unemployment rate dropped below 5% in March, something the state hasn’t seen since the rate peaked at 16.5% during the early days of the pandemic. 

Apr 14, 2022

Ag department places quarantine on poultry and egg exhibits due to Avian Influenza

A temporary quarantine order banning poultry and egg exhibitions for 60 days or until the order is rescinded will take effect Saturday across Pennsylvania. 

Apr 1, 2021

Following historic peaks in telehealth usage last year, patients are expected to continue to use virtual care

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.

Mar 26, 2020

Lancaster private school pivots online

Veritas Academy in Upper Leacock Township, Lancaster County has not only managed to get its classes up and running online for its 300 students, but is looking to offer a selection of video classes to students outside of the academy.

Mar 25, 2020

Mechanicsburg photography firm shifts focus to live 3D tours from home

A Mechanicsburg real estate photography firm is offering real estate companies a way to continue touring houses despite the state-wide lockdown.

Mar 16, 2020

Pa. announces continued efforts as cases of coronavirus rise

This weekend, Pennsylvania’s number of positive cases of COVID-19 rose as the Department of Health found the first positive cases in the midstate.