Healthcare
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Chester Ambulances Now Have Life-Saving Blood Transfusions
Paramedics with VMSC Emergency Medical Services providing ambulance service to residents of Chester have now added the option of blood transfusions in the ambulance and even in someone’s home, writes TaRhonda Thomas for 6abc. “Patients who can receive blood within the first few minutes have a much higher outcome of surviving that incident,” said VMSC…
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Health Department Aids Seniors in Retrieving Crozer Records
Delaware County health department sessions are taking place this summer to help seniors retrieve their medical records after the closing of Crozer Health, writes Justin Udo for KYW Newsradio. Phyllis Johnson said Crozer’s closing put her in a tough spot, made more so when she had issues trying to access her medical records online. “I…
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Even Before Crozer Closed Other Hospitals Were Getting Busier
The busiest ERs in Delaware County came out of Crozer Health. Now that it’s closed, the county’s two remaining emergency rooms at Main Line Health’s Riddle and Trinity Health’s Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital are seeing many more patients. Riddle Hospital in Media, for example, has seen a 40 percent increase in emergency room patients, writes Sarah…
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Grand View Health Reports Largest Regional Operating Loss in Past Nine Months
Grand View Health, located in Sellersville, has reported the largest operating loss in the region during the nine-month period that ended March 31, writes Harold Brubaker for The Philadelphia Inquirer. The health system reported revenue of $207 million during that period, resulting in a loss of $53.3 million, or 26 percent. That figure represents both…
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Crozer Hospitals Put Up for Sale as Springfield OKs Microhospital
As displaced Crozer Health patients overwhelm emergency rooms at Delaware County’s two remaining hospitals, four other closed hospitals in Delaware County, and their contents, are being sold. Crozer-Chester Medical Center in Upland, Delaware County Memorial Hospital in Drexel Hill, Taylor Hospital in Ridley Park, and Springfield Hospital in Springfield are all up for sale. A…
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Healthcare Startup Vitable, From Woodlyn, Plans National Expansion
Vitable LLC, a healthcare startup from Woodlyn, is ready to expand nationally, writes Harold Brubaker for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Joseph Kitonga, 28, founded Vitable LLC while a student at Penn State. Vitable began in 2019 by offering virtual primary care service for hourly workers in lower-wage industries, focusing on companies in childcare, senior care, restaurants,…
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Cardiology Consultants of Philadelphia to Open King of Prussia Surgery Center
Cardiology Consultants of Philadelphia has partnered with Penn Medicine and other providers to open an ambulatory surgery center in King of Prussia, writes Harold Brubaker for The Philadelphia Inquirer. The $10 million facility that has three operating rooms and one procedure room will open late this year and offer same-day, nonemergency treatments. The center will…
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Child Guidance Resource Centers Welcomes Lisa Roberts Cadorette as New CEO
Child Guidance Resource Centers (CGRC), a leading nonprofit provider of behavioral and mental health services for children and families across the Greater Philadelphia region, has appointed Lisa Roberts Cadorette as its new President and CEO. Cadorette brings more than 35 years of nonprofit leadership experience, specifically within healthcare and higher education settings. A lifelong resident…
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ChristianaCare Wins Bid for 5 Former Crozer Health Locations
The Delaware healthcare nonprofit ChristianaCare announced Wednesday that it was the successful bidder in a highly competitive auction for five former Crozer Health outpatient service locations in Delaware County. ChristianaCare will be taking over programs and services at: • 300 Evergreen Dr., Glen Mills • 500 Evergreen Dr., Glen Mills • 2010 West Chester Pike,…
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Amid Worsening Nursing Shortage, Pennsylvania’s ‘Invisible Workforce’ Delivers Billions in Unpaid Care
As the nursing shortage intensifies nationwide, Pennsylvania’s “invisible workforce” of family caregivers continues to provide billions in unpaid care, writes Isaac Avilucea for AXIOS. According to a new report from researchers at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health, family caregivers provided an estimated 32.5 billion dollars in unpaid care in 2024, up from 22…
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Marcus Hook Mom Thanks Paramedics for Saving Baby’s Life
Shaniqua Whitaker of Marcus Hook, the mother of a 5-month-old girl who stopped breathing, is thanking officers and paramedics who saved the girls’ life, writes Madeleine Wright for CBS News Philadelphia. The girl’s aunt, Dai’shanik Dickerson, said she was driving to Hobby Lobby May 15 with her niece Shyanne Glen in the back seat when…
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Delaware County Tweaks Healthcare Response to Crozer Closings
With only two hospitals left in the county, Riddle Hospital in Media and Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital in Darby, officials are focusing on making sure those facilities have what they need to meet Delaware County healthcare demands from patients no longer able to access the Crozer Health system, writes Justin Udo for KYW Newsradio. The county…
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Helicopter Makes Emergency Landing on Whitemarsh Lawn
A skilled pilot is being praised as a hero after safely landing a PennSTAR medical helicopter on a front lawn in Whitemarsh Township—just three miles short of its destination in Blue Bell, reports Neil Fischer for NBC 10 Philadelphia. The aircraft, en route from Philadelphia to Wings Field, made an emergency landing around 7:45 PM.…
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Vybe Urgent Care Eyes Expansion Amid Crozer Health Absence
Vybe Urgent Care, which already operates three centers in Delaware County, plans to add a fourth location, and possibly more, following the shutdown of Crozer Health, writes John George for the Philadelphia Business Journal. Vybe CEO Peter Hotz founded the company in 2016. “When I started this company, it was to improve access to primary…
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State Rep Talks With Healthcare Providers About Taking Over Crozer Sites
State Rep. Carol Kazeem (D-159) is talking up Crozer Health’s closed facilities to other health systems to see if there is any interest in taking over operations, writes Kathleen E. Carey for the Daily Times. Kazeem, who represents Chester City and surrounding communities, is asking Main Line, Temple Health, Penn Medicine, or du Pont Hospital…
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ChesPenn Health Services: ‘We’re Still Here and Committed to Serving Local Communities’
ChesPenn Health Services is a free-standing Community Health Center (CHC) that offers coordinated primary healthcare services — medical, dental, behavioral — for children, teens, and adults. Despite the closure of our partnering hospital, Crozer Keystone Health System, we remain steadfast in our commitment to provide access to primary and preventive healthcare and social services to…
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43 Crozer Physicians In-Training Picked Up by Penn Medicine
The University of Pennsylvania Health System has hired 43 physicians-in-training who were displaced after the Crozer Health shutdown, writes Harold Brubaker for The Philadelphia Inquirer. The residents will continue providing care in Springfield and Upper Darby but will now receive inpatient training at Chester County Hospital. To make it happen, Penn Medicine has moved up a…
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Hospital Closures Up in Pennsylvania as State Solution Sought
The closing of Crozer Health has highlighted a disturbing statewide trend of healthcare system acquisitions. At least 26 hospitals owned by nonprofits and for-profits have closed in Pennsylvania in the past five years, and 46 have changed owners. Delaware County State Rep. Lisa Borowski proposed a bill last year that would require nonprofit and for-profit…
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