Healthcare
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Proposed Collective Plan Would Address Maternal Health Crisis in Pennsylvania
The Foundation for Delaware County contributed to a statewide collective plan to raise awareness of recommendations to improve maternal health, reduce racial/ethnic disparities in Pennsylvania and end a maternal health crisis. The Foundation’s contribution came on Jan. 23, PA Maternal Health Awareness Day, In Pennsylvania, pregnancy-associated mortality rates are two times greater for non-Hispanic Blacks…
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Crozer Health and Jefferson Form Neurological Care Partnership
Jefferson Health is now providing neurological services to Crozer Health patients in Delaware County through a neurological care partnership, writes John George for Philadelphia Business Journal. Jefferson Health specialists began providing neurosurgery, and neurocritical care includes neurosurgery and neurocritical care on Jan. 15 at Crozer-Chester Medical Center. The neurological care partnership includes the “latest innovations”…
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Crozer’s Surgical Residency Program, Set to Close, Gets Reprieve
A Crozer surgical residency program at Crozer Chester Medical Center was set to lose its accreditation, but the program has been granted an extension until more details can be provided to Crozer, writes Kenny Cooper for WHYY. The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education regulates training programs for new physicians. It named “special circumstances” as…
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As a Result of the American Rescue Plan, Insulin Prices Drops Drastically in Pennsylvania
Due to the American Rescue Plan, the $1.9 trillion economic stimulus bill passed by Congress and signed into law in March of 2021, the nation’s three major insulin makers have significantly dropped their prices for insulin in Pennsylvania as of January 1, writes Isabel Soisson for The Keystone. Eli Lilly, Sanofi, and Novo Nordisk, which together make up around 90…
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Local Families Spread Holiday Cheer to Patients at Jefferson Abington Hospital
Two local families recently helped spread holiday cheer to young patients and families at Jefferson Abington Hospital. Jennifer Suit, Greg Simpson, and their son rallied their local community together to collect toys for children spending the holidays at the hospital. With the help of their neighbors, the family collected and donated dozens of new toys…
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Crozer Health’s New EMS Delivery Approach Won’t Affect Service
Crozer Health is changing how it delivers emergency medical services, but there are no plans to reduce any advanced life-saving or basic life-saving services in Delaware County in 2024, writes Pete Bannan for the Daily Times. That’s the word from Crozer Health President Tony Esposito in a statement last Friday. “Our recruitment efforts over the…
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Grammy’s Gifts Honors Late Wife With Gifts to Women Treated for Cancer
Leo Botta of Delaware County saw the struggles his late wife Patricia “Tricia” Botta went through being treated for breast cancer, so he’s providing gifts to women going through the same thing in her honor, writes Nick Iadonisi for 6abc. Tricia Botta was diagnosed with triple-negative breast cancer. While undergoing chemotherapy, she was blessed with…
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First Woman Dean at Temple’s Medical School Grew Up in Broomall
Broomall’s Amy Goldberg is a trauma surgeon who has worked at Temple University Hospital for 30 years, She’s also Temple’s first woman dean at its 120-year-old Lewis Katz School of Medicine, writes Abraham Gutman for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Goldberg is making the most of her post to elevate other women. She celebrated her one-year anniversary…
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Pennsylvania Supreme Court to Hear Case on Closing of DCMH
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal over Prospect Medical Holdings Inc.’s closing of Delaware County Memorial Hospital in Drexel Hill, writes Harold Brubaker for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Crozer Health is the largest healthcare provider in Delaware County, and the closing of DCMH has impacted local patients. The hospital was closed by…
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Immaculata University Nursing Student Achieve High NCLEX Pass Rate
Immaculata University’s nursing students achieved a remarkable 97.92 percent first-time pass rate on the registered nurse licensure exam, or NCLEX, in the 2022-23 academic year, the most recent year for which data is available. The national NCLEX pass rate for 2022-23 is 90.16 percent. Immaculata’s nursing students receive extensive support to prepare for the exam, including a…
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CHOP CEO Madeline Bell to Receive 2023 William Penn Award
Madeline Bell, President and CEO of the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, will receive the 2023 William Penn Award, the highest honor bestowed upon a business executive in Greater Philadelphia, from the Chamber of Commerce for Greater Philadelphia. The award, which has been given annually since 1949, recognizes an individual for his/her outstanding contributions toward the…
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Pennsylvania women Are Demanding Better Access to Birth Control
Now that employers are no longer required to offer birth control under their insurance, many in Pennsylvania are struggling to pay for necessary medical care, writes Ashley Adams for The Keystone. In the summer of 2020, the US Supreme Court upheld Trump-era regulations that gave employers the right to deny female workers no-cost coverage for…
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Jefferson Health Launches Primary Care Program for LGBTQIA+ Older Adults
Jefferson Health has launched Pride at the Jefferson Center for Healthy Aging, a program dedicated to caring for Philadelphia’s aging LGBTQIA+ community. This program is the first of its kind, combining clinical care and research efforts to create a primary care home for LGBTQIA+ older adults. “Jefferson is proud to be at the forefront of…
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Crozer Health Now Getting Service Help From Temple and Jefferson
The Crozer-Chester Medical Center, Delaware County’s only trauma center, is having trouble paying its bills, so it’s looking for partner help from Temple University and Jefferson Health, writes Harold Brubaker for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Since Oct. 1, Temple has been providing the medical center with a cardiothoracic surgeon. The center is also looking for trauma…
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ETHOS Treatment Recognized as One of Region’s Fastest-Growing Businesses
ETHOS Treatment LLC’s remarkable success over the past three years has earned it placement on the Philadelphia Business Journal’s Soaring 76 and the Philadelphia100 lists, both of which honor the fastest-growing businesses in the Greater Philadelphia region. With outpatient treatment centers in Philadelphia, West Chester, Plymouth Meeting, Collegeville, Broomall, Jenkintown, and Wyomissing, ETHOS helps adults…
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CHOP Expert Shares Insights on How Social Media and Online Communities Can Influence Offline Behavior
Social media can be your child’s window into the world, letting them see how others experience joy, as well as letting some into their own life. But unlike the window in your home, blocking out unwanted content isn’t as simple as drawing the blinds — and that’s not something parents should turn a blind eye…
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Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Receives $6.4 Million Gift from Bucks County Family
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) has received a $6.4 million gift from the family of Connor Boyle, a Central Bucks East High School graduate who died at age 18 from osteosarcoma. This three-year gift, named “The Connor Initiative: Precision Therapeutics for Osteosarcoma & Rare Cancers,” will support cutting-edge research in osteosarcoma and other rare cancers.…
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Ranking Site Names West Chester University as Top Nursing Program in Pennsylvania
The website allnurses.com has ranked West Chester University’s nursing program as the No. 1 top RN to BSN program in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. “Impressively, the program ranks first among 1,922 comparable programs for NCLEX pass rates, cementing its reputation for cultivating skilled nursing professionals,” the allnurses.com website stated. Nancy Barker, associate professor and chair of WCU’s Nursing…
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