Healthcare
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Freedom Village: Is Proximity to a Hospital Important in Senior Living?
Location is everything when you’re searching for the best senior living community for yourself or a loved one, and it’s important to consider health care and proximity to a hospital as part of your decision. If the unexpected happens and you need surgery or specialized care, you want to have convenient access to top-rated doctors…
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Norristown-Based Gaudenzia’s Chief of Staff Named Pennsylvania’s Social Worker of the Year
Dr. Patricia McKernan, Chief of Staff at Norristown-based Gaudenzia, the region’s largest nonprofit provider of treatment for substance use disorder, has been named Social Worker of the Year by the Pennsylvania Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers. The honor is a testament to McKernan’s leadership in promoting the dignity and inherent worth of…
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ETHOS Treatment Offers Group for Women Experiencing Trauma and Suffering from Substance Use Disorder
ETHOS Treatment, LLC — which helps adults and teens with mental health issues and substance use disorders through a proven combination of individual counseling, small group, and family therapy — is now offering an in-person and telehealth hybrid group for adult women who struggle with trauma and substance use disorder. “This group will help participants…
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As ‘Your Radio Doctor,’ Gastroenterologist from Haverford Blazes Trails in the World of Medical Broadcasting
Contrary to popular opinion, what you don’t know can indeed hurt you. Spreading awareness of such unconventional wisdom is one of the reasons why Dr. Marianne Ritchie — one of the first women to practice gastroenterology in the Philadelphia region and a pioneer in the field for more than 30 years — started her own…
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Crozer Health Nurses Ratify 1-Year Contract Extension Amid Possible System Sale
With the potential sale of the Crozer Health System in the balance, more than 750 nurses and other healthcare workers ratified a one-year contract extension, writes John George for the Philadelphia Business Journal. The contract extension was ratified by the Crozer Chester Nurses Association, the Crozer Chester Paramedics Association; the Crozer Medical Professionals, and the…
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New York Post: John Fetterman Recalls ‘Technically’ Dying, Believing He Would Lose Senate Race Due to His Stroke
After suffering a stroke mid-campaign, Sen. John Fetterman believed he would not be able to defeat his Republican opponent, celebrity heart surgeon Dr. Mehmet Oz, writes Ryan King for the New York Post. The experience forced him to face his mortality, and in turn, stop being afraid of it. “I didn’t have a near-death experience,…
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RamTHON Starting at West Chester University to Raise Funds for Children at CHOP
RamTHON, a no-sitting dance party organized to raise $30,000+ for the children at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), will officially start the season-of-giving at West Chester University on Saturday, Nov. 4, 1-7 PM, in Sykes Student Union at 110 West Rosedale Avenue in West Chester. Promising a ramtastic time for all during every single hour, RamTHON will…
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Legal Action Against Prospect Medical Delayed so a New Crozer Health Buyer Can be Found
A nine-month Prospect Medical legal reprieve has been agreed to so that it can find a buyer for Crozer Health, writes John George for Philadelphia Business Journal. The reprieve is a formal stipulation between The Foundation for Delaware County, Prospect Medical Holdings, and the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office. The three parties filed the stipulation with…
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Main Line Health Reports $125M Loss as Reimbursements Lag Behind Costs
Main Line Health finances were hit with a $125 million operating loss for the year ending June 30, highlighting some of the problems right now in the healthcare field. The nonprofit health system blamed low reimbursements from Medicare and private insurance payments that haven’t kept pace with inflation, writes Harold Brubaker for The Philadelphia Inquirer.…
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Holy Family University to Partner with Beck Institute For Cognitive Behavior Therapy
Holy Family University students enrolled in the Master of Counseling Program will have an opportunity to take part in a 16-week course, beginning in January 2024, that incorporates a research study on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) through the world-renowned Beck Institute. CBT is a form of psychotherapy that has been found to be effective in…
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ETHOS Treatment Launches LGBTQIA+ Inclusive Group for Mental Health/Substance Disorder Healing
ETHOS Treatment, LLC — which helps adults and teens with mental health issues and substance use disorders through a proven combination of individual counseling, small group, and family therapy — is now offering an LGBTQIA+ Inclusive Group. Though ETHOS has outpatient treatment clinics in Philadelphia, West Chester, Plymouth Meeting, Collegeville, Broomall, Jenkintown, and Wyomissing, the new group…
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Chicken Soup for Nurses Author to Speak at Neumann University
LeAnn Thieman, co-author of Chicken Soup for the Nurse’s Soul, will deliver the 17th Philadelphia General Hospital Lecture at Neumann University on Saturday, October 14. Titled “SelfCare for HealthCare,” the presentation is scheduled for 10 AM in the Bayada Teaching Auditorium on the second floor of the Rocco Abessinio Building. A book signing will follow…
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Freedom Village at Brandywine Hosts 2nd Annual Walk to End Alzheimer’s
Freedom Village at Brandywine, a premier Life Plan Community, will host its second annual Walk to End Alzheimer’s on Friday, Oct. 6, 10 AM, on its campus at 15 Freedom Blvd. in West Brandywine. The annual walk supports the Alzheimer’s Association Walk to End Alzheimer’s, the world’s largest event to raise awareness and funds for…
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American Academy of Nursing Honors Guardian Nurses Healthcare Advocates Program
The American Academy of Nursing has selected Guardian Nurses Healthcare Advocates’ Mobile Care Coordinator (MCC) program as one of four innovative models of care to be named Academy Edge Runners for 2023. Edge Runners are evidence-based, nurse-designed models demonstrating significant clinical, financial, community, and policy outcomes with proven sustainability and replicability. Each of these programs…
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Delaware County Households to Receive Drug Disposal Pouches
About 75 percent of Delaware County households will be receiving a free gift from the Delaware County Health Department, writes Kathleen E. Carey for the Daily Times. About 165,289 households will receive drug disposal pouches that will allow them to dispose of expired medications in their home. It’s an effort to bring the opioid addiction…
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Group Forgives Medical Debt for 119 Delaware County Families. See How They Did It
There are 119 families Delaware County families who will no longer feel the crippling effect of a collective $163,632 in medical debt, writes Ximena Conde for The Philadelphia Inquirer. The debt was purchased for $15,000 by a Philadelphia group of self-described “mostly queer, gutter-pagan South Philadelphia dirtbags. ” Their transaction was helped along by the…
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‘Prescribe Outside’ to Improve the Health of Philadelphia’s Children Through Access to Green Space, Nature
Prescribe Outside, Philadelphia’s nature prescription program, has launched to provide physicians and families with tools to improve the health and wellness of children. Prescribe Outside is a partnership among Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), Awbury Arboretum, Let’s Go Outdoors, USDA Forest Service, and the Temple University Center for Sustainable Communities that helps children locate and…
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Crozer Health Computers Up Again as Group Moves Past Ransomware Attack
As of Friday, Crozer Health’s computers were “back up and running normal” after an Aug. 3 ransomware attack crashed the system of Crozer’s parent company, Prospect Medical Holdings out of California, writes John George for Philadelphia Business Journal. Ransomware blocks computer access until the perpetrator of the attack is paid money to release the system. …
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