Healthcare
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Chester Burn Center Provides Peer-to-Peer Support for Survivors
Chester’s Crozer Health burn center is joining a national community to provide support to burn survivors. The Nathan Speare Regional Burn center is onboarding Phoenix SOAR, a program that connects survivors with trained volunteers, writes John George for The Philadelphia Business Journal. The center received $13,000 from the Burn Foundation for training costs. It’s now…
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Penn Medicine Radnor Connects with Nature
The architecture and landscape design of Penn Medicine Radnor embraces nature, with an eye toward environmental stewardship, reports Anne DiNardo, executive editor of Health Care Design Magazine. The ambulatory care center’s façade, designed by Ballinger (Philadelphia), offers patient views and brings in daylight to interior spaces. Jonathan Alderson Landscape Architects in Wayne incorporated a three-acre…
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Word of Delaware County Hospital Closing Triggers Reactions
Employees of Delaware County Memorial Hospital (DCMH) are receiving their layoff notices as the hospital prepares to close in two months, writes Kathleen E. Carey for the Daily Times. Crozer Health CEO Anthony Esposito said hospital workers will be offered jobs elsewhere in the Crozer Health network. Those who remain will receive retention bonuses. State…
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The Foundation for Delaware County Joins County Officials in Legal Action Against Hospital Closure
The Foundation for Delaware County and Delaware County has filed a petition in Delaware County Common Pleas Court asking for an emergency injunction to stop Crozer Health’s planned closing of Delaware County Memorial Hospital. A hearing has been scheduled for Friday, Oct. 7, by Judge Barry C. Dozer to consider the emergency injunction request. The…
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Here’s What Will Happen at Delaware County Memorial Hospital
Crozer Health’s Delaware County Memorial Hospital will become a behavioral health inpatient hospital by the spring of 2023, writes John George for Philadelphia Business Journal. More than 100 patient beds at the 168-bed hospital will be used for behavioral health services. The facility will include a crisis care unit, inpatient acute psychiatric care, acute detox/rehabilitation,…
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Crozer Health Closing Delaware County Memorial Hospital
Delaware County Memorial Hospital in Drexel Hill is closing and becoming an inpatient behavioral health center by next spring, according to owner Crozer Health, writes Harold Brubaker for The Philadelphia Inquirer. The announcement was made Wednesday, Sept. 21. Current services, including the emergency department, will close within 60 days, Crozer said. Crozer Health is owned…
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Delaware County Gets $$62M From Settlement to Fight Opioid Addiction
Delaware County will receive $3.5 million a year for 18 years from a $62 million settlement with drug makers to fight an ongoing opioid epidemic, writes Alex Rose for the Daily Times. “The funding will be used to begin to tackle the devastating opioid epidemic affecting Delaware County residents, their loved ones, and our communities,”…
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State Student Loan Relief Program for Nurses Starts Initial Round of Assistance
The Student Loan Relief Program for Nurses reached a milestone as the Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency (PHEAA) has started notifying applicants of its selection for the initial round of loans. Robert Swift administered a dose of journalistic skill in bringing the story to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. The student loan program for nurses was created…
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Management Fees Added to the Mix as Crozer Looks to Go Nonprofit
Two state elected officials said Prospect Medical Holdings Inc., the parent company of Crozer Health, is considering taking in management fees as Crozer transitions to nonprofit, writes Kenny Cooper for WHYY. “Unfortunately, they’re very often used by private equity companies, as a sort of a wealth extraction tool … It would be kind of shameful…
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Calif. Research Firm Calculates Delco ‘Stressflation’ Rate, Measuring COVID Angst Over Time
My Biosource, a San Diego research firm, set out to measure stressflation–how Americans have fared over the past 19 months dealing with the Coronavirus outbreak and its resulting downsides. Using county-by-county data on physical and mental stress, the study resulted in a “stressflation” rating to illustrate the effects of a prolonged period of pandemic life.…
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Local EMS Squads Facing Financial Crisis, Ask for State and Municipality Support
Local EMS squads spend their days responding to emergencies and saving lives, but now they are the ones that need saving, writes Davis Giangiulio for Main Line Tonight. Leaders of ambulance companies in Chester, Delaware, and Montgomery counties say they are facing dire financial needs due to inadequate funding from the state or municipalities they…
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ChristianaCare Opts Out of Crozer Health Buy as Negotiations End
ChristianaCare won’t be buying Crozer Health, it was announced in a joint statement Thursday morning, by ChristianaCare and Prospect Medical Holdings, the for-profit owners of Crozer Health, writes Kenny Cooper for WHYY. The announcement follows months of negotiations. Instead, Crozer will transition back to nonprofit status, according to a letter provided to hospital employees obtained…
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Delaware County Leadership: Beth Duffy, President and COO of Einstein Medical Center Montgomery
Beth Duffy, President and Chief Operating Officer of Einstein Medical Center Montgomery, spoke with DELCO Today about growing up in Southampton, Bucks County, her early jobs, and why she believes everybody should work in a fast food restaurant at some point in their lives. Duffy went on to explain her career path from wanting to…
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Want Hands-On Experience in Healthcare? WilmU Has You Covered
Hummu Saydee, a senior in the Health Sciences Program at Wilmington University, is getting hands-on experience in healthcare this summer as a paid intern for ChristianaCare, learning about cutting-edge approaches while building on her previous work experience in healthcare. Saydee is a certified nursing assistant who has worked with elderly patients in their homes and…
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Crozer Health, Delco Reach Deal to Keep Behavioral Health Services Going
Crozer Health has agreed to keep its behavioral health facilities open, like one at Crozer Chester Medical Center, in exchange for Delaware County withdrawing litigation it had filed in Delaware County Common Pleas Court to stop the closures, writes John George for Philadelphia Business Journal. Both parties said they have reached a “mutually amicable agreement”.…
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Mary Ellen Skalina Inspired Many with Her NeoNatal Care Approach
Dr. Mary Ellen Skalina of Springfield, who cared for hundreds of critically ill and premature babies, and who counseled their families with compassion and candor, died July 29, writes Gary Miles for The Philadelphia Inquirer. She was 70. Dr. Skalina was a retired neonatologist at Cooper University, Lankenau and Chester County Hospitals. She was…
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Monkeypox Reaches Delaware County, with 9 Cases
The Delaware County Health Department has confirmed nine cases so far of monkeypox among county residents, writes Kenny Cooper for WHYY. It joins the Bucks County Health Department, which has confirmed six cases, Montgomery County with four cases and Chester County with one case as of Aug. 4. Each health department has performed contact tracing…
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Prospect Medical Less Enthusiastic for Crozer Sale, Says Crozer Landlord
The landlord that owns Crozer Health’s real estate says Crozer Health’s parent company Prospect Medical Holdings Inc. may be losing enthusiasm for selling the health care system, writes Harold Brubaker for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Prospect Medical still expects to sell its hospitals in Connecticut but may not feel the same in Pennsylvania anymore, said Edward…
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