Healthcare
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Crozer Health CEO Looking for Some Staff, Stability
Anthony “Tony” Esposito, the new CEO at Crozer Health, says finding the staffing it needs will stabilize operations at Crozer Health and bring back services which were suspended because of employee shortages, writes Kathleen E. Carey for the Daily Times. Esposito was named CEO earlier in July. He takes over just as the health system…
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New CEO for Crozer Health as Talks Continue with ChristianaCare
A new CEO for Crozer Health, Anthony Esposito, was announced today, as discussions of a potential sale with nonprofit ChristianaCare continue, writes John George for Philadelphia Business Journal. Esposito becomes CEO for Delaware County’s largest health system. The company runs four hospitals and four outpatient centers in Delaware County and is owned by Prospect…
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There’s 1 Pharmacy in Delco That Has a COVID-19 Vaccine for Children Under 5
Only a third of the Philadelphia region’s pharmacies carry COVID-19 vaccines for children under five years old. Out of those, just one is in Delaware County, writes Jason Laughlin for The Philadelphia Inquirer. You can find the vaccine at Rios Pharmacy, 35 Morton Avenue in Morton. Since federal regulations prevent children younger than three from…
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Power Home Remodeling in Chester Offers Staff Travel Assist for Legal Abortions
Power Home Remodeling in Chester last month began a policy of paying for employee travel for legal abortions, writes Joseph N. DiStefano for The Philadelphia Inquirer. The policy began “in response to the changing laws around reproductive rights,” spokeswoman Andrea Recine stated in an email. Power Home Remodeling has over 2,700 employees, including 700 in…
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As Crozer Health Cuts Programs, 2 Recovery Services Come on Board
Those in recovery frustrated by program closures at Crozer Health can now turn to two MVP Recovery services that started Monday in Delaware County, writes Kathleen E. Carey for the Daily Times. A 24/7 help hotline and an access center will help people connect with treatment services. Both services are being activated by Media-based MVP…
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Dunwoody at Home: Alzheimer’s Help for Family Caregivers
The full article by Lawrence Robinson, Melissa S. Wayne, M.A., and Jeanne Segal, Ph.D. appears in HelpGuide and can be found at the Dunwoody at Home website. Taking care of someone with Alzheimer’s or another type of dementia can be overwhelming but you are not alone. There are more than 16 million people in the…
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State Bills Would Limit For-Profits’ Control of Healthcare Systems
A state bill announced Thursday at a press conference in Media by Delaware County elected officials would limit for-profit companies in their ownership and management of hospitals in Pennsylvania, writes Kenny Cooper for WHYY. It is a response to a decision by the for-profit firm Prospect Medical Holdings to close and reduce hospital and medical…
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New COVID-19 Testing Site Opens in Yeadon Amid Positive Case Rise
A new COVID-19 test site opened Friday, June 10, in Yeadon to make sure everyone has equal access to testing during a recent surge in positive cases, reports 6abc. “(It) will provide free walk-up and drive-through COVID-19 rapid testing to hundreds of Delaware County residents to address the growing need for testing to slow the…
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Hospitals in Delco Area See Patient Surge With Crozer, Tower Closures
Capacity and high patient volume alerts have been going out at Main Line Health as other hospitals take the load from Crozer Health shutdowns in Delaware County and Tower Health closures in Chester County. Affected area hospitals are Riddle Hospital, Bryn Mawr Hospital, Lankenau Medical Center and Paoli Hospital, writes Kenny Cooper for WHYY. Main…
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CDC Moves Delco Back Into a High COVID Transmission County
COVID-19 is on the rise again in Delaware County as the CDC places the county back into a high level of transmission category. “When a county is designated as High Community Level Transmission, that is the highest warning signal that residents need to take additional precautions to prevent the spread of COVID -19,” especially to…
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Crozer Agrees to Extend Behavioral Health Services in County Deal
Behavioral services run by Crozer Health will stay open at least through Aug. 31 because of an agreement reached between the healthcare system and Delaware County officials, writes Kathleen E. Carey for the Daily Times. Crozer Health, owned by Prospect Medical Holdings Inc., has been reducing or eliminating its medical services at its four hospitals…
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New Protests Formed Monday and This Thursday Over Crozer Health Closings
The planned closing of hospital and healthcare services at Crozer Health is now generating resident protests, writes Pete Bannan for the Daily Times. Protesters rallied near Crozer-Chester Medical Center Monday The demonstration was organized by the Southeast Pennsylvania Healthcare Rights Committee of Put People First! PA. A second protest is set Thursday at Delaware County…
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Crozer Health Delays Closing of Mental Health Services Amid a Lawsuit, Talks
Crozer Health has temporarily reversed its decision to close the mental health services and behavioral health units at Crozer-Chester Medical Center and Delaware County Memorial Hospital in June, writes Kenny Cooper for WHYY. That decision came after Delaware County filed a preliminary injunction Wednesday against Crozer Health and its parent company, Prospect Medical Holdings, asking…
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Delco Women See Maternity Options Severely Limited by Crozer Cuts
Health care workers picketed outside Delaware County Memorial Hospital Wednesday shouting “Save Our Hospital!” and state legislators met at Monsignor Bonner & Archbishop Prendergast High School to discuss a “maternity desert” in the county, writes Kathleen E. Carey for the Daily Times. Crozer Health closed Delaware County Memorial Hospital’s obstetrics unit where more than 1,800…
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Delaware County Leadership: Jim Brexler, CEO of Doylestown Health
Jim Brexler, CEO of Doylestown Health spoke with DELCO Today about growing up in St. Louis County, Missouri; taking Chevy Chase–style vacations to Southern California to visit his mother’s family when he was a kid; learning basic leadership skills at the age of six by playing catcher on a little league baseball team coached by…
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Health Workers Protest Cuts at Crozer Hospitals at 2 Staged Rallies
Crozer Health’s recent decisions to close services and operations at two of its hospitals are triggering information protest rallies Wednesday and May 11. The first was outside Crozer-Chester Medical Center in Upland. The May 11 rally is 11 a.m. at Delaware County Memorial Hospital, writes John George for Philadelphia Business Journal. The rallies were organized…
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Crozer Health Cuts Trigger Delaware County Response to Find Another Way
In light of new shutdowns coming on critical behavioral healthcare services in the county provided by Crozer Health, Delaware County officials are taking steps to find alternative help, writes Kathleen E. Carey for the Daily Times. Crozer, thorough its parent company, Prospect Medical Holdings, plans to end an outpatient substance abuse clinic at Delaware County…
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How Deep Will Crozer Hospital Cuts Go? Delco Lawmakers Weigh-in
Crozer Health is raising some local eyebrows as it continues to cut hospital services at its four Delaware County hospitals, writes Kenny Cooper for WHYY. The cuts are part of an effort by parent company Prospect Medical Holdings to shore up its finances. Prospect has taken over $654 million in profits from the Crozer system,…
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