Healthcare
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Collingdale’s Community Health and Education Outreach Closes After 14 Years
Collingdale’s Community Health and Education Outreach, which helped people turned away by other social-service organizations for 14 years, has closed its doors, writes Patti Mengers for the Daily Times. Founded in 2002 by Barbara A. Burton Jones, the non-profit focused on “providing resources to a population that routinely fall between the cracks of eligibility for…
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Riddle Hospital in Media to Receive Historic $16 Million Gift
Riddle Hospital will receive a $16 million gift from the trust created in the Will of John Bancker Gribbel, who passed away in 1947 at the age of 63. Gribbel and his family were dedicated patients of the former “Media Hospital” and of Dr. Charles H. Schoff, who founded that hospital in 1909. Dr. Schoff…
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Patrick Gavin Appointed CEO as Crozer-Keystone Changes Hands
Patrick Gavin has been appointed CEO of the Crozer-Keystone Health System after the finalization of its sale to Prospect Medical Holdings, writes Alison Burdo for the Philadelphia Business Journal. Joan Richards, who has served as Crozer-Keystone’s president and CEO for nine years, has announced her retirement. Prospect named Gavin, currently the COO of Crozer-Keystone, as…
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Court Gives Green Light for Sale of Crozer-Keystone
The sale of nonprofit Crozer-Keystone Health System to for-profit Prospect Medical Holdings cleared its final regulatory hurdle, as the Delaware County Orphans Court has given a green light to the transaction, writes John George for the Philadelphia Business Journal. The last step of the sale, which will convert the five hospitals operated by Crozer-Keystone to…
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Rothman Institute Expands Delco Footprint with Complex in Glen Mills
With offices already located in Media and Newtown Square, The Rothman Institute has expanded its presence in Delaware County with this week’s opening of a $10 million medical office complex in Glen Mills, writes John George for the Philadelphia Business Journal. “The Glen Mills location expands our footprint in Delaware County, but is a little…
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Non-Professional Staff at Delaware County Memorial Hospital Votes to Unionize
Non-professional workers at Delaware County Memorial Hospital have voted to be represented by District 1199C, writes John George of the Philadelphia Business Journal. The Philadelphia-based union already represents employees such as cafeteria workers, laundry workers, maintenance staff, and other service employees at eight area hospitals. According to George, District 1199C officials said that among the…
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American Dental Center Celebrates 35 Years of Healthy Teeth, Beautiful Smiles in Springfield
Dr. H.W. “Bud” Hinebaugh is celebrating 35 years of helping residents of Springfield and Delaware County keep their teeth healthy and smile beautiful, writes Peg DeGrassa for the Delaware County News Network. American Dental Center has performed thousands of successful root canals, extractions, crowns, and dentures in its long history, always providing patients with the…
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Sale of Delco’s Largest Healthcare Provider Nears Completion
The sale of Delaware County’s largest healthcare provider, nonprofit Crozer-Keystone Health System, to for-profit Prospect Medical Holdings is getting closer to completion, writes John George for the Philadelphia Business Journal. A hearing on the proposed sale will be held by Delaware County Orphan Court next week, as the Court must approve the sale of any…
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CPR That Saved Radnor Policeman Is Now Hitting the Streets
He had just finished a workout at the gym when his heart suddenly seized up and he fell to the ground. The Radnor Township police officer would lie there for almost eight minutes without a heartbeat. Fortunately, occupational therapy student Amanda Beal from Springfield provided CPR to Anthony Radico and saved his life, according to…
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Sale of Crozer-Keystone for $300 Million Heads to Court for Finalization
Prospect Medical Holdings has paid $300 million for Delaware County’s Crozer-Keystone Health System with the majority of the proceeds going toward settling the struggling nonprofit’s debt and other liabilities, writes Harold Brubaker for the Philadelphia Inquirer. The petition filed in Delaware County Orphans’ Court last week did not disclose the final net purchase price after deductions…
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Clement Family Donates to Help Others Who’ve Experienced Tragedy of Stillborn Birth
Beth and Chris Clement, whose son Theodore Jude Clement was born still last year, will donate four Cuddle Cots to the Maternity Units of each Main Line Health acute care hospital in memory of their late child during a ceremony Saturday from 10-11 AM at Lankenau Medical Center. In partnership with Stories of Babies Born…
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Springfield Physical Therapist Realizes Lifelong Dream, Opens Her Own Business
Lifelong connections and an extensive career in orthopedic and sports rehab recently converged for a Delaware County woman who fulfilled a dream in opening Today, Drexel Hill’s Traci Haas is living that dream — and a deep-seated commitment to help her patients find “comprehensive pain relief for a better life,” Peg DeGrassa reported in a…
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Action Potential of Glen Mills Fulfilling Its Potential as Specialized Rehab
It didn’t take long after first meeting each other as physical therapists at Bryn Mawr Rehabilitation Hospital for Kathy Dixon and Kristen Wilson to realize how well they work well together. With the help of SCORE of Chester and Delaware Counties, an organization dedicated to helping those thinking of starting a business or those who…
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Buyer of Crozer-Keystone Pledges Commitment to Community
Nurses, community activists, and public officials have expressed worry about the prospect of changes to the Crozer-Keystone Health System that the buyer, Prospect Medical Holdings in California, may have in store. However, the company’s president did his best to allay those fears. The deal calls for Prospect Medical Holdings to change almost nothing about the…
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Walgreens Opens Pharmacy in Lansdowne
Lansdowne officials and representatives from Walgreens cut the ribbon last week on a new store at the high-traffic intersection of Lansdowne and Baltimore Avenues, writes Kevin Tustin of the News of Delaware County. Walgreens is the first occupant of the borough’s Fidelity Bank building in decades. “This building is one of our anchor buildings downtown…
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Public Hearing Scheduled for Crozer-Keystone Sale
The Chester-based Crozer-Keystone Health System has scheduled a May 4 hearing before officials of the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General regarding its sale to Prospect Medical Holdings, writes Harold Brubaker of the Philadelphia Inquirer. According to Brubaker, “Crozer-Keystone is a tax-exempt entity and the sale of its assets to the for-profit Prospect, which is based…
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Sharon Hill’s Soleo Health Introduces Evidence-Based, Clinical-Outcomes Program
Soleo Health, an innovative national provider of specialty infusion services that has a branch location in Sharon Hill, announced it is offering comprehensive data reporting through its proprietary clinical outcomes program, SoleMetrics. SoleMetrics is designed to provide customized outcome data for physicians, health systems, accountable care organizations, payers, and manufacturers. Developed through years of clinical experience…
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Springfield’s Keystone Quality Transport Feels Financial Squeeze
The business of moving patients by ambulance is reeling, and Springfield’s Keystone Quality Transport, the largest privately owned, locally operated ambulance company in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is feeling the pinch. According to a recent report in The Philadelphia Inquirer, the industry is suffering because of poor pay from hospitals and private health insurers, a…
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