Healthcare
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Main Line Health’s Four Hospitals Score Awards for Cardiac Care
Main Line Health earned national praise for its swift, high-quality heart attack care, receiving two honors from the American Heart Association, writes Main Line Times & Suburban. Main Line Health encompasses Lankenau Medical Center, Bryn Mawr Hospital, Paoli Hospital, and Riddle Hospital. The health system received the 2025 Mission: Lifeline Systems of Care Regional Award…
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Pending New Agreement Means Crozer Patients Won’t Have to Pay for Medical Records
An agreement is still being finalized, but it looks like Crozer Health patients won’t have to pay to get their own medical records, writes Nick Vadala for The Philadelphia Inquirer. When Taylor Hospital and Crozer-Chester Medical Center closed earlier this year, patients initially could access their records for free but starting July 9 they were…
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Health Fair Today in Chester Helps Families Impacted by Crozer Closing
When Crozer Health closed, many children lost their healthcare, particularly in Chester. A health fair today hopes to fill in the gaps, writes Kayla Yup for The Philadelphia Inquirer. The “Back to School Bash” takes place today from 10 AM to 2 PM at 151 W. Fifth Street in Chester. It will provide free physical…
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IBX Announces Sunshine Award Winners of Seventh Annual Celebrate Caring Campaign
Independence Blue Cross has announced the three winners of its seventh annual Celebrate Caring campaign, which honors extraordinary nurses in the region: Among the hundreds of nominations submitted by patients, colleagues, family members, and community members, these three nurses go above and beyond to exemplify dedication, compassion, and excellence in their field. Their stories reflect the profound…
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Upper Darby School District Agrees to Buy Delaware County Memorial Hospital
Upper Darby School District has agreed to buy Delaware County Memorial Hospital from Prospect Medical Holdings for $600,000, writes John George for Philadelphia Business Journal. The district has been trying to acquire the property for two years, writes Harold Brubaker for The Philadelphia Inquirer. “We need to expand,” said Upper Darby School District Superintendent Daniel…
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Doylestown Health Ranks on List of Best Hospitals in the Philly Area and the State
U.S. News & World Report recently placed Doylestown Health as the 12th best hospital in the Philadelphia region and the 24th best in Pennsylvania, writes Ed Doyle for TAPinto Doylestown. On the list, Doylestown Health was “rated high performing” in 10 conditions and procedures for adult patients. Among these conditions and procedures were heart…
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Prospect Medical Wants to Drop Delaware County Memorial, Taylor Hospitals
Prospect Medical Holdings has filed a motion to drop two of Crozer Health’s closed hospitals from its bankruptcy estate because of insufficient bids for the properties, writes Harold Brubaker for The Philadelphia Inquirer. The California-based for-profit received a $1.25 million offer for Delaware County Memorial Hospital in Drexel Hill, closed since 2022, and $575,000 for…
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Tower Health to Lay Off Staff at All Facilities, Including Pottstown, Phoenixville
Tower Health announced layoffs of around 50 employees, affecting all of the health system’s locations, including Pottstown Hospital in Montgomery County and Phoenixville Hospital in neighboring Chester County, writes Nicole Leonard for WHYY. The layoffs primarily targeted management-level roles. The number of eliminated positions represents less than half a percent of Tower Health’s total workforce.…
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Former Jennersville Hospital Set to Reopen Next Month Under ChristianaCare
The former Jennersville Hospital campus in West Grove is set to reopen next month as ChristianaCare’s first neighborhood hospital, writes Kenny Cooper for WHYY. “It’s an honor and privilege to expand access to high-quality care for our neighbors in southern Chester County,” said Dr. Janice Nevin, president and CEO of Wilmington-based ChristianaCare. “We will be…
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Crozer Loss, Delays Impacting Delaware County’s Healthcare
Everyone in Delaware County is being affected by the loss of Crozer Health services, from working-class neighborhoods to the Main Line. That’s the conclusion of a detailed analysis of Delaware County’s current healthcare status, as reported by Kenny Cooper for WHYY. The county and local communities have implemented their own emergency medical services to transport…
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Mental Health Reimagined: Why Telehealth Is a Game Changer at Growth Opportunity Center
In today’s fast-paced world, finding time for mental health care can be difficult. Among work, family responsibilities, school, transportation challenges, and packed schedules, many people struggle to prioritize their emotional well-being. Southampton-based Growth Opportunity Center understands these barriers, and that’s why it offers telehealth: a flexible, secure, and effective way to connect with licensed mental…
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Medicaid Cuts Threaten Bucks County Hospitals, Officials Stay Quiet
The new federal budget includes spending cuts that will most likely affect Bucks County hospitals, but local hospital executives are not yet disclosing the extent, writes Jess Rohan for the Bucks County Courier Times. The budget passed this month imposes additional paperwork and verification procedures for Medicaid recipients that will, according to some advocates, remove…
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Crozer Pathologist, Swedish Society Member Kristina Antoniades Remembered
Kristina Antoniades, a retired anatomic pathologist at Crozer-Chester Medical Center, who also embraced her Finn-Swede heritage, has died. She was 88, writes Gary Miles for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Dr. Antoniades of Philadelphia was also a researcher, writer, and board member of the American Swedish Historical Museum. She was a councilor and recording secretary for the…
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ChesPenn Health Services Celebrates 50 Years of Community Care
In 1973, ChesPenn Health Services began as the Children’s Clinic of Chester and Vicinity, with just three employees working out of a double-wide trailer on Tilghman Street in Chester. Their mission was simple but urgent: to provide quality healthcare for the children who needed it most. Fifty years later, that humble trailer has grown into…
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Delaware County Contracts with Mercy Fitzgerald for Mental Health Services
Mental health crisis services that were provided by the now-closed Crozer Crisis Center will be offered by Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital after Delaware County Council unanimously approved a contract with them last week, writes Kathleen E. Carey for the Daily Times. Council OK’d a $494,400 contract with Mercy Catholic Medical Center of Southeastern Pennsylvania to run…
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Here’s Delaware County’s Emergency Response — Minus Crozer
Delaware County is operating without its highest-level trauma center at Crozer-Chester Medical Center, writes Susan Gantz for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Ambulance blood transfusions are now used by VMSC Emergency Medical Services to improve a patient’s chance of survival when a high-level trauma center is no longer minutes away. VMSC is also training residents on how…
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ChristianaCare Looking Into a $6B Merger with Virtua Health
ChristianaCare, the Delaware nonprofit that is opening two micro-hospitals in Delaware County, is considering a $6 billion merger with Virtua Health, writes John George for the Philadelphia Business Journal. If the two systems combine, it would create a regional nonprofit health system that would cover 10 counties with 600 healthcare sites. Virtua is South Jersey’s…
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Kennett Square-based Genesis Healthcare Aims to Restructure After Filing for Bankruptcy
Kennett Square-based Genesis Healthcare filed for bankruptcy protection earlier this week, aiming to restructure the debt tied to facilities that it no longer operates, writes Harold Brubaker for The Philadelphia Inquirer. The company has nursing homes in 17 states, including 42 in Pennsylvania and 11 in New Jersey. No immediate interruptions in resident care are…
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