Healthcare
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Main Line Health Unveils Expanded Inpatient Psychiatric Care Unit at Bryn Mawr Hospital
Main Line Health has unveiled the newly expanded inpatient psychiatric care unit at Bryn Mawr Hospital, which doubled its bed count in response to the surge in demand for its services primarily driven by the ongoing pandemic, writes John George for the Philadelphia Business Journal. The $35 million, 44,000-square-foot unit now has 40 beds that…
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King of Prussia’s Camber Spine to Roll Out Education Initiatives and Expand Product Portfolio
Camber Spine, a leading innovator in spine and medical technologies in King of Prussia, has announced a robust calendar of clinical education and product portfolio expansions in 2022. Camber’s plans for the year include four spine surgical training labs focused on the Oblique Lateral Interbody Fusion Surgery (OLIF) technique. The labs, part of the Camber…
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Jenkintown Nonprofit, Black Men Heal, Provides Free Mental Health Services to Black Men
A local nonprofit in Jenkintown called Black Men Heal was recently named a ‘Champion in Action’ and awarded $35,000 to help the group with their mission, reports Frances Wang for NBC10 Philadelphia. Black Men Heal provides free mental health care to men of color. The group aims to remove the stigma and stereotypes they face…
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Canyon Atlantic Misses Key Deadline in Bid to Buy Jennersville, Brandywine Hospitals
Canyon Atlantic Partners missed a key deadline in a bid to buy Jennersville and Brandywine hospitals, writes Harold Brubaker for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Canyon failed to post the $1 million bond required by a Chester County judge on Feb. 14, wherein he gave the company three months to work on buying the hospitals from Tower…
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Elkins Park’s Salus University and Vanderbilt Pilot Helps Bridge the Gap in Physical Therapy for Vision Impaired
Salus University’s Blindness and Low Vision Studies (BLVS) department recently developed and implemented a pilot program in partnership with Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee, specifically for Vanderbilt’s on-staff Physical Therapists (PTs), that provided Orientation and Mobility (O&M) skills-based training PTs could offer their patients. “Unfortunately, there is frequently a dearth in the number…
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See Which Montgomery County School District Taking Advantage of PA’s Free COVID-19 Testing Program
Despite low child vaccination rates and spikes in the number of coronavirus infections, schools around Pennsylvania have been slow to take advantage of the state’s free COVID-19 testing program, with only one Montgomery County school district participating, writes Jamie Martines for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Only 750 out of the more than 5,000 charter, private, and…
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Doylestown Hospital’s Dr. Scott Levy Mask/No-Mask Decision Tip: Remember Your Umbrella
Dr. Scott Levy, Chief Medical Officer of Doylestown Hospital, addressed the topic of mask-wearing, an issue he continues to see much confusion about. He suggested a visual cue, an umbrella, and its associated protection against getting wet, as a means of making an intelligent decision about when to cover up. W for Who Dr. Levy…
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Community Health & Dental Care Presents Healthy Smiles Learning Program For Kids on Feb. 23 in Spring City
Community Health & Dental Care (CHDC) celebrates National Children’s Dental Health Month with a fun, educational event, the Healthy Smiles Learning program, on Wednesday, February 23, 2022, at 10:30 AM at Spring City Library, 245 Broad Street, Spring City. This event is FREE and open to the public. Kids will learn more about teeth, healthy…
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King of Prussia-based Universal Health Services Breaks Ground on $375M Hospital in DC
Last week, King of Prussia-based Universal Health Services broke ground on its $375 million, 136-bed hospital in Washington, D.C., writes Marissa Plescia for Becker’s Hospital Review. The hospital, which will be named Cedar Hill Regional Medical Center, GW Health, after the estate of abolitionist Frederick Douglass, is the result of a deal between UHS and…
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Pottstown’s Tower Health Street Medicine Team Helps Care for the Community’s Homeless through Outreach Program
Every Tuesday in a Pottstown church rectory, the Tower Health Street Medicine team at the Pottstown hospital gather to help treat the medical needs of the Pottstown homeless, reports Bo Koltnow for WFMZ. “It warms your heart in a way that I think care in a lot of other settings doesn’t,” said Dr. Van Vliet,…
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Dialyze Direct Signs Letter of Intent to Buy Bryn Mawr-based Compass Home Dialysis
Dialyze Direct, a national provider of kidney care services at long-term care facilities, has signed a letter of intent to buy Bryn Mawr-based Compass Home Dialysis, writes John George for the Philadelphia Business Journal. Compass provides on-site dialysis services at nine skilled nursing facilities in the Philadelphia region and operates an outpatient dialysis clinic. The…
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New York Times: COVID-19 Cases in Montgomery County Drop from Extremely High to Very High Level
The number of COVID-19 cases in Montgomery County has continued to decrease, and is now very high, according to The New York Times. Last week, there was an average of 149 new daily cases reported in the county, which is a 67 percent decrease compared to the two weeks prior. Since the start of the…
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‘A Model to Make Them More Than Hospitals’: Canyon Atlantic Has Prescription to Revive Our Closed Hospitals
If the sale of Jennersville and Brandywine hospitals goes through, Canyon Atlantic Partners has ambitious plans for Chester County’s two shuttered medical centers, writes John George for the Philadelphia Business Journal. Earlier this week, a court ruling reinstated the hospital-turnaround company’s agreement to buy the two hospitals from Tower Health. “I can tell you Canyon…
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Like a Bouncing Blood Pressure Gauge, Hope for Chester County Hospitals Bobs Up Again on Latest Court Decision
The latest court decision by a Chester County judge has left the door open for the possible reopening of Jennersville and Brandywine hospitals. Harold Brubaker charted this latest development for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Court of Common Pleas Judge Edward Griffith ruled that Tower Health should not have unilaterally canceled the sale of the two Chester…
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Drop in Government COVID-19 Funding, Escalating Staffing, Supply Costs Push Main Line Health in Red
Drop in government COVID-19 relief funding along with escalating staffing and supply costs pushed Main Line Health back in the red, writes John George for the Philadelphia Business Journal. The Radnor-based health system posted a net loss of $7 million for the second half of the last year, compared to a $51 million profit during…
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Archdiocese of Philadelphia to Lift Mask Mandate in Montgomery County Catholic Schools
Starting February 28th, the Archdiocese of Philadelphia will be making masks optional and lift the Mask Mandate in all suburban Catholic schools, but not at schools within the city of Philadelphia, writes Nick Kariuki for WHYY. The announcement was posted on the Archdiocese’s website this past Friday. The new measures will apply to students and…
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CSL Behring Partners with Uplifting Athletes for Rare Disease Research and Honors Those Making an Impact
At the celebratory event, presented by global biotherapies leader CSL Behring, Uplifting Athletes awarded $180,000 in research grants to nine promising young investigative rare disease researchers and honored the six newest members of the organization’s Rare Disease Championship Team―an exemplary group of college football players who support Uplifting Athletes’ mission to inspire the Rare Disease Community…
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Kendal Corporation Leaving Kennett Square for Delaware. Here’s Why
The Kendal Corporation plans to leave Kennett Square and relocate its headquarters to the new FinTech building on the STAR (Science, Technology, and Advanced Research) Campus of the University of Delaware. The nonprofit is a senior-housing advocate. Matt Hooke boxed up the migration’s motivators for the Newark Post. According to CEO Sean Kelly, one of…
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