Healthcare
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Elmwood Park Zoo joins with outside forces for jaguar surgery
Elmwood Park Zoo’s adult female jaguar, Inka, recently underwent dental surgery to help remove a badly damaged canine tooth. Zoo Veterinarian Dr. Michele Goodman recruited the help of veterinary dental specialist Dr. John Lewis of NorthStar Vets, veterinary anesthesiologist Dr. Andrea Caniglia of Veterinary Dental Specialists, and Brandywine Zoo Veterinarian Dr. Erica Miller to help with Inka’s procedure. [uam_ad…
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Tech Talk: EIR Healthcare unveils modular hospital room
EIR Healthcare, Philadelphia-based company, rolled out the prototype of its its first offerinng Wednesday: a prefabricated, modular hospital room that goes by the name of MedModular. The unveiling took place in a Delaware County warehouse, writes Roberto Torres at technical.ly. [uam_ad id=”54865″] EIR is hoping hospitals will see the advantage of the prefab hospital rooms,…
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Einstein Healthcare is home to 3 ‘extraordinary doctors’ for 2018
Three physicians who work for the Einstein Healthcare Network are among the recipients of the 2018 Philadelphia Business Journal Health Care Innovators/Doctors of Distinction awards. Ryan Lee, Einstein’s magnetic resonance medical director, received the journal’s Excellence in Medical Research Award, while Jody Borgman, medical director of the Immunodeficiency Center, received the Humanitarian Award and Frederic Barnett, program director of…
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Registration opens for Philadelphia Eagles’ 2nd annual Eagles Autism Challenge
The Philadelphia Eagles announced that the 2nd annual Eagles Autism Challenge presented by Lincoln Financial Group will take place on Saturday, May 18, 2019 at Lincoln Financial Field. One hundred percent of participant-raised funds from the team’s signature cycling and 5K run/walk event will go on to benefit world-class institutions that are conducting cutting-edge autism…
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PTW expands with new location in Horhsam
The Physical Therapy & Wellness Institute of Lansdale continues to expand opportunities for their employees and build additional locations for folks seeking a health care healing experience rarely found with the service of physical therapy. Robert Babb, President and Owner, tells the story of how PTW is different. “We are a fully engaged staff, holding…
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Jay Sigel Invitational Celebrates 26th Year of Raising Funds to Fight Cancer
The 26th edition of The Jay Sigel Invitational – the premier charity golf tournament in the Delaware Valley – will be held at the prestigious Aronimink Golf Club in Newtown Square on Monday, Oct. 8. The fundraiser will continue to support prostate cancer research, and now includes breast cancer research, at the Abramson Family Cancer…
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Main Line Health opens LGBTQ Inclusive Care in Bryn Mawr
A specialized preventative care and specialized primary care program for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer/questioning is now available in Bryn Mawr thanks to Main Line Health. LGBTQ Inclusive Care has launched at two locations at Main Line Health — Bryn Mawr Family Practice, 135 South Bryn Mawr Ave., Suite 200, Bryn Mawr; and…
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Norristown wins the Battle of the Badges for blood donations
The American Red Cross Battle of the Badges back on June 12 pitted firefighters, police officers and other emergency personnel from Norristown against the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office to see who could donate the most blood. In the end, those everyday heroes of the Norristown Police and Fire departments who regularly help folks in need…
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Einstein Montgomery’s Norristown rooftop garden thrives
There’s no denying the various types of therapy provided by the container garden atop the six-story garage attached to the Nicholas and Athena Karabots Medical Building at 1330 Powell St., Norristown. Offering heart-healthy cooking demonstrations that highlight the herbal and vegetable rooftop harvest is just one of the contributions by Greener Partners, a nonprofit devoted…
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Accolade, Plymouth Meeting, seeks to cut health costs for big companies
The fast-growing Accolade in Plymouth Meeting, a venture company funded with $200 million, seeks to cut corporate health-care costs by helping employees navigate the nation’s complex health-care maze of second opinions, deductibles, urgent care versus ER visits, specialists, prescription drugs, and post-hospitalization care. The Accolade phone number is included on health-care cards handed out to employees by…
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Family Services receives $10,000 grant from VNA Foundation of Greater North Penn in support of Project HEARTH
Family Services received a $10,000 grant from the VNA Foundation of Greater North Penn in support of Project HEARTH (Helping Elderly Adults Remain in Their Homes) recently. Created in 1994, Family Services’ Project HEARTH links elderly adults who are healthy enough to live in their own homes with in-home and community-based support services that help…
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King of Prussia company helps health centers with scrubs theft problems
Jeff Bernstein is confident is you ask office managers at an ambulatory surgery center what their biggest frustrations are, the theft of scrubs would be on just about everybody’s top three list. “It’s a big problem,” Bernstein said. “Scrubs get stolen at most facilities; it doesn’t matter whether its a hospital or an outpatient facility.” Sometimes…
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Red Cross issues urgent plea for blood donors
An emergency blood shortage is prompting the American Red Cross to issue an urgent call for eligible donors of all blood types – especially type O – to give now and help save lives. The Red Cross escalated its call for blood and platelet donors after a difficult Independence Day week for donations, according to…
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New owners of Horsham-based Strata Skin Sciences bring back old strategy
The new majority owner of a Montgomery County medical device company is banking on an old strategy to turn around the stagnant business. The company, Strata Skin Sciences of Horsham, manufactures and markets the Xtrac laser system approved to treat patients with four types of skin disorders— psoriasis, vitiligo, eczema and leukoderma — using highly…
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Medtronic closing office and eliminating 63 jobs in Bala Cynwyd
Global medical technology company Medtronic is closing its Bala Cynwyd. Pa., office next month in a move that is expected to result in the elimination of 63 jobs. In a notice filed with the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry, Medtronic said it had “developed a plan to restructure certain operations” at its office at…
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Montgomery County nursing home workers fight extreme cuts to wages, benefits
On Friday, June 22, caregivers at Somerton Center in Philadelphia and Garden Spring Center in Willow Grove took to the streets to hold informational pickets in front of their respective facilities. The workers demanded that the new owner of the nursing homes, New Jersey-based Vita Healthcare Group, respect the roles of all workers at both facilities…
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CHOP will expand its presence in Montgomery County with inpatient care in King of Prussia
When the Children’s Hospital Specialty Care and Ambulatory Surgery Center opened on Goddard Boulevard in King of Prussia three years ago, it was with an eye toward inevitable future expansion. That expansion, in the form of an inpatient facility, will occur in 2021, it was announced recently. “CHOP was founded in 1855 as the first…
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Temple U. adds to health system board amid restructuring
Temple University’s board of trustees said Friday that it had appointed four new members to the board of the Temple University Health System as part of a restructuring announced last week. The new direction could include the sale of Fox Chase Cancer Center and Jeanes Hospital, and will likely reshape the health system’s clinical and research programs,…
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