Healthcare
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Main Line medical marijuana dispensary to open this week
Instead of renting cars or ordering a chocolate ice cream cone, visitors to 420 W. Lancaster Avenue in Devon will find something other sedans and milk shakes — marijuana. The Philadelphia region’s first medical marijuana dispensary is set to open Feb. 16. Its location on the Main Line previously was home to a car rental agency…
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Main Line Health to put down roots in King of Prussia with $32M center
With a focus on women’s health and a $32 million price tag, Main Line Health unveiled its plans for a 94,000-square-foot campus across from the Sheraton Valley Forge Hilton. The health center will also feature an ambulatory care center and provide general health and wellness services to men and women in the King of Prussia…
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Governor Tom Wolf’s administration approves medical marijuana dispensaries to begin operation
Governor Tom Wolf today announced the Pennsylvania Department of Health approved medical marijuana dispensaries in Chester and Lancaster counties to begin operations, bringing the statewide total to eight.Cure Pennsylvania in Phoenixville, Chester County; and Cure Pennsylvania in Lancaster, Lancaster County; have passed all Department of Health inspections and can begin operations. Patients will be able to purchase…
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King of Prussia-based Recovery Centers of America expanding Devon facility
The Devon addiction center arm of Recovery Centers of America, which is based in King of Prussia, and opened last summer, will be expanded by about 40,000 additional square feet of clinical space and will provide an additional 40 beds. Since Thanksgiving, the center has been operating at or near capacity. “We’ve had many nights where…
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Montco Market: Breaking Sad
We have all experienced loss. Many of us have experienced the loss of loved one and the chest-tightening, life-changing grief that brings. So did Shelly Fisher and Jen Jones, co-authors of Breaking Sad: What to Say After Loss, What Not to Say, and When to Just Show Up. Fisher and Jones work together at Fisher’s…
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Montgomery County tops the list — in reported flu cases
There’s at least one area where Montgomery County tops its neighbors in Chester, Berks and Delaware counties, but its probably not something worth boasting about. As of Saturday, Montco tops all when it comes to number of flu cases reported, with 1,387. Its closest rival is Delaware County with 1,343. However, the numbers are likely higher…
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Lankenau Medical Center’s chief of cardiac surgery Francis Sutter honored by alma mater
Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (PCOM) has announced Francis P. Sutter, DO, FACS, FACOS, as the recipient of the 2018 OJ Snyder Memorial Medal, according to a press release issued by Main Line Health. It was presented to Dr. Sutter during PCOM’s Founders’ Day luncheon on Friday, January 26, in memory of the co-founder of PCOM and is the…
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Plymouth Meeting CEO talks business strategy
Recently, I had the opportunity to chat with Joshua Cartagenova, CEO of Therapy Source Staffing Solutions, a Pennsylvania-based company on a mission to help schools and school systems find therapists that can help students, which leads to unmistakable life-changing results. Dedicated to providing an exemplary level of service and support to educational sector clients and therapist…
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Right at Home receives national distinction
A local in-home care agency for the elderly has been recognized by Caring.com as a “Caring Star of 2018.” Right at Home, which opened in 2015, is one of 253 Caring Stars awarded across the nation. The annual list recognizes service excellence among in-home care agencies, writes Donna Rovins in The Mercury. [uam_ad id=”54865″] Right…
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Rite Aid to grow pharmacy benefit manager position
By the end of 2018, Rite Aid Corp. will be a smaller retail pharmacy chain with a larger emphasis on its pharmacy benefit manager. There are approximately a half dozen Rite Aid locations currently in Montco. In a conference call with analysts Wednesday evening, Rite Aid’s Kermit Crawford, president of the Camp Hill, Pa.-based company for less than…
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King of Prussia-based Universal Health Services continues expansion
Universal Health Services is acquiring three facilities from a nonprofit Mississippi hospital in a deal that will give the King of Prussia-based psychiatric hospital chain another 109-bed inpatient behavioral health facility. Memorial Hospital at Gulfport’s sale of Memorial Behavior Health, announced last week, also includes two outpatient clinics located in Gulfport, Miss., along with the inpatient…
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Abington Hospital diaper drive a huge success
One in three babies doesn’t have the diapers they need. To combat this issue, nurses in Abington Hospital – Jefferson Health’s Maternity Department, in partnership with Cradles to Crayons and The Greater Philadelphia Diaper Bank, collected 6,476 diapers throughout November for distribution to needy parents living in the greater Philadelphia region. [uam_ad id=”54865″] Joan Sperger, RN,…
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Physician network based in King of Prussia set to transform the region
A physician network comprised of about 750 area specialists expects to enter into its first value-based contracts in the coming months. The King of Prussia-based organization called TPIN, an acronym for The Physician Integrated Network, says it recently achieved compliance with the federal government’s standards for physician groups to operate legally as a clinically integrated…
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Medical marijuana the hot topic from Keystone Shops
About 50 people came to learn about Pennsylvania’s new medical marijuana plan at a forum Tuesday held by the Keystone Shops, which is opening three dispensaries in the area. Chief Operating Officer Skip Shuda, Jason Mitchell, general manager, and Dr. Louis van de Beek, chief medical officer, spoke and fielded questions. Keystone, which won a…
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$67B CVS deal to buy Aetna may hinge on antitrust approach
CVS’ $67.5 billion takeover of Aetna will test the Trump administration’s approach to far-reaching corporate takeovers, just weeks after the U.S. government sued to block a major telecommunications merger, according to a story on www.chicagotribune.com [uam_ad id=”54865″] There are nearly two dozen CVS Pharmacy locations in Montgomery County. The health-care deal unveiled Sunday would create an industry…
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Skippack hygienist invents the ‘ToothShower’
Lisa Guenst knows patients hate to floss. “I’d see so many people with the same problem,” said Guenst, a dental hygienist in Montgomery County for more than 25 years. “They’d have gum disease in that area between their teeth that your toothbrush can’t get to.” Guenst said patients would grumble they didn’t like to floss, so…
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MONTCO Careers – Five Star Senior Living
Five Star Senior Living, a national healthcare and senior living provider offering high quality service and care with the warmth and hospitality of home, has the following career opening in their New Britain, Devon, Exton and Glen Mills facilities. Business Office Manager The Business Office Manager at a Five Star Senior Living facility maximizing cash…
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GotAED announces “The Easiest Scholarship Ever” contest
GotAED, an initiative of Simons Fund, has partnered with the Montgomery County Department of Public Safety to sponsor a contest for high school juniors and seniors in the county. “The Easiest Scholarship Ever” contest’s goal is to get as many Automatic External Defibrillators (AEDs) in the county registered using the PulsePoint AED smart phone app.…
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