Healthcare
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East Norriton to become home of new Fox Chase Cancer Center
Fox Chase Cancer Center is expanding its footprint outside Philadelphia with the opening of its first outpatient care complex, located at East Norriton’s Suburban Community Hospital, which was formerly Mercy Suburban Hospital. The Philadelphia specialty hospital and research institution has formed a partnership with Suburban Community Hospital under which Fox Chase will take over the operation of…
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Village at Valley Forge attracting ‘healthy’ neighbors
The Village at Valley Forge just about has it all. A massive Wegman’s was the first piece of the puzzle, then came restaurants, and a fitness club, and high-end housing and now, health care. Main Line Health is in the early stages of planning to expand its suburban presence with the construction of a major…
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Merck juggling sales force, eliminating positions
Merck has a major presence in Montgomery County, where manufacturing and research are the major focus areas. None of those areas will be impacted by the move. Merck & Co. Inc. is planning to eliminate 1,800 exiting sales positions and create 960 new chronic care sales force jobs as part of a major restructuring, writes John…
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Einstein Healthcare Network battles credit downgrade
Moody’s Investor Service downgraded Einstein Healthcare Network’s credit rating by one notch, to just above junk bond status, citing the nonprofit system’s large and unexpected loss of $23 million on an operating basis in the year ended June 30, a decline in liquidity, and uncertain state funding, writes Harold Brubaker for philly.com. [uam_ad id=”54865″] Einstein…
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Glaxo turning to AI to mine other’s failures
Each year, drugmakers shelve, write off or discard thousands of possible treatments that don’t appear to have value in the clinic. To GlaxoSmithKline Plc, (with facilities in Upper Providence and Upper Merion, Montgomery County), those failures are a rich vein ready for prospecting, writes James Paton for bloomberg.com. Glaxo is turning to supercomputers to trace the…
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New CPR training adopted by CSL Berhing
CSL Behring is taking its workplace wellness initiatives to a whole new level by providing the American Heart Association’s (AHA) Hands-Only™ cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training to employees, writes businessinsider.com The Hands-Only CPR training program takes about 90 seconds to learn and can mean the difference between life and death for people who experience out-of-hospital cardiac…
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King of Prussia Mall partners with Susan G. Komen Foundation
Officials with the Simon Property Group, owners of the King of Prussia Mall, have made a commitment to raise $2 million for breast cancer awareness in two years, and are on track to reach a million dollars this year. Patti Gahagan loves to occasionally meet friends for lunch at King of Prussia Mall, but by…
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Open Systems Healthcare attracts, retains, young talent
This Bala Cynwyd based companies knows the key to retaining young talent. Mark Fiato, CEO of Open Systems Healthcare, routinely sends his employees surveys to solicit feedback about working at the company. He responds to what he hears, and is particularly in tune with the priorities of his largely millennial workforce, writes Linda Moss for…
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Pabst Blue Ribbon owner acquires Lucky Vitamin of Conshohocken
Pabst Blue Ribbon owner going into the vitamin business TSG Consumer Partners, based in San Francisco, says it has acquired LuckyVitamin, of Conshohocken, in partnership with its founder Sam Wolf, from GNC Holdings, the store chain that sells lightly-regulated “dietary supplements,” for an undisclosed price. GNC put the business up for sale earlier this year after reporting…
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Einstein Medical Center Montgomery: 5 years strong
One institution replaces another, almost seamlessly In five short years, Einstein Medical Center Montgomery has become such an integral part of the East Norriton landscape that memories of Wood’s Golf Center, which had previously called the land home for 55 years, may be harder and harder to hold onto for some folks, writes Gary Puleo…
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Shorter name, same dedication for Pottstown Hospital
The face of healthcare continues to transform local institutions. “On behalf of Pottstown Hospital I would like to be the first one to formally welcome you to Tower Health — to a bold new beginning in health care.” With those words from Pottstown Hospital President and CEO Rich Newell Monday, a new era for health…
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Physician at Temple University Hospital Also Serves as Chaplain
Jocelyn Edathil, M.D., Ph.D. from Elkins Park, serves both as a physician at Temple University Hospital and its unofficial chaplain as one of the Sisters of the Imitation of Christ, writes Tracey Romero for Philly Voice. Edathil wears her traditional white lab coat when making her rounds at the hospital, but underneath it is the…
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CEO of Plymouth Meeting’s Griswold Home Care Discusses Making Peace with Unhappy Franchisees
Matthew Murphy had to hit the ground running from the moment he took over as the chief executive of Plymouth Meeting’s Griswold Home Care, writes Jane M. Von Bergen for Philly.com. Within three days of his appointment, Murphy was served with a lawsuit filed by 14 disgruntled California franchisees. At the time, over 10 percent…
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MONTCO Careers – Lankenau Medical Center
The Lankenau Medical Center, located in Wynnewood, is a 331-bed tertiary care, teaching hospital, research institute, and a founding member of Main Line Health, a community-based not-for-profit health system. Trauma Registrar This position maintains the trauma registry database including patient identification, abstraction, coding and entering data, retrieves and presents registry data for quality improvement, education,…
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Incyte Looks to Raise Additional Funds After Positive Results from Merck Combination Therapy Tests
Following the positive clinical testing results from a combination cancer therapy developed by Incyte and Merck, Incyte is looking to raise $666.6 million to fund further research, writes John George for Philadelphia Business Journal. The clinical testing combined Merck’s immuno-oncology drug Keytruda with the enzyme inhibitor epacadostat developed by Incyte. The combination was used in…
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Plymouth Meeting’s ECRI Institute Explains Importance of Suture Types in New Report
Plymouth Meeting’s ECRI Institute has published a suture report that explains the importance of using the right brand of this essential medical tool, writes Stacey Burling for Philly.com. The Montgomery County institute that evaluates medical procedures, devices, and drugs, decided to look into sutures after requests from surgeons to use a different kind than was…
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MONTCO Careers – Greenphire
Located in King of Prussia, Greenphire is the industry’s leading provider of clinical payment and communication solutions, providing technologies that are used to improve operational efficiency, reduce costs, mitigate regulatory risks, and produce quantifiable results for clients. Software Quality Assurance Analyst This position creates testing plans, creates positive and negative test cases based on requirements for front…
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MONTCO Careers – Suburban Community Hospital
Located in East Norriton, Suburban Community Hospital, formerly known as Mercy Suburban Hospital, has been delivering quality healthcare to Montgomery County and the surrounding region for more than 65 years. Scheduler This position routinely schedules tests/procedure cases including clinic visits, surgery, and any other location where scheduling a test or procedure may occur, and prepares and…
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