Hospitals

Hawthorne House Sister Mary Scullion

For people in addiction, Project HOME's new facility bridges the gap between hospitalization and permanent housing

This program lifts hospital patients' spirts by having musicians like Low Cut Connie's Adam Weiner sing to them

Musicians On Call

Suspect in Wilmington Hospital shooting arrested in Philadelphia

wilmington hospital shooting

Main Line Health to add new 5-story tower to Paoli Hospital

Paoli Hospital Expansion

Cooper University Health Care plans new medical campus in Gloucester Township

Cooper Health Gloucester

Jefferson Methodist Hospital to reopen Saturday after power outage forced temporary closure

Methodist Hospital reopening

Jefferson Methodist Hospital closed indefinitely after power outage forces evacuation

Methodist Hospital evacuation

Reducing nurses' patient loads would save lives and reduce hospital costs, Penn study finds

Nurses Safe Staffing

How to choose between urgent care and the emergency department

Urgent Care Emergency Deparment

A 'barbaric' problem in American hospitals is only getting bigger

Emergency Department Boarding

Drug-resistant fungal infections are increasing in Philly health care facilities — just as they are nationwide

C. auris infections

Shuttered Crozer-Chester Medical Center to reopen, but with a focus on outpatient services

Crozer chester future

ChristianaCare CEO Janice Nevin to retire in September; Jenn Schwartz to take her place

ChristianaCare New CEO

Ex-Cooper Hospital worker charged with stealing medical supplies valued at $2.5 million

medical supply theft camden

HBO's 'The Pitt' nails how hospital cyberattacks create chaos, endanger patients and disrupt critical care

HBO Pitt Cyberattack

Children's Health

More kids are in ERs for tooth pain. Trump cuts and RFK Jr.'s anti-fluoride fight aren't helping

Tooth Pain ERs

Pennsylvania Hospital's storied history dates back 275 years. Now, it's the subject of an upcoming museum

Pennsylvania Hospital Museum

Cooper Health's new mobile unit brings primary care to people with autism and other developmental disabilities

Cooper Mobile Unit

Virtua Health, ChristianaCare decide not to merge operations

Virtua Health ChristianaCare

Organ donor group told Camden hospital to harvest from patient who showed signs of life, U.S. lawmakers say

NJ organ donation investigation

Tower Health to lay off 350 employees, close ICU and cancer center at Pottstown Hospital

Tower Health cuts

Homelessness during pregnancy presents many challenges — from access to care to complication risks

Pregnancy Homelessness Philly

The use of AI in health care is evolving in ways that require regulations, Pa. lawmakers say

Temple's new Women and Families Hospital aims to reduce maternal health disparities

Temple Women's Hospital

In rush to satisfy Trump, GOP delivers blow to health industry

Virtua, ChristianaCare health systems to explore $6 billion merger

Virtua ChristianaCare Merger

AI in health care could save lives and money − but change won't happen overnight

Jefferson Health receives $28 million donation from Sidney and Caroline Kimmel

Jefferson Health donation

ChristianaCare acquires 5 Crozer Health outpatient centers in Delaware County

ChristianaCare Crozer Outpatient

After Delaware County hospital closures, Gov. Shapiro pushes bill to limit private equity in health care

Crozer Delco closed

Crozer Health to close Crozer-Chester Medical Center and Taylor Hospital

crozer closure delaware county

Cooper Health forum examines how to motivate men to live healthier

Cooper Men's Health

CHOP gets record $125 million gift from Comcast CEO Brian Roberts to help fund new patient tower

CHOP Patient Tower

Crozer Health averts immediate closure after getting last-minute cash infusion

Crozer Health closure

Crozer Health could shutter soon as owner files motion for 'expedited closure'

Crozer Health closure

Jefferson Health to upgrade its trauma centers in Philly

Jefferson Hospital Upgrades

Cooper University Health Care breaks ground on $3 billion hospital expansion in Camden

cooper hospital expansion

Resident physicians at Einstein vote to unionize, and those in other Philly hospitals may soon, too

Einstein residents union

Patients get quick access to medical test results online – but understanding them is often difficult

Medical Records online

Fire forces ICU patients to evacuate medical center in Delaware County

Crozer Chester fire

ChristianaCare to open small hospital in Delaware County, where health care access has shrunk

ChristianaCare Aston Hospital

Philly City Council supports the creation of a state health care advocate – here's what that office would do

Public Health care Advovate PA

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