Hospitals

Hospital brush teeth

Hospital-acquired pneumonia is killing patients, but there's a simple way to stop it

Pa. bill would end for-profit ownership of health care systems in effort to protect local hospitals

Bill Package Crozer Health

Security failures enabled fatal shooting at Jefferson Hospital, lawsuit claims

Jefferson Hospital Lawsuit Security

COVID-19 cases are spiking, but Philly isn't reinstating a mask mandate

Canyon Atlantic ends pursuit to reopen Tower Health's Brandywine, Jennersville hospitals

Tower Health Brandywine Jennersville hospitals

Tower Heath must resume sale of Brandywine, Jennersville hospitals, judge rules

Tower Health Brandywine Jennersville hospitals

Delaware-based hospital system set to expand footprint into Pennsylvania with purchase of Crozer Health

Crozer Health Purchase Kopp

Pennsylvania sending resources to help overburdened health care workers in Philly region

Pennsylvania hospitals COVID-19

Pennsylvania provides funding to support health care workers, children impacted by substance abuse

Health Care Funding

Children's Health

Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia opens Middleman Family Pavilion in King of Prussia

CHOP King of Prussia hospital

Omicron surge may have peaked in the Philly region, but hospitals remain stressed

COVID-19 hospitalizations reach record high in South Jersey as omicron surges

COVID Update Hospitalizations NJ PA

CHOP, Independence executives named among most influential in health care

Madeline Bell Gregory Deavens

FEMA strike teams to aid Pennsylvania hospitals amid COVID-19 surge

Pennsylvania Hospitals COVID-19

Tower Health to shut down Jennersville, Brandywine hospitals after sale falls apart

Tower Health Jennersville Brandywine hospitals

10 Philly-area hospitals recognized for high-quality maternity care by U.S. News & World Report

Best Hospitals Maternity Care

Brandywine, Jennersville hospitals to remain open after Tower Health finds new ownership

Tower Health Brandywine Jennersville hospitals

Temple to open hospital for women's health at former cancer treatment facility

Temple Women's Health Hospital

Patients went into the hospital for care. After testing positive there for COVID, some never came out

COVID-19 Transmission Hospitals

ERs are swamped with seriously ill patients, although many don't have COVID

Emergency Departments COVID-19

Philadelphia Orchestra music healing program expands to more than 70 U.S. hospitals

Philadelphia Orchestra hospitals program

Pennsylvania woman denied kidney transplant over COVID-19 vaccine refusal

'Long COVID' affects half of survivors and requires a 'critical' response, Penn State researchers says

Long COVID

President Biden made personal call to overcrowded Pa. hospital on behalf of friend's sick wife

Philly pushes back COVID-19 vaccination deadline for colleges, health care systems

Philly COVID-19 vaccine mandate

Jefferson Health, Einstein finalize merger after multiyear process

Einstein Jefferson Merger Final

Tower Health to sell Chestnut Hill Hospital as part of massive restructuring

Chestnut Hill Hospital

As nurses nationwide battle burnout, Philly-area hospitals add new mental health program for providers

Nurse burnout COVID-19

Jefferson Health to fire employees who don't comply with new vaccine mandate

Jefferson Health vaccine mandate

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia will require staff to get vaccinated against COVID-19

CHOP vaccine mandate

Penn Medicine hospitals climb higher on the U.S. News & World Report rankings

U.S. News best hospitals

New Jersey hospital system fires six employees for bucking COVID-19 vaccine mandate

RWJBarnabas Vaccine Mandate

Temple Hospital named Pennsylvania's most racially inclusive hospital, one of the top in the nation

Temple University Hospital

Newsweek ranks Penn Presbyterian, HUP among best hospitals in world

Penn Presbyterian Medical Center

Financial incentives improve hospital care for patients with opioid addictions, Penn study finds

Hospitals Opioid Treatment

FTC backs off objection to Jefferson-Einstein merger in North Philly

Jefferson Einstein 2021

Healthgrades ranks two Philly-area hospitals among nation's 50 best in 2021

Lankenau Hospital Healthgrades

Renowned artist Maya Lin to install sculpture at new Penn Pavilion

Maya Lin Penn Medicine

Emergency room nurse receives first COVID-19 vaccine in New Jersey

new jersey covid-19 vaccine.jpg

South Jersey, Philly hospitals set to administer first COVID-19 vaccines

Cooper COVID-19 vaccine

New Jersey set to exceed last spring's high mark for COVID-19 hospitalizations

New Jersey COVID-19 forecast

Pennsylvania hospitals face 'dwindling resources' as COVID-19 patients fill ICUs

PA Hospitals COVID-19

Severe COVID-19 cases, deaths rising as Philly enters critical pandemic stage

COVID Severe Philly NOV

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