Hospitals

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Children's Hospital CEO Madeline Bell joined Comcast board to 'get out of my comfort zone'

Shore hospital notifies patients they may have been exposed to HIV

Shore Medical Center

Jefferson Hospital suspends heart transplants to redesign program

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Rowan University and Inspira Health Network considering land deal

Villanova chemists developing disinfectants to keep pace with super bugs

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CHOP joins $3.5M investment toward needle-free blood-draw device

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CHOP looking for piano players to entertain patients

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Kennedy, Jefferson hospitals announce intent to merge

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N.Y. college student creates IV 'superheroes' to help kids in hospitals feel safe

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Aria and Jefferson sign definitive merger agreement

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CHOP named leader in LGBT healthcare equality

The top health care advances that will dominate headlines in 2016

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Fox Chase Cancer Center teams up with software company to lower readmission rates

Fox Chase

St. Joseph's Hospital to close in March

St. Joseph's Hospital

Emergency Services

Cooper Hospital receives Camden EMS services during lawsuit appeal process

Cooper University Hospital

Hospitals spend $6 million on Pope Francis' visit

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Fact-checking a scene from 'Creed'

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A 'right' parents shouldn’t have: Ending circumcision, Part Two

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Report: Women making no progress in Philly boardrooms

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Report: Lamar Odom hospitalized after being found unconscious

Crozer-Keystone to be acquired by LA-based healthcare company

Springfield Hospital

Philly mom posts video of ambulance driver using cell phone

Philly ranks seventh in U.S. life sciences clusters

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Nurses at Atlantic County medical center authorize strike

Shore Medical Center

Camden County hospital resumes normal operations after testing woman for malaria

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Hospitals plan upstaffing, sleep-ins for papal visit

CHOP’s new Buerger Center for Advanced Pediatric Care set to open

Buerger Center CHOP

MD Anderson ranked top cancer hospital in the nation

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Young cancer patient 'marries' favorite nurse in dream wedding

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N.J. Legislature awards Camden's emergency services to Cooper University Hospital

Cooper University Hospital

CHOP falls to No. 2 on 'Best Children's Hospitals' list

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Nine still hospitalized at Temple from Amtrak derailment

CHOP names first female CEO

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Aria Health seeks potential merger, alliance partners in Philly area

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Bucks County hospital gives free wigs to cancer patients

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Synthetic marijuana sickens 12 people at East Falls rehab center

UPenn hospital releases its first patient with artificial heart

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Report: New Jersey ranks fifth in hospital safety

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Students, staff at Paulsboro HS fall ill from strong odor

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Jefferson opens its first urgent-care center in N.E. Phila

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President of Thomas Jefferson University Hospital stepping down

CHOP opens specialty care center, with more to follow

Buerger Center CHOP

Philly company gets FDA approval on blood-draw tech

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