Healthcare
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Chester County Mother Personally Fights for Comprehensive Eye Exams in Schools
Chester County student Nathan Koenig was a smart and articulate child, enjoying both hearing and telling stories, writes Alison McCook for The Philadelphia Inquirer. When he started school, he quickly began to have trouble with reading and writing. After bringing home multiple class worksheets blank, he was diagnosed with a learning disability. It took years…
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Lahaska-Based WoodBridge Healthcare’s Acquisition of 3 Pennsylvania Hospitals Falls Through
Lahaska-based WoodBridge Healthcare’s deal to acquire three hospitals in Northeastern Pennsylvania for $120 million has fallen through, writes John George for the Philadelphia Business Journal. The turnaround firm had reached a tentative agreement to acquire Commonwealth Health, the operator of the three hospitals, from subsidiaries of Tennessee-based Community Health Systems in July. However, the deal…
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Grand View Health Aims to Finalize St. Luke’s Merger by Year-End
Grand View Health in Sellersville has set a year-end target for completing its merger with Bethlehem-based St. Luke’s University Health Network, writes John George for the Philadelphia Business Journal. Grand View CEO Douglas Hughes informed bond investors that due diligence regarding the potential merger “is in full swing and going well.” The merger process for…
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Community Comes Together to Support Breast Cancer Patients at ‘Light The Night Pink’ Fundraiser
The Newtown business community painted the town pink throughout October, raising a record amount for Main St., a nonprofit dedicated to supporting local breast cancer patients, writes Jeff Werner for the Patch. During the Light The Night Pink fundraiser, which included the crowning of Mr. Bucks County for 2024, the business community raised more than…
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CHOP Receives $10M Grant to Help Address Rare Diseases in Children
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia recently gained a new $10 million ARPA-H grant, which will be used to introduce a tool to gather and share information with the goal of transforming care for children with rare diseases, writes Alison McCook for The Philadelphia Inquirer. The tool is known as the Real-time Analysis and Discovery in Integrated…
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Moody’s Ratings Upgrades Doylestown Health’s Credit Rating
Moody’s Ratings raised Doylestown Health’s credit rating last week, upgrading it from B3 to B2, writes Harold Brubaker for The Philadelphia Inquirer. The Bucks County nonprofit also saw its outlook boosted from positive to stable. The new rating remains quite low, indicating that Doylestown Health’s financial condition is still challenging. The upgrade comes after an…
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Chalfont Girl Who Raised Awareness for Lung Cancer Now Battling Cancer Herself
Chalfont ten-year-old Frankie Wilson, who became a cancer advocate five years ago following her father’s diagnosis, has also now been diagnosed with cancer, writes Jordan Greene for People. Dan Wilson, Frankie’s father, was 34 when he learned he had Stage IV non-small cell lung cancer. He and his wife, Brittany, sat Frankie down to explain…
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IBX Foundation’s Service Scholars Program Accelerates Pathway to a Nursing Career for Military Veterans
The United States is currently grappling with a nursing shortage that is impacting healthcare. The shortage is causing a ripple effect, which includes rising healthcare costs, concerns about quality of care, and increases in the demand for and complexity of healthcare. For more than a decade, the Independence Blue Cross Foundation has been committed to…
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St. Luke’s University Health Network to Spend $8M to Double Size of Its Upper Bucks Campus ER
St. Luke’s University Health Network is getting ready to expand the emergency department of its Upper Bucks Campus in Milford Township, writes John George for the Philadelphia Business Journal. The $8 million, 11,000-square-foot project will double the size of the emergency department and add an additional 12 new patient treatment bays to the 16 that are already there. According to Dennis Pfleiger,…
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Grand View Health in Sellersville Could Be Acquired By St. Luke’s University Health Network
St. Luke’s University Health Network is currently in talks to acquire Grand View Health in Sellersville, writes Harold Brubaker for The Philadelphia Inquirer. A spokesperson for the nonprofit with a significant presence in the Lehigh Valley and Northeastern Pennsylvania confirmed the talks on Monday. The acquisition would extend St. Luke’s reach into the Philadelphia market.…
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Pottstown to Open What May Be the First Homeless Shelter of Its Kind in the Nation
A 24/7 shelter for single adults — perhaps the first of its kind in the nation — is being planned by Pottstown Beacon of Hope, a support outreach for displaced borough residents. Emily Rizzo’s story on it was welcomed in at WHYY. The proposed resource is a 45-bed facility for noncongregant singles, meaning each occupant…
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Counselor at Yardley Middle School Donates Kidney In Order To Save Her Friend’s Life
A Bucks County resident recently underwent a major surgery to save a life, with her good friend benefitting from the act of kindness. Meredith Mann wrote about the local resident for Penn Medicine News. Molly Gray, a Yardley resident and counselor at Pennwood Middle School, recently underwent a kidney transplant at the Hospital of the…
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Capital Health Expands in Bucks County with New Yardley Office, Future Plans Uncertain
Capital Health is rapidly expanding its presence in Bucks County with the opening of its eighth physician practice, writes John George for the Philadelphia Business Journal. The newest primary care office, located in Yardley off Floral Vale Boulevard, is part of the health system’s strategy to enhance outpatient services in the region. This marks…
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Doylestown Health Sees Credit Rating Boost After Financial Recovery
Doylestown Health received a significant credit rating upgrade from Standard & Poor’s this week, moving from CCC to B+, reflecting the nonprofit’s improved financial stability, writes Harold Brubaker for The Philadelphia Inquirer. The upgrade comes as Doylestown Health reduced its operating loss in fiscal 2024 and maintained compliance with loan agreements, strengthening its financial…
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Delaware Valley University (DelVal) Celebrates First Cohort of Speech-Language Pathology Graduates
Delaware Valley University (DelVal) celebrated its first cohort of Speech-Language Pathologist graduate students to complete the curriculum during the program’s inaugural graduation ceremony on Sunday, August 11. The DelVal speech-language pathology program was launched in 2022 and is delivered entirely online, allowing students from across the country to earn their master of science degree and…
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Penn Medicine Signs Merger Agreement with Doylestown Health in Major Expansion
The University of Pennsylvania Health System and Doylestown Health have officially signed a definitive merger agreement, bringing the Bucks County health system under the Penn Medicine umbrella, writes John George for the Philadelphia Business Journal. This merger, initially outlined in January, is pending federal and state regulatory approvals. Doylestown Health, which includes the 247-bed…
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DelVal and Penn State Abington Announce Pathway to Master’s in Healthcare Administration
Delaware Valley University (DelVal) and Penn State Abington have announced an agreement to create a five-year pathway program so undergraduates enrolled in four Abington majors may earn a Master of Science degree in healthcare administration from DelVal in a faster and more affordable manner. Abington students may take up to nine credits of coursework at…
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Philadelphia Physician, Pediatric Surgeon Dr. Ala Stanford Publishes New Memoir
Dr. Ala Stanford, the Philadelphia native and pediatric surgeon who made headlines for her work as a prominent leader during the city’s COVID-19 response, has published a new memoir, writes Nicole Leonard for WHYY. The new book is titled, “Take Care of Them Like My Own: Faith, Fortitude and a Surgeon’s Fight for Health Justice.”…
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