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Springfield, PA · Health
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Grassroots group discussed Delco’s lack of health care
Community advocates, local officials, and residents gathered on Sept. 24 at the Church of the Overcomer in Trainer to discuss the ramifications of last year’s closing of Crozer- Chester Medical Center (CCMC) and how it has adversely affected the community. Organized by the Chester Chapter of One Pennsylvania, the hourlong meeting focused on difficulties caused by the closing such as lack of care, increased emergency response times, and lost medical records.
gloucestercitynews.net
Cooper Health to Bring AI to Nursing Bedsides
Cooper is among the first institutions nationwide pioneering the industry’s first commercially available AI clinical assistant for nursing. (CAMDEN, NJ) Cooper Norcross Health today announced that it is the first hospital in New Jersey — and among a select group of institutions nationwide — implementing Microsoft Dragon Copilot for its nursing workforce. Cooper Norcross University Hospital is currently piloting the technology, which is the first commercially available AI clinical assistant designed specifically for nursing workflows.
DELCO.Today
Crozer-Chester Reopening Faces Long Road, Advocates and Officials Say
Efforts to bring healthcare back to the former Crozer-Chester Medical Center are moving forward. But community advocates and elected officials say there’s still a long road ahead before the Upland campus can reopen, reports Kathleen E. Carey for the Daily Times. The Chester chapter of One Pennsylvania held a...
philadelphiaweekly.com
Thousands of Philadelphia-Area Refugees and Asylees Lose Medicaid Thursday
About 8,000 lawfully present immigrants across Pennsylvania are set to lose federal Medicaid coverage on Thursday, Oct. 1, WHYY reported. Refugees and asylees living in Philadelphia are among them. The South Philly Review also reported the change. Local aid groups told WHYY the affected residents include an Afghan man badly...
hoodline.com
Camden Sues Scrap Giant EMR, Says Promised Fire-Recovery Donations Fell Short
Camden has sued scrap metal recycler EMR, accusing the company of falling far short on donations it promised to a community benefits fund set up after a series of fires tore through the city's Waterfront South neighborhood. The city says EMR has deposited just over $783,000 into the fund since signing a memorandum of understanding in August 2025 — a fraction of what officials say the company owes.
dbhids.org
City, Commonwealth, and Merakey Expand Access to Addiction Treatment with New Mobile Methadone Program in Kensington
PHILADELPHIA — Today, Mayor Cherelle L. Parker joined the City of Philadelphia Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual disAbility Services (DBHIDS), the Pa. Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs (DDAP), and Merakey to cut the ribbon on a new Mobile Methadone Program at the City’s Kensington Wellness Support Center.
southjersey.media
NJHealth Honors Two With WOW Awards
NJHealth Hospice and Palliative Care recognizes RN/Case Manager Rebekah Bancroft of Vineland for the exceptional care they provide to our patients and families. Bancroft, who has been hospice nurse for eight years, was selected for this month’s recognition because of the letters and phone calls about her “WOW” service. Also recognized this month is Music Therapist Tim Bretschneider of Woodbury.
NorthEast Times
Merakey’s Mobile Methadone Van Debuts in Kensington, Treats Hundreds
Merakey's mobile methadone van, described by WHYY as Philadelphia's first, now sits in the parking lot of the Kensington Wellness Support Center. It offers walk-up health exams, addiction consultations and same-day methadone doses. Patients can complete the intake process in under an hour, according to WHYY. Mayor Cherelle Parker said...
PA Times
Water Dept. update at TBYN
Skye Neulight, a community outreach specialist at the Philadelphia Water Department, spoke at last week’s Take Back Your Neighborhood meeting. Neulight handed out a packet that included information on Green City, Clean Waters, an initiative to reduce sewer overflows; the Water Department’s offer of free rain barrels; an Oct. 3 open house at the Southwest […]
hoodline.com
Philadelphia Rolls Out First Mobile Methadone Van, Treats 567 So Far
Philadelphia officials this week unveiled the city's first mobile narcotic treatment program, an RV-style van operated by Merakey that rolls directly into neighborhoods to connect people struggling with opioid use disorder to medication and long-term treatment. City leaders introduced the vehicle at the Kensington Wellness Support Center, an area long at the center of the city's overdose crisis.
beckersspine.com
Pennsylvania orthopedic groups add hand surgeon
Partner practices King of Prussia, Pa.-based Premier Orthopaedics and Philadelphia Hand to Shoulder Center added David Cholok, MD, to their medical staff. Dr. Cholok specializes in hand and upper extremity care, peripheral nerve surgery and microsurgical reconstruction, according to a Sept. 22 news release. He is welcoming new patients at...
USA TODAY
Are Americans still drinking a lot of alcohol? Depends on your age
For the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic, alcohol consumption has dropped among adults in the United States, according to researchers in California and Philadelphia. Researchers from the University of Southern California (USC) in Los Angeles and Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia found that while alcohol use has decreased, rates are still higher than before the COVID-19 pandemic, which lasted from 2020 to 2023. The study was published in the peer-reviewed journal “Annals of Internal Medicine” on Monday, Sept. 21. "It’s encouraging to see alcohol use decline for the first time since the start of the pandemic,” said Dr. Brian P. Lee, hepatologist and liver transplant specialist with Keck Medicine of the University of Southern California, in a university news release . Lee, a principal investigator of the study, added that “certain groups continue to have concerning trends.” The new study is a follow-up on Lee’s previous findings that alcohol use increased during the COVID-19 pandemic and continued for another two years, the university said. Here’s what the research team found. Researchers looked at survey responses taken over a six-year span To carry out the study, the researchers observed National Health Interview Survey responses from 114,352 U.S. adults between 2018
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Jefferson Health’s AI saved providers 1 million hours. Nursing is next
Philadelphia-based Jefferson Health set out to give its clinicians back 10 million hours by 2028, a systemwide commitment to strip administrative work out of medical — and now nursing — practice. One year in, the system has banked a little over 1 million of those hours, according to...