Nursing Homes in Weatherly, PA
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 Weatherwood Healthcare And Rehabilitation Center Medicare and Medicaid Location: 1000 Evergreen Avenue, Weatherly, Pennsylvania 18255 Ratings: Phone: (570) 427-8683 |
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MSHA implements SIS perioperative management solution
Surgical Information Systems ('SIS'), a leader in perioperative information systems, announced today that Mountain States Health Alliance (MSHA) has completed implementation of Perioperative Management by SIS for organizations using Soarian® Clinicals from Siemens Healthcare in two facilities: Johnson City Medical Center and Johnston Memorial Hospital.
Number of Americans without insurance rises in 2018
For the first time in a decade, the number of Americans without health insurance has risen — by about 2 million people in 2018 — according to the annual U.S. Census Bureau report released Tuesday.
UK Court passes verdict in favor of Lilly relating to Alimta vitamin regimen patent claim
Eli Lilly and Company today announced that the Court of Appeal has ruled that the Alimta® (pemetrexed disodium) vitamin regimen patent would be indirectly infringed by a generic competitor that had stated its intent to market certain alternative salt forms of pemetrexed in the United Kingdom prior to the UK patent's expiration in June 2021.
New minimally invasive surgery to correct chest wall deformity demonstrated at international conference
A new minimally invasive surgery to correct a chest wall deformity - often known as pigeon chest - was demonstrated Friday at an international conference attended by surgeons from the U.S., Canada, Argentina, Chile, Panama, Puerto Rico, Germany, Spain and Russia.
Complex back surgeries skyrocket, raising concerns about cost, complications
NPR: "Too many complex back surgeries are being done and people are suffering as a result, according to a study in the current issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association. The general tendency noted in the study — that many patients and doctors think more medical care is always better — has implications for the new health overhaul law.
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