Chan Soon-Shiong Medical Center at Windber is among 13% of all hospitals with a five-star rating for overall quality from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
OCTOBER 17 An intoxicated Pennsylvania father told police that he “did not see a problem” with allowing his eight-year-old son to drive his SUV, which the boy crashed into a tree late one night, according to court records.
Frank Gordon Conway, 46, was allegedly plastered when he let the child take over the driving duties around 9 PM on August 4. The boy, police noted, was
seated between his father’s legs in the driver’s seat of a 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee.
The child, who was steering the vehicle and controlling its pedals, told police that he “drove in the yard, on the street and in the parking lot of the V.F.W. before re-entering the yard and hitting the wrong pedal which caused him to strike a tree,” according to an October 14 probable cause affidavit.
Chan Soon-Shiong Medical Center at Windber (CSSMCW) and Indiana Regional Medical Center (IRMC) and have announced a clinical affiliation agreement that will enable the two healthcare providers to coordinate patient
Department of Health Acting Secretary Allison Beam announced that masks may no longer be required by the end of June.
Beam said in a news conference that after reviewing vaccination data across the state, the Department of Health and the COVID-19 Vaccine Legislative Task Force determined that “the commonwealth’s mask order can be lifted on June 28 or when 70 percent of adults get their second does, whichever comes first.”
Beam said the lifting of the mask orders is just one point in what she called “the transition process” of the pandemic.
According to the state’s COVID-19 dashboard, more than 25,000 Indiana County residents are fully vaccinated while nearly 5,000 residents received their first dose. The Indiana Regional Medical Center will be setting up an on-site vaccination clinic at tomorrow’s Westylvania Jazz & Blues Festival for those who want to get vaccinated.
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A clinical affiliation linking two independent hospitals formalizes ongoing collaboration between the two, leaders said.
Chan Soon-Shiong Medical Center at Windber and Indiana Regional Medical Center jointly announced the affiliation agreement Thursday, saying it will enable better coordination of patient care between the two organizations.
âThe overall goal is to preserve and enhance (Windber) and (Indiana) as strong providers of high quality, cost-effective health-care services in each patient service area,â a joint press release said.
Tom Kurtz, Windberâs president and CEO, said the formal affiliation agreement was a natural progression of cooperation between the two health centers.