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Shari Vislosky of Penn Township donates at the Red Cross blood drive at the Hempfield Park Athletic Complex on Thursday.
Louis B. Ruediger | Tribune-Review
Phlebotomist Kerry Hasse tends to donor Edward Lytle 69, of Fort Allen during a Red Cross blood drive at the Hempfield Park Athletic Complex on Thursday.
Louis B. Ruediger | Tribune-Review
Stacy Winfield of Jeanette rolls up her sleeves while giving blood at the Hempfield Park Athletic Complex on Thursday.
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It was day of firsts on Thursday for Shari Vislosky of Penn Township and her two oldest teenagers, who joined about 50 donors at the American Red Cross’ blood drive at Hempfield Park.
Updated: 3:01 PM EST Dec 18, 2020
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Show Transcript This is an exciting day for HN. As you mentioned, we received vaccine at all of our facilities yesterday, and from the distribution from Pfizer and in earnest this morning at 6 30 began vaccinated, vaccinating our employees at all of the facilities. The preparations have been going on for weeks, as we knew Pfizer had put in its emergency use authorization and awaiting its FDA approval last weekend. But we also knew that we needed to be prepared, and part of that in large was making sure we had the proper storage for the vaccine when it arrived. And as a result, all of our facilities were not only able to receive it but are able to store it as we make our way through our front line employees. But that Dan, I d like you to go ahead and show the video, which really highlights all that preparation and how things went yesterday. Oh Soto highlight. This vaccine is from Pfizer exceptionally safe, very effec
Kristen Miller didn’t think twice about getting the covid vaccine.
The intensive care unit registered nurse at Allegheny Valley Hospital in Harrison on Friday was among the first workers in Allegheny Health Network to get a shot of Pfizer’s vaccine against the virus that has killed more than 300,000 in the U.S.
“I didn’t hesitate. I’ve spoken with the physicians at the hospital. I trust them. Their recommendation is to get it,” said Miller, 30, whose family in Washington Township includes her 4-year-old son and 3-year-old daughter. “I want a better world for my kids. I hope they don’t have to go through this a whole lot longer.”
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A Cheswick registered nurse is suing Allegheny Health Network because she said the health network discriminated against her and failed to accommodate her when the covid-19 pandemic began in the spring.
Samantha Eiler, who was hired by the health network in January 2019, was diagnosed with asthma when she was 4.
“(Allegheny Health Network) blatantly retaliated against Eiler due to her disability needs during an upper-respiratory global pandemic, when defendant refused to accommodate and then ultimately terminated Eiler,” the lawsuit said.
She is seeking back pay and reinstatement to her previous position.
Dec 17, 2020 9:30am
Microsoft, Google and Amazon Web Services are all pushing deeper into healthcare in a battle to provide cloud computing and data storage technology to hospitals and payers. (achinthamb/Shutterstock)
Highmark Health and Google Cloud announced a six-year strategic partnership to use cloud, analytics and artificial intelligence technologies to power the organization s digital health initiatives.
Pittsburgh-based Highmark Health plans to use Google Cloud s technology muscle to be the innovation engine behind its Living Health model, which is designed to provide a more coordinated, personalized, technology-enabled experience for patients, the organization said.
One of the country s largest insurers, Pittsburgh-based Highmark Health also is the parent company of Allegheny Health Network, an integrated delivery network comprised of 13 hospitals, more than 2,500 affiliated physicians and ambulatory surgery centers.