It s easy now, 10 years later, to downplay the concern some of Erie s political and community leaders had about Hamot Medical Center joining UPMC.
Barry Grossman, then Erie County Executive, said his greatest fear was that Hamot would downsize and possibly close as patients were shipped to Pittsburgh for treatment.
Grossman, who died in May 2020, lived to see those fears proved false. Instead of downsizing or closing, Hamot has expanded its share of northwestern Pennsylvania s health-care market over the past decade.
UPMC President David Gibbons said Hamot s share of the county s patient revenue has risen from 41% in 2010 to 54.6% in 2020. Our daily census when we joined UPMC was 235 patients, Gibbons said. In 2020 – if you remove the months of March, April and May because of the COVID-19 pandemic – we averaged 334 patients. That is significant.
WASHINGTON (January 19, 2021) – The American Hospital Association (AHA) today announced Southwestern Vermont Medical Center (SVMC) in Bennington, Vt., as the 2020 recipient of the Rural Hospital Leadership Award. The award recognizes small or rural hospital leaders who guide their hospital and community through transformational change on the road to health care reform. They display outstanding leadership, responsiveness to their community’s health needs and demonstrate a collaborative community process that has led to measurable outcomes. The award will be presented at the AHA’s 34th Rural Health Care Leadership Conference, which will be held virtually February 17-18, 2021.
Like many rural health systems across the country, SVMC serves a patient population that is experiencing increased rates of chronic illness associated with advanced aging. One of SVMC’s strategies was to use its nursing workforce as part of a transitional care model oriented at keeping older adults out o
John Thomas âJ.T.â Toriski, 78, of Titusville, passed away Saturday, Dec. 26, 2020 at St. Vincent Hospital in Erie.
John was born Nov. 8, 1942 at Titusville Area Hospital, the only child of John G. and Bernice M. (Kotwica) Toriski.
John once said the greatest lesson his parents ever taught him was to âtreat people like you want to be treated, and never lie.â With that in mind, he dedicated his life to being a proud, lifelong resident of Titusville; a devoted member of St. Titus Roman Catholic Church; and a friendly, reliable face to everyone he met in his community.
John graduated from St. Josephâs Academy in 1960. In 1964, he was drafted into the United States Army. During his two years of service, John was a Military Policeman, including serving as protection for thousands of civil rights marchers in the Selma to Montgomery March in 1965. Following his honorable discharge and return home to Titusville, he was employed at the Titusville Herald for 42 year
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