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Leaders in healthcare discuss the overlooked aspects of improving the system, including value strategies, personalized wellness, collaboration, and more ....
CUMBERLAND, Md. — UPMC Western Maryland has been awarded an ‘A’ rating for hospital safety from the Leapfrog Group, a nationally recognized watchdog organization. ....
Think about one year ago. On Feb. 2, the Super Bowl was played in front of more than 62,000 fans packed into Miami’s Hard Rock Stadium. A month later, 18,548 watched the Penguins play the Carolina Hurricanes on March 8 at PPG Paints Arena. A few days after that, the NHL, NBA and NCAA basketball shut down completely. Movie theaters, museums, live concert venues, schools, restaurants, bars just about any place where people gathered in public soon followed suit. A deadly virus that took root in China in late 2019 swept the globe. A ripple turned into a wave, sparing no one, sickening 114 million and killing more than 2.5 million worldwide, including 523,000 Americans and more than 24,000 Pennsylvanians. ....
Seldom is a subject such an obvious choice for story of the year. But unlike 2001’s 9/11 or 2016’s election, the coronavirus story kept happening day after day after day. Like the virus itself, the story just wouldn’t stop. It appears it will consume 2021 as well. From reports of a “new illness” in China in January to the approval and distribution of vaccines in December, the tale of covid-19 is complex. It’s been an incredible, agonizing, frustrating, infuriating, daunting and deadly journey. Coronavirus’ story actually began in December 2019, when 41 cases were first identified in Wuhan, China. Many researchers believe the virus originated in bats, although further studies are being conducted. ....