Based on national estimates, approximately 65,000 Pennsylvania residents are living with primary immunodeficiency (PI). Thousands more are undiagnosed and needlessly struggling with potentially life-threatening symptoms, including recurrent, persistent, and severe infections.
April 22-29 is World PI Week, a time to raise awareness of these rare diseases and help get people who are impacted by PI the diagnosis, treatment, and resources they need.
As part of a larger effort to interest more young people in a health care career, Reading Hospital-Tower Health operates a successful High School Internship Program that indeed has spurred participants to stay with the industry. This fall, 29 students from a dozen...
St. Luke’s University Health Network, in conjunction with the Hispanic Center Lehigh Valley, launched Cultural & Linguistic Workforce Development Centers this fall to help nurture a generation of bilingual, highly skilled health care workers. Bilingual...
Allegheny Health Network has launched a variety of initiatives designed to build the next generation of health care professionals. The moves are especially critical in Pennsylvania as many health care professionals are reaching retirement age just as the need for...
Penn State Health and HACC, Central Pennsylvania’s Community College, are piloting an innovative program that offers fully funded educational opportunities for current and aspiring allied health professionals in exchange for one year of employment. As part of Penn...
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Your local hospital offers much more than emergency help and medical care. Within its walls and in the community, it offers programs that can improve your quality of life, be a support in difficult times, and help you take care of your friends and family. Hospitals...
Penn Center for Community Health Workers has served more than 6,000 high-risk patients in Philadelphia, working to improve their health and reducing their hospitalizations by 30 percent. The secret? The center’s 60 full-time employees help patients with everything...
Thousands of centers provide medical care across America. National Health Center Week (Aug. 7-13) highlights the quality care the centers provide, especially in areas where there aren’t enough doctors, hospitals, and other professionals to care for everyone. Health...