Jefferson HealthJefferson Health plans to boost capacity at the Abington Hospital emergency departmentIt's the third emergency department project announced by Jefferson in the past year. Jefferson did not disclose how much it was spending in Abington.Harold Brubaker One year of inspections at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital: November 2024 - October 2025Sarah Gantz Virtual nursing programs get mixed reviews in Penn Nursing studySarah Gantz and Kayla Yup The new owner of Crozer-Chester Medical Center wants to restore hospital and emergency servicesHarold Brubaker and Sarah Gantz Lehigh Valley Health Network will go out of network for UnitedHealthcare’s Medicare Advantage plans MondayHarold Brubaker AdvertisementJefferson and Temple join wide-ranging litigation over high insulin pricingThe move follows similar suits from the University of Pennsylvania, the city of Philadelphia, Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner, and Bucks County.Aubrey Whelan St. Luke’s Health Network uses AI tool to reduce cardiac arrests and ICU transfersThe tool automatically alerts medical staff when a patient's status is declining.Sarah Gantz Forty years after a brain injury changed this veteran’s life, a Jefferson program helped him rebuildAfter a service-related brain injury left him with lasting effects, Scott Edgell found relief through a rehabilitation program for veterans called the MossRehab Institute for Brain Health.Kayla Yup Happy Bear Coffee, with Carlino’s bites, coming to Philly’s Navy YardIt will be the homegrown roaster's first physical location.Erin McCarthy CHOP was Southeastern Pa.’s most profitable nonprofit health system in first quarter of fiscal 2026. Four systems lost money.The Inquirer compiled financial results in the first quarter of fiscal 2026 for nine area health systems.Harold Brubaker Hospital-based anti-violence programs get $3 million in state fundingTemple, Penn, and Urban Affairs Coalition are among the institutions receiving grants to address violence announced by Lt. Gov. Austin Davis on Wednesday.Kayla Yup Jefferson Health hit with federal WARN Act lawsuitThe lawsuit in Philadelphia federal court accuses Jefferson of violating the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act when it laid off 1% of its 65,000 employees on short notice last month.Harold Brubaker Jefferson Abington closes behavioral health unit to accommodate emergency department overflowJefferson Abington will continue to provide crisis services and outpatient behavioral health. Sarah Gantz Thomas Jefferson University gets its first alma mater song 200 years later. Meet the composer.Elizabeth Avril Barden said it took her just 25 minutes to write the lyrics and music for the one minute, 55-second piece, "Jefferson How We Adore Thee."Susan Snyder Jefferson Health reported a $104 million operating loss in first quarter of fiscal 2026The loss for the three months that ended Sept. 30 included $19 million in restructuring charges. Jefferson's recently announced layoffs of 600 to 700 people were not part of that.Harold Brubaker 17 Philadelphia-area hospitals earn top grades in fall Leapfrog report cardSeventeen of 41 hospitals rated in the Philadelphia area received top marks in the Leapfrong fall safety report card. Sarah Gantz and Lizzie Mulvey Home visits are helping new moms get healthcare, support, and diapers in the weeks after they give birth at Jefferson Einstein PhiladelphiaWithin two to three weeks after giving birth, mothers and babies receive an at-home health screening, with nurses offering new parents tips on feeding, swaddling, and safe sleeping.Aubrey Whelan At some Philly doctors’ offices, AI is listening in the exam roomAmbient listening and AI scribes are among the artificial intelligence tools gaining traction at health systems across the country.Sarah Gantz Former Rothman CEO Mike West didn’t want to burden his family with his Alzheimer’s. He quietly planned his suicide.Only 200,000, or 3%, are diagnosed with Alzheimer's before age 65. Such an early onset means the disease is more likely to progress rapidly and shorten their lives. Wendy Ruderman A new, potent street drug is causing severe withdrawal, and Philly doctors are scrambling to respondBy last winter, medetomidine was showing up in 70% of illicit opioid samples tested in Philly, along with other unregulated substances and synthetic opioids like fentanyl.Aubrey Whelan and Max Marin See more storiesAdvertisement
Jefferson Health plans to boost capacity at the Abington Hospital emergency departmentIt's the third emergency department project announced by Jefferson in the past year. Jefferson did not disclose how much it was spending in Abington.Harold Brubaker
Jefferson Health plans to boost capacity at the Abington Hospital emergency departmentIt's the third emergency department project announced by Jefferson in the past year. Jefferson did not disclose how much it was spending in Abington.Harold Brubaker
One year of inspections at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital: November 2024 - October 2025Sarah Gantz
One year of inspections at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital: November 2024 - October 2025Sarah Gantz
The new owner of Crozer-Chester Medical Center wants to restore hospital and emergency servicesHarold Brubaker and Sarah Gantz
The new owner of Crozer-Chester Medical Center wants to restore hospital and emergency servicesHarold Brubaker and Sarah Gantz
Lehigh Valley Health Network will go out of network for UnitedHealthcare’s Medicare Advantage plans MondayHarold Brubaker
Lehigh Valley Health Network will go out of network for UnitedHealthcare’s Medicare Advantage plans MondayHarold Brubaker
Jefferson and Temple join wide-ranging litigation over high insulin pricingThe move follows similar suits from the University of Pennsylvania, the city of Philadelphia, Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner, and Bucks County.Aubrey Whelan
Jefferson and Temple join wide-ranging litigation over high insulin pricingThe move follows similar suits from the University of Pennsylvania, the city of Philadelphia, Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner, and Bucks County.Aubrey Whelan
St. Luke’s Health Network uses AI tool to reduce cardiac arrests and ICU transfersThe tool automatically alerts medical staff when a patient's status is declining.Sarah Gantz
St. Luke’s Health Network uses AI tool to reduce cardiac arrests and ICU transfersThe tool automatically alerts medical staff when a patient's status is declining.Sarah Gantz
Forty years after a brain injury changed this veteran’s life, a Jefferson program helped him rebuildAfter a service-related brain injury left him with lasting effects, Scott Edgell found relief through a rehabilitation program for veterans called the MossRehab Institute for Brain Health.Kayla Yup
Forty years after a brain injury changed this veteran’s life, a Jefferson program helped him rebuildAfter a service-related brain injury left him with lasting effects, Scott Edgell found relief through a rehabilitation program for veterans called the MossRehab Institute for Brain Health.Kayla Yup
Happy Bear Coffee, with Carlino’s bites, coming to Philly’s Navy YardIt will be the homegrown roaster's first physical location.Erin McCarthy
Happy Bear Coffee, with Carlino’s bites, coming to Philly’s Navy YardIt will be the homegrown roaster's first physical location.Erin McCarthy
CHOP was Southeastern Pa.’s most profitable nonprofit health system in first quarter of fiscal 2026. Four systems lost money.The Inquirer compiled financial results in the first quarter of fiscal 2026 for nine area health systems.Harold Brubaker
CHOP was Southeastern Pa.’s most profitable nonprofit health system in first quarter of fiscal 2026. Four systems lost money.The Inquirer compiled financial results in the first quarter of fiscal 2026 for nine area health systems.Harold Brubaker
Hospital-based anti-violence programs get $3 million in state fundingTemple, Penn, and Urban Affairs Coalition are among the institutions receiving grants to address violence announced by Lt. Gov. Austin Davis on Wednesday.Kayla Yup
Hospital-based anti-violence programs get $3 million in state fundingTemple, Penn, and Urban Affairs Coalition are among the institutions receiving grants to address violence announced by Lt. Gov. Austin Davis on Wednesday.Kayla Yup
Jefferson Health hit with federal WARN Act lawsuitThe lawsuit in Philadelphia federal court accuses Jefferson of violating the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act when it laid off 1% of its 65,000 employees on short notice last month.Harold Brubaker
Jefferson Health hit with federal WARN Act lawsuitThe lawsuit in Philadelphia federal court accuses Jefferson of violating the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act when it laid off 1% of its 65,000 employees on short notice last month.Harold Brubaker
Jefferson Abington closes behavioral health unit to accommodate emergency department overflowJefferson Abington will continue to provide crisis services and outpatient behavioral health. Sarah Gantz
Jefferson Abington closes behavioral health unit to accommodate emergency department overflowJefferson Abington will continue to provide crisis services and outpatient behavioral health. Sarah Gantz
Thomas Jefferson University gets its first alma mater song 200 years later. Meet the composer.Elizabeth Avril Barden said it took her just 25 minutes to write the lyrics and music for the one minute, 55-second piece, "Jefferson How We Adore Thee."Susan Snyder
Thomas Jefferson University gets its first alma mater song 200 years later. Meet the composer.Elizabeth Avril Barden said it took her just 25 minutes to write the lyrics and music for the one minute, 55-second piece, "Jefferson How We Adore Thee."Susan Snyder
Jefferson Health reported a $104 million operating loss in first quarter of fiscal 2026The loss for the three months that ended Sept. 30 included $19 million in restructuring charges. Jefferson's recently announced layoffs of 600 to 700 people were not part of that.Harold Brubaker
Jefferson Health reported a $104 million operating loss in first quarter of fiscal 2026The loss for the three months that ended Sept. 30 included $19 million in restructuring charges. Jefferson's recently announced layoffs of 600 to 700 people were not part of that.Harold Brubaker
17 Philadelphia-area hospitals earn top grades in fall Leapfrog report cardSeventeen of 41 hospitals rated in the Philadelphia area received top marks in the Leapfrong fall safety report card. Sarah Gantz and Lizzie Mulvey
17 Philadelphia-area hospitals earn top grades in fall Leapfrog report cardSeventeen of 41 hospitals rated in the Philadelphia area received top marks in the Leapfrong fall safety report card. Sarah Gantz and Lizzie Mulvey
Home visits are helping new moms get healthcare, support, and diapers in the weeks after they give birth at Jefferson Einstein PhiladelphiaWithin two to three weeks after giving birth, mothers and babies receive an at-home health screening, with nurses offering new parents tips on feeding, swaddling, and safe sleeping.Aubrey Whelan
Home visits are helping new moms get healthcare, support, and diapers in the weeks after they give birth at Jefferson Einstein PhiladelphiaWithin two to three weeks after giving birth, mothers and babies receive an at-home health screening, with nurses offering new parents tips on feeding, swaddling, and safe sleeping.Aubrey Whelan
At some Philly doctors’ offices, AI is listening in the exam roomAmbient listening and AI scribes are among the artificial intelligence tools gaining traction at health systems across the country.Sarah Gantz
At some Philly doctors’ offices, AI is listening in the exam roomAmbient listening and AI scribes are among the artificial intelligence tools gaining traction at health systems across the country.Sarah Gantz
Former Rothman CEO Mike West didn’t want to burden his family with his Alzheimer’s. He quietly planned his suicide.Only 200,000, or 3%, are diagnosed with Alzheimer's before age 65. Such an early onset means the disease is more likely to progress rapidly and shorten their lives. Wendy Ruderman
Former Rothman CEO Mike West didn’t want to burden his family with his Alzheimer’s. He quietly planned his suicide.Only 200,000, or 3%, are diagnosed with Alzheimer's before age 65. Such an early onset means the disease is more likely to progress rapidly and shorten their lives. Wendy Ruderman
A new, potent street drug is causing severe withdrawal, and Philly doctors are scrambling to respondBy last winter, medetomidine was showing up in 70% of illicit opioid samples tested in Philly, along with other unregulated substances and synthetic opioids like fentanyl.Aubrey Whelan and Max Marin
A new, potent street drug is causing severe withdrawal, and Philly doctors are scrambling to respondBy last winter, medetomidine was showing up in 70% of illicit opioid samples tested in Philly, along with other unregulated substances and synthetic opioids like fentanyl.Aubrey Whelan and Max Marin
