Care For PA

Excellent health care starts with excellent people. During National Hospital Week, May 11-17, 2008, hospitals from coast to coast will unite in a celebration of professionalism, dedication, and compassion--human qualities that keep our system of care and caring at the forefront of medicine.

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Pennsylvania's hospitals are experts at providing care to those who come through their doors. From the 1.8 million inpatient visits, to the 33 million outpatient visits and 5 million emergency room visits, hospitals are providing healing, health, and hope to patients and families every day. Hospitals know, though, that caring for communities is more than just providing care to patients who come though the doors; it means extending care beyond hospitals' walls into communities and onto the streets. "Operation Safety Net" is doing just that to care for Pittsburgh's unsheltered and transient homeless individuals.

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Increasing health insurance premiums, a Medicare system in serious trouble, a shrinking percentage of employers offering coverage, and a growing number of uninsured have all created a public outcry for change in our nation's health insurance system. Three presidential hopefuls each have their own ideas about how to overhaul the U.S. system. Not willing to wait for a solution from Washington, a growing number of states--including Pennsylvania--are proposing their own plans.

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A new website debuted last month that for the first time compiles, from a variety of sources, quality information for Pennsylvania's hospitals in a single location to help patients and consumers make better health care choices.

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In 2005, the world became sadly aware of the purpose and importance of living wills through the seven-year legal battle over a brain-damaged Florida woman's right to live or die. Three years after the death of Terri Schiavo, it is estimated that only a small minority of Americans have a living will. Hospitals in Pennsylvania are working to change that.

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