Healthcare reform off to ‘a good start’

The massive overhaul of the nation’s healthcare system that’s beginning to roll out this month is ”a good start.” But expect to see more efforts among doctors and hospitals to coordinate your care as a result of the new provisions, Richard J. Umbdenstock, president and chief executive of the American Hospital Association, said during a talk at the Akron Roundtable on Thursday.

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Groundbreaking at hospital site

EAST NORRITON — The ceremonial groundbreaking on Monday morning for the 146-bed, $350 million hospital on Germantown Pike attracted more than 350 township officials, politicians and staff members from Albert Einstein Healthcare Network (AEHN) and Montgomery Health System (MHS) to a large white tent set up on the construction site.

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Babies to get extra TLC at St. Luke’s new preemie ICU

Newborns rested snugly this week in 10 tiny beds arranged in two rows of five at St. Luke’s Hospital. Moms and dads got the rocking chairs at their sides. But in about a year, preemies at the Jacksonville hospital will be in 10 private neonatal intensive care unit rooms, part of a $10 million renovation of about 15,000 square feet of the women’s services center. The private rooms at what will be …

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