Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania

October 7, 2022 | 1:26 PM

A Pa. state commission on mental health makes recommendations for using ARPA money

A state commission on adult behavioral health released its recommendations on how to spend $100 million set aside from the American Rescue Plan..

By Gabriela Martínez/WITF

November 19, 2020 | 1:12 PM

Undated envelopes could decide tight state Senate election

Republican Nicole Ziccarelli is currently down by just 28 votes against incumbent Democrat Jim Brewster, a former banker first elected to the Senate 10 years ago

By Mark Scolforo/The Associated Press

May 20, 2020 | 4:00 AM

The coronavirus on Smart Talk Wednesday: Delaying medical treatment during pandemic and State’s nursing home plan has some holes say facilities

By Scott LaMar/WITF and Merideth Bucher/WITF

May 15, 2020 | 7:30 AM

Pa.’s largest nurses’ union accuses hospitals of misinforming state officials about protective equipment

The union says health systems are sitting on stockpiles of N95 respirators, leaving nurses without needed protection, as some hospitals restart elective procedures.

By Brett Sholtis

May 5, 2020 | 1:37 PM

Top Pa. health official says state won’t supply masks, other protective equipment to hospitals that resume elective surgeries

Instead, the state is focusing on providing personal protective equipment to nursing homes, which have been hard hit by the pandemic.

By Cynthia Fernandez/Spotlight PA

May 2, 2020 | 6:00 AM

Pa. sets modest goal to conduct 8,500 coronavirus tests per day, far less than what some experts say is needed

A Harvard estimate says the state should test about 19,000 Pennsylvanians per day — or more than twice the rate of the Wolf administration’s plan.

By Daniel Simmons-Ritchie/Spotlight PA

April 14, 2020 | 10:00 AM

Pa. keeps hospitals’ coronavirus emergency plans secret as health systems seek huge sums in tax relief, other financial help

The state Department of Health is not making hospital preparedness plans available or overseeing whether hospitals are following those plans.

By Brett Sholtis

May 4, 2017 | 6:39 PM

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