After a 9-month long national study, physician researchers at Johns Hopkins University have determined interventional heart catheterization procedures at hospitals without on-site cardiac surgery are just as safe and effective as those performed at hospitals with on-site cardiac surgery.
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the University of Wisconsin’s Population Health Institute released the third annual county-by-county analysis of public health, identifying the healthiest and least healthy counties in each state. The healthiest county in Pennsylvania was identified as Union County, according to the study.
Evangelical Community Hospital’s signature event, the Evangelical Gala, raised more than $90,000 to benefit nursing scholarships provided by the Hospital.