April 01, 2022 By the Numbers: 5 Reasons to Support Organ Donation Thousands of Pennsylvanians and others around the country are waiting for the lifesaving gift of organ donation.
March 18, 2022 How Hospitals Can Improve Child Abuse Detection, Address Disparities A new report from the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) PolicyLab provides critical insights on detecting child abuse and the need to address disparities in screening in hospital settings.
March 15, 2022 4 Steps to Improve Patient Safety Patient Safety Awareness Week, from March 13 through March 19, 2022, is intended to encourage everyone—consumers as well as health care providers—to learn more about health care safety. This annual event, organized by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI), is designed to create awareness about patient safety and to empower consumers to take an active role in their health care.
March 04, 2022 Maternal Mortality, Disparities Worsen during 2020 Maternal mortality rates increased significantly during the first year of the pandemic, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
March 02, 2022 DOH Outlines New Care Delivery Models The Pennsylvania Department of Health (DOH) today highlighted three new health care delivery models available to hospitals in Pennsylvania.
January 07, 2022 5 Reasons You should be an Organ Donor Tomorrow is PA Donor Day, providing the Pennsylvania hospital community with another opportunity to raise awareness about the importance of organ donation.
January 03, 2022 PHC4 Report Shows Significant Progress on Hospital Mortality, Readmission Pennsylvania’s hospitals reported significant statewide decreases for in-hospital mortality and readmissions, according to a new report from Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council (PHC4).
December 30, 2021 Get Ready for PA Donor Day Ahead of PA Donor Day on January 8, HAP and Pennsylvania’s hospital community encourage residents across the commonwealth to register as organ and tissue donors through Donate Life Pennsylvania.
November 22, 2021 Are You Using Antibiotics Correctly? The improper use of antibiotics is a “global health and development threat,” the World Health Organization said last week.
November 18, 2021 The Importance of Pressure Injury Prevention World Wide Pressure Injury Prevention Day raises awareness and education about the importance of pressure injury prevention.