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A Daily Summary of Healthcare and Business News
03/28/2024 - American Hospital Association by: Rick Pollack
WASHINGTON D.C. - America’s hospitals and health systems have proven their dedication to caring for their patients and communities time and again, particularly during the challenging circumstances in recent years.
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03/28/2024 - WSAZ by: Curtis Johnson
HUNTINGTON, WV - No ambulance with lives on the line.
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03/28/2024 - WBOY by: Gwyn Napier
MORGANTOWN, WV - During a visit to Morgantown on Wednesday, Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) and National Institutes of Health Director Dr. Monica Bertognolli toured WVU’s Cancer Institute and WVU Medicine’s Lung Cancer Mobile Screening Unit, also known as LUCAS.
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03/28/2024 - ARH
BECKLEY, WV - “Good job Dr. Zoey! You saved him,” ARH Community development Manager Kelly Elkins told a student in Fairdale Elementary School teacher Tara Grubb’s second grade class Tuesday morning.
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03/28/2024 - My Buckhannon
WVU Medicine St. Joseph’s Hospital and West Virginia Wesleyan College hold Gala after 10-year hiatus
BUCKHANNON, WV - WVU Medicine St. Joseph’s Hospital and West Virginia Wesleyan College held “An Evening of Mardi Gras Magic” Gala on Friday, March 22, after a ten-year hiatus.
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03/28/2024 - Mon Health
MORGANTOWN, WV - Mon Health Medical Center is pleased to announce that David Belcher, RN, and Maggie Burhan, RN, have been named Champions of Care by WV Living Magazine.
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03/28/2024 - Hoops Family Children's Hospital
HUNTINGTON, WV - More than a dozen children were wide-eyed and amazed when two tall guys with basketballs stopped by to make their hospital stay a little more enjoyable.
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03/28/2024 - WTAP by: Alexa Griffey
PARKERSBURG, WV - March is Women’s History and Gender Equality Months.
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03/28/2024 - WDTV
BRIDGEPORT, WV - Welcome back to UHC’s House Call on WDTV. Dr. Ali Merhe, urologist at UHC Urology, talks about risk factors of prostate cancer.
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03/28/2024 - WVHA
CHARLESTON, WV - The West Virginia Hospital Association (WVHA) released the following statement regarding the Governor’s veto of HB 5105 relating to childhood immunization policies.
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03/27/2024 - MetroNews by: Brad McElhinny
CHARLESTON, WV - Gov. Jim Justice, who has been swamped with calls and letters about a vaccination exemption bill, says he’ll need up to the last day to decide.
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03/27/2024 - WVNews by: Charles Young
CHARLESTON, WV - Gov. Jim Justice has until 11:59 p.m. Wednesday to act on bills passed during the 2024 regular session of the West Virginia Legislature.
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03/27/2024 - WVNews by: Dr. Chris Martin
MORGANTOWN, WV - If I asked you, “To whom do we owe our personal freedoms as Americans?” who would you pick?
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03/27/2024 - The Inter-Mountain
MORGANTOWN, WV - If you’re of a certain age, it’s entirely fine to be nostalgic about some things from your childhood.
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03/27/2024 - West Virginia Watch by: Lori Kersey
CHARLESTON, WV - Gov. Jim Justice has approved a bill that aims to make dentures more accessible to Medicaid recipients.
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03/27/2024 - WVNews by: Steven Allen Adams
CHARLESTON, WV - Telecommunicators from county 911 centers around West Virginia gathered Tuesday in Charleston to hear about state and federal efforts to support their work.
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03/27/2024 - Modern Healthcare by: Caroline Hudson
WASHINGTON D.C. - The vast majority of nonprofit hospitals aren't providing a level of community support equal to the value of what they are receiving in tax breaks, according to a study published Tuesday.
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03/27/2024 - Grant County Press
PETERSBURG, WV - Elaine Geroski, RN, MSN, CNOR, CSSM (E), assistant vice president of patient services at WVU Medicine Grant Memorial Hospital, received the DAISY Nurse Leader Award, which was presented to her at the recent Association of Perioperative Nurses (AORN) conference in Nashville, Tenn.
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03/27/2024 - WVNews
MORGANTOWN, WV - Four Jersey Mike’s locations in West Virginia are set to donate all sales from March 27 to WVU Medicine Children’s.
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03/27/2024 - WVNews by: Matt Harvey
FAIRMONT, WV - WVU Medicine Fairmont Medical Center is committed to offering comprehensive and high-quality healthcare to the community.
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03/27/2024 - ARH
BECKLEY, WV - Beckley ARH Hospital recently added the da Vinci Surgical System to its list of patient offerings.
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03/27/2024 - WVNews
MORGANTOWN, WV - Supporters of the WVU Cancer Institute will gather April 26-27 to celebrate its collaborative work to expand cancer care, research, and outreach at the Spring Gala.
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03/27/2024 - WVNews
MORGANTOWN, WV - The West Virginia Public Education Collaborative and the Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation will hold the sixth annual Focus Forward conference on March 27 at the Morgantown Event Center.
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03/27/2024 - WTOV by: Gianna Dapra
OHIO COUNTY, WV - It was a day all about the seniors -- filled with activities, loads of information and some relaxation.
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03/27/2024 - WTRF by: Colin Roose
WHEELING, WV - Between 100 and 120 compressions per minute, Melissa Burkett keeps the rhythm going.
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03/27/2024 - WVNews by: Matt Harvey
MORGANTOWN, WV - WVU Medicine announced Tuesday that it has entered into an agreement with Interwell Health with the goal of improving the care of patients with kidney disease.
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03/27/2024 - WVNews by: Michael Lemley
MORGANTOWN, WV - Bonnie’s Bus mobile mammography unit will visit Putnam, Clay, and Barbour counties offering three-dimensional (3D) digital screening mammograms and breast care education to women.
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03/27/2024 - WVNews by: Michael Lemley
MORGANTOWN, WV - LUCAS, a first of its kind, state-of-the-art mobile lung cancer screening unit, will visit Nicholas, Lewis, and Upshur counties offering low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) scans.
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03/26/2024 - MetroNews by: Brad McElhinny
CHARLESTON, WV - A coalition of education and healthcare organizations has been coordinating to encourage Gov. Jim Justice to veto a bill that would loosen some vaccination standards in West Virginia schools.
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03/26/2024 - Williamson Daily News by: Nancy Peyton Brown
WILLIAMSON, WV - A recurring topic before the Mingo County Commission was discussed again at length during the March 19 meeting — extended ambulance wait times.
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