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Tribune-Review: Girl Scouts donate cookies for St. Clair Hospital cancer patients

Patients receiving treatment at the St. Clair Hospital Cancer Center got a special treat courtesy of Brownie and Junior Girl Scouts.

The third- and fourth-grade students of Troop 60187 in Upper St. Clair packed up nearly 150 boxes of Girl Scout cookies and delivered them in March to Dr. Vince Reyes. He is assistant medical director for the UPMC Hillman Cancer Center Medical Oncology Network and chief of hematology and medical oncology at St. Clair Health, located in Scott and Mt. Lebanon.

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Pittsburgh Business Times: Hospitals defend against claims of pricing transparency failures

A new report on hospital price transparency claims that many hospitals and health systems — including some of the region’s biggest names — aren’t compliant with federal rules requiring details on their website. But some of the hospital systems that are listed in the report, including UPMC, pushed back on the report and said they complied with the report.

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St. Clair Health Earns Digital Health “Most Wired” Recognition for 11th Consecutive Year

PITTSBURGH, PA (November 9, 2022) – St. Clair Health was once again recognized as Certified Level 9 in the annual Digital Health Most Wired Survey from the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME). This is the eleventh consecutive year that St. Clair Health has been named a Digital Health Most Wired hospital by CHIME.

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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: St. Clair Health’s Summer Swing

St. Clair Health’s 23rd Summer Swing Beach Bash drew nearly 600 guests to St. Clair Country Club on Friday night.

The event — returning after a two-year pandemic hiatus — was about reconnecting and having a good time. There was no formal program or long speeches. Instead, a video played throughout the event featuring St. Clair Health representatives talking about how the funds raised benefit the community though health education and learning advancement for healthcare professionals.

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Pittsburgh Business Times: St. Clair Health CEO looks back on career

James M. Collins on Friday finishes his 16-year tenure as president and CEO of St. Clair Health as one of the region’s longest-serving health care top leaders.

The veteran health care executive, who had for a decade been CEO of West Penn Hospital before arriving at St. Clair in 2006, has been in health care management since his late 20s and became CEO of West Penn Hospital when was 38. He said that he has had his eye on retiring earlier, having been happy with the way the organization sat, but also felt an obligation to remain while St. Clair and the rest of health care faced the acute phases of the Covid-19 pandemic. Now, Collins said, he feels is the right time to hand over the reins to SVP/COO Michael Flanagan.

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Pittsburgh Business Times: 20 People to Know in Health Care: Dr. John Sullivan, senior vice president/chief medical officer, St. Clair Health

Dr. John Sullivan, chief medical officer of St. Clair Health, is part of the Western PA Regional Chief Medical Officers Consortium, which includes the top medical officers of 12 major regional health systems and providers. Through the pandemic, it has provided medical information to residents as well as a place for the CMOs to discuss issues surrounding Covid, best practices and the region’s response. His fours years leading health care delivery at St. Clair Health were preceded by seven years as associate CMO at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago. He was also a medical officer in the U.S. Navy for 33 years through 2020.

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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: What to know about pacemakers and defibrillators

After suffering a stroke on Sunday, Lt. Gov. John Fetterman underwent a “standard procedure” on Tuesday to receive a pacemaker with a defibrillator, according to his campaign.

The device is intended to address his atrial fibrillation, the underlying cause of his stroke, by regulating his heart rate and rhythm. Atrial fibrillation is an irregular, quivering or fast heartbeat.

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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Your guide to getting caught up on preventive care

The pandemic has put a lot of things on hold, including preventive health care. Many people have postponed doctor visits they felt weren’t necessary, whether because of concerns about COVID-19 risk, changes in insurance or financial reasons.

One study from January 2021 estimated that 29% of patients missed a primary care appointment from March to June 2020. Two years into the pandemic, plenty of people still haven’t gotten caught up.

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