Washington Health System announced Saturday that it has officially merged with UPMC, becoming UPMC Washington and UPMC Greene. The announcement comes on the heels of the state Attorney General greenlighting the merger after addressing concerns about the transaction’s potential impact on ...
The Office of Attorney General on Thursday approved Washington Health System and UPMC’s plan to merge. WHS said the merger will expand local access to high-quality health care for patients in Washington and Greene counties. “WHS is looking forward to the next steps of finalizing ...
Susan Priest of South Strabane Township is one of fewer than 6,000 people each year in the United States who are diagnosed with a rare gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST). In 2017, weeks before Priest was set to celebrate her 70th birthday on a Baltic Sea cruise, she dropped by a ...
How loud is too loud when it comes to kids using headphones and earbuds? And how much time is too much when using them? A new report finds young children’s hearing could be permanently damaged by these devices. A national poll on children’s health conducted by the University of Michigan ...
Editor's note: Washington Health System Teen Outreach held its 14th Black History Month Essay Contest. Winners of the contest, sponsored by Washington Health System, read their essays at Art Night on Feb. 22 at the Common Ground Teen Center in Washington. The top three are published each ...
The health of health care kicked off the 12th annual Washington County: State of the Economy event on Thursday morning. And the man approaching the tee – appropriately and not surprisingly – was Brook Ward, president and CEO of Washington Health System. Ward opened the program by ...
