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Mutual Aid EMS Clinicians Recognized at Allegheny Health Network Trauma Symposium

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Monday, April 8, 2024
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Three personnel from Mutual Aid Ambulance Service, Inc., the largest ambulance service in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, were recognized at the 10th Annual Allegheny Health Network (AHN) Trauma Symposium.

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  • Three personnel from Mutual Aid Ambulance Service, Inc., the largest ambulance service in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, were recognized at the 10th Annual Allegheny Health Network (AHN) Trauma Symposium.
  • On March 6th, 2024 District Chief Benjamin Tingle, Paramedic Nathaniel Zanoni, and EMT Richard DeForrest were presented with challenge coins for their actions caring for a critically injured patient.
  • The three were honored for their efforts on a recent emergency call involving a gunshot victim.
  • Mutual Aid Ambulance Service employs over 280 licensed and certified personnel who receive advanced training and are required to maintain good standing with the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians.

ProKidney Reports Full Year 2023 Financial Results and Recent Corporate Highlights

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Thursday, March 21, 2024
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WINSTON-SALEM, N.C., March 21, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ProKidney Corp. (Nasdaq: PROK) (“ProKidney” or the “Company"), a leading late clinical-stage cellular therapeutics company focused on chronic kidney disease (CKD), today announced financial results for the year ended December 31, 2023.

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  • WINSTON-SALEM, N.C., March 21, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ProKidney Corp. (Nasdaq: PROK) (“ProKidney” or the “Company"), a leading late clinical-stage cellular therapeutics company focused on chronic kidney disease (CKD), today announced financial results for the year ended December 31, 2023.
  • In November, the Company announced Dr. Bruce Culleton assumed the role of the CEO and joined the ProKidney board of directors.
  • Dr. Culleton joined ProKidney in July 2023 as Executive Vice President of Clinical Development and Commercialization.
  • Mr. Periera-Kamath had previously joined ProKidney in July 2023 as Vice President of Business Development & Innovative Solutions.

Highmark Health, AHN Announce Plans to Transform Allegheny General Hospital Campus

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Thursday, April 4, 2024
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PITTSBURGH, April 4, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Highmark Health and Allegheny Health Network (AHN) officials today reinforced a commitment to their Living Health model by announcing plans for continued significant investments in the network. Specifically, Allegheny General Hospital (AGH), AHN's flagship academic medical center, will be transformed with a new cardiovascular tower and emergency department, among other upgrades, further advancing and modernizing the hospital's care delivery and technological capabilities.

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  • PITTSBURGH, April 4, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Highmark Health and Allegheny Health Network (AHN) officials today reinforced a commitment to their Living Health model by announcing plans for continued significant investments in the network.
  • "Creating high-quality patient experiences and outcomes, and equitable access, through personalized care models designed to promote wellness and address health needs, is our goal at AHN.
  • The centerpiece of the AGH campus transformation is construction of a new patient tower which will house the nationally recognized services of the AHN Cardiovascular Institute (CVI).
  • One such project already underway at the hospital is the creation of a new hub for the AHN Neuroscience Institute.

Highmark Health announces Craig Riner appointment to Executive Vice President, Chief Marketing Officer

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Tuesday, March 26, 2024
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PITTSBURGH, March 26, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Highmark Health today announced that Craig Riner has been appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer.

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  • PITTSBURGH, March 26, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Highmark Health today announced that Craig Riner has been appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer.
  • In this role, he will oversee marketing, brand experience, advertising and customer engagement across the entire organization, including the Highmark Health Plan, Allegheny Health Network (AHN) and its diversified businesses.
  • Previously, he served as Senior Vice President of Strategic Marketing for Highmark Health, where he oversaw all customer insights, marketing planning, campaign development, media, sponsorships, and marketing analytics across the enterprise.
  • Prior to Highmark Health, Riner was Vice President of Marketing at Rite Aid Corporation, where he led the development and launch of Rite Aid's customer loyalty program.

Allegheny Health Network to Raise Minimum Starting Wage to $18 per Hour

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Friday, March 15, 2024
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PITTSBURGH, March 15, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Allegheny Health Network (AHN) today announced plans to boost the organization's minimum hourly wage to $18 at the end of March, more than doubling the state's current minimum of $7.25 per hour.

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  • Pittsburgh-based Allegheny Health Network, a 14-hospital health system, today announced plans to boost the organization's minimum hourly wage to $18 at the end of March, more than doubling the state's current minimum of $7.25 per hour.
  • PITTSBURGH, March 15, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Allegheny Health Network (AHN) today announced plans to boost the organization's minimum hourly wage to $18 at the end of March, more than doubling the state's current minimum of $7.25 per hour.
  • The increase will affect AHN employees who are at or near the network's current minimum hourly wage of $16 an hour, representing an increase of nearly 9 percent for approximately 1,700 team members.
  • AHN's parent company, Highmark Health, also announced today the implementation of an $18 per hour minimum wage elsewhere within the organization, which will take effect by the end of the year.

Allegheny Health Network Launches New Program for the Treatment of Insomnia

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Tuesday, March 5, 2024
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PITTSBURGH, March 5, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Allegheny Health Network (AHN) today announced that it has launched a new, evidence-based treatment program to help patients with insomnia improve their sleep quality and quantity without the use of medication. Supported by grant funding from the Richard King Mellon Foundation, the Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBTI) program at AHN is a blended effort between the AHN Primary Care Institute, AHN Psychiatry & Behavioral Health Institute and Highmark Health.

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  • PITTSBURGH, March 5, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Allegheny Health Network (AHN) today announced that it has launched a new, evidence-based treatment program to help patients with insomnia improve their sleep quality and quantity without the use of medication.
  • Supported by grant funding from the Richard King Mellon Foundation, the Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBTI) program at AHN is a blended effort between the AHN Primary Care Institute, AHN Psychiatry & Behavioral Health Institute and Highmark Health.
  • Patients may access the AHN CBTI program via the AHN Primary Care Institute, AHN Psychiatry & Behavioral Health Institute or the AHN Medicine Institute.
  • "Adding CBTI as a whole-person approach to care at AHN is another important step to reinventing health with our Living Health strategy."

Essential Utilities Completes Sale of Allegheny County Microgrid and District Energy Projects to Cordia

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Wednesday, January 31, 2024
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Essential Utilities, Inc. (NYSE: WTRG) today closed the sale of its three non-utility microgrid and district energy properties in Allegheny County to Cordia , a sustainability-driven energy solutions provider.

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  • Essential Utilities, Inc. (NYSE: WTRG) today closed the sale of its three non-utility microgrid and district energy properties in Allegheny County to Cordia , a sustainability-driven energy solutions provider.
  • The agreement covers innovative microgrids and district energy systems developed by Peoples , Essential’s gas operations subsidiary based in Pittsburgh, where the assets are located.
  • Cordia currently operates energy systems in Pittsburgh’s Uptown and North Shore neighborhoods, as well as the on-campus energy system for Duquesne University.
  • “These microgrid projects demonstrated the ability of natural gas to meet all the energy needs of major institutions, like the groundbreaking microgrid at Pittsburgh International Airport,” said Essential Utilities CEO Chris Franklin.

AHN Allegheny General Hospital Achieves Prestigious Magnet® Designation for Nursing Excellence

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Friday, January 19, 2024
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PITTSBURGH, Jan. 19, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Allegheny General Hospital (AGH), part of the Allegheny Health Network (AHN), has achieved Magnet® designation, a prestigious recognition that reflects the hospital's superior levels of nursing professionalism, teamwork, and patient care.

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  • Allegheny General Hospital (AGH), part of the Allegheny Health Network (AHN), has achieved Magnet® designation, a prestigious recognition that reflects the hospital's superior levels of nursing professionalism, teamwork, and patient care.
  • PITTSBURGH, Jan. 19, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Allegheny General Hospital (AGH), part of the Allegheny Health Network (AHN), has achieved Magnet® designation, a prestigious recognition that reflects the hospital's superior levels of nursing professionalism, teamwork, and patient care.
  • This Magnet designation is a reflection of the tireless dedication and exceptional nursing skills of our team at Allegheny General Hospital.
  • It is now the fourth AHN hospital to receive the Magnet designation, part of the network's ongoing campaign to transform the practice of nursing and sustain a culture of nursing excellence and innovation.

AHN team performs region's first deep brain stimulation therapy to treat opioid addiction

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Saturday, January 13, 2024
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PITTSBURGH, Jan. 13, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- A multidisciplinary team of physicians at Allegheny Health Network (AHN) is among the first in the nation to safely utilize deep brain stimulation therapy (DBS) to treat a patient suffering from opioid addiction.

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  • PITTSBURGH, Jan. 13, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- A multidisciplinary team of physicians at Allegheny Health Network (AHN) is among the first in the nation to safely utilize deep brain stimulation therapy (DBS) to treat a patient suffering from opioid addiction.
  • Led by principal investigator and AHN neurosurgeon Nestor D. Tomycz, MD, the AHN team announced this week that they have successfully implanted an deep brain stimulation (DBS) device in the brain of a 28-year-old New York man with treatment-resistant opioid addiction.
  • The procedure took place in December at AHN's Allegheny General Hospital, and the patient's ongoing therapy is part of an FDA-approved clinical study.
  • DBS for opioid-use disorder involves implanting bilateral electrode leads into an area of the brain called the nucleus accumbens – the brain's addiction and reward center.

AHN Wexford Hospital and AHN Westmoreland Recognized with Patient Experience Award from Press Ganey

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Tuesday, January 9, 2024
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PITTSBURGH, Jan. 9, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Allegheny Health Network (AHN) announced today that both AHN Wexford Hospital and the AHN Westmoreland Endoscopy Center have been recognized by Press Ganey with a 2023 Human Experience (HX) Guardian of Excellence Award® in the 'patient experience' category. These AHN facilities are two of just four health care facilities in the Greater Pittsburgh region to receive this prestigious award.

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  • These AHN facilities are two of just four health care facilities in the Greater Pittsburgh region to receive this prestigious award.
  • Press Ganey is a nationally renowned health care company that measures and analyzes patient satisfaction through surveys and supports health care organizations in their quality improvement initiatives.
  • Of the more than 40,000 health care facilities that work with Press Ganey, the Guardian of Excellence Award is given annually to those that rank in the 95th percentile for patient experience.
  • "We congratulate the outstanding caregivers and staff at AHN Wexford and AHN Westmoreland for once again receiving this much deserved recognition.