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Nancy Ogden, Unit Clerk, Honored with Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center’s Good Catch Award
March 16, 2021To launch this year’s Patient Safety Awareness Week, Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center has awarded Nancy Ogden with the hospital’s annual Good Catch Award. The award recognizes when personnel speak up and take quick action to prevent an adverse outcome for a patient, visitor, or fellow staff member.While assigned to the remote video monitor station, Ogden…
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Conemaugh Health System and Cambria County EMA Partner to Facilitate Two Community Vaccination Clinics
March 05, 2021In partnership with Cambria County Emergency Management Agency (EMA), the Conemaugh Health System will facilitate two community clinics to vaccinate more than 1,800 individuals in Phase 1A per the CDC and Pennsylvania Department of Health guidelines. The clinics will take place at the Galleria Mall (500 Galleria Drive) on March 22 and March 29 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The…
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Western Pennsylvania Orthopedics – Conemaugh Physician Group Opens Walk-In Clinic in Ebensburg
March 01, 2021Beginning this week, Western Pennsylvania Orthopedics – Conemaugh Physician Group will offer a walk-in clinic for quick and convenient orthopedic care on Wednesdays from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Conemaugh Ebensburg Outpatient Center (861 Hills Plaza Drive). No appointments are necessary for the clinic, which is open to patients of all ages for bone, joint, or muscle…
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Conemaugh Meyersdale Launches Hospitalist Program
March 01, 2021Meyersdale, PA – Conemaugh Meyersdale Medical Center recently launched a new hospitalist program to enhance the care and service it provides the community. Hospitalists are fully certified, trained providers who work full-time at the hospital providing comprehensive and immediate evaluation, care and treatment to hospitalized patients. Leading the program will be…
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Conemaugh Health System Promotes Maggie Ivock to Regional Director of Physician Recruitment
February 26, 2021Conemaugh Health System has promoted Maggie Ivock to Regional Director of Physician Recruitment, responsible for recruiting experienced, highly-skilled physicians to serve patients throughout the health system at Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center, Conemaugh Meyersdale Medical Center, Conemaugh Miners Medical Center, and Conemaugh Nason Medical Center. A…
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Conemaugh Miners Medical Center Welcomes Cardiology Associates of Altoona, LLP
February 23, 2021Conemaugh Miners Medical Center welcomes Cardiology Associates of Altoona, LLP to its team of healthcare providers. Board-certified and fellowship-trained cardiologists Dr. Michael Larkin, Dr. Kasaiah Makam and Dr. Hany Shanoudy will be seeing patients at Conemaugh Miners Medical Center, 290 Haida Avenue, Hastings PA. These physicians specialize in nuclear stress…
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2.5.2021 COVID-19 Update from Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center
February 05, 2021Currently, Memorial is treating less than 30 patients who have tested positive for COVID-19 in our hospital. While this is a decrease from our last update, this number is very fluid and can change rapidly. On February 2, 2021, Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center expanded some of its visitor guidelines. These guidelines vary among our facilities, and we are taking…
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Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center Offering Monoclonal Antibody Treatment For COVID-19 Patients.
February 02, 2021Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center announced today that it is offering bamlanivimab and casirivimab / imdevimab, two new monoclonal antibody therapies for treatment of non-hospitalized patients with a mild or moderate case of COVID-19. Developed by pharmaceutical companies Eli Lilly and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc., the drugs recently received emergency…
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1.28.2021 COVID-19 Update - Memorial Medical Center
January 28, 2021As of 1.28.2021:Currently, Memorial is treating less than 30 patients who have tested positive for COVID-19 in our hospital. While this is a decrease from our last update, this number is very fluid and can change rapidly. We are happy to announce that effective February 2, 2021, Conemaugh Health System will begin to expand some of its visitor guidelines. These…
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1.21.2021 COVID-19 Update from Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center
January 21, 2021As of 1.21.2021: Currently, Memorial is treating less than 30 patients who have tested positive for COVID-19 in our hospital. While this is a decrease from our last update, this number is very fluid and can change rapidly. At this time, Conemaugh has temporarily paused registration for vaccine appointments as we await delivery of more vaccine doses from the PA…
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Conemaugh Miners Medical Center Now Accredited as Level IV Trauma Center
January 13, 2021Conemaugh Miners Medical Center (“Miners”) announced today that the hospital has been granted accreditation as a Level IV Trauma Center by the Pennsylvania Trauma Systems Foundation (PTSF). Miners joins two other Critical Access Hospitals in Pennsylvania with this specific accreditation. To qualify for trauma center accreditation, Miners underwent an…
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1.8.2021 COVID-19 Update from Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center
January 08, 2021As of 1.8.2021:Currently, Memorial is treating more than 30 patients who have tested positive for COVID-19 in our hospital. While this is a decrease from our last update, this number is very fluid and can increase rapidly. As reported by the Pennsylvania Department of Health, cases of COVID-19 have increased in Cambria County over the past few days. Conemaugh…
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12.31.2020 COVID-19 Update from Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center
December 31, 2020As of 12.31.2020: As reported by the Pennsylvania Department of Health, cases of COVID-19 have increased in Cambria County in recent weeks, and with the documented increase in confirmed positive cases, hospitals in our region, including Memorial, have seen an expected increase in hospitalizations.Currently, Memorial is treating more than 60 patients who have tested…
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Conemaugh School of Nursing ranks 45th among PA’s Nursing Schools
December 30, 2020The Conemaugh School of Nursing is proud to announce they are ranked 45th in Pennsylvania’s top Nursing schools. A research team at Nursing Schools Almanac collected data on over 3,000 nursing schools across the United States. Each school was evaluated on three dimensions: The institution’s academic prestige and perceived value The breadth and depth…
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Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center awarded Primary Stroke Recertification from The Joint Commission
December 28, 2020Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center has earned their recertification from The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval® and the American Stroke Association’s Heart-Check mark for Primary Stroke Certification. Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center underwent a rigorous, unannounced onsite review on October 29, 2020. During the visit, a team of Joint Commission…
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12.24.2020 - COVID-19 Update from Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center
December 24, 2020Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center (“Memorial”) has established a regular update to share information with the public related to COVID-19, including the status of hospital operations and the safety measures we are taking to protect our patients, staff and community. This week, Dr. Elizabeth Dunmore, Memorial’s Chief Medical Officer, shares an update…
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ATSPA Presents 2020 Recognition Awards
December 22, 2020The American Trauma Society, Pennsylvania Division (ATSPA) held the 2020 Recognition Awards Presentation today. Each year, ATSPA recognizes physicians, nurses, EMTs, first responders and civilians who demonstrate a commitment to excellence in the trauma prevention and treatment field. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, the presentation was held virtually. “These…
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COVID-19 Update from Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center
December 18, 2020This week, Dr. Elizabeth Dunmore, Memorial’s Chief Medical Officer, shares an update about COVID-19 cases at the hospital as well as an update on the COVID vaccinations and holiday safety. As of 12.18.2020: As reported by the Pennsylvania Department of Health, cases of COVID-19 have increased in Cambria County in recent weeks, and with the documented increase in…
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12.11.2020 COVID-19 Update from Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center
December 11, 2020As reported by the Pennsylvania Department of Health, cases of COVID-19 have increased in Cambria County in recent weeks, and with the documented increase in confirmed positive cases, hospitals in our region, including Memorial, have seen an expected increase in hospitalizations.Currently, Memorial is treating more than 80 patients who have tested positive for COVID-19 in…
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Conemaugh Nason Medical Center Implements Zero Visitor Protocol for Hospital
December 10, 2020Effective 12/11/2020 for the safety of its patients, staff and providers, Conemaugh Nason Medical Center (Nason) announced today that it is implementing visitor restrictions in response to the recent increase in COVID-19 cases in the community. Visitors will not be allowed within Conemaugh Nason Medical Center, as well as all Conemaugh Physician Group Offices. Visitors…
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