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Conemaugh Physician Group – East Hills MedWELL Welcomes Family Medicine Physician
July 22, 2020Conemaugh Physician Group is pleased to welcome board-certified family medicine physician Teresa Malec, DO. Dr. Malec earned her medical degree at Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine, Athens, OH. She completed her family medicine residency at Latrobe Hospital, Latrobe, PA. Malec, originally from Johnstown, will provide urgent care to patients at Conemaugh…
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Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center Reimplements Zero Visitor Protocol
July 17, 2020JOHNSTOWN, PA – July 17, 2020 – For the safety of its patients, staff and providers, Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center announced today that it is re-implementing certain visitor restrictions in response to the recent increase in COVID-19 cases in the community.“Like many other communities nationwide, our region is experiencing a rise in positive…
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Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center Earns Blue Distinction® Center Designation for Quality in Spine Surgery
July 02, 2020Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield has selected Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center as a Blue Distinction Center for Spine Surgery for the fifth consecutive period, as part of the Blue Distinction Specialty Care program. Blue Distinction Centers® are nationally designated health care facilities that show a commitment to delivering high-quality patient safety and better…
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Conemaugh Health System Offering Serology Testing to Detect COVID-19 Antibodies in Patients
June 29, 2020Conemaugh Health System announced that it is offering serology testing to detect the potential presence of antibodies in people who may have been exposed to the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the virus that causes COVID-19. The hospital has the ability to conduct a qualitative total antibody test in its onsite laboratory at Memorial Medical…
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LOCAL WOUND CARE CENTER® PARTICIPATES IN SEVENTH ANNUAL HEALOGICS WOUND CARE AWARENESS WEEK
June 03, 2020Johnstown, PA 6/3/20 – The Wound Care Center® at Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center, a member of the Healogics network, is helping raise awareness of chronic wounds during the seventh annual Wound Care Awareness Week, being held from June 1 to June 5. Wound Care Awareness was established by Healogics in 2014 to bring attention to the chronic wound epidemic and…
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Maintaining a Clean & Safe Environment
May 22, 2020Conemaugh Health System is committed to providing a clean and safe care environment, and we are taking all precautionary measures to safeguard our staff, providers and those we serve against the spread of illness. Our hospital is clean and safe – just like it always has been! One of the core elements of properly managing infectious diseases is the cleanliness of our…
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Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center Nationally Recognized with Sixth ‘A’ for the Spring 2020 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade
May 01, 2020Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center was awarded an ‘A’ in the spring 2020 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade, a national distinction recognizing Conemaugh Memorial’s achievements providing safer health care. The Leapfrog Group is an independent national watchdog organization committed to health care quality and safety. The Safety Grade is a letter grade…
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Conemaugh Health System to Resume Elective and Non-Urgent Surgeries and Procedures
April 30, 2020Conemaugh Health System announced today that it is taking the appropriate steps to safely resume some elective and non-urgent surgeries and procedures that were previously rescheduled out of an abundance of caution amid the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The decision to reschedule procedures when clinically appropriate was made in accordance with federal and state…
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Updated: Conemaugh Statement on C.O.R.E. Crisis Initiative
April 15, 2020As Conemaugh Health System continues to respond to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, we remain focused on taking care of our patients, taking care of our people, and preventing the spread of disease. Like all hospitals, in addition to fighting COVID-19 on the front lines of patient care, we have to manage the business impact we are experiencing due to…
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Make A Day Brighter
April 13, 2020Make a Day Brighter Need a fun, family activity for your kids to do while school is out?We have the answer! Conemaugh Health System is asking children in our communities to make creative, fun, colorful, homemade cards, letters or drawings for our patients and caregivers to brighten their day. Due to our visitor restrictions during this pandemic, most of our patients…
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Conemaugh Statement on C.O.R.E. Crisis Initiative
April 09, 2020As our hospital continues to respond to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, we remain focused on taking care of our patients, taking care of our people, and preventing the spread of disease. Like all hospitals, in addition to fighting COVID-19 on the front lines of patient care, we have to manage the business impact we are experiencing due to significant…
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Conemaugh Physician Group – Welcomes Internal Medicine Physician
March 27, 2020Conemaugh Physician Group – Internal Medicine is pleased to welcome internal medicine physician Leonardo Amper, MD. Dr. Amper earned his medical degree at University of Santo Tomas, Philippines. He completed his residency at Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center, Johnstown, PA. Dr. Amper will be providing care and treatment to inpatients at Conemaugh Memorial and…
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Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center awarded AABB Accreditation from The Joint Commission
March 26, 2020Johnstown, PA (February 2, 2020) – Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center has earned The Joint Commission's Gold Seal of Approval ® for AABB (American Association of Blood Banks) Accreditation for Transfusion Medicine by demonstrating continuous compliance with its performance standards. The Gold Seal is a symbol of quality that reflects a health care organization's…
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Regional Healthcare Providers are Working Together to Preserve Your Health
March 25, 2020It’s fair to say the past two weeks have been among the most challenging we’ve faced as leaders in healthcare. Despite all of our respective preparation, scenario-planning and effort to get ahead of disaster, we still find ourselves in a very strange new world – the world with COVID-19. Our plans and preparation are paying off, yet, we are facing an…
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Conemaugh Memorial Implements Molecular Therapy for Patients
March 25, 2020Johnstown, PA (November 5, 2019) - Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center recently introduced molecular therapy that targets certain cancers in the gastrointestinal tract and pancreas, with little to no damage to surrounding healthy tissue. The treatment is used mainly for patients who are not surgery candidates, and when other treatment options are not slowing tumor growth.…
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Conemaugh COVID Update - March 24, 2020
March 24, 2020Conemaugh Health System is committed to protecting the health and safety of everyone who walks through our doors. We can confirm that we have identified a second patient who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). We share this information because this patient is the first reported case in Somerset County. This patient was transferred to another facility for…
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Conemaugh COVID Update - March 19, 2020
March 19, 2020Conemaugh Health System continues to adapt to meet the clinical needs of our communities during the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, and through this, we remain committed to providing high quality care and protecting the health and safety of our patients, employees, physicians and community at large. We have been working closely with the PA Department of Health and…
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COVID-19: What Conemaugh Health System is Doing and What You Can Do
March 16, 2020It probably feels as if coronavirus – or as it is officially known, COVID-19 – is all anyone is talking about these days. As COVID-19 and other respiratory illnesses like the seasonal flu continue to spread across the U.S., you also may feel a certain level of concern over how this disease could affect you or your loved ones, or if your local healthcare…
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Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center Shifts Vaccine Registration to MyChart and Establishes Designated Phoneline for Scheduling
February 22, 2020Beginning today, Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center will transition vaccine registration and appointment scheduling to the health system’s MyChart service to create a more streamlined experience for patients and community members. As new vaccine appointments become available, MyChart will alert users about opportunities to directly schedule their vaccination, if…
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Conemaugh Physician Group – Welcomes Gastroenterologist
February 19, 2020Conemaugh Physician Group – Gastroenterology is pleased to welcome board-certified gastroenterologist Akil Hassam, MD. Dr. Hassam earned his medical degree at Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA. He completed his residency at Temple and a fellowship at New York Presbyterian Queens, New York, NY. Dr. Hassam, originally from New York, will be…
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