Health care or healthcare is the maintenance or improvement of health via the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, illness, injury, and other physical and mental impairments in people. Health care is delivered by health professionals in allied health fields. Physicians and physician associates are a part of these health professionals. Dentistry, midwifery, nursing, medicine, optometry, audiology, pharmacy, psychology, occupational therapy, physical therapy and other health professions are all part of health care. It includes work done in providing primary care, secondary care, and tertiary care, as well as in public health.
The Gray Panthers are a series of multi-generational local advocacy networks in the United States which confront ageism and many other social justice issues. The organization was formed by Maggie Kuhn in response to her forced retirement from the Presbyterian Church at the age of 65 in 1970.
An assisted living residence or assisted living facility (ALF) is a housing facility for people with disabilities or for adults who cannot or choose not to live independently. The term is popular in the United States but is similar to a retirement home in the sense that facilities provide a group living environment and typically cater to an older adult population. There is also Caribbean assisted living, which offers a similar service, in a resort-like environment.
The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) is a $19 billion integrated global nonprofit health enterprise that has 85,000 employees, 40 hospitals with more than 8,000 licensed beds, 600 clinical locations including outpatient sites and doctors’ offices, a 3.4 million-member health insurance division, as well as commercial and international ventures. It is closely affiliated with its academic partner, the University of Pittsburgh. It is considered a leading American health care provider, as its flagship facilities have ranked in US News & World Report "Honor Roll" of the approximately 15 to 20 best hospitals in America for over 15 years. As of 2016, UPMC is ranked 12th nationally among the best hospitals by US News & World Report and ranked in 15 of 16 specialty areas when including UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital. This does not include UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh which ranked in the top 10 of pediatric centers in a separate US News ranking.
WellSpan Health is a large integrated health care system located in South-Central Pennsylvania. Headquartered in York, Pennsylvania, WellSpan Health includes WellSpan York Hospital, WellSpan Gettysburg Hospital, WellSpan Ephrata Community Hospital, WellSpan Surgery & Rehabilitation Hospital, WellSpan Medical Group, WellSpan VNA Home Care, WellSpan Good Samaritan, WellSpan Philhaven and several other health care provider entities in south central Pennsylvania and northern Maryland.
Blue Cross Blue Shield Association (BCBSA) is a federation of 36 separate United States health insurance organizations and companies, providing health insurance in the United States to more than 106 million people. Blue Cross was founded in 1929 and became the Blue Cross Association in 1960, while Blue Shield emerged in 1939 and the Blue Shield Association was created in 1948. The two organizations merged in 1982.
Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center and Penn State Children's Hospital are Penn State's medical school and academic medical center located in Hershey, Pennsylvania.
Hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP) or nosocomial pneumonia refers to any pneumonia contracted by a patient in a hospital at least 48–72 hours after being admitted. It is thus distinguished from community-acquired pneumonia. It is usually caused by a bacterial infection, rather than a virus.
UPMC Pinnacle, part of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) system as of September 1, 2017, is a healthcare provider in central Pennsylvania and surrounding rural communities. Its more than 2,900 physicians and allied health professionals and approximately 11,000 employees serve a 10-county area at outpatient facilities and seven acute care hospitals with over 1,360 licensed beds: UPMC Pinnacle Harrisburg, UPMC Pinnacle Community Osteopathic, UPMC Pinnacle West Shore, UPMC Pinnacle Carlisle, UPMC Pinnacle Hanover, UPMC Pinnacle Lititz, and UPMC Pinnacle Memorial. The not-for-profit system anticipates providing $17 million in community benefits and caring for more than 1.2 million area residents in FY 2018.
The Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics (LDI) is the center for health services research, health policy, and health care management education at the University of Pennsylvania. It is based in the Colonial Penn Center on Locust Walk, at the heart of Penn's campus.
The Pennsylvania Department of Aging is a cabinet-level agency charged with providing aid to Pennsylvania's approximately 3 million individuals age 60 and older. Although the bureau operates some services directly, such as the Pharmaceutical Contact for the Elderly (PACE) prescription drug program, it generally serves as a clearinghouse of funding and information for county-level Area Agencies on Aging. The department was formed under the governorship of Milton Shapp.
Harold Arthur "Haps" Benfer was an American football and basketball player and college coach and administrator. He was selected as a first-team All-American fullback while playing for Albright College in 1914. He later spent 40 years as an athletic coach and administrator at Muhlenberg College.
Crozer-Keystone Health System is a four-hospital health system based in Delaware County, Pennsylvania and serving Delaware County; northern Delaware and parts of western New Jersey.
Bayada Home Health Care is an international provider of home health care services. The company was founded in Philadelphia, PA, by J. Mark Baiada as RN Home Care (1975–1982), then became known as Bayada Nurses (1983–2011), followed by Bayada Home Health Care (2012–). Bayada is based in the Philadelphia suburbs of New Jersey with a headquarters in Moorestown Township, New Jersey, and a global support center in Pennsauken, NJ.
The Health Australia Party (HAP) is a political party in Australia, founded in 2013 as the Natural Medicine Party. It adopted its current name in 2015.
The Health for All Project (HAP) is a Swiss-funded project in Albania aiming to improve the primary health care services. The project is funded by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) and implemented by the consortium of Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Terre des hommes, and Save the Children and started its first phase in 2015. The SDC's contribution to the first phase is CHF 10 million.
