Sunday, May 20, 2012

Geisinger Health Systems

  • PITTSBURGH -- Some people are absolutely sure gas drilling threatens public health, while others are absolutely sure it doesnt. Geisinger Health Systems is looking for more facts on the debate.
  • (Huffington Post)
  • Geisinger Health Systems is looking for more facts on the debate. Our concern is getting reliable data so we know what to do for our patients, said David Carey, director of Geisingers Weis Center for Research in Danville, Pa.
  • (msnbc.com)
  • Geisinger Health System plans to break ground on the new location at Seventh Avenue and Linden Street in October and anticipates up to 18 months of construction with an anticipated opening of early spring 2014.
  • (Scranton Times-Tribune)
  • But there doesnt seem to be a lot of hard data to either support or refute those claims, says David Carey, associate chief research officer of the Geisinger Health System, which provides care to more than 2 million Pennsylvanians.
  • (NPR News)
  • Geisinger Health Systems is looking for more facts on the debate over the Marcellus Shale boom, a gas-rich formation that has generated jobs, billions of dollars and concerns about possible environmental and public health impacts.
  • (Warren Tribune Chronicle)
  • And speaking of long-term effects, Geisinger Health System is offering its own extensive medical data as the subject for a scientific assessment of peoples health over time within the drilling region.
  • (Pocono Record)
  • The unified system does a better job of controlling costs, Christensen argues. Health systems, such as Kaiser Permanente in California and Geisinger Health System in Pennsylvania, take a broader and more comprehensive view of healthcare.
  • (MedCity News)
  • Geisinger Health System, a nonprofit chain of hospitals in eastern Pennsylvania, plans to use its database of patient records to determine whether natural gas drilling in the Marcellus shale is harming residents.
  • (PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW)

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