Study: Early childhood education works Oct 23, 2009
The study was conducted by the SPECS Research Team at the University of Pittsburgh's Early Childhood Partnerships Program and was managed through the Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Foundation. "We believe that this is the definitive study in Pennsylvania on the issue of whether quality preschool education has been worth the public and private investments,"Heinz Endowments chairman Teresa Heinz said at a press conference announcing the study's results. (Pittsburgh Business Times, PA)
Paperless health care? A hospital's long journey Jul 7, 2009
But in the new all-digital Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, doctors just clicked on a COW a "computer on wheels" that rolls to each patient's side. Up popped every test and X-ray the 6-month-old has ever had. (MSNBC -- Health)
30 percent of state's hospitals lost money Jun 20, 2009
Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC had a total margin loss of slightly more than 6 percent, while Allegheny General Hospital recorded a 5. 23 percent loss. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Children's picked to be center for brain research Jun 4, 2009
Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC has been selected to serve as lead center of excellence in Pennsylvania for the Sarah Jane Brain Project, a fledgling network of medical institutions, research universities, outpatient clinics and state brain injury associations dedicated to developing a national network of information on treatment, care and research for brain injuries in children and young adults ... " The lead centers of excellence, meanwhile, have to develop multi-phase,... (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Health officials list possible measles exposure Apr 11, 2009
The Emergency Department of Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC any time on March 10; between 8 p.m. March 21 and 11 a.m. March 22; between 6 p.m. March 25 and 5 a.m. March 26; between 6 p.m. March 27 and 3 a.m. March 28; and between 2:30 p.m. March 28 and 4 a.m. March 29. People also could have been exposed to measles anytime on March 23 at Children's Hospital's third floor Ear Nose and Throat and Specialty Clinics. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Source of measles was visitor from India Apr 10, 2009
While neither the child nor any of five other people infected with measles have been identified, their whereabouts late in March included visits to Seven Springs Mountain Resort in Somerset-Fayette counties, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, Alle-Kiski Medical Center in Natrona Heights and various trips on Allegheny County Port Authority buses. The state Department of Health and Allegheny County Health Department said other "probable" cases of infection await confirmation. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Pennsylvania State Department of Health and Allegheny County Health Department Confirm Four Cases of Measles in Southwest Region Apr 5, 2009
April 3 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Pennsylvania Department of Health, in coordination with the Allegheny County Health Department and UPMC's Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh today confirmed they are investigating four confirmed cases of measles seen at Children's Hospital. Exposures to measles may have occurred in the Children's Hospital Emergency Department on. (PR Newswire)
