State road 4004. You can hear the trucks starting at 4 00 in the morning. And theyd be flying. I cant open my windows in the summertime because its so loud. Todays crash involved a tractortrailer the aqua driver was killed the sewage didnt spill, but the cosmetic powder did. Officials determined the powder isnt dangerous. Its apparently a substance that is utilized in the manufacturing of cosmetics. Its a smoothing agent for cosmetics. While this looks like a smaller side road, its not. This is accident alley. Neighbors say its a cut through for cars and many trucks trying to avoid the lights of ridge pike. In this case, police tell us it appears the cab of the cosmetic truck separated from the trailer. They say the trailer itself is what smashed into the aqua truck. Accident investigators trying to determine if mechanical or human error caused this. Neighbors tell me this is the worst of the many accidents theyve seen here. They hope penndot decides to somehow slow traffic down especi
Accountable care. Preventing rehospitalization, avoiding costly medical errors that lead to complications all those are steps that Accountable Care organizations like the hospitals, now that the payments for readmissions are being reduced those organizations have stronger incentives to address. Are there any areas where you are worried about the other direction, that the higherquality care may actually expensive, maybe for some specialty conditions, where there are extensive treatments needed . Any particular areas stand out there . Anything to Pay Attention to . What i would say about that is, we have had some technology firms, medical device firms, come and say, this payment is wonderful, but you are going to squelch innovation. What we have said is, we dont want to squelch innovation. There is a type of innovation that reduces costs, but even ones that may increase costs that are lifesaving or lifeenhancing. We are trying to find ways to measure that. We have been working closely wi
Disease. Here in the us, Health Officials say theyre doing all they can to keep you safe. Stopping ebola is hard. Were working together to make it safer and easier. We continue to believe that the risk of an Ebola Outbreak here in the United States is exceedingly low. There is good news. Nina ph a. M. Fighting ebola in dallas reportedly doing well. Shes one of seven hospital staffers who look after Thomas Eric Duncan and he died from e bella last week. One community is looking to get ahead of the spread of the deadly disease. They are forming an ebola task force. Chris oconnell is life and what is the plan here . Reporter lucy i just stepped out of a Meeting Minutes ago. Its the very first meeting of the Delaware County ebola and Infectious Diseases task force. Basically a task force that got together trying to wrap their heads around how Delaware County can respond if we were to be presented with a patient with ebola. Its 29 Member Task Force made up of fire, police, ems, Health Offic
Theyre little love birds. They always enjoy holding hands. Oh, theyre not talking about Kerrey Barrett and chris murphy. You think theyve been together their whole lives. You wont believe when and how this couple got married. Their adorable story coming up in the trends. People that have been together their whole lives generally arent that love i dovey. The hearts truth. How long have you been married . Our anniversary monday actually. How many years . Twelve. We just celebrated 15. Sue, yours is what 20 new years me . We got married new years eve. Wow. 1994. So this is 20 coming up. Thats right. And were still talking. And rocking. Most of the time. Lets get a look at our weather this morning. We actually still casino of like each other. It is pretty amazing. So it is a six today out every ten. Still warm today. But severe thunderstorms on the docket for later on, so there is the cold front that will be headed through in the overnight hours. But ahead of it, there are a few showers, t
Advancing rather slowly, but, we do have a few showers, in Lancaster County, berks county, in advance of the cold front. Weve been telling that you all morning, that could you get light shower this morning, but then the heavier rain moves in later on in the day, 68 degrees, sunrise, convenience time, 7 11, easterly breeze 5 miles an hour. Probably will make it to 80 before the rain starts, already in the 70s so many places, late showers, thunderstorms, be the alert for those, your Weather Authority forecast, now to the roads on the schuylkill expressway eastbound, before belmont avenue. We have an accident now on the shoulder of the road, but still pretty slow going around there. Also cents ambler, south low cast, wissahickon avenue. Water main break, will be problem for awhile out in wayne king of prussia road at red oak terrace there are reports of an accident there, as well. Alex . Thank you, sue. At clock 01, second Healthcare Worker in texas has tested positive for the ebola virus