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AHN Facilities Recognized as Diagnostic Imaging Centers of Excellence by American College of Radiology

AHN making progress toward planned opening this fall for new 160-bed hospital in Pine

Tony LaRussa | Tribune-Review Allegheny Health Network has nearly completed the exterior of its new 160-bed hospital in Pine. AHN Wexford, which is being built next to the health network’s Wexford Health and Wellness Pavilion on Perry Highway, is scheduled to open in September. Tony LaRussa | Tribune-Review A construction crew works on part of the exterior of Allegheny Health Network’s new 160-bed hospital in McCandless. AHN and its parent company, Highmark Health, broke ground on the hospital in 2018 as part of its nearly $1 billion expansion plan that includes an additional four neighborhood hospitals and renovation of its existing facilities throughout Western Pennsylvania.

America Has a Health-Care Crisis — in Prisons

America Has a Health-Care Crisis in Prisons Privatization and years of inadequate resources have left the incarcerated population with abysmal medical care. July 29, 2019 •  (Shutterstock) Prison is no place to get sick. The nation’s incarcerated population is aging rapidly, with nearly four times as many inmates 55 or over as there were at the start of this century. That’s led to increased rates of diabetes and heart disease, among many other problems. Younger offenders are hardly the picture of health, given their high rates of addiction. Altogether, prisoners make up 1 percent of the population, yet they account for 35 percent of the nation’s total cases of hepatitis C. “They are the most expensive segment of the population,” says Marc Stern, a public health professor at the University of Washington, “and they are the sickest.”

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