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CHEMS accepted as American Heart Association Training Center 12/19/2016 SCRANTON, Pa. (Dec. 20, 2016) — Commonwealth Health Emergency Medical Service has been notified of its acceptance as an American Heart Association Training Center. As a certified training center, CHEMS personnel

Open House held at Regional Hospital’s Orthopedic Institute 12/19/2016 SCRANTON, Pa. (Dec. 20, 2016) – Commonwealth Health Regional Hospital of Scranton recently held an open house at its recently restructured Orthopedic Institute. Regional Hospital was the first facility in Pennsylvania

Online Check-in Launched at Commonwealth Health Facilities 12/12/2016 WILKES-BARRE, Pa. (Dec. 13, 2016) – Patients seeking emergency or urgent care for non-life threatening conditions have a convenient new option to consider: Wait at home instead of the waiting room. The

Moses Taylor unveils new Interventional Radiology Suite 12/8/2016 SCRANTON, Pa. (Dec. 9, 2016) – Commonwealth Health Moses Taylor Hospital unveiled its new interventional radiology suite which offers patients safer, less invasive diagnostic and treatment options. Minimally invasive interventional radiology is

Day Development Program Sets Annual Christmas Show & Sale 11/22/2016 KINGSTON, Pa. (Nov. 23, 2016) – The Abilities thru Arts Studio will hold its annual Christmas Show and Sale from 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Dec. 2 at Commonwealth Health

Boylan to oversee Commonwealth Health Behavioral Health Services 11/21/2016 WILKES-BARRE, Pa. (Nov. 22, 2016) – Eugene Boylan has been named CEO of Behavioral Health Services for Commonwealth Health and will oversee operations at First Hospital, CHOICES, Community Counseling Services and

Wilkes-Barre General Hospital Wound Care Center Awarded Certification 11/21/2016 WILKES-BARRE, Pa. (Nov. 22, 2016) – The Wound Healing Center at Commonwealth Health Wilkes-Barre General Hospital has  earned The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval® for the Management of Wound Care

Commonwealth Health Recognized for Raising Organ Donor Awareness 11/15/2016 WILKES-BARRE, Pa. (Nov. 16, 2016) – Commonwealth Health earned the platinum designation among health systems in the state during the 2016 Donate Life Hospital Challenge conducted by The Hospital and Healthsystem

Tunkhannock Rotary Tours Tyler Memorial Hospital 11/10/2016 TUNKHANNOCK, Pa. (Nov. 11, 2016) — Members of the Tunkhannock Rotary recently toured Tyler Memorial Hospital with each department highlighting its services in order to increase community awareness of the facility and its

Burda Named ACNO at General Hospital 10/26/2016 WILKES-BARRE, Pa. (Oct. 27, 2016) – Todd M. Burda, of Saylorsburg, was named assistant chief nursing officer at Commonwealth Health Wilkes-Barre General Hospital. Burda earned a diploma from St. Luke’s School of Nursing,