State Rep. Mark Cohen (D-Philadelphia County) recently introduced a resolution petitioning the Pennsylvania Secretary of Health and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration to reschedule cannabis … Read More ›
Category: Advocacy
On May 13, 2015, by a vote of 47-0, the state Senate confirmed Karen Murphy, PhD, RN, as Secretary of Health and Gary Tennis as … Read More ›
State legislators will soon return to the Capitol, and we’re expecting a very busy legislative session during the next few months. On Sept. 9, 2015, … Read More ›
Pennsylvania is one of 16 states awarded with grants for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) “Prescription Drug Overdose: Prevention for States” initiative. … Read More ›
On April 8, 2014, the state Senate unanimously approved a funding bill to extend the life of the Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council (PHC4) … Read More ›
On June 26, 2014, the state House Health Committee approved a funding bill (Senate Bill 1267) to extend the life of the Pennsylvania Health Care … Read More ›
As a result of a resolution adopted by the 2012 House of Delegates, the Pennsylvania Medical Society (PAMED) convened a group of stakeholders to study … Read More ›
POLST (Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment), a medical form designed to complement, but not replace, an advanced directive, clearly has value in helping to ensure … Read More ›