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 ›
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Luckily, you don’t have to read through the more than 200 items in the July 19 Pennsylvania Bulletin to find out what you need to … Read More ›
Gov. Tom Corbett signed a new law on Sept. 24, 2014, renaming the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare (DPW) as the Department of Human Services … Read More ›
On Dec. 29, 2015, Gov. Tom Wolf announced that he was partially vetoing the budget that the General Assembly sent him the week prior. He … Read More ›
For the 2014 elections, new district maps were used for all of the state legislative districts, State Senate, and PA House. During the reapportionment process, … Read More ›
George Lloyd, MD, a physician from Butler who specializes in addiction medicine, told lawmakers during a late January hearing on opioid abuse that findings from … Read More ›
The Corbett administration and the Pennsylvania Medical Society (PAMED) have been hard at work with several initiatives aimed at tackling the state’s prescription drug abuse … Read More ›
On May 1, 2014, Gov. Tom Corbett announced his decision to allow a research-based pilot of medical marijuana to treat children with severe seizures. The … Read More ›