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Mass Shooting Leaves 3 Killed In Philadelphia: Police Mass Shooting Leaves 3 Killed In Philadelphia: Police
Mass Shooting Leaves 3 Killed In Philadelphia: Police Three people are dead after nine people were at a party in Philadelphia on Sunday morning, July 21, PPD Homicide Unit announced later that day.  Multiple shooters are sought following the nonuple shooting in the 1200 block of North Alden Street around 2 a.m., police explained in the release.  Officers learned of the shooting within 2 minutes, responding to a report of a person with a gun and a report of a shooting on Alden Street. They arrived to find the nine victims. Their conditions are as follows: A 33-year-old Black man was pronounced deceased on scene by Medics at at 2:1…

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by Jillian Pikora
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These Pennsylvania Hospitals Rank Among Best, Worst In America For Safety These Pennsylvania Hospitals Rank Among Best, Worst In America For Safety
These Pennsylvania Hospitals Rank Among Best, Worst In America For Safety A hospital safety website has released its gradings for 2023, and some Pennsylvania hospitals rank among the most safe — and least safe — in the nation, according to The Leapfrog Group.  Researchers say they selected 22 evidence-based measures of patient safety to come up with grades for the nearly 3,000 hospitals and acute care centers across the United States, with more methodological information available on their website. Here's how hospitals across Adams, Berks, Chester, Cumberland, Dauphin, Delaware, Franklin, Lancaster, Lebanon, Lehigh, Montgomery, Northampton, and Yor…

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by Mac Bullock
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Twenty PA Hospitals Named Among America's Best In New Report Twenty PA Hospitals Named Among America's Best In New Report
Twenty PA Hospitals Named Among America's Best In New Report Twenty Pennsylvania hospitals earned a spot in America’s 250 Best Hospitals list for 2023 by Healthgrades.com. The rankings are based on procedure performance, potential risks, predicted outcomes and comparing those predictive outcomes to actual outcomes. You can read more about their methodology here. The following hospitals ranked in the top 50 nationwide. These "are in the top 1% of hospitals in the nation for consistently providing overall clinical excellence across a broad spectrum of conditions and procedures year over year." This ranking means these PA hospitals are the top four in t…

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by Jillian Pikora