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This post has been archived and contains information that may be out of date.There are two Californias when it comes to health care. In one, patients and communities are well-served by their health care system. Physicians, nurses, pharmacists, and other providers are easily accessible, offer a wide variety of services at multiple locations, and deliver […]
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In the heart of Philadelphia, just across the Delaware River from New Jersey, sits the nation’s oldest hospital, built more than two decades before the American Revolution. Pennsylvania Hospital holds many of health care’s artistic treasures: the famous painting “Christ Healing the Sick in the Temple,” and portraits of pioneers like Dr. Benjamin Rush, surgeon general of the Continental Army, and Dr. Philip Syng Physick, known as the father of American surgery. The hospital’s main floor is also home to Modern Healthcare’s gallery of the Health Care Hall of Fame, on display since the first honorees were inducted in 1988.
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While the number of COVID-19 cases in California is beginning to taper on the heels of the largest surge since the pandemic began, hospitals continue to see high numbers of patients needing care — not unexpected since hospitalizations typically lag cases by about two weeks, and the backlog of patients needing other types of care remains long.