Allegheny General Hospital
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AGH Kidney Transplant Program Receives Top Honors from National Kidney Registry
Allegheny Health Network’s (AHN) Allegheny General Hospital (AGH) has achieved the highest referral conversion rate among kidney transplant programs in the U.S., according to the National Kidney Registry (NKR), the largest paired exchange program in the world. A referral conversion rate is the percentage of interested individuals referred to a center who go on to donate. In 2022, the average…
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AGH Heart Transplant Recipient Celebrates National Donor Day by Rounding on Hospital Floors with “Pumper” Mascot, Delivering Gift Bags and Cheer to Transplant Patients
Craig Smith, a recipient of a life-saving heart transplant at Allegheny Health Network’s (AHN) Allegheny General Hospital (AGH), will celebrate National Donor Day, February 14, by delivering gift bags and spending time with recent transplant recipients and those hospitalized at AGH with other cardiovascular health issues. National Donor Day is the national holiday that recognizes organ, tissue and cornea donors.…
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Allegheny General Hospital Opens Second Hybrid Operating Room, Providing Surgeons Real-Time Diagnostic Imaging During Complex Cardiovascular Procedures
Allegheny General Hospital (AGH), the flagship academic medical center of Allegheny Health Network (AHN), announced today the official opening of its second hybrid operating room (OR) – a state-of-the-art suite utilized for complex cardiac and endovascular procedures. This announcement marks a significant milestone for the hospital and AHN’s award-winning Cardiovascular Institute as it will allow cardiac and vascular surgeons to…
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AGH, Forbes, Grove City, Saint Vincent and West Penn Hospitals Lauded by Leapfrog Group for Care Excellence
Five Allegheny Health Network (AHN) hospitals have earned the highest possible safety rating of “A” grades in The Leapfrog Group’s fall 2022 survey, a national report that recognizes hospitals for the quality and safety of the care they provide to patients. The Leapfrog Group is a national nonprofit organization committed to improving health care quality and safety for patients and…
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AHN Invests in State-of-the-art Robotics to Transform Pharmacy Operations
Allegheny Health Network (AHN) has invested in state-of-the-art robotic sterile compounding technology from Omnicell, Inc. (Omnicell) that is transforming pharmacy operations at the 14-hospital health care system. The new technology, currently installed at AHN’s Allegheny General Hospital, compounds sterile medications on site, driving more efficient and effective delivery of medications to patients and reducing costs associated with outsourcing medications and…
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