Articles from ChristianaCare

Every day, your body replaces billions of cells—and yet, your tissues stay perfectly organized. How is that possible?

ChristianaCare, the first hospital system in the region to deploy collaborative robots, has once again broken new ground, this time with a nationally unique initiative that puts bedside nurses at the helm of robotics research and innovation.

Today, ChristianaCare and Atlas Healthcare Partners are announcing the formation of a new joint venture to expand access to cost effective, high-quality surgical care by developing an ambulatory surgery center network in Delaware and across the Mid-Atlantic region.

Imagine a hospital right in your neighborhood that provides exceptional care and patient experience, convenient access to a high-quality emergency department, and health care services tailored just for your community.

ChristianaCare’s Center for Heart & Vascular Health has dramatically improved the clinical outcomes of Black patients living with heart failure and hypertension by using a digital hybrid platform that provides patients with a dedicated health coach to ensure their care plan is followed and treatment goals are achieved.

Commentary in Population Health Management advocates building on a successful approach that has eliminated Delaware's racial disparities in colorectal cancer

Wilmington, Delaware, Sept. 06, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Eric Kmiec, Ph.D., executive director and chief scientific officer of ChristianaCare’s Gene Editing Institute, has been selected as editor-in-chief of the scientific journal Gene and Genome Editing. Kmiec served three years on the journal’s board prior to this new position.

ELKTON, Md., July 25, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ChristianaCare’s Union Hospital has been recognized by Healthgrades as a 2023 Patient Safety Excellence Award™ recipient. This distinction places Union Hospital, part of ChristianaCare’s Cecil County Campus in Maryland, among the top 10% of all short-term acute care hospitals as evaluated by Healthgrades.

ChristianaCare ranked as 81st best hospital in the United States and the only health system in Delaware to make the list

ExpertFile-powered “Our Experts” site wins top international industry award for program that helps journalists reach health experts – fast

(WILMINGTON, Del. – June 22, 2023), June 22, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- For a fourth year in a row, Modern Healthcare has recognized ChristianaCare President and CEO Janice E. Nevin, M.D., MPH, as one of the nation’s 50 Most Influential Clinical Executives.

ExpertFile-powered “Our Experts” site makes health experts findable and accessible to media at a click of a button

Program makes the organization more reflective of the patients and communities it serves

Wilmington, Del., Nov. 02, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ChristianaCare has launched ChristianaCare Business Health Solutions, a direct-to-employer business unit that markets the health system’s award-winning products, services and capabilities to business and industry regionally and throughout the United States. “ChristianaCare Business Health Solutions leverages the nationally recognized clinical expertise of ChristianaCare to provide high-quality, cost-effective health care services to businesses and employers,” said Joe Miralles, vice president of Business Development at ChristianaCare. “We offer direct-to-employer packages to keep health care costs down, improve employee wellness and workforce productivity and integrate services to offer accessible, high-quality, convenient care through enhanced coordination.”ChristianaCare Business Health Solutions builds on the success of ChristianaCare’s Destination Surgery program, which has provided bariatric surgery services to more than 300 patients throughout the United States since 2019. Under the program, employers pay a set cost for surgical services and patients receive access to a health care provider with demonstrated clinical excellence.ChristianaCare has already developed strategic partnerships providing health care services to more than 100 national and international employers in a wide range of industries, including the manufacturing, retail and airline industries, and multiple employee welfare arrangements.Programs and services of ChristianaCare Business Health Solutions currently available to business clients and their employees include:

Wilmington, Delaware, Oct. 11, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ChristianaCare, a leading non-profit health system in the mid-Atlantic region, today announced it has spun out its first commercial biotechnology private start-up company, named CorriXR Therapeutics.