LEWISBURG — U.S. Sen. Dave McCormick on Tuesday praised WellSpan Evangelical Community Hospital for succeeding at a time when many rural health systems are struggling or shutting down.
The Republican senator from Pennsylvania toured WellSpan Evangelical Community Hospital at 1 Hospital Drive, Lewisburg, on Tuesday to see the hospital’s efforts to strengthen rural health care through innovation, artificial intelligence and value-based care. McCormick saw the GE HealthCare’s Revolution Apex 16 CT scanner in action and had a chance to test out the Da Vinci Xi surgical robot with his own hands.
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