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(From left to right) Carlie Coombs, OT Doctoral Candidate, President of the Cougars for Autism Awareness Club at Misericordia, Officer Gina Kotowski, Dallas Township Police Department, Dr. Orley Templeton, OTD, OTR/L, CAS, Associate Professor and Masters in OT Program Director and Dr. Lori Charney, OTD, OTR/L, CAS, CLA, Associate Professor and OT Department Chair, Advisor to Cougars for Autism Awareness Club at MU pose with blue envelopes. Misericordia's Cougars for Autism Awareness Club is partnering with Dallas Twp. Police Department to distribute the envelopes.

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Building trust: Dallas Twp. Police Department distributes blue envelopes to drivers with autism

Drivers with autism can get blue envelopes that alert police officers to their diagnosis through the Blue Envelope program. Dallas Twp. Police Department partnered with Lehigh Valley Health Network, part of Jefferson Health and Misericordia University’s Cougars for Autism Awareness Club to distribute the envelopes to the community.

The Pike County Medical Foundation received $500,000 from the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services (DHS) towards medical equipment for the county's first hospital on Aug. 7. Pictured, from left to right, are: Pike Medical Foundation Committee Member Charlie Gillinder, Representative Jeff Olsommer, Pike County Commissioners Christa Caceres and Matthew Osterberg, Senator Lisa Baker, Pike County Commissioner Ronald Schmalzle, Greater Pike Community Foundation Executive Director Rick Little; and Greater Pike Community Foundation Jacqueline Damian.

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Pike Medical Foundation receives $500K towards first local hospital

Isabela Weiss | WVIA News | Report for America

Pike County Commissioners said the county received $500,000 from the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services towards medical equipment for a new hospital.

Joshua Braddel, right, is a certified registered nurse practitioner and the medical director of The Wright Center for Community Health Mid Valley. As he speaks with a patient, the AI technology Suki runs on his laptop in the background.

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Reducing 'pajama time': Artificial intelligence supplements work of NEPA clinicians

Lydia McFarlane | WVIA News

Area healthcare networks use AI as a tool to assist — not replace — physicians, and reduce burnout.