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What is the leading cause of readmission at UPMC Hamot? Heart failure — when the heart doesn’t pump enough blood to meet the body’s needs.

In August of 2021, under the direction of Karen Morahan, PhD, RN, CNE, and in partnership with Gannon University, the UPMC Jameson School of Nursing at UPMC Hamot will welcome our inaugural class.

In January 2019, HHF committed to helping UPMC Hamot and UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh as they joined forces to open the Erie CARE (Child Abuse Referral and Evaluation) Clinic.

UPMC Hamot opened the doors to our new $111 million patient care tower on Feb. 2, marking the completion of the largest construction project in the hospital’s 140-year history.

Feelings of loneliness and isolation, critical losses like canceled events and missed experiences, unemployment, family disruption, illness, or death of a loved one — grief is felt differently this year, with more loss than typical and limited ability to rebuild resilience within our normal support systems.