National Preparedness Month serves as planning reminder
September is National Preparedness Month, and what better time to dust off your emergency preparedness kit (or build one) and think about your plans for a disaster? Preparedness should focus on a range...
View ArticleThe countdown is on!
In just 30 days, Penn State Health will mark a historic milestone as it opens the health system’s first newly constructed hospital, Hampden Medical Center. Located just off I-81 in Hampden Township,...
View ArticleMcKenna: Holy Spirit’s Labor and Delivery, NICU move to Hampden extended to...
Don McKenna, regional president of Holy Spirit Medical Center and Hampden Medical Center, sent the following email to Holy Spirit and Hampden employees and Penn State Health Medical Group leadership on...
View ArticlePenn State Health, College of Medicine offer employees, students new options...
Penn State Health and Penn State College of Medicine are offering employees and students more opportunities to receive their first COVID-19 doses. This follows the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s...
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The GIANT Company helps hundreds of local children travel safely
As part of its $1 million gift to Children’s Miracle Network at Penn State Health Children’s Hospital in 2020, The GIANT Company is celebrating the first anniversary of its community car seat safety...
View ArticleHappy Anniversary: Employees honored for work milestones
Congratulations to the following Penn State Health employees who are celebrating a milestone work anniversary between Sept. 1 and Sept. 7. They put our values into action every day. Employees are...
View ArticlePhysician Scientist Training Program gets new director, direction
Dr. Rebecca Phaëton, associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology and of microbiology and immunology at Penn State College of Medicine and a Penn State Cancer Institute researcher, has been named...
View ArticleCancer Research Day virtual conference Oct. 2
All Penn State undergraduate, medical and graduate students, along with postdoctoral scholars, residents and faculty interested in cancer research are invited to join Penn State Cancer Institute’s...
View ArticleCollege of Medicine Pandemic Response Friday Round-Up – Week of Aug. 30-Sept. 3
College of Medicine leaders updated faculty, staff and students on Sept. 3 about the ongoing response to the COVID-19 pandemic: This Week’s Updates: Testing Unvaccinated Students As shared in Penn...
View ArticlePenn State Health visitation guidelines change Sept. 13
Penn State Health will revise its Tier 1 visitation guidelines to allow two support persons per day to visit non-COVID adult inpatients and adult outpatient surgery patients. The revisions, effective...
View ArticleIncreased demand leads Penn State Health, Penn State College of Medicine to...
In response to high demand, Penn State Health and Penn State College of Medicine have added two dates to those previously announced for employees and students to receive their first COVID-19 vaccine...
View ArticleLegislation may help identify breast cancer earlier in certain at-risk women
Laws designed to help women with increased risk for missed breast cancer diagnoses may help catch the disease earlier, according to Penn State College of Medicine researchers. They studied how...
View ArticleThe Medical Minute: Reducing stroke risk from AFib without blood thinners
Atrial fibrillation, also called AFib, is a condition in which the heart beats chaotically and rapidly. As many as 6 million people in the United States and 9% of those over the age of 65 have the...
View ArticleApplications now open for translational research KL2 training program
Penn State Clinical and Translational Science Institute is now accepting applications for its Early-Stage Investigator Training Program to provide research training. The two-year program is funded...
View ArticleSt. Joseph Medical Center implements new seizure care technology
Using new technology that rapidly detects non-convulsive seizures in patients, St. Joseph Medical Center physicians can now better treat critically ill patients in comas or who are unresponsive and do...
View ArticlePenn State Health revises visitation guidance to support patient- and...
Out of a continued recognition of the importance of family and support persons in health care, Penn State Health is revising its visitation guidelines. The changes will take effect on Monday, Sept. 13,...
View ArticlePenn State Health seeks volunteers for flu shot clinics Oct. 2, 16
Volunteers for clinical and nonclinical positions are needed for two Penn State Health community flu shot clinics. Lebanon Saturday, Oct. 2 Lebanon High School, 1000 S. 8th St. Sign up Steelton...
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Mentoring isn’t enough for women in medicine. They need strong advocates, too.
Chandrika Gowda, MD September is Women in Medicine Month, presented by the American Medical Association Women Physicians Section. Penn State College of Medicine honors Dr. Chandrika Gowda of the...
View ArticlePenn State Health revisa la guía de visitas para apoyar la atención centrada...
In English Con un reconocimiento continuo de la importancia de la familia y las personas de apoyo en la atención médica, Penn State Health está revisando sus pautas de visitas. Los cambios entrarán en...
View ArticlePenn State Health names Ettinger vice president, physician leader, of Heart...
Penn State Health has appointed Dr. Steven M. Ettinger to the newly created position of vice president and physician leader of Cardiovascular Services. The health system created the position as part of...
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