Mail order pharmacy employee program tips and tricks
The Hershey Medical Center Employee Preferred Prescription Drug Plan and Employee Maintenance Mail Order Pharmacy are convenient, low-cost services available to employees with Highmark insurance...
View ArticlePenn State Health employees honored for work milestones
Congratulations to the following Penn State Health employees who are celebrating a milestone work anniversary between Jan. 28 and Feb. 3. They put our values into action every day. Employees are...
View ArticlePenn State Health physicians earn recognition from North American Skull Base...
Penn State Health’s skull base team was designated a Multidisciplinary Team of Distinction by the North American Skull Base Society – one of just 45 such programs in North America that received the...
View ArticleMachine learning identifies drugs that could potentially help smokers quit
Medications like dextromethorphan, used to treat coughs caused by cold and flu, could potentially be repurposed to help people quit smoking cigarettes, according to a study by Penn State College of...
View ArticleAn update from Strategic Plan Goal 2 Interim Leader Dajiang Liu, PhD
Dajiang Liu, PhD, interim leader for Penn State College of Medicine‘s Strategic Plan Goal 2: Biomedical Artificial Intelligence, updated College of Medicine faculty, staff and students and Penn State...
View ArticleO’Rourke Family Practice joins Penn State Health Medical Group
A practice that has served generations of families in Wyomissing for more than three decades is now part of Penn State Health Medical Group. O’Rourke Family Practice has joined Penn State Health...
View ArticleGIANT Teddy Bear Toss benefits Penn State Health Children’s Hospital
The thousands of teddy bears and other stuffed animals that fans threw onto the ice at yesterday’s Hershey Bears game will translate into a generous donation for Penn State Health Children’s Hospital....
View ArticleEligible bilingual employees can apply for Employee Interpreter Incentive...
Penn State Health is accepting applications now through Tuesday, Feb. 28 for a pilot program that trains and incentivizes eligible bilingual employees to become qualified medical interpreters. The...
View ArticlePenn State Health Inclusion Week events bring participants together
Penn State Health’s 2023 Inclusion Week began on Jan. 16 with events recognizing Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The health system provided numerous opportunities to honor the work of Dr. King through...
View Article2022 Penn State Cancer Research Day: An Event for the Trainees and by the...
On Oct. 15, the Penn State Cancer Institute’s (PSCI) Cancer Research Day enjoyed its greatest attendance in the event’s five-year history, with 117 attendees including faculty, staff, and primarily...
View ArticlePenn State Health Children’s Hospital commemorates a decade in freestanding...
Penn State Health Children’s Hospital is celebrating 10 years since opening the doors of the region’s only freestanding building designed for the expert care of children. Improving children’s quality...
View ArticleCollege of Medicine research confirms exercise as treatment for nonalcoholic...
Penn State College of Medicine researchers confirmed exercise leads to clinically meaningful reductions in liver fat for patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. While prior research hadn’t...
View ArticleThe Medical Minute: Consider your A1C levels to monitor heart health
The math might seem simple. Foods high in cholesterol plus no exercise equals heart trouble. But as it turns out, high levels of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol (the variety they call “bad”)...
View ArticleRakszawski named Hershey Medical Center’s December Physician of the Month
Hershey Medical Center awarded its Physician of the Month for December to Dr. Kevin Rakszawski, assistant professor in the Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology/Oncology, Penn State Cancer...
View ArticlePenn State Health employees honored for work milestones
Congratulations to the following Penn State Health employees who are celebrating a milestone work anniversary between Feb. 11 and Feb. 17. They put our values into action every day. Employees are...
View ArticleEmployees go above and beyond for positive outcomes
Every day, Penn State Health employees go above and beyond their daily job responsibilities to provide extra care for patients and extra support to colleagues and create a culture of ongoing quality...
View ArticleLung disease research pioneer, Penn State servant retires
After more than 30 years working at Penn State College of Medicine, Joanna Floros, PhD, Evan Pugh University Professor of pediatrics and obstetrics and gynecology, has decided to finish her career on a...
View ArticleCOVID-19 survivors may have higher risk of developing diabetes
COVID-19 survivors have a 66% higher risk of developing type 1 or type 2 diabetes following their diagnosis compared to those not diagnosed with COVID-19, according to a study by Penn State College of...
View ArticlePenn State Health Feb. 7 town hall highlights economic challenges,...
With more than 2,000 Penn State Health employees joining the organization’s Feb. 7 virtual town hall, health system leaders discussed improvements to the information technology infrastructure, efforts...
View ArticlePenn State Health outlines process for sponsorship and contribution requests
Penn State Health supports a limited number of nonprofit organizations through sponsorships and contributions that enhance our mission to improve the health and well-being of the people of Pennsylvania...
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