Patient Experience Week: doctors heal in many ways
You are a doctor who truly cares for her patients and their families. A doctor who does much more than her “duties.” A doctor who goes above and beyond. A doctor who is a true healer. When Dr. Lauren...
View ArticleA Message from the Patient Experience Leadership Team
Throughout this week, you’ve read stories of how our employees at Penn State Health are making a difference in our patients’ lives. While this week has been designated Patient Experience Week, we...
View ArticleMD students join Penn State Dickinson Law students for COVID-19 co-learning...
Students enrolled in Penn State Dickinson Law’s Medical-Legal Partnership (MLP) Clinic focus on identifying and addressing the socio-legal causes of poor health in order to prevent negative legal,...
View ArticleBarsumian Memorial Fund available to support medical research
The H.G. Barsumian, MD, Memorial Fund awards grants to organizations that conduct medical research. Although the funding guidelines are very broad, the fund has generally supported projects where the...
View ArticleMarking milestones in the midst of a pandemic: College of Medicine celebrates...
Lou Levine will never forget the day he found out where he’d continue his training to become a doctor. The fourth-year medical student at Penn State College of Medicine found out that he was going to...
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St. Joseph transfuses increasing number of patients with convalescent plasma...
Penn State Health St. Joseph Medical Center has transfused eight COVID-19 positive patients with convalescent plasma therapy in the first two weeks of participating in the experimental treatment...
View ArticlePenn State Health extends employee pay and benefits security through June 6
Our initial commitment to extend pay and benefits is set to expire with the pay period ending this Friday, May 8. I know that many of you are concerned about what happens after that date. As I said...
View ArticleContact Tracing Task Force works to limit the spread of COVID-19
Maintaining public health is a team effort for Penn State’s medical, graduate and nurse practitioner students. Faculty and students at Penn State College of Medicine and Penn State College of Nursing...
View ArticleMedical student shares background on Cinco de Mayo
First-year Penn State College of Medicine medical student Maria Holstrom-Mercader is president of the Latino and Amigos Medical Student Association. She shared this information regarding Cinco de Mayo,...
View ArticleSt. Joseph opens curbside X-ray service to ensure patient safety
Penn State Health St. Joseph opened a curbside chest X-ray service at the medical center’s main entrance at 2500 Bernville Road on May 4. This new service is part of its continued efforts to ensure...
View ArticleSupplemental food boxes offered to Penn State Health employees in May
Penn State Health and College of Medicine employees are welcome to pick up supplemental food boxes provided by the Central Pennsylvania Food Bank on two dates in May. The food boxes will be available...
View ArticleApplications open for W.W. Smith Charitable Trust funding for heart disease,...
The W.W. Smith Charitable Trust is inviting applications for basic medical research in the areas of heart disease, cancer and AIDS for its upcoming July 15 receipt date. Typical awards are for $100,000...
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Key players: nurses innovate care, shape policy, impact lives
A fist pound will forever remind Sarah Ellis why she became a registered nurse. For more than five months, Ellis, a staff nurse in the Pediatric Perianesthesia Unit at Penn State Children’s Hospital,...
View ArticleHershey Medical Center nurses invited to complete National Database of...
Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center is a member of the National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators (NDNQI), which is conducting the NDNQI RN Practice Environment Survey. Eligible...
View ArticleThe Medical Minute: The heightened risk of child abuse during the COVID-19...
While social distancing has been necessary to keep us as safe as possible from getting — and spreading — COVID-19, the resulting economic and emotional fallout has added significant stress to families....
View ArticleSt. Joseph abre el servicio de rayos X de acera para asegurar la seguridad de...
In English Penn State Health St. Joseph abrió un servicio de rayos X de pecho de acera en la entrada principal del centro médico en 2500 Bernville Rd. el 4 de mayo. Este servicio nuevo es parte de sus...
View ArticleWatch College of Medicine virtual commencement May 17
Penn State College of Medicine will hold commencement on Sunday, May 17. This year, in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, it will take place virtually. Anyone can view the ceremony starting at 1 p.m....
View ArticleNew Penn State Health OnDemand technical support number launches Monday
To provide enhanced customer service, Penn State Health is starting a new support phone number for patients using its telehealth service, Penn State Health OnDemand. Starting Monday, May 11, at 10...
View ArticlePenn State Health emphasizes safety and prevention as medical and surgical...
Extensive safety protocols continue, including screening of patients and employees for risk of COVID-19 Penn State Health today announced it will begin to gradually and systematically resume standard...
View ArticleCollege of Medicine part of University project on antibacterial uses of...
As interest in the application of plasma medicine — the use of low-temperature plasma (LTP) created by an electrical discharge to address medical problems — continues to grow, so does the need for...
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