Penn State Health honored for positive work environment for physician assistants
Penn State Health has received national recognition for creating a positive work environment for physician assistants (PAs) and encouraging collaborative healthcare provider teams. The health system...
View ArticlePilot test of employee temperature scan kiosks planned for Hershey on Aug. 19
As the first step in a systemwide rollout, Penn State Health and the College of Medicine will begin pilot testing contactless, anonymous, thermal temperature scan kiosks on Wednesday, Aug. 19, at the...
View ArticleScripting offers guidance for conversations about wearing face masks
Face masks covering both the nose and mouth are required for all staff, students, patients and family/support persons in all Penn State Health and College of Medicine facilities. Every day, however, we...
View ArticleHershey Medical Center nurse hits a home run for life
Share your “Pawsitivity” here! We’re starting a new series to help us share good news and positive things going on all around us, including the small things that may otherwise go unnoticed by most of...
View ArticleAziz tapped to direct prominent regional vascular surgery group
Dr. Faisal Aziz, chief of the Division of Vascular Surgery at Penn State Heart and Vascular Institute, will begin a three-year term as medical director for the Mid-Atlantic Vascular Study Group (MAVSG)...
View ArticleCollege of Medicine students learn disaster preparedness through COVID-19...
When Dr. Mark Stephens and retired Col. Jake Graham led the fourth EpiCentre disaster-preparedness exercise with first-year medical students at Penn State College of Medicine’s University Park...
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I am Penn State Health: Julio Torres
An occupational therapist at Penn State Health St. Joseph for 26 years, Julio Torres strives to show his patients genuine care that he says springs from his deep spiritual faith. No matter how...
View ArticleThe Medical Minute: Will I need a C-section with my second child?
One of the first questions many women pregnant for a second time ask their doctor is whether they can have a vaginal birth if they previously had a cesarean delivery. The answer, say two Penn State...
View ArticleWeekly Updates: Week of Aug. 17
Child care help available for Penn State Health, College of Medicine employees Managing child care responsibilities during the COVID-19 pandemic can be challenging. Penn State Health and the College of...
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I am Penn State Health: Julio Torres
An occupational therapist at Penn State Health St. Joseph for 26 years, Julio Torres strives to show his patients genuine care that he says springs from his deep spiritual faith. No matter how...
View ArticleTeleobservation promotes patient, employee safety, provides staffing flexibility
In May, Hershey Medical Center piloted a teleobservation program on 4 Acute Care. The technology was used to monitor six patient beds to reduce patient falls and device dislodgements, protect patients...
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New Penn State Health acute care hospital one step closer to opening
Construction crews building Penn State Health Hampden Medical Center, the future 300,000-square-foot, three-story acute care hospital in Cumberland County, reached a milestone this week: they completed...
View ArticlePRIDE 2020: Penn State Health and College of Medicine look at top health...
People of color who are part of the LGBTQ community are facing greater hardships during the pandemic than the general population. That was part of the discussion on Aug. 19 during the Penn State Health...
View ArticlePenn State Health FAST PASS launches at Hershey Medical Center, St. Joseph...
Penn State Health FAST PASS will allow clinicians who use shared clinical computers to quickly log in with a tap of their employee badge, providing an alternative to repeatedly typing their e-pass ID...
View ArticleCollege of Medicine pandemic response round-up: Updates for the week ending...
Dr. Leslie Parent, vice dean for research and graduate studies; Dr. Terry Wolpaw, vice dean for educational affairs; Dr. Charles Lang, associate dean for graduate studies; and Dr. Neal Thomas,...
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Mighty Mya’s maiden voyage: Family of young trach patient prepares for new life
By Bill Landauer The curtain to the Penn State Children’s Hospital room flies open. Out pops Mighty Mya. She takes a quick survey of the hallway through her pink, owl-eye spectacles. Mighty Mya, or Mya...
View ArticleNew ambulance entrance at Hershey Medical Center provides enhanced patient...
The new ambulance entrance to the Hershey Medical Center Emergency Department offers privacy for ambulance and helicopter patients, separating them from walk-in patients and visitors. Part of the...
View ArticleSinoway elected to lead American Heart Association Capital Region board
Dr. Lawrence Sinoway, director of Penn State Heart and Vascular Institute, will play a key role in community outreach and education as board president for the American Heart Association’s Capital...
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Hershey Medical Center is the first in Pennsylvania to offer new deep brain...
Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center has become the first hospital in the state to implant a patient with a more personalized treatment for neurological disease. The treatment, a new deep...
View Article36th Children’s Miracle Network Telethon to air on WGAL8
The 36th annual Children’s Miracle Network Telethon benefitting Penn State Children’s Hospital will air Monday, Aug. 31 through Thursday, Sept. 3 on WGAL8. The event was rescheduled from June due to...
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