The Medical Minute: Preventing suicide during COVID-19
Social isolation. Financial worries. They’re two unfortunate realities causing great anxiety for many people during the COVID-19 pandemic. They also may raise the risk of death by suicide. While no...
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Researchers to use wearable device to measure resident wellness, prevent burnout
Researchers at Penn State College of Medicine are conducting a study to determine if a wearable device can measure wellness and predict burnout among resident physicians. The results from the clinical...
View ArticleJewish High Holy Days begin Sept. 18
People of Jewish faith will celebrate Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, beginning at sundown on Friday, Sept. 18. Many Jews welcome the new year by eating honey and apples, in hopes of having a sweet...
View ArticlePenn State Health policy gives guidance on legal drugs
Penn State Health’s Medicine Use Policy provides guidelines for the acceptable and unacceptable use of legal prescription and over-the-counter medicine. The policy, HR46, applies to all Penn State...
View ArticleNew photo identification badge policy allows last name to be omitted to...
Penn State Health has implemented a new policy to enhance employee and student safety that allows last names on photo identification badges to be omitted. Employees who choose not to have their last...
View ArticleNeurology resident Nora Elfiky honored for exceptional teaching
Dr. Nora Elfiky, a PGY3 trainee in Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center’s Neurology Residency, was recognized in September 2020 as part of the Exceptional Moments in Teaching program of...
View ArticleWeekly Updates: Week of Sept. 14
Penn State Health declines to participate in Social Security Payroll Tax deferral Penn State Health will not participate in the payroll deferral option in order to avoid the burden on employees of...
View ArticleI am Penn State Health: Kassie Heeman
Kassie Heeman knows she carries a lot of weight on her shoulders. “If I don’t see something, then the doctors don’t see it – and that’s a big deal,” said the Paxtonia resident who works as a...
View ArticleUniversity’s research expenditures top $1 billion mark
Penn State’s research expenditures exceeded the $1 billion mark in fiscal year 2019-20. The total figure, $1.01 billion, places Penn State among a select group of research universities nationally, and...
View ArticleState funds next steps of Penn State College of Medicine COVID-19 vaccine...
A Penn State College of Medicine research team will continue to work on developing a vaccine for COVID-19 using more than $400,000 in funding from the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic...
View ArticleCollege of Medicine Pandemic Response Friday Round-Up – week of Sept. 14-18
College of Medicine leaders updated faculty, staff and students on Sept. 18 about the ongoing response to the COVID-19 pandemic: Exposure protocols If you think you have been exposed to someone with...
View ArticleWorld-renowned infectious disease researchers to give lecture on COVID-19...
Dr. David Ho and Dr. Peter Hudson will discuss the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic during Discovery Space of Central Pennsylvania’s Nights to Discover Speaker Series taking place 7 p.m. Sept. 24....
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St. Joseph presents two nurses with Daisy Awards
Penn State Health St. Joseph presented DAISY (Diseases Attacking the Immune System) Awards to Rachel Drzewicki, a nurse in the Family Birthing Center, and Jennifer Schemberg, a nurse educator on 2N at...
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Black: Progress made ‘placing the College on a stable financial foundation’
Dr. Kevin Black, interim dean of Penn State College of Medicine, sent the following email Tuesday, Sept. 22, to College of Medicine faculty and staff: Dear Colleagues, In July, after Penn State’s Board...
View ArticlePenn State Health announces salary increases, incentive payment despite...
Click here to enlarge the photo above, or download the high-resolution version. COVID-19 has had a significant financial impact on Penn State Health, yet despite the challenges, the organization...
View ArticleBe prepared: Update your contact information in Penn State Health Alerts or...
September is National Preparedness Month ― a good time to make sure you receive timely information to keep yourself and others safe during an emergency situation. This has become even more important...
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Penn State Children’s Hospital, The GIANT Company team up to launch community...
In recognition of Child Passenger Safety Week Sept. 20 – 26, Penn State Children’s Hospital and The GIANT Company held a car seat safety check point today in Harrisburg. The Children’s Hospital and...
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Medical students sign COVID-19 pledge
Medical students at Penn State College of Medicine entered fall 2020 by signing a pledge affirming their responsibility as future health care professionals to keep themselves and others safe by...
View ArticleBike share returns to Hershey campus
A bike share program returned to Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center and Penn State College of Medicine on Sept. 18, 2020. Participants can borrow from a pool of 40 Movatic bikes spread...
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Farrelly named director of operations, strategic initiatives for College of...
Cassie Farrelly, MACassie Farrelly, MA, has been named director of operations and strategic initiatives for Penn State College of Medicine, effective Sept. 28, 2020. The role is based in the Office of...
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