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Bringing holiday cheer: Inspired staff decorate doors in HVI units for the...
Tweety Bird, Olaf, Popeye and The Grinch are keeping an eye on patients and staff in the critical and progressive care Heart and Vascular inpatient units at Penn State Hershey this month. Each...
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Anatomy of an emergency: How Penn State Hershey prepares for issues like Ebola
Ebola ranked dead last on most hospitals’ lists of “things to worry about” in early 2014. While Penn State Hershey’s infection control committee worked on a policy when the outbreak started in Africa,...
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Ceremonial ground breaking on $54 million University Technology Center
On Wednesday, Jan. 14, Penn State Hershey held a ceremonial groundbreaking for a 46,000-square-foot, $54-million data center on the Medical Center and College of Medicine campus. The construction of...
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‘I would like to lead by example with trust and integrity’
After enjoying several years of continued growth, Penn State Hershey is facing challenges it hasn’t seen before. Health care reform is changing the industry at a remarkable pace, upending the business...
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Epi Challenge sparks science career interest in central Pennsylvania high...
With a growing need for science, technology, engineering and mathematics professionals, Penn State is fostering an interest in these fields among high school students through the Epidemiology...
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Partner hospitals see benefit of stroke telemedicine program LionNet
It may be only two-and-a-half years old, but Penn State Hershey’s LionNet telestroke program has made it possible for more than 1,600 stroke patients to get lifesaving care close to home. The regional...
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Video conferencing program connects College of Medicine students with rural...
Penn State College of Medicine’s agreement with MountCrest University is not the school’s only initiative in Ghana. Its medical students are preparing for a series of interactive health lessons with...
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College of Medicine and Ghana’s MountCrest University College begin...
Penn State College of Medicine recently signed an agreement with MountCrest University College (MCU) to assist the school in becoming the first private medical school in Ghana. According to Samuel...
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Online resource gives childcare providers needed training
You’re a teacher in a preschool classroom of 4-year-olds. You interact with children, parents and support staff on a daily basis. You are concerned that a child may be being abused. How can you be sure...
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Pediatric experimental cancer therapeutics program’s success is thanks to...
Editor’s Note: Penn State’s THON Weekend is Feb. 20-22. Students will dance for 46-hours to support pediatric cancer patients. To date, $114 million has been raised and donated to Four Diamonds, a...
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Four Diamonds assists families like the Hess family during cancer fights
Editor’s Note: Penn State’s THON Weekend is Feb. 20-22. Students will dance for 46-hours to support pediatric cancer patients. To date, $114 million has been raised and donated to Four Diamonds, a...
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Student’s CPR action helped give Penn State Hershey doctors time to provide care
Milton Hershey School junior Randy Gibson never imagined he would use his CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) training. That was until last September, when a school houseparent collapsed in front of...
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Penn State Hershey’s Dr. Jack Myers is all heart in Ecuador: Years of...
When Ryan Mathis was a student at Hershey High School, he traveled to Guayaquil, Ecuador, with Penn State Hershey pediatric heart surgeon Dr. John “Jack” Myers. There, he saw parents canoe or carry...
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A day in Child Life: How child life specialists work with Penn State...
Editor’s Note: March is Child Life Awareness Month. Penn State Hershey thanks its Child Life team for the work they do every day with our youngest patients. This story is a look at what the child life...
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As Match Day approaches, students reflect on Penn State Hershey
Editor’s Note: Match Day pictures, videos, and match lists will be published on Penn State Medicine after the Match Day ceremony on Friday, March 20. Four years ago, they walked across the stage at...
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Penn State College of Medicine students learn their residency destinations at...
Today, 120 fourth-year medical students at Penn State College of Medicine learned where they will spend their residencies in an annual tradition known as Match Day. A similar scene played out with...
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Penn State Hershey, PinnacleHealth receive board approval for new enterprise
The Penn State Board of Trustees approved a proposal to bring the Milton S. Hershey Medical Center and PinnacleHealth System together to form a new health enterprise under the umbrella of Penn State...
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Match Day 2015 (Video)
Last week, Penn State Medicine connected with three College of Medicine students to discuss Match Day, the day graduating medical students learn what residency programs they will attend. In this video,...
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Story Update: MountCrest University School breaks ground on Medical School
Editor’s Note: Penn State Medicine highlighted the relationship between Penn State College of Medicine and Ghana’s MountCrest University School in January. The College of Medicine’s Dr. Ben Fredrick...
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Cochlear implants give 1-year-old gift of sound
Missi and Adam Prosser clapped their hands behind their six-month-old daughter’s back. They blew a whistle next to Nora when she was asleep in their Mechanicsburg home. Nora didn’t respond. The couple...
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