Category: Community

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Heads, necks, hearts, minds: Penn State Health community nurse helps others process effects of trauma

Sep 12, 2023

A Penn State Health community nurse and a Harrisburg-based nonprofit are helping teachers, therapists and students cope with trauma.

A kneeling woman touches a metal plate on the side of a cart that sits at the entrance of a hospital hallway. A bassinet sits on top of the cart. An electrical cord and a bag of wipes sit on the lower shelf of the cart. Three nurses stand in the background. Posters and railings hang on the hospital walls. In the hallway on the right are two doorways. A tall cart sits in the corner at the end of the hallway.

St. Joseph Medical Center welcomes Caring Cradle donation for grieving families

Aug 23, 2023

Penn State Health St. Joseph Medical Center has received a special bassinet that gives grieving families more time to say goodbye to their infant.

Three men in blue hospital volunteer vests, one in a wheelchair, talk to a male hospital employee in a hospital entryway.

Volunteers from The Arc of Cumberland & Perry Counties lift up Penn State Health patients and staff

Aug 11, 2023

Dedicated volunteers from The Arc of Cumberland & Perry Counties (CPARC) spend two hours at Penn State Health Holy Spirit and Milton S. Hershey medical centers each week lifting patients’ spirits, helping staff and sharing their positive attitudes with everyone they meet.

A man and a woman sit side by side on a couch in a waiting room. Overhead, flags from many different countries are attached to the ceiling.

Allison Hill’s secret gem: Clinic provides care, hope for residents

Aug 8, 2023

For two decades, the Penn State Health Medical Outreach Service clinic affiliated with Penn State Health Holy Spirit Medical Center has been an important thread in the fabric of the Allison Hill neighborhood it serves.

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Penn State Health explores gaps in patient care opportunities

Aug 1, 2023

Penn State Health is exploring the factors that may lead to health disparities for its patients.

A man receives a blood pressure screening from a woman. Both smile.

A seat at the table: Pantries and Wellness Support program help families find care

Jul 23, 2023

The age of doctors making house calls might have ended more than half a century ago, but for the nurses who are part of the Pantries and Wellness Support (PaWS) program, consultations after hours, outdoors, on porch steps, on park benches or on curbs come with the territory.

Dr. George Garrow, CEO at Primary Health Network, and Dr. Jennifer Kraschnewski, director of Penn State Clinical and Translational Science Institute, at Research Match/Community Day.

Penn State CTSI’s Research Match and Community Event is the first of its kind

Jul 21, 2023

Penn State CTSI connects people, institutions to cultivate research collaborations. SHARON, Pa. — When it comes to innovation in health care, the saying “if you want to go far, go […]

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2023 Juneteenth Commemoration honors past, present and future

Jun 6, 2023

Penn State Health will host a Juneteenth commemoration and join the Young Professionals of Color of Harrisburg to celebrate the day through a series of events.

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Ultimate grassroots: Penn State Health community garden program fights food insecurity in central Pennsylvania

Jun 5, 2023

Penn State Health is establishing community gardens and expand existing ones in yards behind small town libraries or near Salvation Army campuses in communities like Harrisburg, Steelton and Millersburg.

Penn State Health employees gathered outside to collect unwanted, unneeded or expired medications from the community.

Spring Drug Take-Back Day collects record 1,000 pounds of medications

May 16, 2023

Penn State Health collected a record 1,012.4 pounds of unwanted, unneeded or expired medications and more than 20 sharps containers for safe disposal during National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day on April 22.

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