Category: Community

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May is Skin Cancer Awareness Month: Protect your skin

May 3, 2024

May is Skin Cancer Awareness Month, reminding us of the dangers of skin cancer and the critical importance of prevention, early detection and treatment.

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April 27 | Dispose of medications safely on National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day

Apr 22, 2024

Penn State Health will collect unwanted, unneeded or expired medication for safe disposal on Saturday, April 27, as part of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day.

The EV charging station at Penn State Health Hampden Medical Center.

Get charged up: Three Penn State Health hospitals offer electric vehicle charging stations

Apr 18, 2024

Penn State Health provides electric vehicle charging stations at three of our hospitals to support patients, visitors, employees and students who drive electric vehicles.

A woman’s hands, resting on a table, are holding a diabetes monitor into which she has inserted a test strip. Next to her hands are additional testing strips and a lancet holder. To the left of her hands are carrots and kale and to the right of them broccoli. In the background, out of focus, are a vase of flowers and a small dining room-style table. The monitor she is holding displays a heart.

Penn State Health diabetes specialist: Make ‘personal choice’ to address health equity

Apr 17, 2024

Deciding to take the journey is as important as the journey. That’s how a Penn State Health diabetes educator characterizes efforts to learn how technology access affects outcomes for minorities.

Hands hold large gold symbols associated with religious observances. From left to right, the hands hold the Muslim crescent, the Jewish star, and the Christian cross.

Education on religious observances helps Penn State Health promote quality patient experience

Mar 26, 2024

Easter, Ramadan and Passover are underway or will take place soon. Penn State Health has educated employees on respecting requests they may receive from people who observe the holidays.

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Penn State Health honors trailblazers during Black History Month

Feb 27, 2024

During Black History Month, Penn State Health honors and celebrates the contributions of some of its trailblazers who have left on their marks on society and advocate for equality, justice and progress.

A man in a coat and winter cap reaches across a table and touches the hand of a woman in a coat. Both smile at one another.

Angels of Lancaster: Penn State Health community nurse addresses health inequities person by person

Feb 19, 2024

Angela Shuman is a conduit to health care for people who need it desperately, but can’t always access it.

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Penn State Health Inclusion Week events highlight diversity in health care

Feb 13, 2024

A crowd of illustrated diverse people on a plain background.

A woman dressed in scrubs is sitting at a table with a man. She is taking his blood pressure. They are both smiling.

Penn State Health’s first Community Benefit Report highlights work to improve public health

Jan 18, 2024

Penn State Health’s first Community Benefit Report highlights efforts to improve public health in Central Pennsylvania.

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Welcome to Penn State Health’s flu shot drive-through. Mind the curves.

Dec 11, 2023

For the community health nurses and volunteers who make it happen, each stop in the annual flu shot drive-through clinic is the culmination of months of planning and years of fine-tuning.

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