Category: Patient Care

Eddie Holman stands in front of Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center with an IV pole and monitor. He is wearing a Penn State T-shirt and pants, a surgical mask and glasses. Next to him is a statue of the Penn State Nittany Lion sitting on a bench.

Heart patient goes extra mile, literally, while awaiting transplant

Nov 21, 2022

A former Marine is taking nearly 7-mile-long walks at Hershey Medical Center each day while he awaits a heart transplant.

First baby born at Penn State Health Lancaster Medical Center

Nov 17, 2022

On Wednesday, Nov. 16, Townsley Guy Stetzler became the first baby to be born at Penn State Health Lancaster Medical Center. Both mom and baby are doing well in the hospital’s Family Birthing Suite.

A clinic room with an exam chair, computer and various medical equipment.

New obstetrics and gynecology clinic opens at Hampden Medical Center

Nov 14, 2022

Penn State Health Obstetrics and Gynecology has opened a new clinic at Penn State Health Hampden Medical Center. It will be staffed by physicians, certified registered nurse practitioners and certified nurse midwives.

A man in a ball cap and shorts works on a piece of equipment in a gym. A woman in a surgical mask stands next to him.

Still trucking: Enola man says Holy Spirit Medical Center team helps him survive months of COVID-19

Nov 1, 2022

Brian Germann says the kindness and hard work of the nursing team at Penn State Health Holy Spirit Medical Center helped carry him through the most grueling ordeal of his life.

Penn State Health enhances access to fertility services and pediatric specialties in York County

Oct 27, 2022

Penn State Health is enhancing access to its reproductive endocrinology and fertility services and pediatric specialties at its newest outpatient location in York County.

Three men sit and lean on a porch railing, holding framed, black-and-white photos.

Three hearts for three brothers: Siblings each get transplants at Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

Oct 12, 2022

Three brothers are beating the odds - and a tough illness that runs in the family - thanks to undergoing heart transplants.

A nurse in a virtual intensive care unit looks at monitors that show patient conditions.

Penn State Health expands virtual intensive care unit services for critical care patients Oct. 1

Oct 5, 2022

Penn State Health assumed virtual intensive care operations internally Oct. 1. Patients in a virtual intensive care unit are monitored around-the-clock by physicians and other clinicians.

A man and a woman to the left and right of a little girl in a dress on a park bench. The little girl smiles as the man leans down and nuzzles the side of her head.

Bristol’s battle: Family of emergency responders rely on Penn State Health Children’s Hospital for daughter’s cardiac arrest treatment

Aug 16, 2022

Bristol Miller was suffering a cardiac arrest at 14 months. Boy, did that emergency mess with the wrong family.

Graphic of three people with social determinants of health listed in boxes above their heads: Education Access and Quality, Health Care and Quality, Neighborhood and Built Environment, Social and Community Context, and Economic Stability.

How social determinants link to patient health

Jul 26, 2022

Understanding social determinants of health – conditions in which people are born, live, work and age – is an important step toward health equity for all.

A hospital patient room with a bed, chair and sofa, as well as a headwall with various equipment and ports. A computer on a portable stand is in the foreground at right.

New, expanded Medical Intensive Care Unit opens at Hershey Medical Center

Jun 20, 2022

A newly expanded Medical Intensive Care Unit is now open at Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center. The 24-bed unit was designed with extensive feedback from patients, families and staff.

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