Category: Patient Care

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Penn State Health Hampden Medical Center opens to patients, providing greater access to high quality health care

Oct 1, 2021

Starting today, more West Shore residents have easier access to high quality health care, with the opening of Penn State Health Hampden Medical Center.

A man and woman stand in front of a Magnetic Resonance Imaging-guided linear accelerator.

Husband-and-wife research team bring patient-focused expertise to MR-guided radiotherapy program

Sep 27, 2021

Bryan and Melanie Traughber, a husband-and-wife research team, are drawing the attention of the national medical community for their innovative work with the Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)-guided linear accelerator.

Women in surgical masks and scrubs gather around a framed picture of a fingerprint. Two of the women stand on a ladder and lower a large sheet of paper which had previously been used to cover the image.

Leaving their mark: COVID-19 staff collaborate on glass mosaic

Sep 23, 2021

The third floor Acute Care staff at Hershey Medical Center, otherwise known as the COVID unit, came together over the art project much as they came together throughout the pandemic a fingerprint mosaic made from 200 glass tiles.

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Pediatric specialty services relocate to 35 Hope Drive Oct. 4

Sep 22, 2021

Four Penn State Health pediatric specialty practices will move to a new location at 35 Hope Drive on Hershey Medical Center’s East Health Campus, effective Monday, Oct. 4.

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Virtual behavioral health services now available to all through Penn State Health OnDemand app

Sep 15, 2021

Community members can now access behavioral health services on their computer, smartphone or tablet using the Penn State Health OnDemand app.

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Penn State Health provides patient data on COVID-19 dashboard

Sep 13, 2021

To provide the communities we serve with a clear picture of how the pandemic is affecting our hospitals and staff, Penn State Health is once again making a public COVID-19 dashboard available on our website.

A woman wearing a face mask lays on an exam table to demonstrate the Ceribell Rapid Response Electroencephalogram system. She is wearing scrubs and a headband with integrated electrodes.

St. Joseph Medical Center implements new seizure care technology

Sep 9, 2021

Chrissy Kushlick, a St. Joseph Medical Center critical care nurse, demonstrates how the Ceribell Rapid Response Electroencephalogram (EEG) system is worn.

Dr. J. Nathaniel Ruhala, wearing a white medical coat, poses for a photo while standing in a hospital operating room. An overhead light and various surgical equipment is placed throughout the room.

Expansion of services gives Holy Spirit Medical Center patients greater access to Hershey Medical Center surgeons

Aug 17, 2021

Penn State Health is further expanding the surgical capabilities of the Milton S. Hershey Medical Center to Holy Spirit Medical Center. The move will provide more residents of the West Shore with access to advanced surgical care closer to home.

A man and a woman sit on a couch, looking downward at the face of a child in the woman’s lap. In front of them, a doctor in a surgical mask and rubber gloves bows his head as holds the end of a stethoscope to the baby’s chest. The doctor wears scrubs and sneakers. To the left, a woman in a baseball cap, black jacket, purse and sneakers kneels. To the right, a man in sweatpants and a sweat shirt looks on with a somber face.

Ethan’s room: Penn State Health Children’s Hospital staff helps family grieve for lost son

Aug 12, 2021

As they do with children every day, a team at Penn State Health Children’s Hospital fought to keep Ethan Colon-Garcia alive. When he died, their efforts shifted to his family.

Two new parents smile at their newborn in a hospital patient room while a healthcare provider looks on.

Penn State Health relocates Holy Spirit Medical Center’s labor and delivery and NICU services to Hampden Medical Center Oct. 1

Aug 2, 2021

Penn State Health will relocate Penn State Health Holy Spirit Medical Center’s labor and delivery and NICU to Penn State Health Hampden Medical Center when it opens on Friday, Oct. 1.

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