Apr 30, 2020
Throughout this week, you’ve read stories of how our employees at Penn State Health are making a difference in our patients’ lives. We conclude the week with a powerful patient experience story from a recovered COVID-19 patient.
For Patient Experience Week, Dr. Laura Van Scoy shares a letter from a patient that moved her.
Hershey Medical Center has made use of its unique qualifications to manage the crisis: It’s one of several academic hospitals in the country that have received funding for infrastructure and specialized training to offer care during the outbreak of a seriously lethal contagion and help minimize its spread.
Apr 27, 2020
Penn State Health St. Joseph has moved swiftly to tackle the COVID-19 crisis, converting portions of its hospital as COVID-19 clinics, applying tried-and-true methods and learning on the fly.
Apr 21, 2020
Penn State Health Medical Group – All About Children in West Reading is minimizing patients’ and providers’ potential exposure to the coronavirus with its new curbside clinic.
Apr 20, 2020
The Medical Intermediate Care Unit at Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center earned the esteemed Silver Beacon Award for Excellence from the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses.
Apr 17, 2020
Penn State Health has opened two regional clinics to care for patients with confirmed or suspected COVID-19 who have health care needs that are serious enough to warrant a face-to-face appointment.
Penn State Health has enrolled its first COVID-19 patient into an experimental treatment program called convalescent plasma therapy.
Apr 13, 2020
Using Child Life’s GetWell closed-circuit television network, Devon Springer, a board-certified music therapist, and Alexis Lombardo, a registered and board-certified art therapist, created “Let’s Get Together,” a program that was livestreamed to patients’ rooms.
Apr 10, 2020
In these unprecedented days of “social distancing,” telehealth technology, including Penn State Health OnDemand, is bridging the physical gap between patients and providers who need to stay connected and safe.
