Category: Patient Care

A pediatric muscular dystrophy care team poses for a photo with a patient and their family.

Children’s Hospital earns Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy certification

Feb 21, 2024

Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy has certified the clinic at Penn State Health Children's Hospital.

A man sits in a chair while a nurse cares for him in his hospital room. The room includes a ceiling lift that hangs above the woman. To her right, is a patient table and bed. Multiple monitors, cords and equipment hand on the wall behind the bed. A curtain hangs across the sliding door to the room. A cart is visible in the hall beyond the open door.

Hershey Medical Center completes renovation of heart and vascular unit

Feb 9, 2024

Milton S. Hershey Medical Center will complete the final stage of a two-part move of its Heart and Vascular Progressive Care Unit from the first to third floor on Tuesday, Feb. 13.

A group of people in parkas riding skis gather at the base of a mountain striped with ski runs. One is seated on a sit-ski, a device that balances his body on a single runner, and his legs are propped in front of him.

Saying yes: Adaptive Ski Day helps people with life-altering injuries find purpose

Feb 6, 2024

For Lebanon resident Bill Hoffman, Adaptive Ski Day is as life-changing as the accident he's overcoming.

Images of Trina Love show her at heaviest weight, on the left, and her current weight of 165 in December 2023.

‘I wish I hadn’t waited so long.’ Berks County woman thrives after weight loss surgery at Penn State Health Lancaster Medical Center.

Jan 23, 2024

Trina Love of Berks County lost 85 pounds following weight loss surgery at Penn State Health Lancaster Medical Center.

Elderly woman and younger woman sitting on a sofa, the younger woman leans on the elderly woman and the elderly woman has her arm around the younger woman’s shoulders. There is a window with the sun shining through and a dresser with a plant on top in the background.

Penn State Health launches stroke health equity initiative

Dec 12, 2023

Penn State Health has created a plan to address stroke health equity for patients cared for throughout the organization.

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Hershey Medical Center recognized for exceptional maternity care

Dec 5, 2023

Hershey Medical Center has been recognized as one of the best in the nation for maternity care.

A computer screen view of a human head opened with graphics on the inside around the brain.

A GPS for your mind: Penn State Health’s Brainlab surgical system helps teen recover from hemorrhage

Oct 30, 2023

Brainlab, which couples computer-generated images with actual patient radiograph studies, creates a mixed-reality perspective a neurosurgeon calls “a GPS for your brain.”

Two individuals remove a litter carrying a patient from the back of an ambulance while three people look on in the background. The words "Ambulance Only" are above a building entrance in the background.

The Joint Commission awards Penn State Health Lancaster Medical Center Advanced Primary Stroke Center Certification

Oct 25, 2023

The Joint Commission has certified Penn State Health Lancaster Medical Center as an Advanced Primary Stroke Center, signifying a high level of commitment to caring for stroke patients.

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Hershey Medical Center recognized for exceptional patient safety

Oct 11, 2023

The Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania has recognized Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center for outstanding performance in patient safety.

An image of a daisy is superimposed with the words "DAISY Award."

Penn State Health St. Joseph Medical Center names three DAISY Award winners in July, August

Aug 31, 2023

St. Joseph Medical Center presented three DAISY Awards for Extraordinary Nurses in July and August. The winners were Charles Stork, a float pool nurse; Eric Trubilla, a critical care nurse; and Desiree Ebert, a critical care nurse.

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