Category: Patient Care

A woman in the passenger seat of a car smiles. Behind her, people line the roads and take photos.

Homecoming: Community welcomes loved one they thought they’d lost

Jun 4, 2020

Dozens of members of Brenda Pogue's family, friends and neighbors gathered at the edges of the road outside her home May 29 to give the 67-year-old a hero's welcome home.

A woman wearing a mask, gloves and sweatshirt stands next to a stack of cardboard boxes from the Central Pennsylvania Food Bank. Behind her is a row of tables in a warehouse and three people out of focus.

St. Joseph opens curbside X-ray service to ensure patient safety

May 5, 2020

Penn State Health St. Joseph opened a curbside chest X-ray service at the medical center’s main entrance at 2500 Bernville Road on May 4. This new service is part of its continued efforts to ensure patient safety during the coronavirus pandemic.

Lisa Omelko, a lab technician in the Blood Bank at St. Joseph Medical Center, wears blue gloves and squeezes a bag of gold-colored plasma before it is used for a patient transfusion in one of the medical center’s COVID-19 units. Omelko, who is wearing glasses and a face mask, is resting her arms on the cooler used to transport the plasma.

St. Joseph transfuses increasing number of patients with convalescent plasma therapy

May 4, 2020

St. Joseph Medical Center has begun using an experimental treatment program called convalescent plasma therapy with a growing number of its COVID-19 positive patients.

A pair of gloved hands holding another hand without a glove, in a hospital setting.

A Message from the Patient Experience Leadership Team

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.

The rubber gloved hand of a health care worker is shown holding the hand of a patient.

Patient Experience Week: doctors heal in many ways

Apr 30, 2020

For Patient Experience Week, Dr. Laura Van Scoy shares a letter from a patient that moved her.

Martha Jansen wears scrubs and talks on a cordless phone.

We are family: COVID-19 brings Hershey Medical Center front-line workers together

Apr 30, 2020

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.

Abigail Adelsberger wears protective gear and kneels by the bedside of Benita Wagner, who is sitting up in a hospital bed facing her.

All quiet in the COVID-19 Unit — health care workers at St. Joseph battle the pandemic

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.

Penny Porter a nurse practitioner with Penn State Health Medical Group ― All About Children, leans into a car and touches the fingers of 2-year-old Zyann Perez-Cruz. Porter is wearing a gown and face shield. The child is in a car seat and has a bottle in the cup holder next to her.

Curbside doctors’ visits offer peace-of-mind to parents and providers

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.

Nancy Rudy and Judylyn Silot, facing camera, from left, registered nurses with the Medical Intermediate Care Unit at Hershey Medical Center, and two other health care workers, whose backs are to the camera, touch a patient who is lying in bed. They are wearing gowns and face shields. Behind them is a monitor.

A beacon of excellence: Hershey Medical Center Medical Intermediate Care Unit receives prestigious award

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.

A nurse wearing a gown, gloves and a face shield holds a walkie-talkie as she stands next to a woman in a car. The woman is wearing a face mask.

Two dedicated COVID-19 clinics available through Penn State Health Medical Group

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.

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