Category: Patient Care

Three Penn State Children’s Hospital staff members sit around a child-sized table, coloring with crayons and paper while music therapist Devon Springer strums a guitar. They are all wearing masks. In the foreground is a small screen showing the scene as it is recorded.

A show of hands: Art and music therapy project unites young patients

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.

A woman holds a device called a spirometer to her mouth as she looks at a laptop screen. She has medium-length hair and is wearing a sweater. A man is standing to her right.

Penn State Health OnDemand suddenly in demand for distance care

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.

Registered nurses Jamie Boyer, Carol Brown and Kristin Gardyasz, dressed in scrubs and wearing face masks, are standing beside a bed in an exam area. There are stickers and pictures of animals on the walls.

Same care, different place: Quick thinking keeps treatment on track for young patient

Apr 8, 2020

A child with cancer needs lifesaving treatment, her dad is awaiting a COVID-19 test result and other young patients must be kept safe – all these factors converged on the Pediatric Hematology/Oncology and Infusion Clinic of Penn State Children’s Hospital, and staff sprang into action.

A woman dressed in scrubs with a face mask and shield hands a paper through a car window to a patient who has arrived for a COVID-19 test. Another woman stands behind her, learning on a tent.

Caring together: Penn State Health, Mount Nittany Health team up on new testing site

Apr 7, 2020

Penn State Health and Mount Nittany Health partnered to open a drive-through COVID-19 testing site in State College on March 26. The new testing site is open weekdays from noon to 4:30 p.m.

Jennifer Gish, nurse manager, and registered nurse Marilou Magnaye sit at a curved desk and smile at a computer monitor that shows stroke patient Kimberly Laughman in her hospital room in bed, with nurses and equipment around her.

The next best thing: Hospital staff aims to shorten distance between patients, loved ones

Apr 3, 2020

Staff members are getting creative with virtual ways to bridge the gap between hospital rooms and living rooms, such as Facetime and Zoom, and improvised activities to add some cheer to daily life on the floors, like a game of Yahtzee from a distance.

Nurses wearing personal protective equipment help a patient next to a vehicle at a drive-through testing site

Penn State Health St. Joseph opens Drive-Through COVID-19 testing location

Mar 19, 2020

In response to the growing need for easy-to-access COVID-19 testing, Penn State Health St. Joseph has opened a drive-through testing site on its Bern Township Campus.

Penn State Health OnDemand offers virtual COVID-19 screenings

Mar 18, 2020

Penn State Health is now offering free virtual screenings for COVID-19 through its telehealth service, Penn State Health OnDemand.

A map indicates where a new medical office building will go

Penn State Health Medical Group building new primary care practice in Dauphin County

Mar 5, 2020

Residents in Dauphin County will soon have greater access to Penn State Health services and providers when a new primary care location opens near the intersection of Linglestown and Crums Mill Roads in Lower Paxton Township.

The front entrance of a medical office building

Penn State Health St. Joseph Spring Ridge offers expanded services

Feb 4, 2020

After a year of change that included six phases of construction, a fully renovated and expanded Penn State Health St. Joseph outpatient satellite location is open for patients in Wyomissing, Pa.

A young woman smiles as an older woman wearing a nasal cannula and a checkered dress and standing on a treadmill. They are in the Health and Wellness Center on the Hershey Medical Center campus. Three people are standing behind them out of focus.

Breathing easier: Pulmonary rehab program increases quality of daily life

Jan 29, 2020

The Pulmonary Rehabilitation Program at Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center is helping people with chronic lung disorders breathe easier and regain their quality of life.

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