Dec 20, 2018
Employees who do not have a red flu vaccine sticker on their ID badge indicating that they received this season’s influenza vaccine are now required to wear a surgical mask when they are within six feet of a patient during inpatient and outpatient clinical encounters.
A less invasive method for surgically mending broken ribs developed by three physicians and a biomedical engineer at Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center is gaining traction.
In Brief features announcements, staff news and upcoming events from Penn State Health and Penn State College of Medicine.
Healthy eating around the holidays can be challenging, but maintaining a commitment to good choices is satisfying and gives you a head start going into the new year.
Twelve radiologists formerly of Tristan Radiology Specialists will become part of Penn State Health Medical Group on Jan. 1. The radiologists will form the foundation of Penn State Health’s new […]
Dec 19, 2018
Hepatitis C is a good news, bad news kind of disease. The bad news is that many with the liver-attacking virus may not even know it. The good news is that once discovered, doctors can effectively treat and even remove it.
Guy Townsend, PhD, Assistant Professor at Penn State College of Medicine, recently had a paper on the human gut microbiome published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of the Sciences.
From his clinical and academic vantage points, Dr. Todd Felix didn’t realize how much today’s competitive health care marketplace impacts the mission of Penn State Health.
For patients with an illness that can make travel difficult or impossible, Penn State Health now allows them to schedule visits and interact with providers virtually through the Penn State […]
Dec 17, 2018
Jennifer Feeman has been named assistant vice president for finance and business at Penn State College of Medicine.
