76 Articles
July 30, 2010
The DAISY Award is a nationwide program that rewards and celebrates the extraordinary clinical skill and compassionate care given by nurses everyday. Pennsylvania Hospital is proud to be a DAISY Award Hospital Partner, recognizing one ...Full story
Privacy Corner
The presence of friends, colleagues or those with some level of fame or notoriety within the hospital presents significant challenges to our privacy practices. There are many examples now of hospital workers who have lost their jobs because...Full story
Vending Machine Upgrade, Preston Basement Renovation
On Tuesday, August 3rd, we will be upgrading our current vending machines which will offer a few new organic choices in addition to the current popular items. Many of the new machines will also accept debit/credit cards adding to your conve...Full story
JKCC Raises Funds Through Team Sarcoma Initiative
The patients, family members and staff at the Joan Karnell Cancer Center recently participated in The Team Sarcoma Initiative, an internationally coordinated set of events to raise awareness of sarcoma and to raise funds to support sarco...Full story
Sunrise Downtime Process Survey
On August 23rd and 24th, Penn Medicine and Pennsylvania Hospital implemented a new standardized SCM downtime process that carried into the next morning. We would like to refine the process and address your experiences. If you worked during ...Full story
Sunrise (SCM) New Links to Clinical Resources Added
So that clinical information resources may be more accessible to you, the SCM team has added additional links to popular resources. You can access these resources from within SCM by selecting from the Tools menu bar. Most recently added wa...Full story
Jui-Han Huang, MD, PhD and Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Dept. Win Pizza Party
Dr. Huang was randomly selected from all physicians who completed the recent physician satisfaction survey to win a pizza party for the entire department. Dr. Huang was one of our many physicians who completed the survey and shared their...Full story
PAH School of Medical Laboratory Science Announces 2010 Graduates
The Pennsylvania Hospital School of Medical Laboratory Science is pleased to announce that eight students graduated on Friday, July 9th with a certificate in Medical Laboratory Science.
The graduates are Nicole Bademan from Gwynedd-Mercy...Full story
Congratulations To. . .
Tessa Monaghan, RN on 5 Cathcart for making the Dean's List in Drexel University's Nursing Online program.
Nina Deats, MA, RD, CDE, Registered Dietitian for Bariatric program and The Department of Food and Nutrition Out-Patient Dietitia...Full story
Highly Contagious Pertussis (Whooping Cough) Re-Emerges. Should You Get Vaccinated?
What is Pertussis?
Pertussis is a highly contagious and sometimes fatal bacterial disease which has increased alarmingly in the past decade. Currently, there is an epidemic of pertussis in California. Reported cases of whooping cough, also...Full story
