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Inside Penn Medicine Archive for February 2012

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February 27, 2012

HUPdate Digital Edition - February 24, 2012

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Patient Returns to Basketball Court After Being Sidelined HUP Opens Additional Employee Lactation Lounge When It Comes to Heart Health: Don’t Assume ...Full story

February 24, 2012

Menopause, Hormones and Heart Disease - The Battle to Find the Lesser of Three Evils

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To celebrate February as American Heart Month, the Penn Medicine News Blog is highlighting some of the latest heart-centric news and stories from all parts of Penn Medicine. ...Full story

Register Now for the History of Women’s Health Conference

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PAH will host its seventh annual History of Women’s Health Conference Wednesday, April 18. Please RSVP by April 15, to Stacey Peeples at 215-829-5434 or peepless@pahosp.com.The conference is free and open to the public. ...Full story

Parking Deck 1 Upgrades to Begin March 5

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Starting Wednesday, March 5, renovations will begin on the elevators of Parking Deck 1. One elevator will be operational at a time from now until the project’s completion in June. Employees and staff are asked to please be patient during th...Full story

Double Kudos - Helen Rollo & Madeline Stekowicz Patient Access Employees of the Month

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Two Cathcart Bed Control coordinators Helen Rollo and Madeline Stekowicz were both simultaneously awarded the most recent PAH Patient Access Employees of the Month. The Patient Access Employee of the Month represents the individual (and on...Full story

Palliative Care Services Conference: Improving Quality of Life

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A new initiative is spreading across UPHS to use Palliative Care Services as a way to improve quality of life for both patients and their families. Palliative care seeks to relieve the patient of suffering through managing pain and symptoms...Full story

Blood Bank Completes FDA Inspection

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The PAH Blood Bank successfully completed its FDA inspection recently without any recommendations. “The inspectors were very complimentary of the department,” said Dan Wilson, MBA, BSN, RN, FABC, vice president, Allied Health and Ambulatory...Full story

Who doesn't like a good mystery?

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Volunteer Services has received numerous requests from patients regarding the Book cart: more mystery books, please! It’s a win-win situation for all you PAH avid readers out there. You can help make a patients stay more comfortable at PAH...Full story

Calling all Runners!

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The 2012 Penn Relays take place April 26-28. Pennsylvania Hospital is looking to assemble a team of strong runners to help us compete in the Corporate Distance Medley on Friday, April 27. Each four-person team must have at least one female ...Full story

Join the “Promise Walk” to Raise Awareness & Funds to Fight Preeclampsia

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The Preeclampsia Foundation’s is holding its fundraising walk – Promise Walk for Preeclampsia – in this region for the first time on Saturday, May 12, at Challenge Grove Park in Cherry Hill, NJ. The goal of the walk is to raise awareness ...Full story

 

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