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As of September 2023, Penn Medicine’s official employee newsletter in print is Inside Penn Medicine. Many of our employee newsletter stories are now published throughout each month on the Penn Medicine News Blog. Older stories are available to browse in these archives.

Margaret “Maggie” Erdman, MMS, PA-C, Katlin “Katie” Dlugosz, MMS, PA-C, and Lisa George, MS, stand with a poster that describes the HUP–Cedar surgical access initiative.

Making Surgical Care Easy and Equitable at HUP–Cedar

The HUP–Cedar surgical access team is making sure patients get the surgical care they need, even without surgeons on site.

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It’s a Bird! It’s a Plane! It’s a Bathroom?

August 01, 2019

A bathroom is probably the last thing you’d expect to be descending from on high but if you happen to look up at the top of the Pavilion one evening, you might just see one floating down.
The Expectorants Keep Giving

August 01, 2019

For the seventh year, the Expectorants – staff and friends of Silverstein 11 who raise money for cystic fibrosis – have participated in the Take A Breather Narberth run, raising $1,200 for the organization.
Join the 5K for the IOA & Memory Mile Walk

August 01, 2019

Mark your calendars: Penn’s 8th annual 5K for the IOA & Memory Mile Walk will be held on Sunday, September 22, on Penn’s campus.
The Road to Error-Free Specimens: An Award-Winning Initiative

July 01, 2019

Working in partnership with Lab Medicine and with an IS analyst, they developed a new protocol to ensure proper continuity. The team also created an electronic tutorial regarding this new process so that nurses could access these teaching materials in the moment.
An Ability to Inspire Others

June 26, 2019

Each year, HUP Nursing chooses one person to receive Joan Bretschneider Shared Governance Leadership Award, named for the person whose dedication and leadership helped bring HUP’s Nursing Shared Governance Structure to fruition.
DAISY Winners

June 26, 2019

Congratulations to the latest winners — from April 2018 to March 2019 — of the DAISY (Diseases Attacking the Immune System) Award, which recognizes individual nurses and nursing teams for extraordinary efforts at the bedside.
UPHS Nursing Excellence Awards

June 26, 2019

At the 19th annual UPHS Nursing Clinical Excellence Awards, 45 nurses from across Penn Medicine were honored for their clinical excellence and the critical role they play in patients’ lives. Each of the five award categories recognizes a specific area of expertise.
Having an IMPaCT on Discharged Patients

June 26, 2019

As a social worker on the Internal Medicine service, John Schafhauser, MSW, often works with community health workers (CHWs) from Penn Medicine’s IMPaCT program who help support patients from local communities who may be at high risk for readmission once discharged.
A Fast Track to ED Care

June 26, 2019

In many busy EDs — especially those in the city — people with less serious conditions (such as pain, coughs or sore throat) often spend hours waiting, as those with much more serious issues are taken in for treatment. To help these “low acuity” patients get the help they need — and on a much faster basis — HUP has opened the ED Fast Track.
Biking News for the HUP Campus!

June 26, 2019

In many busy EDs — especially those in the city — people with less serious conditions (such as pain, coughs or sore throat) often spend hours waiting, as those with much more serious issues are taken in for treatment. To help these “low acuity” patients get the help they need — and on a much faster basis — HUP has opened the ED Fast Track.