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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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Nursing Accolades

February 23, 2018

Kudos to Adele Caruso, DNP, CRNP, a nurse practitioner in Urology, and Corinna Sicoutris, ACNP, MSN, director of Advanced Practice, for their recent accolades!
Treating Tobacco Dependence: A New Approach

February 23, 2018

The beginning of a new year is often a time to stop smoking – a fresh start. But according to Frank Leone, MD, “The minute a smoker says, ‘I want to quit smoking,’ an internal voice is saying ‘but maybe not now.’ It’s a conflict they can find difficult to solve.”
HUP Goes Red!

February 23, 2018

The Go Red for Women event at the Perelman Center included educational information, one-on-one sessions with doctors and nurses, free blood pressure screenings, basket raffles, and more. “It was a great success!” said Eric Smith, program manager for the Inherited Cardiovascular Disease Program.
Holly Days Thank Yous

February 23, 2018

Each year, HUP reaches out to help those less fortunate through Holly Days. The excerpts from notes below show impact of the generous outreach...
Wear Blue for Colon Cancer Awareness

February 23, 2018

Each year, 140,000 Americans are diagnosed with colon cancer. If caught early, there an 90 percent chance it can be cured. Help us spread colon cancer awareness by wearing blue on Friday, March 2nd!
DAISY Team of the Year: Founders 12

February 23, 2018

Nursing is a team effort. Each year, the DAISY Team Award recognizes one exceptional team that truly represent the extraordinary patient-centered care exhibited by nurses every day. This year, the honor went to the staff of Founders 12, a General Medicine unit.
Wear Red on February 2!

February 01, 2018

Join the Wellfocused team as we support Heart Disease and Stroke by wearing red for National Wear Red Day on Friday, February 2nd, and uploading your photos into the Wellfocused app newsfeed and hashtag #WeWearRed.
Warm & Wonderful Holiday Memories

February 01, 2018

Staff made the holidays brighter for those in need in our communities as well as for patients and families in HUP. Although the holidays have passed, the warm memories of their efforts and tremendous generosity remains.
Going Above and Beyond for Patients

February 01, 2018

Congratulations to the latest recipients of the Above and Beyond Program Award, which recognizes staff who have a positive impact on both patients and coworkers by acting with respect, leading by example and inspiring others around them.
A Feel Good Moment and Healthy Snack Rolled into One

February 01, 2018

If you happen to see two bananas walking down a corridor at HUP or in the Perelman Center, you know two things for sure: you’re not hallucinating, and someone is about to receive a message of appreciation – neatly written on a banana’s peel – for a job well done!