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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.

Group photo of the Abramson Cancer Center’s nurse navigators

If It Might Be Cancer, An Easier Path to Diagnosis and Care

New initiatives spearheaded by the Abramson Cancer Center’s nurse navigators are filling the care gap for Penn Medicine patients with a suspicion of cancer but no confirmed diagnosis.

A woman wearing a white coat looks on while a woman holding a bouquet of flowers rings a bell in front of a mural of a tree.

Ringing in the “Bell of Hope” With a New Location and Mural

The team at Penn Medicine Cherry Hill is transforming the bell-ringing ceremony to be inclusive of all cancer patients and celebrate a variety of milestones.

Seven Churches, Seven Lifesaving Devices, One Common Goal

Chester County Hospital teams up with community organizations in to provide Coatesville churches with automated external defibrillators (AEDs) and training.

Difference Maker: A Visual-Friendly Solution to Enhance Health Literacy

When a patient wasn't attending his scheduled appointments, oncology nurse navigator Jennifer Polo, BSN, RN, OCN, found a creative solution to get him back on track.

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Presby Kicks Sepsis Education Up a Notch

September 30, 2019

To celebrate Sepsis Awareness Month, Penn Presbyterian Medical Center’s Casey Lieb, MSN, and Paula Gabriel, MSN — unit-based educators — teamed up to organize a sepsis-related escape room for the second year in a row.
PAH Makes Its Big Screen Debut

September 30, 2019

Pennsylvania Hospital’s psychiatric care team members fill many roles: compassionate caregivers, motivated mentors, passionate patient advocates... and stars of the silver screen?
Making Enduring Connections with the Penn Medicine Experience

September 30, 2019

. Employees continue to be central figures in the stories the Penn Medicine Experience team is telling.
Wellfocused Helps Keep You At Your Best

September 30, 2019

The best care for our patients starts with the best care for yourself. That’s why Wellfocused is dedicated to making living a healthy lifestyle easier than ever.
2019 Quality and Patient Safety Awards: Time to Submit!

September 30, 2019

The Quality and Patient Safety Award has been a long standing opportunity for teams to formally document their achievements in quality and patient safety over the last 12 months.
A New Reading Program is Changing Lives in the NICU

August 30, 2019

It’s easy for parents to feel helpless in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) with so much attention and activity focused on their newborn. With that in mind, Melanie Dyszel, BSN, and her fellow nurses in the Chester County Hospital NICU wanted to empower parents by encouraging them to read more to their infants.
Ask Kevin Mahoney @ Penn Medicine

August 30, 2019

Check out this month's answers from the UPHS CEO.
#CleanAirLanc Extends to Parking Garages throughout Lancaster City

August 30, 2019

As part of an effort to continue to advance the health and well-being of the Lancaster community, Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health partnered with the Lancaster Parking Authority (LPA) to develop a tobacco-free policy for all LPA facilities.
Simulation Offers Insight to Life With Dementia

August 30, 2019

For Allison Healy, RN-BC, the Virtual Dementia Tour® — a training simulation intended to imitate the effects of dementia — was a life-changing moment.
Reverence and Respect: Inside PPMC’s Honor Walks

August 30, 2019

Elisha Valmonte, BSN, RN, had just started her shift on Penn Presbyterian Medical Center’s trauma-surgical intensive care unit (TSICU) when she learned that a woman who had been admitted after a traumatic fall was declining rapidly.