The LG Experience

Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health is supporting the youngest victims of the opioid crisis in Lancaster County through Joining Forces for Children, the community coalition it launched nearly a year ago with funding from a federal grant.

Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health created a $1.2M endowment fund in conjunction with the LG Health Foundation to help ensure that no patient will miss out on necessary breast screenings or care due to an inability to pay.

The World Health Organization designated 2020 as the International Year of the Nurse and Midwife, in honor of the 200th anniversary of Florence Nightingale's birth.

Each year, the Nightingale Awards of Pennsylvania honor exceptional nurses practicing in the Commonwealth.

Dorcas Cyster, BSN, RN, a supervisor for Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health’s Healthy Beginnings Plus program, was one of four women honored on Nov. 6 at a virtual luncheon for the YWCA Women of Achievement Award.

The COVID-19 pandemic has affected all of our lives in ways we never could have expected. One of the greatest impacts has been on how we connect with our family, friends, colleagues and other important people in our lives.

For the second consecutive year, Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health was awarded the “LGBTQ Healthcare Equality Leader” designation from the Human Rights Campaign Foundation (HRC).

Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health has strengthened its commitment to actively addressing all forms of racism and bias that may exist within the organization, and has started by forming a Diversity & Inclusion Advisory Committee under the leadership of Larry Strassner, chief nursing officer, and Cherise Hamblin, MD, an OB-GYN physician with LG Health Physicians Family & Maternity Medicine.

After a pause during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, construction on the new Proton Center at Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health’s Ann B. Barshinger Cancer Institute has resumed.