The LG Experience

Innovations in pain management and mental health will be the first technologies tested in the newly opened Smart Health Innovation Lab.

Each year, the Helping Hands/Helping Hands Abroad program invites employees and Medical & Dental Staff members to apply for grants on behalf of a not-for-profit organization for which they volunteer.

In 1893, patient care at Lancaster General Hospital was very different from what patients experience today. In the last decade of the 19th century, hospitals were uncommon, causing a need for “Conduct and Duties of Patients” to be posted to allow the clinical staff to do their jobs without distraction.

To anyone outside of the clinical setting, a high-five is a lighthearted way to acknowledge an accomplishment. Within the walls of Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health facilities, a high-five is the first step to stopping health-care-associated infections.

Throughout the month of May, Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health hosted multiple educational opportunities for community members on "Time is Brain," an effective first step in stroke response, and “Stop the Bleed,” techniques used to reduce and stop blood loss.

Lancaster General Hospital’s new Frederick Building is designed to enhance the patient experience. The building’s first nursing unit, 8 Frederick, opened in April.

Mammograms can be an intimidating experience for women. The team at the Suzanne H. Arnold Center for Breast Health is continually working to help patients have the best possible experience before, during and after an appointment.

When Lancaster General Hospital was founded, its mission was not only to serve as a place for patient care but to provide education for future nurses. Though nursing trainees were on LGH’s staff when the hospital opened in 1893, a formal nursing school was not officially established until 1903.

Connie Metzler, MSN, RN, program coordinator at LG Health Physicians Alzheimer's & Memory Care, (second from right) was named a Central Penn Parent magazine 2018 Healthcare Heroes Award finalist in the nursing category.

In the fall of 2015, the Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health store room temporarily moved its operations to the Suburban Pavilion to accommodate construction of the Frederick Building. With the construction of the Frederick Building complete, the store room could move back to its original location – 7,500 square feet in the basement of Lancaster General Hospital.