Blog Topic: Match Day 2014

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  Emotions Run High as the First COVID-19 Vaccines Arrive at Penn Medicine

  December 17, 2020

  There was a notable pause in the Pennsylvania Hospital auditorium after Emergency Department nurse Eric Young, RN, BSN, received his COVID-19 vaccine at 6:15 am on Wednesday morning. The room fell silent except for the flashing of photographers’ cameras.

  COVID-19 Human Interest Innovation
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  How to Lend a (Socially Distanced) Helping Hand this Holiday Season

  December 15, 2020

  It is the season of giving, and while friends and family members are looking for the perfect gift to give one another, it is also a time when many people regularly set aside time to give back to people in need in the community.

  COVID-19 Community
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  Baseball, Art and Keeping Hospitals Clean: A Triple Play for Larry Garcia, Environmental Services Director at Penn Medicine Princeton Health

  December 10, 2020

  The window outside Larry Garcia’s office at Penn Medicine Princeton Medical Center is decorated with signs created by local schoolchildren during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic’s spring peak.

  COVID-19 Human Interest
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  Comfort for Parents Mourning a Stillborn Child

  December 08, 2020

  Amy and Steven Lied never expected to leave the hospital without their baby, but Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health’s Women & Babies Hospital offers a wide array of supportive services to parents after a stillbirth.

  General Interest
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  Science Fiction Meets Neuro-Reality: Advanced Technology for Better Brain Care

  December 03, 2020

  The umbrella of brain restoration research extends beyond cellular approaches, like the research efforts driven by H. Isaac Chen, MD, an assistant professor of Neurosurgery at the Perelman School of Medicine, as seen in the first part of this science-fiction inspired series.

  Innovation Neurology
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  Science Fiction Meets Neuro-Reality: Organoids to Rebuild the Brain

  December 01, 2020

  Computer-augmented brains, cures to blindness, and rebuilding the brain after injury all sound like science fiction. Today, these disruptive technologies aren’t just for Netflix, “Terminator,” and comic book fodder.

  Neurology Basic Science Innovation
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  Holiday Blues, Loneliness, and Missing Your Traditions: How to Handle the Emotional Impact of the COVID Holiday Season

  November 23, 2020

  COVID-19 has not only brought a new “normal” to every-day living, it has also made us rethink holidays and celebrations. A big challenge for many is how to handle the feelings of having a different kind of holiday season and missing out on seeing distant family members who they would normally visit.

  COVID-19 In the News Public Health Psychiatry
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  How to Modify Your COVID-19 Celebrations

  November 20, 2020

  “There’s no place like home for the holidays,” the classic tune says, and indeed, as we navigate the winter holiday season in the COVID-19 era, experts across the country have insisted that staying home is the best and safest option.

  COVID-19 Family Medicine and Community Health In the News Public Health General Interest
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  “Home for the Holidays” Takes on New Meaning in the COVID-19 Era

  November 18, 2020

  TV commercials, gift catalogues, storefront windows and those cinnamon-scented pinecones at the grocery store provide telltale signs that the holiday season is full swing. But as COVID-19 cases surge across the nation, the usual parties and celebrations with friends and family aren’t on the table.

  COVID-19 In the News
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  5 Tips for Making the Transition from One EHR to Another As Painless As Possible

  November 16, 2020

  Not too long ago, doctors’ poor handwriting was notorious and a staple for jokes. But now, most of the record-keeping in medicine has transitioned to digital means.

  Innovation