Blog List - Penn Medicine

A Chorus of Connections

May 12, 2020

At a time when individuals are being asked to socially distance, music is helping people connect like never before. For staff at Penn Medicine, one program is making this abundantly clear.

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Cancer Treatment and the Cost of Time

March 17, 2020

In some cases, time is not something patients have in large supply. That’s especially true for cancer patients transitioning into palliative care.

Cancer Hospice

Veterans Indulge in the Wonders of Nature

August 13, 2019

Every other Saturday morning for the past couple of years, Wise, Vice President of Finance at Chester County Hospital, has spent two or three hours with the veterans who occupy the hospice at the medical center. Much of the time, he just listens.

Hospice

The Creative Scientist, the Scientific Creative

April 03, 2017

Before starting here, I didn’t put much thought into the fact that the lady who performs joint replacements by day could also be performing Spanish guitar at open mic nights. My experience here has, of course, taught me otherwise: Creative minds are everywhere. In retrospect, though, it’s a lesson I could have learned without such experience. History has shown us creativity and medicine make good bedfellows.

General Interest Hospice Human Interest Cancer

Melding Music and Medicine

December 07, 2016

Music plays a huge part of what we do at Penn Medicine. You just have to be on the lookout for it, is all. You’re not going to mistake our hallways for the stage anytime soon, but we utilize music around here in some subtle, entertaining, and/or wonderful ways.

Community Hospice Human Interest Patient Care Neurodegenerative Diseases

Cadence for the Heart and Soul

May 16, 2016

I first heard Molly G. Hicks, MMT, MT-BC, perform a song last December at Penn Wissahickon Hospice’s annual “Light Up a Life” tree lighting ceremony. Each light on the tree honored a patient, friend or other individual dear to someone in attendance. The music therapist and bereavement coordinator at Penn...