WellSpan Summit Health receives $500,000 of grant money for health campus
CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. - A half-million-dollar grant through the Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program (RACP) will allow WellSpan Summit Health to continue to make improvements to a large medical campus,...
View ArticlePicking and Prescribing Veggies for Complete Patient Health
Employees from WellSpan Summit Health traded in their scrubs and white coats for jeans, T-shirts and boots. In a series of gleaning events, they went from the exam room to the farm to help ensure...
View ArticleSharing Culture and Henna Designs
Health care providers are often known for their healing hands but through a delicate web of intricate design, one WellSpan Summit Health provider showed her artistic hand, while lending a hand to her...
View ArticleNew advanced care options now available in Shippensburg
Patients in Cumberland County now have additional care options close to home. The WellSpan Shippensburg Health Campus will open Monday offering Cardiology, OB/GYN, General Surgery, Pulmonary and Sleep...
View ArticleWellSpan Greencastle Health Center is Well Positioned to enhance health care...
GREENCASTLE, Pa. - The WellSpan Greencastle Health Center is opening Sept. 9 at 24 Antrim Commons Drive - making it well-positioned to provide the expert, compassionate health care Greencastle and...
View ArticleWellSpan Chambersburg Hospital offers support to local police training facility
CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. - The men and women in blue, who diligently serve and protect Chambersburg, are getting some needed back-up from community partners as they plan for a new training facility to better...
View ArticleLongtime Waynesboro nurse, Barb Bock, receives lifetime DAISY award
WAYNESBORO, Pa. - When an employee retires, they typically receive some cards, kind words from their colleagues and maybe some cake.When Waynesboro resident and longtime WellSpan Waynesboro Hospital...
View ArticleRobotic surgery allows local man to return to retirement following cancer...
Larry Mellott doesn't let much stop him from enjoying his retirement. A mechanic all his life, Mellott now spends free time helping at his buddy's butcher shop, or outdoors hunting and fishing. In...
View ArticleWellSpan York Hospital again earns elite Comprehensive Stroke Center status
WellSpan York Hospital again earns elite Comprehensive Stroke Center status WellSpan York Hospital has once again earned the elite designation of Comprehensive Stroke Center – a status shared by only 4...
View ArticleWellSpan Health Heart & Vascular team celebrates milestone 200th Watchman...
WellSpan York Hospital physicians have implanted their 200th Watchman, a device that helps reduce the risk for stroke for patients with atrial fibrillation (A-fib), a condition that can cause blood to...
View ArticleRelocated WellSpan Pediatric Rehabilitation in York County gives kids more...
WellSpan Pediatric Rehabilitation, formerly located at WellSpan York Hospital, has moved to the Queensgate Shopping Center at 2009 Springwood Road, Suite A, in York – tripling the size of the practice...
View ArticleEmployee turns to employer for care along breast-cancer journey
CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. – Just one month before her scheduled 2018 mammogram, WellSpan Summit Health employee Steph Wilkes felt something that didn’t seem right.“In November of 2018, I detected a small lump...
View ArticleWellSpan hospitals achieve Leapfrog ‘A’ designation
Three WellSpan hospitals have earned an A safety grade from Leapfrog, an independent national watchdog organization, in its fall report.The WellSpan hospitals that earned A grades include:WellSpan...
View ArticleTemporary traffic changes planned for Apple Hill Health Campus
Patients and visitors to the Apple Hill Health Campus in York Township will experience temporary traffic changes as a result of ongoing construction of the expanding WellSpan York Cancer...
View ArticleCancer support group helps massage at Adams Cancer Center
The physical and emotional benefits of massage for cancer patients are extensive, including improved relaxation, sleep and circulation and decreased pain, anxiety and nausea. Thanks to the generosity...
View ArticleUnconventional patients offer unique training for the next generation of...
The clinical staff members at WellSpan Ephrata Community Hospital are developing and enhancing their patient care skills with two unconventional patients.They breathe, their hearts beat and they make...
View ArticleLebanon resident’s generosity funds the gift of massage for cancer patients
The physical and emotional benefits of massage for cancer patients are extensive, including improved relaxation, sleep and circulation, and decreased pain, anxiety and nausea.Thanks to the generosity...
View ArticleAdvanced specialty care for seniors comes to Lebanon County
As we age, health concerns such as arthritis, heart disease, Alzheimer’s and respiratory disease become more prevalent. Geriatricians are specialists who help older adults prevent or manage the...
View ArticleEasy access to advanced specialty care now in western York County
Western York County residents now have easier access to advanced specialty care thanks to three WellSpan medical offices at 1695 Roosevelt Ave., Suite B, in Manchester Township. The new facility, which...
View ArticleExpansion will bring comprehensive, integrated cancer care under one roof
This summer, WellSpan broke ground on the construction of an approximately 67,100-square-foot addition to the WellSpan York Cancer Center. Once completed, the new cancer center will boast nearly 84,000...
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