WellSpan Health doctors urge community not to ignore emergency care needs...
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues across the United States, WellSpan Health is urging community members not to ignore emergency medical matters that may arise.Since late March, hospital officials have...
View ArticleWellSpan Health announces clinical collaboration with CVS Health
WellSpan Health today announced a new clinical collaboration agreement with CVS Health aimed at enhancing access to high-quality, affordable healthcare services for central Pennsylvania...
View ArticleWellSpan hospitals earns an A in safety
Three WellSpan hospitals have earned an A safety grade from Leapfrog, an independent national watchdog organization, in its spring report.The WellSpan hospitals that earned A grades include:WellSpan...
View ArticleWhile at home: Sit tall and MOVE!
We are hunched over our laptops at the kitchen table as we work from home. We are spending lots of time binge-watching TV or endlessly scrolling through our phones while lying on our sofas during the...
View ArticleTwo WellSpan primary care providers share experiences
A key instinct for any physician is to bring a patient back to good health.As WellSpan continued through its COVID-19 journey, some of the primary care providers strongly felt the urge to step...
View ArticleAfter a 20-day hospital stay: Best wishes Orlando!
For 20 days, a team of nurses, respiratory technicians, physicians and others cared for Nester Sanmartin at WellSpan Ephrata Community Hospital, where he was in respiratory failure in intensive care,...
View ArticleLocal car dealer finds unique way to donate to WellSpan’s front line workers
As the COVID-19 pandemic hit Pennsylvania, health systems like WellSpan grew busier in treating patients. At the same time, some businesses, like car dealerships, were forced to temporarily close.Dean...
View ArticleCelebrating National Nurses Month
Although we celebrate National Nurses Week every year at WellSpan Health, the event is even more important as our dedicated nurses care for our patients during the COVID-19 pandemic. For this reason,...
View ArticleCelebrating International Day of the Midwife
Our certified nurse-midwives play a large role in the health of our community's women, both when they are expecting and delivering a baby and for routine healthcare. We thank our nurse-midwives for...
View ArticleYork County woman is WellSpan Health’s first blood plasma donor for...
Weeks after her COVID-19 diagnosis, Megan Hoard of York County walked into the Apple Hill Medical Center to donate her blood plasma, becoming the first plasma donor for COVID-19 treatment at a WellSpan...
View ArticleFormer nurse donates more than 80 leggings to WellSpan York Hospital to thank...
A former nurse donated more than 80 pairs of leggings to WellSpan’s York Hospital this past weekend to thank the medical teams who took care of her NICU baby.Katelyn Alban of Dover is a stay-at-home...
View ArticleWelcoming a newborn in a COVID-19 outbreak
By Rebecca HanlonNote: This is a first-person account of a WellSpan York Hospital mother's delivery of a baby during COVID-19.“I can’t believe you did that with a mask on,” the midwife said as she...
View ArticleCause for celebration: 90-year-old Franklin County man discharged from...
Don Garling has survived a lot in his life. The 90-year-old Mont Alto resident overcame a fight with colon cancer more than a decade ago, is constantly managing diabetes and suffered a heart attack...
View ArticleSpring allergies or COVID-19?
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 50 million Americans suffer from allergies each year. The most common reactions include sneezing, coughing and itching. However,...
View ArticleWellSpan Health announces executive salary reductions
WellSpan Health today announced that its CEO and executive team will accept salary reductions in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.Effective this month, and lasting for 12 weeks, WellSpan President and...
View ArticleWellSpan Health, Letterkenny partner on the frontlines of COVID-19
There was no script or plan etched in stone that had simple answers or even protocol as potential supply shortages loomed ahead of WellSpan Health’s COVID-19 journey.Instead, leaders within the...
View Article‘I almost did not see another birthday’
The last thing Tammy Sullivan remembers was lying in her hospital bed, staring blankly at the call bell in her room at WellSpan Good Samaritan Hospital. A nurse for 29 years, Sullivan is very familiar...
View ArticleWellSpan Health earns John M. Eisenberg Patient Safety and Quality Award
WellSpan Health has achieved a preeminent national award in patient safety and quality, making it the first Pennsylvania health system to achieve the prestigious honor in 15 years.The Joint Commission...
View ArticleWellSpan York Hospital leveraging innovative remote video capabilities to...
In today’s COVID-19 world, even complex heart procedures can now be performed with at least some social distancing, thanks to new high-tech capabilities at WellSpan York Hospital.WellSpan cardiologists...
View ArticleFayetteville, Shippensburg EMS providers receive Slow the Spread grants
Two EMS providers were recently awarded grants through WellSpan Health to help better protect staff and patients throughout the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond.Shippensburg EMS was awarded $9,620 for...
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