WellSpan nurse starts non-profit for Ethiopian town she grew up in
Growing up in poverty in Ethiopia, registered nurse Wegayhu Ketema dreamt of what it would be like to help the people of her community. She lived in a single room home with no running water. She would...
View ArticleWITF hosts virtual community event featuring authors Sheryl Sandberg and Adam...
Transforming Health, a WITF initiative in partnership with Capital BlueCross and WellSpan Health, announced the selection of the 2020 Summer Read, “Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience and...
View ArticleHomemade bracelet business benefits WellSpan Chambersburg Hospital nurses...
Like many young people this time of year, Haylee and Aubrey are going back to school. This year, these girls are going back to class as businesswomen, philanthropists, and new friends to the nursing...
View ArticleWellSpan WARM Line offers 24/7 support for addiction recovery
Drug addiction touches the lives of so many people in addition to those struggling with a substance abuse disorder. Dr. Mitchell Crawford can attest to that.Crawford, WellSpan Health’s director of...
View ArticleHelping to heal: WellSpan employee walked beside Flight 93 responders after 9-11
Two days after Sept. 11, 2001, Alice Hinkle drove out to Shanksville, Pa., where a plane hijacked by terrorists had nose-dived into a rural field.For the next week, Hinkle, a nurse auditor for WellSpan...
View ArticleLocal Couple shares gratitude to WellSpan York Hospital NICU team
On March 30, Kimberly Hoke and her husband Doug headed into WellSpan Waynesboro Hospital’s Emergency Department. Kimberly, 25 weeks pregnant, was experiencing some pain. She hoped for a quick...
View ArticleDiscover the Nurse Residency Program at WellSpan Health
WellSpan Health offers a nurse residency program for new nursing graduates to support and guide those at the beginning of their career. Chris Burns, RN, shares his journey to becoming involved in the...
View ArticleWellSpan-Summit Board of Directors dedicates WellSpan Health Campus building...
Last week, the WellSpan-Summit Board of Directors, joined by WellSpan President and CEO, Roxanna Gapstur, Ph.D, R.N., dedicated WellSpan Health Campus, Building 2, as the Patrick O'Donnell Pavilion in...
View ArticleThree Nursing students receive funds to follow in compassionate footsteps of...
The pandemic has brought to light the amazing strength, grit, determination and compassion that nurses need.The late Kristin Runyon, who was a nurse at WellSpan Chambersburg Hospital, embodied all of...
View ArticleCapital BlueCross Connect Opens on WellSpan Chambersburg Campus
Continuing their mutual commitment to building healthier communities, Capital BlueCross and WellSpan Health today marked the opening of a new Capital BlueCross Connect health and wellness center at the...
View ArticleForbes ranks WellSpan among best employers in Pennsylvania
WellSpan Health is proud to be recognized in the Forbes’ list of the 100 best employers in Pennsylvania, with the health system ranking No. 24 this year.Forbes, one of the nation’s leading business...
View ArticleEphrata couple both hospitalized for COVID at WellSpan Ephrata Community...
Of the couple, married 38 years, Tom Stokes was stricken with COVID first. Within a week, he was running a 104-degree fever. He was so nauseous he couldn't eat. He was so weak he could barely stand. He...
View ArticleWellSpan Health, Air Methods announce launch of WellFlight air ambulance
WellSpan Health, an integrated health system that serves the communities of central Pennsylvania and northern Maryland and Air Methods, a leading air medical service in the U.S., have jointly launched...
View ArticleTechnology and innovation help WellSpan patient overcome prostate cancer
Karl Fieldhouse is no stranger to cancer. His wife is a two-time cancer survivor. So, when blood tests found him with high prostate-specific antigen (PSA) numbers, he had a sinking feeling of what to...
View Article‘The very best of WellSpan women’: Carrie Willetts wins ATHENA Award from...
Carrie Willetts, senior vice president of WellSpan Health, is the 2020 winner of the ATHENA award from the Lancaster Chamber.The ATHENA award is a national recognition that celebrates the potential of...
View ArticleCertified Nurse-Midwife Shares Her Experience at WellSpan OB/GYN
Katherine Johnson, a Certified Nurse-Midwife at WellSpan OB/GYN in Gettysburg, did not always dream about a career as a “baby catcher.” In fact, she did not even consider a career in midwifery until...
View ArticleWellSpan Health now offering drive-up and socially distant flu vaccines
To encourage social distancing and provide a safe environment for patients, WellSpan Health is changing the way flu vaccines are given at the office. In some places, the vaccine can be given from the...
View ArticleInfor/Lawson Unavailable 7:00 PM to 7:30 PM on 10/7/2021
Infor/Lawson Unavailable 7:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. on Thursday 10/07/2021 Lawson will be unavailable for short period on 10/07/21 from 7:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. while a server is rebooted to engage Windows...
View ArticleInformation Systems Maintenance
Information Systems Maintenance The following systems will be unavailable during application of security patches on for approximately one hour beginning at the times listed below: Monday,...
View ArticleThree Nursing students receive funds to follow in compassionate footsteps of...
The pandemic has brought to light the amazing strength, grit, determination and compassion that nurses need.The late Kristin Runyon, who was a nurse at WellSpan Chambersburg Hospital, embodied all of...
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