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Patients, guests, and staff can now enjoy some botanical artwork and get a glimpse of history all while dining in the cafeteria at Pennsylvania Hospital. Adorning the walls are reproductions, fea...

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Antibiotics are vital to the practice of modern medicine. They make many things that we take for granted today - like surgery - possible but like anything else, too much of a good thing can be ba...

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Spending a holiday in the hospital is hard for both patients and their loved ones, but, thanks to the HEADstrong Foundation, Thanksgiving on HUP’s oncology floors – Rhoads 3,6, and 7, and Dul...

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For hundreds of years, spirituality and religion played significant roles in medicine. Indeed, the church originally issued medical licenses to physicians, many of whom were monks or priests. The...

http://news.pennmedicine.org/inside/2016/11/spirituality-and-medicine-refocusing-on-an-ancient-connection.html

The results are in: Penn Presbyterian Medical Center won “Top Hospital” in the Hospital Association of Pennsylvania’s Donate Life challenge (HAP) to raise awareness about organ and tissue d...

http://news.pennmedicine.org/inside/2016/11/ppmc-takes-1st-in-hap-donate-life-campaign.html

“Talented, innovative, bringing excellence to everything they do. Trusted, respected, valued. Welcoming and comforting” These were just some of the glowing adjectives Carolyn Jackson, COO, re...

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Nurses from Pennsylvania Hospital joined colleagues from across the country for the 2016 American Nurses Credentialing Center National Magnet Conference, which took place in Orlando, Florida in O...

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For the second consecutive term, Penn Presbyterian has earned Magnet recognition from the American Nurses Credentialing Center, a designation that puts them in the top tier of healthcare faciliti...

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Nurses are responsible for direct patient care on a unit – but a bevy of supplies and equipment help them to ensure the very best outcomes for patients. This is where support associates come in...

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