WellSpan 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...
View ArticleWellSpan Health offers online pharmacy service for birth control
As patients receive more of their health care online, WellSpan Health is offering Madeline, a convenient online pharmacy service for women to receive birth control.Madeline is a stand-alone website,...
View ArticleLocal business returns the favor during COVID-19 battle with one of the...
BAE Systems typically works to manufacture products for our armed forces to support our national defense. As the COVID-19 pandemic swept across the country, they found some of their employees under...
View ArticleYork Hospital Auxiliary donates thousands of books to children following...
For more than 60 years, crowds of shoppers have filled the York City Ice Arena and other York City locations for the annual Book Nook Bonanza. The largest used book sale on the East Coast raises tens...
View ArticleHeart care team puts their hearts into mask production
In the WellSpan Chambersburg Hospital Catheterization Lab, you can expect to hear the beeps and rings of heart monitors and medical equipment. However, these days you’ll also hear the buzzing of six...
View ArticleWellSpan Philhaven groups to offer coping skills for college students during...
Oh, the joys of college! You have the delicious freedom of being on your own, social outings with groups of friends, late-night gab sessions with roommates and opportunities to figure out your path in...
View ArticleWellSpan Pharmacy team donates customized face masks to Fairfield Area High...
Looking for a way of supporting senior students at nearby Fairfield Area High School during the COVID-19 pandemic, the WellSpan Pharmacy has donated customized face masks to members of this year’s...
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Redeployed WellSpan workers learn new tasks, find new joys during pandemic
A WellSpan audiologist has spent busy days emptying trash, gathering dirty linens, sanitizing equipment and restocking supplies in the Cardiovascular/Intensive Care Unit at WellSpan Good Samaritan...
View ArticleWellSpan Executive VP thanks local kindergartener for $500 donation
Budget reports, executive meetings and conference calls fill WellSpan Executive Vice President Patrick O’Donnell’s schedule, but this week one phone call in particular made the top of his “to do” list....
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WellSpan Health unites with community partners to care for vulnerable...
Imagine the challenges if you are homeless or living in temporary housing and starting to exhibit the fever, cough and other symptoms of coronavirus. How can you isolate from others if you are living...
View ArticleFirst responders honor WellSpan York Hospital staff with parade
Dozens of fire, police and EMS vehicles lined up at WellSpan York Hospital on Tuesday morning to honor the staff for all of their hard work during the COVID-19 pandemic. Physicians, advanced practice...
View ArticleWound, Ostomy, and Continence Nurse Gets Certified to Give Back
Since she was in elementary school, Laurie Miller knew she wanted to be a nurse. Even though, she says, she used to cry whenever she would see the school nurse—a formidable older woman in a starched,...
View ArticleSharing your care wishes – an important step in preparing to fight COVID-19
As we continue to hear about people who have had COVID-19, both the remarkable recoveries and the unfortunate tragedies, it's clear that at any point in time a medical crisis could leave you too ill to...
View ArticleWellSpan Health appoints new Executive Vice President and Chief Physician...
WellSpan Health has named Anthony Aquilina, D.O., as executive vice president and chief physician executive for the health system. He will join WellSpan in July.Aquilina will come to WellSpan after...
View ArticleExperts: No woman should die from Cervical Cancer
CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. - As most people relate the month of January to a fresh start to work towards their New Year's resolutions; local health experts are resolving to spread more awareness about the risks...
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