Early this fall, Geisinger implemented a policy that grants 80 hours of paid military leave. LVB talked to a military reservist who lobbied for the benefit.

Despite an increasing drug death rate and high levels of air pollution, Pennsylvania kept the same ranking for the third year in the row in United Health Foundation’s 2019 America Health Rankings.

A new imaging system built into WellSpan York Hospital’s Cardiac Catheterization Lab is expected to help the hospital provide safer, faster and more accurate heart and vascular treatments.

Penn State Health’s incoming vice president for medical affairs and staff development is expected to lead in the recruitment of staff for the system’s new Hampden Medical Center when it opens in 2021, according to officials.

WellSpan Health’s York-based family medicine practice doubled in size and extended its hours during a recent expansion.

Geisinger Holy Spirit is moving five primary care and pediatric doctors in South Middleton Township, Cumberland County, to a new facility at 340 York Road.

Pennsylvania’s nurse practitioners could operate practices without collaborating with a physician if the state House approves a bill by the end of next year.

People who have survived or are living with cancer are more likely to die from a stroke than the general public, according to new research from Penn State Health’s Penn State College of Medicine.

Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health opened an urgent care location in Elizabethtown in its newly renovated Norlanco outpatient facility.

The booming wearables market is transforming the health care industry as patients use smartphone apps, the Apple Watch, Fitbits and Garmins to track their heart rate, check for heart arrhythmia, and monitor physical activity, sleep patterns and hydration. And they’re getting smarter.

Patricia Fonzi, 49, joined the Family Health Council of Central Pennsylvania in 1997 as director of development. She later became vice president of customer service and relationship management, and has been the organization’s president and CEO since 2015.

A former Penn State Health clinical psychologist opened a new practice in Derry Township focused on pediatric mental health.

Harvest Health & Recreation Inc. opened its Harrisburg dispensary on Tuesday. It’s the Phoenix-based cannabis company’s fifth in Pennsylvania.

The developer of a Cumberland County technology park that is home to one hospital and adjacent to another, plans to build a medical office nearby to capitalize on the area’s growing health care industry.

Penn State Health will build a new interfaith chapel in Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center’s courtyard, using a $1 million contribution from the family of a former patient.