Harrisburg-based independent marketing and communications firm PrepTalk expanded into a new service after President and CEO Heather Zell received a compliment from a client, opening her eyes to something she could offer businesses. 

Penn State Health released an advisory Thursday asking the public to not go to the system’s emergency departments for COVID-19 testing, citing an influx of patients at Penn State Health hospitals. 

Penn State Health Life Lion’s first group of emergency medical technicians (EMTs) is set to graduate from the emergency medical services (EMS) company’s new four-month training program this month—a first for the company as it works to tackle staffing shortages. 

Penn State Health hired its first-ever vice president and chief learning officer this week. 

Amid yet another rise in COVID-19 patient numbers in hospitals, the midstate’s hospital systems recognize that they will need to continue to reinvent everything from how they deliver care to the part they play in the supply chain. 

Penn State Health plans to launch an at-home health care service that includes hospital and skilled nursing care through a partnership with Highmark Health and Nashville-based high-acuity home care company Contessa. 

Surgery Center of Lancaster, a 17,000-square-foot surgical center of 26 surgeons, was recently purchased through a partnership of the center’s owners, Penn State Health and ValueHealth. 

Penn State Health Hampden Medical Center opened Friday morning after breaking ground in early 2019. 

The president and CEO of two Chester County hospitals will be leaving her role to help lead Penn State Health’s incoming Lancaster Medical Center as its senior vice president and chief operating officer.

Three regional hospitals are recognized as top performers in the annual ranking by U.S. News & World Report.

Penn State Health opened two new outpatient locations in Harrisburg, which the Hershey-based health system says will enhance access to its primary and specialty care services in the midstate.

A Virginia-based health care executive is set to take the role of executive vice president and COO at Penn State Health this summer.

Penn State Health is set to replace 70% of the imaging equipment throughout its system in the next five years through a partnership with Erlangen, Germany-based Siemens Healthineers.

No COVID-19 playbook was sitting on Pennsylvania’s hospital leaders’ shelves when cases began to spread into the Commonwealth last year. It had to be built through collaboration between hospitals and first-hand experience.

Susquehanna Valley Emergency Medical Services (SVEMS) and Penn State Health have signed a letter of intent for SVEMS to join Penn State Health this summer.