New healthcare offerings, expanding our footprint
Our commitment to expanding and enhancing care means more services are now available in patients’ own communities, with shorter wait times and greater convenience. New clinics and specialized outpatient services bring high-quality treatments closer to home, making healthcare more accessible than ever. By embracing innovative technology and continuously improving our care delivery models, we aim to provide faster, more personalized care so patients can focus on what matters most: their health and recovery.
First in the world, next generation proton therapy supported by state-of-the-art technology
World-Class innovation, close to home: Our next-generation proton therapy offers a highly precise, focused radiation treatment that targets tumors while reducing impact on surrounding healthy tissue, helping minimize side effects. As the first center globally to launch this all-digital Outpatient Proton therapy system, Lancaster General Health brings top-tier cancer treatment directly to our community, supported by advanced technology from Penn Medicine.
Pioneering CAR-T at Lancaster General Health, delivering groundbreaking outpatient cancer therapy
Accessible, innovative cancer care: Lancaster General Health (LGH) became the world’s first community hospital to offer CAR-T therapy as an outpatient treatment, reducing the need for hospital stays and making advanced care more convenient for patients.
Information Services used the EHR application’s foundation tools to help create documentation tools for all of the staff involved in the patient’s CAR-T journey to document directly in the EHR.
- Information Services played a pivotal role in Penn Medicine’s CAR-T program, collaborating with the Cellular Therapy team to design workflows, clinical documentation tools, and operational policies.
- Using EHR foundation tools, they developed resources like CAR-T Oncology Treatment Plans, task checklists, reporting templates, infusion flowsheets for charge capture, and order sets for toxicity management.
Expanding treatment and partnerships: New therapies will soon allow more patients to benefit from CAR-T at LGH, including an expanded program for lymphoma and myeloma.
Penn Medicine at home merger expands home care services, integrated technology aligns care
Expanded access to care: Penn Medicine at Home now offers home infusion therapy services in Lancaster, improving access to specialty medications for local patients.
Seamless, streamlined care: Information Services integrated two locations onto a single platform, improving communication, and enabling consistent, high-quality care for home infusion therapy patients.
Technology outfitted to support new gift of life donor center
Maximizing donor gifts: Information Services implemented advanced EHR configurations to streamline workflows across the donor lifecycle. A new clinical space and advanced technologies allowed for more efficient organ recovery, turning more potential donations into life-saving transplants.
Increased organ availability: The new donor center and technology enabled quicker organ acceptance, increasing the number of organs available for transplant by 594%. Nearly 900 organs were successfully transplanted, providing hope and life-saving opportunities for patients in need of critical organs.
Penn Medicine’s primary care network expands through population health
Improved care and coordination: By expanding Penn Medicine’s primary care network with our Population Health partner, patients benefit from more coordinated care, better management of chronic conditions, and personalized treatment plans.
Seamless collaboration for smarter care: Penn Medicine integrated its EHR with a population health analytics vendor and established a collaborative virtual workspace, enabling real-time data sharing and coordination to support care teams with critical patient insights.
More streamlined visits: Enhancements to the EHR system make annual wellness visits more efficient, allowing providers to spend more time on care rather than paperwork, ultimately improving the patient’s experience.
Lancaster General Health introduces medication management clinics to the region
Improving patient access and affordability: Lancaster General Health’s new pharmacy clinics help patients save over $300,000 in medication copays each month through financial assistance programs, making medications more affordable.
Innovative pharmacy solutions for better patient outcomes: The EHR was enhanced with technology tools for streamlined medication access, care plans, and billing to support pharmacist-driven education and services at LGH clinics.
Personalized medication support: The pharmacy clinics offer one-on-one education and therapy management, helping patients navigate medications and enhance their health outcomes.