Spirits were high as Pennsylvania Hospital honored the care and commitment of its staff at the 54TH Annual Employee Service Awards. This year, we recognized more than 390 employees who have achieved from 5 years to as many as 45 years of service.
The winner of the 2017 Hubschman Award is Christina Constans, RN, from PAH’s Cardiology Team. For more than 27 years, Constans has been a dedicated member of the PAH family, offering her patients compassion and quality care while serving as a tremendous resource to her colleagues.
Across the United States, there are more than 121,000 people on the organ transplant list and 5,700 of those people live right here in Philadelphia. But to a person who is waiting for a lifesaving organ and their loved ones, the only number that matters is one. That one generous donation that will give someone else the chance to live.
Pennsylvania Hospital has received the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Get With The Guidelines®-Stroke Gold Plus Achievement Award with Target: StrokeSM Honor Roll Elite Plus.
Get a jump start on family fun this summer with discounted movie, zoo, and theme park tickets!
Quality health care isn’t just about machines, medicine, and diagnoses – it’s also about the relationships between patients and care providers. To help foster those relationships, Chief Nursing Officer Mary Del Guidice MSN, BS, RN, CENP and her team developed a cohesive approach to the patient experience at Pennsylvania Hospital.
For nearly 20 years, Shirley White has been one of the first faces to greet guests and patients entering Pennsylvania Hospital. Since 1998, White has volunteered at the PAH welcome desk, offering visitors a familiar face and smile each time they pass through the hospital doors, whether they are a patient, visiting a loved one, or taking an historic tour of the grounds.
Please join the Pennsylvania Hospital community and Gift of Life to celebrate the lifesaving benefits of organ donation and the positive impact that it has on others.
Pennsylvania Hospital has received the Get With The Guidelines®-Heart Failure Silver Plus Quality Achievement Award for implementing specific quality improvement measures outlined by the American Heart Association/American College of Cardiology Foundation’s secondary prevention guidelines for patients with heart failure.
As part of the Philadelphia Science Festival’s “Be a Scientist” Sunday last month, PAH welcomed nearly 100 guests – from young kids to inquisitive seniors – interested in learning what it was like to be a scientist in the 18th and 19th century.
