Blog Topic: Community

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  ‘Tis the Season for Service

  December 22, 2017

  Penn Medicine is proud to have employees who are committed to making a meaningful mark on their local communities, and while their enthusiasm for sharing their knowledge, expertise, and compassion spans all year round, there is undoubtedly something especially "magical" about giving back during the "most wonderful time of the year."

  Penn CAREs General Interest Community
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  Tech Habits that can Change Your Health

  September 27, 2017

  Our lives, our careers, our homes are now dependent on technology, and all the time we spend using it can have a negative impact on our health. The overuse of digital technology can hurt your eyes, your posture and your ability to get a good night’s sleep.

  General Interest Community Orthopaedics Ophthalmology
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  Saving Our Sox for the Homeless

  August 21, 2017

  Anyone who’s ever been a patient in a hospital is most likely familiar with nonslip socks. Some patients take the socks home with them — but, most often, the socks are left behind and then thrown out after just a single wear. A new initiative at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania is slowly changing that scenario, repurposing the socks for the homeless.

  Penn CAREs Public Health Community
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  “So, a Surgeon Walks Into a Zoo…” – A Wild Delivery Story That’s No Joke

  July 05, 2017

  On Friday, June 2, an unlikely group of local medical professionals assembled Avengers-style at the Philadelphia Zoo to bring its newest addition into the world: a five pound baby western lowland gorilla. On the scene with the multidisciplinary group was Sean P. Harbison, MD, chief of General Surgery at Penn Presbyterian Medical Center.

  General Interest Community Surgery
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  Unity in Community

  May 19, 2017

  After a winter that felt like it could last forever, spring is in full swing. For some, spring means flowers (and sometimes allergies), baseball, and rain showers, but for Penn Medicine, it’s one of the busiest seasons for health fairs, 5K fundraisers, and other community events. One of those 5K fundraisers held earlier this month was the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania’s inaugural “Nurses Week” 5K.

  Nursing Community
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  Philly’s Opportunity to Address Health Disparities Through Research Funding

  February 17, 2017

  Last month, Gary H. Gibbons, MD, director of the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the National Institutes of Health, delivered a keynote address to explain existing opportunities in funding, and outlined the institute’s vision for future funding of research.

  Community Diversity Research
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  Raising Spirits Throughout the Holiday Season

  January 09, 2017

  Reaching out into our communities to improve the lives of those less fortunate is one of Penn Medicine’s highest priorities. But giving back takes on a special significance during the holiday season.

  Community Addiction Aging Family Medicine and Community Health Home Hospice and Palliative Care
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  What’s in a Flu Vaccine

  December 28, 2016

  If you’re a person that gets a flu shot every year, chances are you have received it by now, along with the millions of others in the United States who have also been vaccinated. According to Centers for Disease Control survey data collected through early November 2016, forty percent of people have received a flu vaccine so far this year. Although getting the shot is simple enough, what goes into the vaccine, from a biological perspective to a policy point of view, is anything but.

  Basic Science Community Immunology Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
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  The Season of Giving Lasts 365 Days a Year

  December 16, 2016

  Twenty-six percent of Philadelphians live in poverty—the highest among the 10 most populous cities in the United States. Seeing this need, Penn Medicine staff and students work year-round to support the communities in which Penn Medicine calls home. Here, we review a few of the programs that change the lives of our patients, neighbors, and shape our communities for years to come.

  Community Penn CAREs
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  Melding Music and Medicine

  December 07, 2016

  Music plays a huge part of what we do at Penn Medicine. You just have to be on the lookout for it, is all. You’re not going to mistake our hallways for the stage anytime soon, but we utilize music around here in some subtle, entertaining, and/or wonderful ways.

  Community Hospice Human Interest Patient Care Neurodegenerative Diseases