Findings from the Journal of Lancaster General Hospital — Fall 2026
Explore the Fall 2026 JLGH issue featuring new clinical research, practical care insights, case studies, and CME credit opportunities.
The Fall 2026 issue of JLGH, the Journal of Lancaster General Hospital, is written by members of the Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health medical staff and other clinicians in central Pennsylvania. The Journal contains scientific articles on new clinical research and recent technological introductions.
JLGH has been published quarterly for more than two decades as a “Record of Medical Progress.” The print edition is distributed to more than 6,500 physicians and nursing leaders, as well as others concerned with health care in central Pennsylvania. The Journal’s mission is to be an educational resource that furthers the highest standards in the science, practice, and art of delivering health care.
Now available, the Fall 2026 issue is representative of the breadth of clinical interests at LG Health. The following abstracts are drawn from this edition, which also contains articles about policy issues, public health, medical history, and novel treatment approaches.
Safe Mobility for Life | The Driving Edition
- Alison Mercier, MD
Associate Program Director, Geriatrics
Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health Physicians - Olivia Hilal, MD
Geriatric Medicine Fellow
Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health Physicians
From the LGHP Geriatrics Fellowship Program, guidance and objective tools for primary care providers managing older adults who drive. Pearls include screening tools (the “4 Cs” for assessing and counseling the older adult driver); clinical assessment of driving related skills (vision, cognition, and motor/sensory deficits); and analysis and intervention guidance. At Penn Medicine LG Health, the latter involves a comprehensive assessment, clinical recommendations and, if needed, driving cessation and post-cessation guidance.
Mucocutaneous changes in a nine-year-old boy
- Alec Karousatos
Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA - Kimberly Shumaker, MD
Family Medicine Residency Program, Penn Medicine LG Health - Megan Durham, MD
CHOP Pediatric Hospitalists at LG Health
A case report concerning the hospitalization of a child exhibiting fever and worsening mucocutaneous involvement following multiple courses of antibiotic therapy for left lower-lobe community-acquired pneumonia. Includes a review of the diagnosis (reactive infectious mucocutaneous eruption, or RIME), and an elucidation of the child’s successful treatment and management, with lessons for clinicians encountering similar cases.
Top tips from family practice
- Alan S. Peterson, MD
Emeritus Director, Environmental and Community Medicine
Walter L. Aument Family Health Center
Pertaining to issues of concern to primary care providers, this segment presents a clinical overview of giant cell arteritis in primary care, the integration of drinking water safety into routine practice, breast infection guidelines—including mastitis and abscesses—and a consideration of a study evaluating the effect of the high-dose flu vaccine on Alzheimer dementia risk in patients aged 65 years and older.
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