To further accelerate its growth, xG Health Solutions™ today appointed Andrew Blackmon as its chief sales and business development officer.
The full merger and integration of Lewistown Hospital into Geisinger Health System has received final approval from the Pennsylvania Attorney General and the Pennsylvania Department of Health.
Geisinger Health System’s Genomic Medicine Institute has been approved to receive a $1.4 million research award from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) to study how best to share genomic lab results with patients. The study is part of a portfolio of projects that will advance the field of patient-centered comparative effectiveness research and provide patients with information that will help them make better-informed decisions about their care.
Geisinger Health System has announced the formation of the Geisinger Institute for Advanced Application (GIAA) that will utilize Geisinger’s unique model and cross-disciplinary expertise to make significant, tangible contributions to improving health care quality and outcomes for patients, providers, payers and employers.
Four Geisinger Health System researchers have taken center stage in the national arena of genomics thanks to new funding from the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), an arm of the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Insights of several research teams actively engaged in integrating genomic medicine into the electronic health record are featured in the October 2013 issue of Genetics in Medicine.
Researchers from Geisinger’s Henry Hood Center for Health Research and Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health have for the first time found an association between living in proximity to high-density livestock production and community-acquired infections with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, commonly known as MRSA.
Geisinger researchers have developed a simple scoring system (DiaRem), based on four readily available preoperative patient characteristics, that can predict which candidates for gastric bypass surgery are likely to achieve Type 2 diabetes remission within 5 years. A predictive model is likely to help patients and clinicians better manage the disease and could even save lives.
Geisinger Health System (GHS), Danville, Pa., and Holy Spirit Health System, Camp Hill, Pa., announced today the signing of a letter of intent to explore ways the healthcare organizations can work together to benefit healthcare in southcentral Pennsylvania.
Residents of California’s Central Coast will soon reap the benefits of a newly formed healthcare partnership that aims to advance quality while driving down costs thanks to an innovative healthcare delivery model known as the patient-centered medical home.
To support its rapid growth, xG Health Solutions’™ Chief Executive Officer Earl Steinberg, MD, today announced the addition of four executives to his leadership team.
A recent report by The Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania (HAP) indicates Geisinger Health System has an annual $6.1 billion positive impact on the local, regional and statewide economy.
Thursday’s Supreme Court ruling that human genes cannot be patented is a major victory for patients.
Findings could have implications in treatment of hereditary neuropathy.
Geisinger Health System announced plans to partner with Indivumed, a leading provider of services enabling individualized cancer therapy.
Health system embraces OpenNotes® to get patients involved in care.
Study will examine how residents in New Jersey counties have fared since natural disaster.
Story ideas and photo opportunities for May.
Facility a national model for early diagnosis, treatment for children with developmental disorders.
John M. Inadomi, M.D., of the University of Washington, and Robert F. Murphy, Ph.D., of Carnegie Mellon University, will serve as scientific advisors to Cernostics. They will assist Cernostics, a life science firm that develops and commercializes advanced cancer diagnostic tests, to oversee efforts to develop a test that predicts the risk of esophageal cancer in patients with severe gastro-esophageal reflux disease (GERD) and Barrett’s Esophagus.
Geisinger Health System’s Genomics Medicine Institute earned grand prize recognition by Bio-IT World in its ninth Best Practices Awards. Geisinger was recognized in the category of informatics for integrated genome-phenome analysis for its work in an international contest led by Boston Children’s Hospital.
A paper published this month in the prestigious medical journal The Lancet Neurology suggests that a broad spectrum of developmental and psychiatric disorders, ranging from autism and intellectual disability to schizophrenia, should be conceptualized as different manifestations of a common underlying denominator, ‘developmental brain dysfunction,’ rather than completely independent conditions with distinct causes.
Gordon K. Norman, M.D., M.B.A., and Janet Tomcavage, R.N., M.S.N., have been named chief medical officer and chief of population health, respectively, of xG Health Solutions™, an independently operated venture that will make Geisinger’s intellectual property and expertise available to other healthcare systems.
A new, low-cost software tool has nursing homes and home health agencies — with or without an electronic health record —contributing patient assessment information to any health information exchange (HIE).
Ray Herschman and David R. Nelson have been named president and chief operating officer, respectively, of xG Health Solutions™, an independently operated venture that makes Geisinger’s intellectual property and expertise available to other healthcare systems.
The Degenstein Foundation has awarded Geisinger Health System a $1 million grant to assist in underwriting its study into the potential health impacts of Marcellus shale gas drilling. The collaborative study is the first large-scale, scientifically rigorous assessment of the health effects of natural gas production.
New company offers intellectual property and expertise to other health systems; backed by $40 million financing from Oak Investment Partners.
Leaders from Geisinger Health System will respond to the Supreme Court’s ruling on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Available for interviews are Thomas Graf, M.D., Associate Chief Medical Officer for Population Health and Chairman of the Community Practice Service line for Geisinger Health System Associate; and Duane Davis, M.D., Chief Executive Officer, Geisinger Health Plan. Reporters should gather at the Main Entrance of GMC to be escorted to the appropriate conference room. Or, reporters can dial in to a conference call using the following information: Dial-in number: 570-214-9980 Passcode: 567432#
A new study released by Geisinger Health System researchers and appearing in the journal Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment reconfirms specific genetic risks associated with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and hopes to identify better screening and treatment options for the condition.
Paper in The Lancet Neurology states intrapartum, postnatal conditions less of a factor than genetics.
Starting Feb. 1, 2012, Geisinger will no longer hire job applicants who use tobacco products, including cigarettes, cigars, and chewing or smokeless tobacco.
Geisinger Health System is making electronic health services available to iPhone and Android users with a free mobile application, MyChart.
West Virginia United Health System (WVUHS) and Geisinger Health Plan (GHP) have announced the organizations are partnering for the administration of health benefits for Morgantown-based WVU Healthcare employees and their dependents for 2012.
A new post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) prediction tool, developed by Geisinger Health System researchers, is simple to administer and appears to outperform other screening methods, according to new findings published electronically in the August issue of the journal General Hospital Psychiatry.
Geisinger Health System has completed the Centers for Medicare Services’ (CMS) five-year Physician Group Practice (PGP) demonstration project, again achieving 100 percent on the program’s quality measures. The health system is the only one of the 10 organizations to do so for the last four years of the demonstration. Following the PGP demonstration, which ended in March 2010, Geisinger is also participating in a second PGP demonstration, which runs through December 2012.
Leaders of Geisinger Health System’s ProvenCare® Lung Cancer program have partnered with health care providers across the country in an effort to replicate the program’s effectiveness with treating lung cancer patients.
A new study by Geisinger Health System researchers finds a high prevalence of prescription pain medication addiction among chronic pain patients. In addition, researchers found that the American Psychiatric Association’s (APA) new definition of addiction, which was expected to reduce the number of people considered addicts who take these medicines, actually resulted in the same percentage of people meeting the criteria of addiction.
Danville and Scranton (PA)—Geisinger Health System (GHS) and Community Medical Center (CMC) in Scranton announced today the signing of a definitive, comprehensive agreement to fully merge and integrate CMC and all of its entities into Geisinger Health System. Finalization of this arrangement is pending regulatory approval.
In just two years, Geisinger Health System’s ProvenCare® Perinatal program has decreased the number of cesarean sections it provides and decreased the number of admissions to the system’s neonatal intensive care units (NICU).
To better care for their geriatric patients, GMC nurses affiliated with Nurses Improving Care for Healthsystem Elders (NICHE), a national geriatric initiative to improve the care of older hospitalized adults, began to research the use of alternative treatment methods, namely baby doll therapy.
Some seniors may need help getting around town, while others may need assistance getting around the house. Regardless of the degree of need, Geisinger Health System utilizes a systematic approach through its Geriatric Assessment Program to identify the medical and social needs of a geriatric patient to design a custom course of treatment to help seniors and their families successfully manage the aging process.
Researchers at Geisinger Health System are studying how genes may affect a patient's ability to lose weight following bariatric surgery. Highlighted in the journal Obesity, the study found that several genes that promote obesity may also result in inferior weight loss outcomes after gastric bypass surgery.
Asthma is the leading cause of hospital visits and missed school days in children, according to the National Institute of Health. A chronic condition, pediatric asthma requires continual care to prevent serious, life-threatening asthma attacks. In recognition of National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month in May, a Geisinger expert offers advice on how to manage your child’s asthma.
Two related studies released by this week by Geisinger Health System researchers identify specific genetic risks associated with post-traumatic stress disorder and help identify key psychosocial predictors that may lead to PTSD.
Six of the nation’s leading health care systems today announced a first-of-its-kind collaboration to improve healthcare quality while reducing costs. Cleveland Clinic, Dartmouth-Hitchcock, Denver Health, Geisinger Health System, Intermountain Healthcare and Mayo Clinic will join The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice to share data on outcomes, quality, and costs across a range of common and costly conditions and treatments.
The Department of Thoracic Surgery at Geisinger Medical Center (GMC) recently performed its first transcervical thymectomy, joining other major academic medical centers nationwide that perform the minimally invasive surgical procedure.
Geisinger Health System (GHS) was recently named to Security Magazine’s “2010 Security 500” list, recognizing the organizations worldwide with the best-managed security practices.
Geisinger Health System has been named to the Healthcare Supply Chain Top 25 for 2010 by Gartner Inc., a leading information technology research and advisory company. The second annual listing identifies top organizations striving for supply chain excellence and better patient care.
Joseph Boscarino, Ph.D, M.P.H.,will be recognized by the International Society of Traumatic Stress (ISTSS) with a Lifetime Achievement Award for his contributions to the research of traumatic stress.
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