A Geisinger orthopaedic surgeon recently received a $97,000 grant from the Orthopaedic Trauma Association for a pilot study that will expand Geisinger's ProvenHealth Navigator advanced medical home to include care for patients recovering from hip fractures.
Berkeley HeartLab (BHL), a subsidiary of Celera Corporation (NASDAQ:CRA), announced today that it has entered into collaborative agreements with Geisinger Medical Center and Proven Diagnostics, a clinical laboratory service recently launched by Geisinger Health System.
Fifty-two Geisinger Health System physicians in 24 medical specialties have been included on the national Best Doctors® list for 2009-2010.
Bone cancer, as a primary cancer diagnosis, is not a common form of cancer in the United States. It makes up less than one percent of all cancers, with approximately 2,300 people newly diagnosed last year. Thomas R. Bowen, M.D., is a fellowship-trained, board-certified orthopedic oncologist specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of musculoskeletal tumors.
Geisinger Wyoming Valley Breast Program offers a service that pairs patients undergoing treatment for a range of breast diseases with a specially trained nurse called a breast care navigator. This service is available at Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center in Wilkes-Barre, Geisinger-Lake Scranton and Geisinger-Mt. Pocono.
Managing a cancer diagnosis is difficult for any patient but it can be especially challenging for the older population. Two Geisinger Health System physicians are developing a geriatric cancer program to help provide specialized care to older cancer patients.
Sickle cell anemia is a potentially debilitating disease, but according to a Geisinger physician targeted treatments and coping methods are available to ease the pain and reduce the chance for complications.
Breast cancer is a disease that affects more than 200,000 women each year, but a Geisinger physician cautions that women aren’t the only ones at risk.
William Cochran, M.D., vice chairman of Geisinger Health System’s Janet Weis Children’s Hospital, will chair and speak at a symposium on pediatric obesity and prevention on Oct. 17 in Washington, D.C., during the annual meeting of the American Academy of Pediatrics.
Patients across the country are voicing a growing interest in becoming more involved – and having more control – over their own medical care. A new study, in which Geisinger is a participant, will examine the impact of adding a new layer of openness to a traditionally one-sided element of the doctor-patient relationship – the notes from patients’ doctors’ visits.
Todd Rozen knows you can’t just “pop a pill and deal with it.” He’s suffered from chronic migraines for more than three decades and it’s his fascination with understanding and treating this chronic condition – and the diminished quality of life that accompanies it – that led him to become a headache specialist, a relatively rare and emerging breed of doctor in America. Dr. Rozen, who knows first-hand the devastating effects of headaches, is the director of the new Geisinger Headache Center located in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.
Two Geisinger researchers were chosen recently by the American Society for Metabolic Surgery Foundation (ASMBS) to receive the 2009 ASMBS Research Award that carries with it a $50,000 prize.
Proven Diagnostics, a clinical laboratory service recently launched by Geisinger Health System, and ViraCor-IBT Laboratories announced today that the companies have entered into a collaborative agreement. Through this collaboration, Proven Diagnostics will offer selected tests from ViraCor-IBT’s menu of allergy, immunology and specialized infectious disease tests to its customers.
Geisinger 's advanced electronic health record is credited with helping to enroll a record number of patients in an important cardiac clinical trial.
The American Psychological Association (APA) recently elected Joseph Boscarino, PhD, MPH, a chronic disease epidemiologist and senior investigator for the Geisinger Center for Health Research, to "APA Fellow" status.
The Geisinger Department of Rheumatology has been selected to present six abstracts at the 2009 American College of Rheumatology (ACR)/Association of Rheumatology Health Professionals (ARHP) Annual Scientific Meeting in Philadelphia Oct. 16-21.
Medicare Advantage plans had a 27 percent lower rate of avoidable hospital readmissions and 85 percent fewer preventable admissions and emergency department (ED) visits in a new analysis comparing 13 Medicare Advantage plans including Geisinger Gold to traditional fee-for-service Medicare.
With consumers responsible for a larger portion of their healthcare costs than ever before, a new tool on the Geisinger Web site makes it easier to estimate the cost of care before treatment.
Geisinger Health System President and Chief Executive Officer Glenn Steele Jr., MD, PhD, has been named among Modern Healthcare magazine’s eighth annual 100 Most Powerful People in Healthcare.
Geisinger has been recognized again for improving the quality of care while decreasing healthcare costs in the third year of a five-year Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services demonstration project.
Geisinger is launching a new clinical diagnostic laboratory to provide medical professionals throughout Pennsylvania access to a wide variety of clinical laboratory services.
With "medical home" a prominent care model in the nation's sweeping healthcare overhaul, a new study co-authored by Geisinger Center for Health Research investigator Nirav Shah, M.D., attempts to standardize definitions to evaluate the model's quality and value.
Research by Geisinger investigator Joseph Boscarino is shedding new light on a long-held idea in psychiatry. Memory repression may actually help people who experience trauma, according to the study.
Geisinger Health System pediatric gastroenterologist William Cochran, M.D., has a personal and potentially life-saving message: Vaccines are not just for children any more. It's a message that resonates nationally as the CDC reports that since the 1980s, the number of reported pertussis cases has increased steadily, especially among adolescents and adults.
Thanjavur S. Ravikumar, M.D., chair, Geisinger Health System Oncology, launch a Phase III trial of the potentially lifesaving HEAT Study, an international clinical trial for those with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) or primary liver cancer.
Geisinger Obesity Institute will host its first Obesity Summit on June 11 at the Henry Hood Center for Health Research on the Geisinger Medical Center campus in Danville, Pa.
One of Pennsylvania's largest health information sharing organizations- the Keystone Health Information Exchange-- has undergoing a major expansion. The Exchange includes Geisinger Health System (a national leader in EHR adoption and implementation) and several key regional healthcare providers. The group has added four new members.
New research by Geisinger investigator Joseph Boscarino shows a startling development: It can take two years to develop posttraumatic stress disorder. Delayed PTSD can be attributed to a variety of factors, primarily if the trauma victims has existing problems beforehand.
Geisinger cardiologist Kimberly Skelding is one of 17 doctors in the country who is implanting the Watchman LAA device in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (AF) as part of a nationwide clinical trial.
Neurologists Frank Gilliam and Jonathan Hosey, M.D, are presenting at the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) 61st Annual Meeting.
Researchers at Geisinger's Henry Hood Center for Health Research have been awarded a grant by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases to put some fun into encouraging children and their parents to eat their fruits and veggies.
In support of Geisinger Health System's ProvenCare perinatal program, the March of Dimes presented a grant of $50,000 to Geisinger on April 14.
New Geisinger research sheds light on panic attacks shortly after disasters and the long-term likelihood a person will experience PTSD related to the disaster. Leading PTSD researcher Joseph Boscarino shows that factors such as a prior history of depression, a person's emotional support network and self-esteem are better indicators of a person's susceptibility to PTSD.
Geisinger Health System recently launched a program that reimburses up to $10,000 of the difference between an employee's salary and their military pay if called to active duty.
Using powder-free latex gloves rather than those with cornstarch powder greatly reduced the number of workers' compensation claims related to latex-related illness, a recent Geisinger study found.
Through the study of genetic links between patients and chronic diseases, Geisinger Health System researchers are hoping to gain a better understanding of how to prevent, diagnose and treat these diseases.
President Barack Obama is committed to pursuing significant healthcare reform in 2009. Dean Lin, chief executive officer of Careworks Convenient Healthcareâ„¢ retail clinics, sees innovative delivery models like Careworks as a vital part of the solution.
A new report by Geisinger investigator Joseph Boscarino shows that men with a combination of low total cholesterol and depression were seven times more likely to die prematurely from unnatural causes, such as suicide and accidents. Dr. Boscarino based the study on an analysis of more than 4,000 Vietnam veterans' health records.
New Geisinger research shows that far more diabetes patients than previously estimated didn't fill prescriptions for medications. This study is based on a review of physician medication orders that were captured or tracked through Geisinger Health System's electronic health record and insurance claims.
Pennsylvania's largest health information exchange network"”the Keystone Health Information Exchange"”is now working with General Electric on a new digital system. The record sharing system will provide patients with faster care, optimize efficiency, improve quality and reduce duplicate testing.
New research from Geisinger PTSD expert Dr. Joseph Boscarino sheds light on what factors may predispose someone to posttraumatic stress. In a recently published study, Dr. Boscarino concludes that low self esteem, negative life events and lack of a support network greatly increase the likelihood of PTSD.
Peter B. Berger, MD, Director of Geisinger's Center for Clinical Studies and an interventional cardiologist at Geisinger's Heart Institute, is featured on Reach MD's Heart Matters program, at XM Satellite Radio Channel 160, beginning Monday, January 26 2009.
In light of a recent national report urging safer use of blood thinners, Geisinger experts say that individualizing treatment plans and closely monitoring a patient's response to the drugs helps reduce risk and improve patient outcomes.
The American Nurses Credentialing Center has designated Geisinger Medical Center (GMC) as a Magnet hospital. GMC joins an elite group of only 15 Pennsylvania hospitals "” and only 294 hospitals in the United States that have achieved Magnet status.
Temple University School of Medicine, Fox Chase Cancer Center and Geisinger Health System have started a research collaboration that will speed the translation of medical discoveries into advances in patient care. The institutions will form The Keystone Institute for Translational Medicine to design and implement research on the causes of diseases.
Geisinger Medical Center's microbiology lab in Danville Pa. is the first in the country to use Copan Diagnostics' Walk-Away Specimen Processor (WASP), which improves the efficiency and accuracy of laboratory specimen processing The WASP eases the demand for lab services by processing specimens automatically.
Geisinger is embarking on a research effort to examine the genetics and other factors behind obesity and look for new treatments. The Geisinger Obesity Institute will work with key Geisinger resources like the system's advanced electronic health record, clinicians and two research centers.
A study by noted Geisinger PTSD researcher Joseph Boscarino sheds dramatic new light on the link between PTSD and heart disease. In a study in the July issue of Psychosomatic Medicine, Boscarino finds that Vietnam veterans with PTSD suffered higher rates of heart disease death than veterans without PTSD.
In order to put more digital technology to use for patients, healthcare providers must work together and share resources, a Geisinger expert says. It helps spread the cost, improve efficiency and troubleshoot problems.
New Geisinger research shows a link between blindness and temporal arteritis, a problem that restricts blood flow to the brain. The research finds that giant cells play a key role in the disease, as well as another inflammatory problem that causes aches and stiffness in the arms, thighs and neck.
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