Geisinger Gold and Geisinger Health Plan (GHP) are the top-ranked commercial and Medicare health plans in Pennsylvania and in the top ten nationally for quality and service. Read more

Geisinger was recently awarded the American Stroke Association's Gold and Gold Plus Awards for quality procedures and outcomes. Read more

Geisinger Medical Center's Infection Control team was honored by Unison Health Plan with its Gold Star Provider Award for reducing hospital-acquired infections. Read more

March of Dimes and NICU Family Advisory Partnership expressed appreciation for their participation in Prematurity Awareness Month. Read more

Geisinger Medical Center's Adult Intensive Care Unit (AICU) nurses were recently recognized with the Beacon Award for Critical Care Excellence. Read more

Shivprasad Nikam, M.D., FACS, recently completed the Endovascular Specialty Examination of the American Board of Vascular Medicine to earn additional board certification. Read more

The Geisinger Northeast Urology Center in Wilkes-Barre recently opened its doors. Read more

Geisinger Health System will provide employees with lower per paycheck costs in 2010 while maintaining the current level of health insurance benefits, a notable accomplishment during an era of exploding healthcare costs. Read more

"Diabesity" is a term used for the common and sometimes deadly connection between diabetes and obesity, according to the American Diabetes Association. Read more

Weight loss is a struggle for most people, but a diabetic faces even steeper challenges. Read more

This month Geisinger, which shares a comprehensive partnership with March of Dimes to raise awareness for premature births and improve maternal and infant health, will illuminate its Danville medical center in purple for Prematurity Awareness Month. Read more

Responding to a growing need in central and northeast Pennsylvania for highly specialized care of pediatric brain tumors and other central nervous system disorders, Geisinger's Janet Weis Children's Hospital has launched a state-of-the-art and comprehensive pediatric neurosurgery program. Read more

Alexander P. Moya, M.D., director, Center for Weight Loss Body Contouring at Geisinger Medical Center (GMC), performed his newly developed corset trunkplasty surgery for board-certified plastic surgeons at the University of Miami School of Medicine live via televised feed as he worked at an operating room at GMC in Danville on Nov 13. Read more

Childhood obesity is on the rise, and with it comes an increased risk for developing health problems such as type 2 diabetes. Read more

The March of Dimes reports that greater than 10 percent of North American births are preterm, second only to Africa. Potentially more alarming is that rates of preterm birth are increasing. Read more

Excitement and joy are the overwhelming emotions parents-to-be experience as they approach the arrival of their bundle of joy. But those emotions turn to fear and even sadness when faced with a preterm delivery. Read more

Veteran's Day has a new meaning for a Geisinger team of clinicians and researchers who recently launched the Reaching Rural Veterans Initiative (RRVI). Read more

Glenn D. Steele Jr., M.D., Ph.D., president and chief executive officer of Geisinger Health System, has been appointed to the WellCare Health Plans Inc. Board of Directors. Read more

While many of us overindulge this time of year, Geisinger's Director of Clinical Nutrition Services, Cathy Bastian, R.D., says there are many traditional holiday foods that fit into a healthy diet. Read more

November will mark the second anniversary of Geisinger campuses going smoke-free. Read more

Now that genetic counseling can identify families at risk and genetic tests can be utilized to detect an inherited risk of breast cancer, some women who test positive for the breast cancer genes are making decisions to undergo preventative mastectomies that may save their lives. Read more

The Auxiliary at Geisinger Medical Center recently held two events that raised more than $63,000 for programs to benefit Geisinger patients. Read more

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. Read more

Geisinger's Web and Clinical Content Management teams are finalists in KMWorld magazine's 2009 KMReality Award competition. Read more

U.S. News & World Report recently ranked Geisinger Medical Center among the top 10 percent of hospitals in the country for nursing care. Read more

Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center recently opened a new endoscopy suite. Read more

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. Read more

Just in time for Breast Cancer Awareness Month, digital mammography is now available at Geisinger - Mt. Pocono. Read more

Fifty-two Geisinger Health System physicians in 24 medical specialties have been included on the national Best Doctors list for 2009-2010. Read more

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. Read more

Bone cancer, as a primary cancer diagnosis, is not a common form of cancer in the United States. Read more

A new study, in which Geisinger is a participant, will examine adding a new layer of openness to a traditionally one-sided element of the doctor-patient relationship - the notes from patients' doctors' visits. Read more