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Geisinger Careworks retail clinic featured in New York Times
May 18, 2009 - Geisinger’s Careworks Convenient Healthcare™ retail clinics were featured in a recent New York Times article entitled, 'Hospitals Begin to Move Into Supermarkets'.

Geisinger receives $150K grant to advance genomics research
April 29, 2009 – Geisinger’s Institute for Genomic Medicine recently recruited a top level genomic medicine researcher and purchased related equipment as a result of receiving a $150,000 Keystone Innovation Starter Kit program grant.

Geisinger featured on Jim Leherer News Hour
March 30, 2009 - PBS News Hour with Jim Lehrer featured Drs. Steele, Casale and Paulus, and other members of Geisinger staff in a story on our electronic health record capabilities, ProvenCare and Medical Home - and how they relate to healthcare reform.

Geisinger's MyCode project: the link to personalized medicine
March 2, 2009 - We know that genes determine these differences.  Now, we also are learning that genes affect how our bodies respond to disease.

Geisinger employee pair address humanization of healthcare
March 1, 2009 - A new medical modesty garment under development through Geisinger Ventures will help alleviate patients' concerns and fears about disrobing for surgical, imaging or other relevant procedures

Innovation Chief to Speak at World Healthcare Congress
Jan. 19, 2009 - Ronald A. Paulus, MD, MBA, Geisinger's Chief Technology and Innovation Officer will address the nation's healthcare CEOs at the 6th Annual World Health Care Congress, to be held April 14-15, 2009, in Washington, DC.

Grant to support Bucknell, Geisinger joint medical technology research, development
Nov. 5, 2008 - A $71,000 matching grant will be shared by Bucknell University and a Geisinger Health System enterprise to foster collaborative medical technology research and development efforts.

Senior healthcare executive joins Geisinger Ventures
Nov. 4, 2008 - Anthony LaMacchia has joined Geisinger Ventures as an executive in residence, where he will provide management support to Ventures' four portfolio companies and assist with the startup of newly acquired or internally developed companies.

Interleukin Genetics and Geisinger to Collaborate on Genetic Tests to Predict Weight Loss Success
Sept. 23, 2008 – Interleukin Genetics, Inc. and Geisinger Health System, announced a research collaboration to explore the role of genetics in obesity.

Geisinger named a 'most wired' hospital
Aug. 11, 2008 - Geisinger Health System has again been listed among the nation's "100 Most Wired Hospitals and Health Systems."

Life Geisinger Executive Director named Practice Change Fellow
June 17, 2008 - Amy Minnich, RN BSN, Executive Director of LIFE Geisinger, has been named a Practice Change Fellow by the Hartford Foundation and The Atlantic Philanthropies. 

Ripple Reaches Healthcare (Scranton Times Tribune)
June 6, 2008 - The economic downturn is making it tougher for people to afford health care, sparking more emergency room visits, unpaid hospital bills and greater demand for state assistance, experts say.

If You Can Get a Warranty for a Refrigerator, Why Not for Bypass Surgery?
June 1, 2008 - One of the last things we expect to come with warranties are health-care services, especially for procedures as risky as coronary artery bypass surgery. But the folks at Geisinger Health System, a hospital group in Central Pennsylvania, are defying expectations with their new "ProvenCare" program.

How Are You Getting Into Retail Health? (.pdf)
April 12, 2008 - Retail health clinics, one of the fastest-growing trends in healthcare delivery, are popping up in grocery stores, pharmacies, and shopping malls across the country.

In-Store Clinics Decrease Unnecessary ER Visits (.pdf)
April 5, 2008 - Ninety-nine percent of the people who have used the healthcare services provides at CareWorks healthcare clinics said they would recommend it to their family and friends, according to the most recent customer satisfaction survey results.

Making Hospitals Pay For Own Mistakes (.pdf)
March 17, 2008 - William Doyle survived his open-heart surgery - but was almost killed, days later, by a hospital mistake, CBS News correspondent Wyatt Andrews reports.

Service Industry Association Elects ISS Solutions' CEO Peter Brooks to Board of Directors (.pdf)
Dec. 11, 2007 - The Service Industry Association (SIA) has announced the election of Peter Brooks to its Board of Directors. Mr. Brooks, a Senior Director at Geisinger Health System and President and CEO of Geisinger’s subsidiary ISS Solutions, brings health care and information technology experience to the 12-person SIA board.

Geisinger and Celera to collaborate on liver disease test
Feb. 19, 2007 - Geisinger Health System and Celera (NYSE:CRA), an Applera Corporation business, today announced that they have entered into a research collaboration with the aim of developing a diagnostic assay for the increased risk of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH).

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