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Olivia Decker

Heroes, right here.

Heroes come in all shapes and sizes, from all walks of life, and are right here in our communities, tackling one of the greatest challenges modern healthcare has ever faced. Read, watch and listen to their stories.

The phlebotomist who, after a long shift at the hospital, spends her free time cooking and delivering hot meals to seniors and truck drivers. A physical therapy assistant plucked from her normal duties and redeployed to screen her friends and neighbors in a tent outside the ER. The environmental services workers who sanitize, disinfect and deep-clean our hospitals and clinics, putting their own health at risk in the process.

We’re surrounded every day by heroes.

Whether you’re locked down in a self-quarantine, you’re directly caring for friends and family or you’re out there on the front lines screening and educating our communities — we’re all connected at this moment in history. Together, we move through these unsettling and unprecedented times — and together, we will come out stronger on the other side.

In honor of those working tirelessly to get us through the COVID-19 pandemic, we’re sharing the stories of our heroes and the incredible work they do. 
 
Here are a few — among the countless we’re surrounded by — who work endlessly inside and outside our hospitals’ walls bringing hope and better health to our communities. Each and every day.
 
Want to nominate your hero? Email us at innovate@geisinger.edu.

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Mary Hayes and Amber Baker, EVS team members

Working hard to keep our hospitals and clinics safe

Environmental services staff works 24/7 to keep Geisinger hospitals and clinics safe and clean. Here’s an inside glimpse of a day’s work for our EVS team.

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Joe Delia, RN, Geisinger at Home case manager, is ready to see patients.

Providing in-home care during COVID-19

Geisinger at Home doesn’t miss a beat during the pandemic

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Janet Tomcavage

A home quarantine after traveling abroad

When chief nursing executive Janet Tomcavage returned from Ireland, she was greeted by a public health crisis. She shares her experience. 

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Olivia Decker, RN

Long live heroes: Stories from the front lines

Olivia Decker, RN, spends her days doing swabs, breathing treatments and assessments: “I signed up for this when I decided to be a nurse.”

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Alicia Kotz, RN

Long live heroes: Stories from the front lines

Alicia Kotz, RN, provides her take from the screening tent: “No matter if I’m working in the ED on a normal day or in a tent during a pandemic, our patients always come first.”

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Larry Reck - Long Live Heroes - Geisinger

Long live heroes: Stories from the front lines

Patient access rep Larry Reck takes to the front lines, relying on prayer and staying positive: “Right now, I’m sacrificing my time with my family, but they understand completely. This is my job and it’s what I have to do.”

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Michael Black, inventory care support assistant at Geisinger Community Medical Center, makes sure patients get wherever they need to go safely.

Geisinger’s transport “ninjas” enter the spotlight

Transporting patients who are impacted by the coronavirus gives inventory care support assistant Michael Black the chance to reassure them during a frightening time.

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