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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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