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One Million Lives Touched

Cover image of the Penn State Health 2024 Community Benefit Report. A woman holds an eye occluder over the right eye of a young girl during an eye exam. The Penn State Health logo is at the top with the title “2024 Community Benefit Report.” At the bottom is the text: “Advancing Health Equity. Strengthening Our Communities. Focusing on mental health, health equity, wellness and disease prevention.”
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Penn State Health is proud to share a major milestone: our employees touched more than one million lives through our community health programs in fiscal year 2024 – a first for our health system. Explore how we extend care beyond the walls of our hospitals and outpatient practices in our 2024 Community Benefit Report, “Advancing Health Equity. Strengthening Our Communities.”

Penn State Health Fiscal Year 2023 Total Community Benefit

In fiscal year 2023, Penn State Health provided $165,936,729 in Total Community Benefit, an increase from the $156,730,522 provided in fiscal year 2022.

In fiscal year 2023, Penn State Health provided $165,936,729 in Total Community Benefit. This includes $6.8 million for Community Health, $62.2 million for health professions education, $1.1 million for subsidized health services, $23.7 million for financial assistance and $72.2 million for Medicaid.

Penn State Health Fiscal Year 2024 Community Benefit Inventory For Social Accountability (CBISA) Totals

In fiscal year 2024, Penn State Health’s CBISA tracked these totals for community health.

In fiscal year 2024, Penn State Health’s Community Benefit Inventory For Social Accountability (CBISA) totals included 1,009,514 community members served, 143,584 employee hours, $9.2 million in dollar value and 37,773 volunteer hours.

Building Healthier Communities

Get a snapshot of what we’re doing to improve mental health, promote health equity and support wellness and disease prevention in the communities we serve.

Angel of Lancaster: Penn State Health community nurse addresses health inequities person by person

Angela Shuman is a conduit to care for people who need it desperately but can’t always access it. Find out why she and other community health nurses are called the “Angels of Lancaster.”

Angela Shuman smiles as she hands a man some medication. She has short hair and is wearing a jacket. The man is seated with a blood pressure cuff on his upper arm.

 

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Welcome to Penn State Health’s flu shot drive-through. Mind the curves.

Get a look behind the scenes of Penn State Health’s annual drive-through flu shot clinic. It’s the culmination of years of hard work but helps protect people from a deadly virus.

Jessica Wadsworth, left, points and Emilie Woods smiles as they stand in front of signs that read “Lane 1” and “STOP.” Behind them are steps and a tree.

 

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Lessons for the mind: Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center stroke team outreach focuses on stopping strokes

Discover the lifesaving lessons the stroke team at Milton S. Hershey Medical Center teaches kids, from what causes a stroke to how to recognize the symptoms.

Erin Cekovich, left, points to human brain as three children listen. A woman holding a plastic bag full of booklets stands next to the children.

 

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‘Reapply so you don’t fry’: Penn State Health Dermatology educates kids about sunscreen

Find out how local students learn how to be “Sun Protection Superheroes” during a visit from the Penn State Health Dermatology team. Early education about sunscreen can help shield kids from skin cancer.

Talia Gross, left, looks down as Cindy Rivera, right, smiles and claps. Rivera has glasses on her head and is wearing a watch. Both are wearing T-shirts.

 

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‘We find people who fall through the cracks’: Community health workers connect care and people who need it

Connecting people with care is the mission of community health workers like Cristel Woodcock. See how they help people who fall through the cracks of society get the medical care they need.

Community health worker Cristel Woodcock sits holds the hand of Maria Hernandez and looks into her eyes. Cristel has a hair clip in her long hair and is wearing a T-shirt. Maria is standing, has glasses on the top of her head and is wearing a T-shirt. Four people sit behind them.

 

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See how Penn State Health Dermatology helps patients overcome barriers to care.