2020 News Releases

Commonwealth Health Wilkes-Barre General Hospital Earns Blue Distinction® Center Designation for Quality in Spine Surgery 2/7/2020 WILKES-BARRE, February, 2020 – Highmark Blue Shield has selected Wilkes-Barre General Hospital as a Blue Distinction Center for Spine Surgery, as part of the

Commonwealth Health Expands MDsave to Tunkhannock 2/13/2020 TUNKHANNOCK, PA (FEBRUARY, 2020) – MDsave and Commonwealth Health’s Tyler Memorial Hospital are working together to help, local residents without insurance or with high deductible health plans, save money and better manage their

New Treatment for Heartburn 2/13/2020 WILKES-BARRE, (FEBRUARY, 2020) – A flexible quarter-sized device being used by surgeons in Commonwealth Health Wilkes-Barre General Hospital is greatly improving quality of life for many chronic heartburn sufferers. “Our patients now have access to

World Obesity Day – March 4 2/18/2020 WILKES-BARRE, PA – Obesity is a chronic disease that affects more than two billion people. Our Weight & Wellness Center, located at Commonwealth Health, 200 South River St., Plains, is here to help.

Free Hernia Screening Offered by Commonwealth Health Wilkes-Barre General Hospital 2/18/2020 WILKES-BARRE, PA (FEBRUARY, 2020) – On Saturday, March 7, from 10 a.m. until 12 p.m.; Commonwealth Health Wilkes-Barre General Hospital is offering Hernia Screenings in the Heart & Vascular

Lilli Price, RN is honored with DAISY AWARD for Extraordinary Nurses at Commonwealth Health Moses Taylor Hospital 2/20/2020 SCRANTON, PA– The DAISY Award is a nationwide program that rewards and celebrates the extraordinary clinical skill and compassionate care given by

Emily Timchak, RN is honored with DAISY AWARD for Extraordinary Nurses at Commonwealth Health Regional Hospital of Scranton 2/20/2020 SCRANTON, PA– The DAISY Award is a nationwide program that rewards and celebrates the extraordinary clinical skill and compassionate care given

New Treatment for Peripheral Artery Disease 2/21/2020 SCRANTON, PA (FEBRUARY, 2020) – Commonwealth Health Regional Hospital of Scranton is one of the first in our area to offer a new atherectomy treatment. This is a breakthrough technology; the first ever

Tyler Memorial Hospital Achieves 5 Stars 2/21/2020 TUNKHANNOCK, PA – Commonwealth Health Tyler Memorial Hospital is proud to announce it has received a 5 STAR rating, the highest achievement level possible, from CMS (Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services). CMS

The Benefits of a Colonoscopy; By: Gregory Enders, MD, Gastroenterologist, Commonwealth Health Physician Network 2/28/2020 When we think of cancer prevention, we typically think of those we hear the most about, such as breast cancer or lung cancer. One of