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Commonwealth Health Wilkes-Barre General Hospital Nurse Pam Mahasky Receives National Award for Nursing Excellence 4/19/2024 Wilkes-Barre, PA (April, 2024) – Pam Mahasky, a registered nurse at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital for over 30 years, has received a national 2023 Nursing Excellence

Commonwealth Health Announces 2023 Top Employees 4/22/2024 Commonwealth Health has announced the 2023 Employees of the Year. This award is the highest honor bestowed on a Commonwealth Health Network employee each year. Each hospital names an Employee of the Year,

Letter to Editor: Regional Hospital of Scranton is Vital to the Community 4/22/2024 Last year, our Scranton hospital and clinics played a vital role at more than 381,000 encounters where we helped people get well and live healthier. Around the

Keep Your Selfie Healthy With Commonwealth Health 4/30/2024 In May, Commonwealth Health wants to help women be the picture of health through Keep Your Selfie Healthy: A Women’s Health Week Challenge email series. Starting May 13, Commonwealth Health will provide

Men, Take Charge of Your Health this Men’s Health Week 5/22/2024 Research backs up the long-standing stereotype that men avoid going to the doctor. In fact, recent surveys show that approximately 44 percent of men don’t get an annual physical,

How to Beat the Heat: Tips for Heart Health During High Temps 7/10/2024 Summer 2024 is bringing on the heat which can put extra stress on your heart. For every degree body temperature rises, the heart beats approximately 10 beats

Graduating Nurse Signing Day Held in Scranton 7/18/2024 Commonwealth Health hosted a Signing Day celebration on Thursday, July 18, for the first graduating class of Jersey College of Nursing students. Designed to be like an athletic signing day event where

“Grow Our Own” 7/22/2024 This article originally appeared in The Scranton Times Gathered with future colleagues at Commonwealth Health’s Regional Hospital of Scranton, a small cadre of nursing students committed to serving local patients were “drafted” last week into a

Regional Hospital of Scranton Nationally Recognized for its Commitment to Quality Care for Heart Attacks 7/24/2024 Commonwealth Health is proud to share that Regional Hospital of Scranton has received the American Heart Association’s Get With The Guidelines® – Coronary Artery

Commonwealth Health Physician Network Welcomes Family Medicine Physician to Pittston 7/31/2024 Gihan Jayasuriya, D.O., recently joined Commonwealth Health Physician Network at our office located in Pittston and is accepting new patients. As a family medicine physician, Dr. Gihan Jayasuriya provides