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Hampden, Holy Spirit medical centers launch telehealth resource for sexual assault survivors
The number of nurses experienced in providing care to sexual assault victims has wavered over the years at Penn State Health Holy Spirit Medical Center. Liz Knauss, nurse manager of the emergency department at Holy Spirit, said there were two good programs over the...
Penn State hospitals bring new support for sexual assault survivors
(WHTM) — Penn State Health Hampden and Holy Spirit Medical Centers are launching a partnership to enhance support for sexual assault survivors. The two hospitals are partnering with Penn State’s Ross and Carol Nese College of Nursing to enhance support for these...
SAFE-T Center awarded grant to expand training, establish workforce advancement
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Sexual assault victims have better outcomes when they receive specialized care, yet there is a shortage of trained sexual-assault nurses across the country, especially in rural areas. A $1.5 million, three-year grant from the Health Resources...
SAFE-T Center Included in Joint State Government Commission Report
The SAFE-T Center was mentioned in a Joint State Government Commission Report by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania titled, "Mental Health Services for Victims of Sexual Assault and Rape." The report detailed active Office for Victims of Crime...
Rural availability of sexual assault nurse examiners
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — For victims of sexual assault, high-quality health care provided by sexual assault nurse examiners (SANEs) is associated with improved health and prosecutorial outcomes. However, very little is known about access to SANEs. Sheridan Miyamoto,...
At the Core of Care Podcast: Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners
The first episode of At the Core of Care podcast, by the Pennsylvania Action Coalition, takes a look at Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners in PA. Few healthcare providers are trained to do this tough job, which requires a timely and skilled healthcare response that...
After a sexual assault, where can you get a medical and forensic exam?
There is a national shortage of nurses and doctors trained to conduct sexual assault forensic exams. NBC News mapped where they're available in each state. The SAFE-T Center provided information that can be viewed in the Pennsylvania entry on the interactive map.
PA Centered Podcast: Celebrating the work of SAFE-T and Forensic Nurses
Forensic Nurses Week this year is from November 9 - 13. The Penn State Sexual Assault Forensic Examination Telehealth (SAFE-T) Center, works to enhance care for sexual assault victims in underserved communities. Join us as we hear from a group of folks involved with...
SAFE-T Center receives grant to increase access to SANE services on campus
University Park, Pa. -- The Penn State SAFE-T Center has been awarded a grant from the Office of Justice Programs’ (OJP) Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) to support their campus outreach plan, “Sexual Assault Forensic Examination Telehealth (SAFE-T) Center Campus...
SAFE-T Center partners with Guthrie Robert Packer Hospital
Sayre, PA -- The Penn State SAFE-T Center and Guthrie Robert Packer Hospital marked their partnership to enhance sexual assault health care with a virtual event on September 15, 2020. Guthrie Robert Packer Hospital is the 8th site that has partnered with the SAFE-T...
The Penn State College of Nursing SAFE-T Center delivers sexual assault care to undeserved communities
Building trust with victims of sexual assault takes care and time. Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center’s Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners, known as SANEs, are specially trained in conducting exams that put the patient’s well-being and distinct choices...
Guthrie launches new SAFE-T program
WENY -- Early this afternoon, Guthrie Health along with Penn State University officially launched the Sexual Assault Forensic Examination Tele-health program for victims. The SAFE-T program is designed to have a nurse experienced in sexual assault cases participate in...
Miyamoto to be inducted as American Academy of Nursing fellow
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Sheridan Miyamoto, assistant professor of nursing and principal investigator of the SAFE-T Center, will be inducted as a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing (AAN). Miyamoto will be formally recognized during the academy’s annual...
Victim Services Threatened by a Depleted Perpetrator-Financed Crime Victims Fund
Authors: Nicolyn Charlot, Brittany Gay, Elizabeth Baker, John Hamel, Jacqueline Fisher, L.B. Klein, Cathryn Richmond, & Sheridan Miyamoto Additional Contributors: Abigail Akande, Caroline Friedman Levy, Megan Greeson,Melanie Hetzel-Riggin, Canan Karatekin, Alex...
Miyamoto selected for Betty Irene Moore Nurse Leaders and Innovators Fellowship
Sheridan Miyamoto in Penn State College of Nursing is one of 11 nurse scientists accepted to the inaugural cohort of the Betty Irene Moore Fellowships for Nurse Leaders and Innovators. This new fellowship program, funded by a five-year, $37.5 million grant from the...
SAFE-T Center creates blueprint for community-engaged response to sexual assault
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Penn State’s Sexual Assault Forensic Examination Telehealth (SAFE-T) Center has been utilizing telehealth along with a community-engaged solution to enhance sexual assault care in rural and underserved communities in Pennsylvania. Now, its...
Let’s Talk About the Science of Victim’s Services: Talking Points for Advocates
Authors: Nicolyn Charlot, Brittany Gay, Elizabeth Baker, John Hamel, Jacqueline Fisher, L.B. Klein, Cathryn Richmond, & Sheridan Miyamoto Additional Contributors: Abigail Akande, Caroline Friedman Levy, Megan Greeson,MelanieHetzel-Riggin, Canan Karatekin, Alex...
Lock Haven UPMC ER donates to Roads of Peace
LOCK HAVEN — Roads to Peace and Lock Haven UPMC have been working together a lot more since the new SAFE-T program launched. Lock Haven UPMC notified the SART (Sexual Assault Response Team) Team about the SAFE-T program during winter of 2019. Roads to Peace was...
SAFE-T Center partners with UPMC Williamsport on telehealth solutions
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Having access to high-quality, sexual-assault care is vital, especially during these uncertain times. Penn State’s Sexual Assault Forensic Examination Telehealth (SAFE-T) Center is continuing to provide support to sexual-assault nurse examiners...
Knocking down the barriers to healthcare for rural sexual assault victims
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — The Penn State College of Nursing’s SAFE-T Center team, led by assistant professor and center director Sheridan Miyamoto, is working to address barriers to healthcare for rural sexual-assault victims with their new telehealth solution, the...
District Attorney Dave Strouse outlines county challenges, treatment programs
LOCK HAVEN — With a beefed up staff and a new focus on helping, rather than jailing, people who commit non-violent crimes, Clinton County District Attorney Dave Strouse is finding some success … and increased conviction rates. Strouse spoke to a packed house at...
Clarion Hospital launches SAFE-T to better help sexual assault victims
CLARION – Clarion Hospital, in conjunction with Penn State University, last week introduced a new program to aid in the treatment of victims of sexual assault. The Sexual Assault Forensic Examination Telehealth Center (SAFE-T Center), established and maintained by...
UPMC, PSU team up to help sexual assault victims
LOCK HAVEN — UPMC Lock Haven is partnering with SAFE-T (Sexual Assault Forensic Examination-Telehealth) to enhance compassionate, high-quality care for sexual assault victims. The kickoff event was held last Friday at UPMC Lock Haven, where many came out to show their...
Hershey Medical Center’s sexual assault examiners join telehealth program
Hershey, Pa --- Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center’s registered nurses trained in sexual assault examination will be offering remote care to patients in rural regions. The Derry Township-based medical center is partnering with the Penn State College of...
Hershey Medical Center partners with Penn State College of Nursing to support sexual assault victims
Hershey, PA -- Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, in partnership with Penn State College of Nursing, is launching a program to further enhance support for sexual assault survivors. Registered nurses in the Emergency Department at the Milton S. Hershey...
UPMC Soldiers + Sailors/ Penn State continue helping sexual assault victims
WELLSBORO, Pa (WENY) -- UPMC Soldiers + Sailors and Penn State have teamed up for the past year to provide sexual assault victims with the care they need. Whenever a victim goes to the emergency room, a sexual assault nurse examiner (SANE) will call another nurse at...
Penn State’s solution for addressing forensic examiner shortage: Telehealth
Since Cindy Forbes, R.N., became a sexual assault forensic nurse examiner seven years ago, she has been the only specialized examiner in her rural community of Lakeport, California. "If my victims aren't getting rape exams here, they aren't getting rape exams," said...
Penn State Researcher and Forensic Nurse Works to Support Sexual Assault Victims
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Forensic nursing has emerged as a discipline to help curb the harmful effects that sexual assault victims face. According to the International Association of Forensic Nurses, “forensic nursing is the practice of nursing globally when health and...
2019 National Crime Victims’ Rights Week Theme Video Features the Work of the SAFE-T Center
NCVRW was commemorated on April 7–13, 2019. This year’s theme—Honoring Our Past. Creating Hope for the Future.—celebrates the progress made by those before us as we look to a future of crime victim services that is even more inclusive, accessible, and...
Pennsylvania Rural Health Magazine Showcase
Sheridan Miyamoto, Ph.D., FNP, RN, assistant professor in the Penn State College of Nursing, is principle investigator for an innovative project designed to use telehealth to ensure positive, timely, and thorough forensic examinations for victims of sexual assault in...
Penn State Nursing Programs Focus on Caring for Sexual Assault Survivors
University Park, Pa. — Nurses are often the first and possibly the only professionals — whether medical or legal — that a survivor of sexual violence has contact with following an assault, yet many clinics and hospitals do not train nurses in the complex medical and...
SAFE-T Director Co-Presenting “Using Telehealth to Increase the Quality of Forensic-Medical Evidence Collection and Deliver Trauma-Informed Care” Webinar
Using Telehealth to Increase the Quality of Forensic-MedicalEvidence Collection and Deliver Trauma-Informed Care WebinarThursday, December 13th, 201810:00 AM PT/11:00 AM MT/12:00 PM CT/1:00 PM ET Course DescriptionJoin us for a fascinating presentation and discussion...
SAFE-T Center takes part in congressional briefing on sexual assault victim care
SAFE-T Center takes part in congressional briefing on sexual assault victim care
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — The Penn State College of Nursing’s Sexual Assault Forensic Examination Telehealth (SAFE-T) Center played a key role in a congressional briefing Nov. 27 to educate congressional staffers about efforts to improve access to health care for sexual assault victims.
SAFE-T Center Director, Sheridan Miyamoto, PhD, FNP discussed sexual assault medical-forensic examinations in rural, isolated or challenging areas.
Webinar Opportunity: Effective Telenursing Response to Sexual Assault
Date: November 14, 2018; 2:00–3:00 p.m. e.t. Description: In this session targeted toward Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners, participants will learn about some of the advantages to telenursing, as well as some of the potential obstacles, such as cross-state licensure,...
Nurses, victims connect: SAFE-T program provides access to sexual assault examiners
Penn Highlands DuBois SANE nurses introduced at Penn State SAFE-T Center launch
DuBois, Pa. — After a year-long journey, Liz Davis, RN, CEN, Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) nurse, of Penn Highlands Healthcare, is excited to see the launch of the Penn State SAFE-T Center launch at the Penn Highlands Healthcare DuBois. She introduced the Penn...
New technology for sexual assault victims launched at Penn Highlands Dubois
WJAC-TV - DuBois, Pa. — A technology new to Pennsylvania that's enhancing care for sexual assault victims launched in Clearfield County Wednesday. The Sexual Assault Forensic Examination Telehealth Center (SAFE-T Center) was launched by Penn State's College of Nursing...
New tool to better care for sexual assault victims
DuBois, Pa. — Penn Highlands DuBois Hospital introduced a new tool to help sexual assault victims Wednesday. The program is called SAFE-T. The program was developed by Penn State and brought to the hospital thanks to a grant. SAFE-T allows an expert nurse to be...
Nursing, Smeal students team up to address business challenges for SAFE-T Center
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — When the Penn State College of Nursing launched the Sexual Assault Forensic Examination Telehealth (SAFE-T) Center in 2016, it envisioned a solution to enhance access to compassionate sexual assault care in underserved communities. What they...
SAFE-T Center Opens Simulation Lab
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Visitors to the Penn State College of Nursing on Tuesday, July 25, experimented with virtual reality and got a glimpse into the work of forensic nurses when the Pennsylvania Sexual Assault Forensic Examination and Telehealth (SAFE-T) Center...
Penn State Is Helping Sexual Assault Victims
Sexual assault victims often need specialized medical attention, especially if they plan to move forward with a criminal investigation. Penn State is helping provide that care to rural communities. From: Becker's Hospital Review
Collaborating with Experts to Support Rural Nurses
One in five girls and one in twenty boys is a victim of childhood sexual abuse. Sheridan Miyamoto is motivated to improve outcomes for these victims. From: Penn State
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