Tower Health

Er/nursing inpatient & outpatient program: chestnut hill hospital: chestnut hill hospital (chh) emergency department provides emergency, urgent and primary care services to the community "24/7/365", regardless of ability to pay. Chh provides immediate access through its emergency department to all specialty areas. Chh remains committed to their goal of seeing patients in 30 minutes or less. Emergency room visits for fy23 were 20,643. Chestnut hill hospital inpatient units include medical surgical, telemetry and intensive care units that provide acute in-patient services such as laboratory, pharmacy, physical therapy, respiratory therapy, and radiology. Total patient days for fy23 were 15,348. The behavioral Health unit at chestnut hill hospital provides 24 hour supervision, treatment, stabilization and placement for adults and older adults coping with a variety of issues, focusing on returning the individual to the highest level of functioning possible. Total patient days for fy23 were 2,399. Phoenixville hospital: phoenixville hospital emergency department provides emergency, urgent and primary care services to the community "24/7/365" regardless of ability to pay. Phoenixville hospital also provides immediate access through its emergency department to all specialty services, from surgeons to all areas of specialty care. Phoenixville hospital has "24/7/365" on-call consultants for pediatric emergency cases through st. christopher's hospital for children. Local ems providers rely on phoenixville hospital for on-going medical education. Emergency room visits for fy23 were 25,542. Phoenixville hospital inpatient units include medical surgical, telemetry and intensive care units, labor and delivery, rehabilitation, nursery and nicu. They provide inpatient acute services including support such as laboratory, pharmacy, physical therapy and radiology. Total patient days for fy23 were 37,461. Pottstown hospital: pottstown hospital emergency department provides emergency, urgent and primary care services 24/7/365 to the community. The emergency department serves patients from berks, montgomery and chester counties. The pottstown hospital emergency department is the second busiest emergency department in montgomery county. There is a full complement of specialty services provided at the local and/or tertiary level with our system hospital in reading. Emergency room visits for fy23 were 33,103. Pottstown hospital inpatient units include medical surgical, telemetry and intensive care units. They provide inpatient acute services including support such as laboratory, pharmacy, physical therapy and radiology. Total patient days for fy23 were 28,019. The behavioral Health unit at pottstown hospital provides 24/7/365 supervision, treatment, stabilization and placement for adults and geriatric adults coping with a variety of issues, focusing on returning the individual to the highest level of cognitive functioning possible. Total patient days for fy23 were 7,506.

Radiology/imaging program: chestnut hill hospital: chestnut hill hospital radiology department provides imaging services to the community in both an inpatient and outpatient setting. These services include but are not limited to pet scans, ultrasounds, cat scans, mris, nuclear medicine, interventional radiology, and mammograms. Chestnut hill hospital provides free screenings throughout the community and offers financial assistance for mammograms via funds received at local charitable events hosted/sponsored by chestnut hill hospital. Total procedures for fy23 were 49,493. Phoenixville hospital: phoenixville hospital radiology department provides imaging services to the community in both an inpatient and outpatient setting in two locations. These services include but are not limited to pet scans, ultrasounds, ct scans, mris, nuclear medicine, interventional radiology and mammograms. Phoenixville hospital offers free mammograms to the underinsured and uninsured patients. Total procedures for fy23 were 84,566. Pottstown hospital: pottstown hospital radiology department provides imaging services to the community in both an inpatient and outpatient setting in two locations. These services include but are not limited to pet scans, ultrasounds, ct scans, mris, nuclear medicine, interventional radiology and mammograms. Total procedures for fy23 were 85,135.

Operating room services: chestnut hill hospital: chestnut hill hospital's surgical department provides surgical services to our community in both an inpatient and outpatient setting. Services include: bariatrics, ent, gastroenterology, gynecology, orthopedics, pain management, plastics, podiatry, pulmonology, thoracic, urology, vascular, and general surgery. Total procedures for fy23 were 1,639. Phoenixville hospital: phoenixville hospital's surgical department provides surgical services to the community in both an inpatient and outpatient setting. These services include: cariology, cardio, thoracis, ent, orthopedics, gynecology, obstetrics, urology, pain management, plastic, podiatry, neuro and general surgery. The robotics surgery program received the center of excellence accreditation in 2023. Total procedures for fy23 were 8,316. Pottstown hospital: pottstown hospital's surgical services department provides emergent, urgent and elective surgeries to the community on an inpatient and outpatient basis. Emergency cases can be done 24/7/365 and patients needing a higher level of care can be transferred to tertiary centers in the area. Pottstown hospital offers, orthopedic, vascular, spine, ent, maxofacial, plastic, ob/gyn, ophthalmologic, urologic, podiatric and general surgery. Total procedures for fy23 were 6,463.

Expenses incurred in providing various other medically necessary healthcare services to all individuals in a non-discriminatory manner regardless of race, color, creed, sex, national origin, or ability to pay. Services include but are not limited to: chestnut hill hospital: chestnut hill hospital provides a full range of outpatient, diagnostic and treatment services for people in northwest philadelphia and eastern montgomery county. Other than imaging, chestnut hill hospital's areas of focus for outpatients are women's services, rehabilitation services and sleep care. Total outpatient visits for fy23 were 48,224. Oncology and hematology services at chestnut hill hospital include comprehensive cancer services in a caring and compassionate setting. We provide hope with proven cancer treatments. Our cancer services include financial counseling and an online patient portal at the practice to improve patient access and communication. Free community lectures on cancer screenings are provided during the year. Total procedures in fy23 were 73. Chestnut hill hospital provides pharmacy support to all inpatient with their pharmaceutical needs. Phoenixville hospital: phoenixville hospital provides outpatient services for laboratory, radiology patients and dialysis patients. Cancer center patients receive outpatient services based on their treatment plan. Cardio-pulmonary patients utilize the 1st floor rehabilitation gym for prescribed and monitored outpatient exercise. Total procedures for fy23 were 33,350. Phoenixville hospital oncology services department provides medical oncology and radiation therapy services to the community. We provide charity services to our service area who meet our charity policy guidelines. Targeted therapies in our recently renovated infusion suite selectively affect only the cells related to a particular cancer, causing less damage and fewer side effects to surrounding non-cancerous cells and body systems than traditional chemotherapy drugs. Phoenixville hospital actively participates in a number of preventive and treatment clinical trials through the cancer trial support unit (ctsu). Total procedures for fy23 were 9,947 phoenixville hospital provides pharmacy support to all inpatients and cancer center patients with their pharmaceutical needs. Pottstown hospital: pottstown hospital provides outpatient services for laboratory, radiology, wound care, and pt/ot/speech therapy patients. Total procedures for fy23 were 421,358. Pottstown hospital cancer center provides inpatient, outpatient and infusion services to oncology patients in the community. The pottstown hospital cancer center offers a robust service line inclusive of medical and radiation oncology with rapid arc technology with linear accelerator and cyberknife capabilities. The pottstown hospital cancer center is a five-time recipient of the american college of surgeons council on cancer outstanding achievement award. There are only 4 cancer centers in the united states who have achieved this distinction. Pottstown hospital actively participates in a number of preventive and treatment clinical trials through the cancer trials support unit (ctsu). Total procedures for fy23 were 21,784. Pottstown hospital provides pharmacy support to all inpatients and cancer center patients with their pharmaceutical needs. Tower Health urgent care: Tower Health urgent care locations are located in berks and montgomery county. We specialize in treating non-life-threatening illnesses and injuries. We provide coordinated and comprehensive exams for school, camp, sports, and pre- employment, as well as professional driver exams from our licensed, certified medical examiners with the department of transportation. As a preferred provider for many employers, we are equipped to handle occupational Health needs including immunizations, screenings, dot and cdl physicals. Telemedicine has become widely accepted with the advances in remote medical technologies. Tower Health urgent care facilities achieved accreditation from the urgent care association (uca), which is the highest level of distinction for urgent care centers. This recognition was earned after a comprehensive survey, which included onsite visits and virtual surveys with staff members by uca accreditation surveyors. This accreditation ensures all Tower Health urgent care locations have met all uca's standards and criteria for quality of patient care, safety, and scope of services. Tower Health providers: Tower Health providers (thp) was formed to develop a physician network to work in conjunction with Tower Health to implement a clinical integration program. Clinical integration is the implementation of an active and ongoing program to evaluate and modify practice patterns by the network's physician participants and create a high degree of interdependence and cooperation among the physicians to control costs and improve the quality and efficiency of Health care for the network's physician participants and the entire Health care community served. Towerdirect: towerdirect is a unified patient transportation system that serves berks county and the Tower Health service area. Having a unified ambulance service supports Tower Health's goal of providing patients with timely and high-quality care, while developing an ems program that can grow, innovate, and better respond to the ever- changing healthcare environment. Towerdirect is a multifaceted ems solution to our patients, co-workers, and communities. Benefits to the community include: improved availability and sustainability of emergency, non-emergency, critical care, and pediatric patient transport services for communities within berks county and the Tower Health service area; the opportunity to enhance patient care and improve operational performance; real-time access to the Tower Health electronic medical records to measure and improve patient outcomes; better access to patient transport services, improving the timeliness of discharge from inpatient and outpatient facilities; enhanced efforts to improve patient care initiation and transitions in care settings; and the ability to enhance community paramedicine and patient outreach programs. Towerdirect offers several proactive and preventive Health services, including: home visits - upon the provider's request, members of the towerdirect team provide in-home visits to confirm the patient has all prescribed medications and if remote monitoring is utilized, to make sure the equipment is set up correctly. Public event support - towerdirect routinely attends concerts county fairs, and other community events in case an attendee needs on-site medical care or medical transportation. Safety presentations - the towerdirect team gives presentations at schools, libraries, and other public venues upon request. Topics include car seat safety, fall prevention and bike and helmet safety.