About PinnacleHealth

Did you know? … The Basics:

• PinnacleHealth is a pioneer not-for-profit healthcare system dedicated to providing and improving the health and quality of life for the people of central Pennsylvania since 1873.
• A proven leader in medical innovation, PinnacleHealth offers a wide range of services from primary care to the most complex surgeries and Magnet® recognition for nursing excellence.
• The healthcare network includes four campuses (Community, Cumberland, Harrisburg, and Polyclinic) and medical services, including family practice, imaging, outpatient surgery, and oncology, at multiple locationsthroughout the region. Click here for our A-Z service directory.

Did you know? ...  What Sets Us Apart:

• When measured against all 257 Pennsylvania hospitals, our experience ranked: 1st in major joint replacements, 4th in heart catheterization and stenting, 5th in open heart surgery, 6th in kidney transplants, 6th in spine/back surgery, and 6th in births.
• Our nurses are the first in the region to consecutively achieve Magnet® status—the highest national recognition for nursing excellence by the American Nurses Credentialing Center.
• Nationally recognized heart, neurosurgery and Orthopedic surgery programs.
• Affiliated with Fox Chase Cancer Center for clinical trials and research.
• Enrolled in more cardiovascular clinical trials than any other hospital in central PA.
• The area’s only high-volume, level III NICU.
• PinnacleHealth Spine Institute provides a comprehensive, customized plan of care for those suffering from back and neck pain.
• Operating two of only 32 McKenzie-certified Spine Centers in the country.
• Offering the area’s only comprehensive care and counseling for children of sexual and physical abuse.
• The Children’s Resource Center (CRC) partners with area District Attorneys, police, medical professionals, and counselors to help victims and their families prosecute and heal from abuse.
• More than 11,000 diagnostic and interventional coronary and peripheral vascular procedures performed each year.
• The latest high definition technology for endoscopies, allowing physicians to find lesions previously missed.
• We are a teaching hospital with eight residency programs in Internal Medicine (allopathic and osteopathic), General Surgery (allopathic and osteopathic), Pediatric Surgery, Podiatric Surgery, Family Practice (osteopathic), and Orthopedic Surgery (osteopathic). We offer four Fellowship programs in the areas of Toxicology, Maternal Fetal Medicine, Sports Medicine, and Bariatric Surgery.
• We perform more than 14,500 surgical procedures each year at Harrisburg Hospital and more than 8,500 surgical procedures at Community General Hospital.
• The Donald B. and Dorothy L. Stabler Emergency Departmentcompleted in October 2011, has thecapacity to serve 110,000 annual visitors and offers larger, more private, and comfortable settings with state-of-the-art technology.

Did you know? … the firsts:

• First and only diabetes program in Pennsylvania and one of only 20 nationwide to attain The Joint Commission award for its Disease-Specific Care Certification Advanced Inpatient Diabetes Management.
• PinnacleHealth Heart & Vascular Institute surgeons performed the area’s first heart bypass surgery in 1956.
• The only CyberKnife in Central PA to treat tumors of the brain, neck and spine.
• First in Pennsylvania to have theAquilion ONE Volume Computed Tomography (CT) Aquilion® ONE Volume Computed Tomography (CT) Scanner—the world’s first dynamic volume CT medical imaging system.
• First in Central PA to use the da Vinci ® STM robotic system in 2006 for heart bypass, gynecological and urological surgeries.
• The PinnacleHealth Toxicology Center was the first in the U.S. and the only of its kind in PA.
• First use in the U.S. of the new AtriClip device for atrial fibrillation by PinnacleHealth cardiothoracic surgeon Mubashir Mumtaz, MD.
• First hospital in Pennsylvania to establish a Heart Recovery Center using leading-edge hemodynamic support technology.
• Participating in groundbreaking national clinical trial for transcatheter aortic valve implantation for high-risk patients with aortic stenosis.

Did you know? … ways we give back:

• Community benefit programs and services for fiscal year 2010 exceeded $5 million and more than 800,000 persons were served. 
• We provided $51.7 million in uncompensated or under-compensated care in fiscal year 2010.
• We offer a Free Mammogram Program to care for those uninsured or underinsured who cannot afford to get this vital test.
• More than 7,000 hours of care and support provided by PinnacleHealth Hospice volunteers last year.

Additional Achievements:

• Gold Status Certification by The Joint Commission—Our diabetes management program is the first of any health system in Pennsylvania to attain this certification recognizing hospitals that make exceptional efforts to foster better outcomes across all inpatient settings.
• Primary Stroke Center—We have achieved certification as an Advanced Primary Stroke Center by The Joint Commission.
• Award-Winning Heart Care—The PinnacleHealth Cardiovascular Institute was recognized for excellence in quality and care with Gold Status for Heart Failure and Silver Status for Stroke by the American Heart Association’s Get With the Guidlines® program in 2011.
• Best Places to Work in PA, 2002-2010—For nine consecutive years,employees have nominated PinnacleHealth for this award. The survey, study and award program was established to identify the best places of employment in Pennsylvania.
• Modern Healthcare’s Best Places to Work in Healthcare, 2009-2010—Named one of the top 100 Best Places to Work in Healthcare in the U. S.
• Approval with Commendation by the Commission on Cancer (CoC)—As a Community Hospital Comprehensive Cancer Center, PinnacleHealth was awarded three-year approval by having voluntarily committed to providing the highest level of quality cancer care and undergoing a rigorous evaluation process and performance review.
• PinnacleHealth’s efforts toward eliminating hospital-acquired infections are showing success. Infections that patients acquire during their hospital stay must be reported to the PA Department of Health. Of the more than 250 hospitals in Pennsylvania, PinnacleHealth is one of only 16 that beat the target rates defined by the state. No other hospital in the region was included among the 16.
• Breast Care Center—The PinnacleHealth Breast Care Center has been awarded full accreditation by the National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers (NAPBC).
• Bariatric Surgery Center of Excellence—Awarded by the American Society of Bariatric Surgery (ASBS).
• 2011 Top Performer Award—The Helen M. Simpson Rehabilitation Hospital has ranked in the top 10 percent of 797 rehabilitation facilities in the country in the Uniform Data System for Medical Rehabilitation.
• Accredited Chest Pain Center—This accreditation by the Society of Chest Pain Centers was awarded for providing state-of-the-art care during the critical window of time for heart attack patients.