Tower Health

Operating room services: 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 fy24 were 9,117. 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 fy24 were 4,973.

Radiology/imaging program: 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/ct 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 fy24 were 87,802. 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/ct scans, ultrasounds, ct scans, mris, nuclear medicine, interventional radiology and mammograms. Total procedures for fy24 were 89,699.

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: 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 fy24 were 347,708. 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 fy24 were 9,502 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 fy24 were 435,390 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 fy24 were 19,847. 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. Tower health providers (thp) is an extensive, high-value network of providers from all specialties spread across a wide geography. Our organization ensures participating providers align with evidence-based medicine practices in a culture of accountability and collaboration. These principals continue to drive healthcare transformation through improved quality, cost efficacy, and increased patient and provider satisfaction. Thp creates opportunities for the alignment of new incentives and alternate payment models for providers. By bringing together the best providers with the strongest healthcare systems, thp is helping providers and practices benefit from these new arrangements. 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.