PinnacleHealth System
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| Type | Private, Non-profit |
| Founded | 1996 |
| Headquarters | Harrisburg, PA |
| Area served | Central Pennsylvania |
| Industry | Medical |
| Revenue | ▲$523 million (2006) |
| Employees | 5,000 |
| Website | www.pinnaclehealth.org/ |
PinnacleHealth System is a community-based, physician-led health care system serving the greater Harrisburg, Pennsylvania metropolitan area. PinnacleHealth operates five primary care facilities as well as a network of family practice and urgent care centers, managed care entities, home health-care, hospice, and an array of other healthcare services.
Since its establishment in 1996, PinnacleHealth has grown to a multi-county system with more than 800 primary care physicians supported by more than 4,000 skilled nurses and technicians, over $500 million in revenue,[1] operates several for-profit health insurance subsidiaries and a network of 5 hospitals.
Two of PinnacleHealth's largest facilities, Harrisburg Hospital and Polyclinic Medical Center are teaching hospitals with a combined count of 884 inpatient beds, over 35,100 inpatient admissions and 235,000 outpatient visits per year as well as over 5,000 deliveries and 60,000 emergency room visits annually, making it one of the largest urban clinical institutions in the nation.[2] It is the seventh largest employer in the Harrisburg area.[3]
In 2004, PinnacleHealth established an emergency medicine residency program, in cooperation with the Penn State Hershey Medical Center, a Level I trauma center located 10 miles east of Harrisburg.[4]
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[edit] List of PinnacleHealth facilities
Location of Hospitals
- Harrisburg Hospital (Harrisburg Campus) in downtown Harrisburg
- Polyclinic Medical Center (Polyclinic Campus) in uptown Harrisburg
- Community General Osteopathic Hospital (Community Campus) in Harrisburg
- Seidle Memorial Hospital (Seidle Campus) in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania
- Fredricksen Outpatient Center (Cumberland Campus) in Mechanisburg
Location of Clinics in Pennsylvania: Camp Hill, Dillsburg, Elizabethville, Harrisburg (several locations), Marysville, Mechanicsburg, Middletown, Millersburg, Newport and Tower City
[edit] References
- ^ PinnacleHealth System (2006). 2006 Annual Report. pinnaclehealth.org/. Retrieved on 2007-01-01.
- ^ City of Harrisburg (2006). Healthcare in the Harrisburg area. harrisburgpa.gov/. Retrieved on 2006-12-31.
- ^ Capital Region Economic Development Corporation (2006). Harrisburg area information. credc.org/. Retrieved on 2006-12-31.
- ^ College of Medicine (2006). Emergency Medicine Residency Program. hmc.psu.edu/. Retrieved on 2007-01-01.
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