December 2022 — MHCE Newsletter

20 | MHCE - News www.mhce.us DECEMBER 2022 EDITION
TOWER HEALTH
Advancing Health. Transforming Lives.
Tower Health is an innovative, leading health system dedicated
to advancing the health and transforming the lives
of the people we serve through compassionate, accessible,
high quality, cost-effective healthcare. The system is
comprised of four hospitals that span three counties and
service almost 2.5 million people in Southeastern PA, just
90 minutes from Philadelphia Together, our four hospitals
and other entities provide a full range of medical care
from prevention, screenings, and education; to the latest
clinical services and surgeries; to rehabilitation. We also
offer wellness programs and public health services that
ensure our communities are the healthiest they can be.
With nearly 12,000 team members, Tower Health includes
Reading Hospital, a teaching hospital in West Reading;
Phoenixville Hospital in Phoenixville; Pottstown Hospital
in Pottstown; and St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children,
a partnership of Tower Health and Drexel University, in
Philadelphia. It also includes Reading Hospital Rehabilitation
at Wyomissing; Reading Hospital School of Health Sciences
in West Reading; home healthcare services provided by
Tower Health at Home; and a network of 27 urgent care
facilities across the Tower Health service area. Tower Health
offers a connected network of 1,238 physicians, specialists,
and providers across more than 143 primary care and
specialty care locations committed to patient safety and
patient satisfaction.
Tower Health’s hospitals have received national recognition
for advanced care in areas such as neurosurgery and
stroke, cardiac and vascular surgery, trauma, hematology,
and oncology. Reading Hospital – the flagship, Magnet
Recognized, acute care hospital of Tower Health – is a
recipient of Healthgrades® America’s 50 Best Hospitals
Award. It is a 714-bed facility that is home to many toptier
specialty care centers, including Reading HealthPlex,
McGlinn Cancer Institute, Miller Regional Heart Center, Level
I Trauma Center, and Beginnings Maternity Center, which
houses the region’s only Level III Neonatal Intensive Care
Unit (NICU).
Reading Hospital has a long history of medical teaching,
offering more than 20 residency and fellowship programs
approved by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical
Education and the American Osteopathic Association.
To further demonstrate our commitment to academic
excellence and medical education, Tower Health has
partnered with Drexel University College of Medicine to
open a new medical school one-half mile walking distance
from Reading Hospital, a regional medical campus for
Drexel University College of Medicine at Tower Health.
The school opened in 2021 and has begun its second
academic year of 200 medical students, Class of 2024.
To learn more, go to TowerHealth.org. To explore career
opportunities, go to Careers.TowerHealth.org!