Geisinger Health System

The Geisinger Health System (GHS) is a physician-led health care system of northeastern and central Pennsylvania with headquarters located in Danville, Pennsylvania.

History of Geisinger

Danville resident Abigail Geisinger, widow of iron magnate George Geisinger, used her fortune to build a hospital intended to be a regional medical center modeled on the Mayo Clinic. Founded in 1915, Geisinger Health System provides more than two million people in 38 counties in Pennsylvania a complete continuum of health care. Fact|date=October 2007 The Geisinger Health System enjoys national recognition as a model for quality health service delivery, has been listed in Best Hospitals in America, and its physicians have been listed in The Best Doctors in America.Fact|date=October 2007 Its primary care facility is the Geisinger Medical Center (GMC) located in Danville, with two other hospitals in Wilkes-Barre, Geisinger Wyoming Valley (GWV)and Geisinger South Wilkes Barre. There are numerous Geisinger clinics throughout northeastern Pennsylvania in Wilkes-Barre, Pittston, Wyoming, Scranton, Dallas, Plains, Kingston, and other surrounding cities and towns.

An electronic health record, in place for more than 10 years, provides patients the ability to view their records, electronically communicate with their caregivers and research various medical topics through links to trusted medical information on the Internet. Non-Geisinger physicians and their staff can access their patients’ Geisinger electronic health records by utilizing a special portal that allows them to communicate electronically with Geisinger specialists and sub-specialists. Geisinger Health System has adopted the Epic EMR for electronic documentation of patient and medical information. Currently, the latest implementation known as CPOE (Computerized Provider Order Entry) took place at Geisinger Medical Center in mid October 2007 and has thus remained a success. Expected future implementations are scheduled for the latter part of this year and into the beginning of 2009 at remaining clinics and hospitals.

ProvenCare

In Feb. 2006, Geisinger launched a new program with the intent of changing how healthcare is provided and paid for in the United States. Called ProvenCare by Geisinger, the program features three key elements: a strict reliance on evidence-based standards in medicine, a financial mechanism to pay for certain procedures (such as open heart surgery), and patient engagement/activation. Geisinger says the program is an attempt to give patients the most consistent, comprehensive and effective care possible. ProvenCare has been written about in such publications as the New England Journal of Medicine, New York Times, and the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

Research Focus

Geisinger opened its $21 million Geisinger Center for Health Research on its Danville campus in the spring of 2007. The three-floor, convert|63000|sqft|m2|sing=on facility has achieved a Leed Certification for its environmentally friendly design. Researchers conduct health services, epidemiologic and population genetics research to address problems such as obesity, autism, stroke, diabetes, and hypertension. These projects complement the basic science research at the Sigfried and Janet Weis Center for Research, and the Center for Clinical Studies also on Geisinger’s Danville campus.

List of Geisinger facilities

Location of Hospitals
*Geisinger Headquarters/Medical Center in Danville
*Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center in Plains Township (Wilkes-Barre area)
*Geisinger: South Wilkes-Barre Hospital in downtown Wilkes-Barre
*Geisinger: Marworth Hospital in Waverly

Location of Clinics in Pennsylvania:
Altoona,
Sayre,
Bellefonte,
State College,
DuBois,
Lock Haven,
McElhattan,
Berwick,
Bloomsburg,
Catawissa,
Millville,
Mifflin,
Moosic,
Dunmore,
Dallas,
Hazleton,
Kingston,
Mountaintop,
Pittston,
Wyoming,
Wilkes-Barre,
Scranton,
Plains,
Montoursville,
Lewistown,
Mountainhome,
Mount Pocono,
East Stroudsburg,
Danville,
Kulpmont,
Milton,
Sunbury,
Coal Township,
Frackville,
Mahanoy City,
Orwigsburg,
Pottsville,
Valley View,
Selinsgrove,
Lewisburg,
Meshoppen,
Nicholson,
Tunkhannock.

External links

* [http://www.geisinger.org Geisinger Official Website]