Excela Health Group

“Sharon smith, robert rogalski & tom yarabinetz serve as volunteers on the board of directors for university of pittsburgh at greensburg.”

“Excela health has a cpa firm prepare its form 990. The return is completed in draft form and reviewed by management of the organization. The form 990 is then provided to the board of directors for review before it is filed.”

“A web-based software program is used to administer a conflict of interest disclosure form and questionnaire annually to all board trustees, key employees and certain other directors, managers and contracted physicians. Compliance in completing the form is required at 100% for officers, trustees and key employees. The disclosures are reviewed by the compliance officer, chief legal officer and certain board committees. Additionally, the organization has a conflict of interest policy that is shared with employees, medical staff and business partners through one or more of the following methods: posting on the organization's intranet website, on the organization's public world wide website, in its policy manual and in its corporate code. Reports and subsequent findings of non-compliance result in disciplinary action through human resources, the office of medical affairs, or through company sanctions towards business partners.”

“After the close of each fiscal year, and subject to applicable law, the human resources committee of the board may commission an executive compensation study be completed using data obtained from outside parties and other public records to determine the market competitiveness, appropriateness and reasonableness of each pay element and the aggregate total compensation package. The human resources committee presents the study's findings and any recommended changes to the executive committee for approval.”

“Excela health and members of excela health group makes its form 990, form 990-t, and financial statements available to the public upon request.”

“Excela health and members of excela health group makes its conflicts of interest policy available upon request. At this time, excela health and members of excela health group do not make its governing documents available to the general public.”

“Change in additional minimum pension liability -4,997,000. Other 205,000. Temporarily restricted contributions 1,134,000. Net assets released from restriction for operations -114,000. Distribution to stockholders 2,476,000. Transfer to affiliates -673,000.”

“Excela health has an audit committee that is responsible for the oversight of the audit and selection of the independent auditors. The process has not changed from prior year.”

“In 2004, the health care leaders within westmoreland county convened to fashion a regional health care system that embodied high quality, accessibility and advanced technology locally. Today, excela health continues on that course, one in which we believe our success is rooted in safe and efficient patient-centered care driven by value-based behaviors. More to the point, we seek to live our mission of "improving the health and well-being of every life we touch" couched in values now known as the excela way. Evidence of those ideals can be found in the events of fy 2014, including the addition of new concepts, services and technologies, while at the same time garnering recognition for its efforts from national, regional and local organizations. In all cases, the resulting programs, services and awards benefitted the area's citizenry and demonstrated a focus on quality measures, further enhancing the way we provide care. Perhaps more important was the addition of highly trained physicians, nurses and health care professionals who continuously bring our mission to life while management, the board of trustees and medical staff collaborate diligently, and thoughtfully, to provide outstanding care to this region. All in a day's work at excela health as the extraordinary is embraced as routine by the 4,629 employees, 506 physicians, 209 allied health professionals, 20 residents and 979 volunteers and auxilians who are the life's blood of the health system. As a pennsylvania non-profit corporation described under section 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code of 1986, excela health was originally incorporated as such effective july 1, 1984, previously known as southwest health system, followed by the name westmoreland latrobe health partners and finally, excela health. Comprised of three hospitals - frick, latrobe and westmoreland - in addition to other health-related subsidiaries, excela health continues to expand as the needs of the community demand. The tradition of providing care in neighborhoods and communities continues so accessibility and convenience are more than just an idea, they are an ideal brought to life for the good of all constituents. Across westmoreland county and beyond, excela health outpatient rehabilitation for outpatient physical, occupational and speech therapy, quikdraw and quikdraw plus for routine blood work, imaging and diagnostics, and our network of primary care physicians and specialists offer high quality care and serve as examples of what medical care is all about - providing treatment efficiently and effectively with the objective of minimizing and/or resolving the detrimental effects of a given condition so individuals can lead the best life possible. But "conditions" encompass more than the physical; they include the psychosocial/emotional aspects of good health as well. The behavioral health team, with services offered at the latrobe and westmoreland hospital campuses, also reaches into the community to aid those in crisis. During fiscal 2014, excela health behavioral health services provided the following community services: 1. The excela health behavioral health team continued their participation on the d-cort (disaster, crisis, outreach and referral) team and were dispatched four times to aid county residents affected by traumatic incidents throughout westmoreland county. 2. Excela health behavioral health provides student assistance (sap) in 15 school districts (an increase from fy 2013) throughout westmoreland county. Additionally, we operate full service outpatient clinics in four school districts: latrobe, derry, mount pleasant, and ligonier valley. 3. The sap team responded to eight school-based post-interventions following traumatic events that occurred and/or directly affected the students, faculty and administration of the schools we serve. 4. Behavioral health operates a six-week summer camp, called camp focus, which served 159 children from the latrobe, derry, mount pleasant and ligon”

“1. The use of new patient wristbands, along with the newest component of the excela health hero acute care electronic medical record - the cerner millenium medication administration module, scientifically proven to decrease medication administration errors, adverse drug events, and avoidable medical costs. 2. Excela health adopted signage to alert caregivers of "procedures in progress" within patient rooms. Bringing this to the attention of caregivers may reduce the number of procedures that are interrupted and help to keep both the employee and patient safe. Additionally, safety advocates placed sharps safety signs on their continuous improvement boards to further raise awareness about taking extra precautions to avoid needle sticks. 3. Through the a1c reduction project, the staff at latrobe family medicine and others worked to focus on creating a more regular monitoring of patient care, helping to reduce the number of patients who had not had a1c testing completed in more than 12 months as well as a1c scores. Among the solutions: a new standard order was created for diabetic testing to ensure every patient received the necessary test. 4. Excela health continues as a training site for continuing education related to the community-based care transition project. Based on excela's success with the care coach program through the westmoreland county area agency on aging, they remain in the collaborative that includes mon valley, canonsburg, and washington hospitals. The western pennsylvania collaborative is one of 29 across the country seeking to improve transitions and reduce readmissions among medicare participants. 5. Nursing leadership at excela health continues its quest to attain magnet status in its pursuit of excellence. Throughout the past fiscal year, they have enhanced and/or initiated many programs and processes all benefitting the patient and lending greater job satisfaction for nurses and ancillary staff. Some of those initiatives include: - electronic self scheduling - allows nurses the ability to orchestrate their own work schedules. - face time - a component of the nursing knowledge exchange that moves it to another level and assures greater safety in patient hand-offs between units. Caregivers in varied locations can communicate electronically (with visual capability) to discuss patient needs and care with opportunity for subjective interpretation and objective evaluation. More importantly, it engages the patient in the process. - nurse mentorship program - as part of the larger nurse residency program, nurse mentorship continues to provide ongoing support, direction and guidance for the new nurse and is initiated during the nurse resident's second year and after a critical phase in the nurse residency program. The mentorship pairs a nurse resident with a "mentor" for a collaborative relationship. The mentor serves as a support resource providing guidance, encouragement, advice and feedback on challenges encountered in the workplace. This partnership also empowers nurses to network and find solutions through enhanced communication skills and meaningful interaction, with the mentor facilitating introductions to others across the excela organization so the nurse resident can navigate across departments and service lines more effectively. - clinical education center - a newly developed space located within frick hospital used for new nurse orientation, skills lab, and ongoing education for nurse residents. - collaborative care - a patient care delivery model based on nationally recognized practices including staff rounding with physicians and others. Excela health joined a comprehensive initiative to improve the quality of care and reduce avoidable hospitalizations among nursing facility residents in western pennsylvania as part of a $19 million grant from the centers for medicare and medicaid services (cms). In november 2012, upmc community provider services and its aging institute and palliative and supportive car”

“7. The accreditation for cardiovascular excellence (ace) program again continues its accreditation to excela health's cardiac catheterization laboratory and angioplasty/stenting program. Ace accreditation recognizes the commitment of clinicians and staff to quality assurance, peer review, and the use of evidence-based guidelines. Excela health is the first health system in pennsylvania and only the fifth in the nation to receive it. According to bonnie weiner, md, msec, mbv, fscai, chief medical officer and chair of ace's board of directors and director of interventional cardiology research at st. Vincent hospital, worchester medical center, worchester, mass., "by seeking ace cardiac catheterization accreditation, excela health has shown that it has an uncompromising commitment to provide safe, high quality care. The willingness to be evaluated against nationally accepted gold standard practices demonstrates a desire to meet the highest quality standards set by the experts in cardiac and endovascular care." ace is sponsored by the society for cardiovascular angiography and intervention and the american college of cardiology foundation, the two leading professional cardiovascular organizations jointly representing more than 40,000 practitioners. 8. Excela health frick hospital was selected for the 2013 pennsylvania excellence award among its peers and competitors by the small business institute for excellence in commerce (sbiec). The sbiec conducts business surveys and industry research annually to identify companies achieving demonstrable success in their local business environment and industry category, with service to their customers and community. Frick hospital demonstrated high regard for upholding business ethics and company values consistently. 9. The lewin group, on behalf of the centers for medicare and medicaid services (cms), recognized excela health's good work in the community as part of the care transition program. This program aids in the reduction of unplanned hospital returns. 10. Highmark blue cross blue shield has recognized excela health westmoreland hospital as one of the first in the nation to receive a blue distinction center plus designation in the area of cardiac care as part of the blue distinction center for specialty care program. Blue distinction centers are hospitals shown to deliver quality specialty care based on objective, transparent measures for patient safety and health outcomes that were developed with input from the medical community. 11. Excela health is maintaining its role in the healthy people 2020 initiative of the u.s. Department of health and human services by attaining a 93% participation rate among employees and physicians for flu immunizations. This highly successful safety measure protects patients and controls the spread of flu through a two-pronged program - flu immunizations and masks for those not receiving the vaccine. Just as excela health cares for its patients, so too, does it take into account the health and well-being of its work force through a variety of health initiatives. - excela health continued this quest by garnering the "healthiest employer of western pennsylvania" for 2014, the fourth year in a row. As one of 37 companies in the program and a repeat winner in the 1,500 to 4,999 employee category, excela health had by far the highest percentage of employees and spouses participating in a corporate sponsored program that included biometric screenings. For employees, this means any number of wellness rewards including lower medical insurance premiums and better or self-management of chronic disease. Excela health was also lauded for extending its health fairs to all dependents. The pittsburgh business times, a local business and industry publication, partnered with indianapolis-based healthiest employer llc to find the healthiest workplaces in western pennsylvania. -walking spree, a voluntary fitness program offered to employees, spouses, members of the health s”

“9. The introduction of excela.me, the patient portal for accessing one's own health information. Excela health also offers care across a continuum from prevention and wellness to emergency care, acute care, outpatient care, rehabilitation, home care and hospice and durable medical equipment (medical supplies). Through a system approach, excela health can, and does, seek to make care accessible and affordable while attracting and retaining talented professionals who strive to raise the quality bar, allowing for a level and sophistication of services that previously could only be found in tertiary medical centers. Further, excela health, which is westmoreland county's largest employer, made a $985 million impact on pennsylvania's economy in 2010. The ripple benefit of its workforce and annual total spending is based on regional economic multipliers from the bureau of economic analysis, u.s. Department of commerce, and rims ii multiplier for the hospital industry. Reaching into the community in fact, the health system has garnered much recognition for our efforts on behalf of the "health and well-being" of the public we serve, always striving for excellence as our very name implies. We take the role of corporate citizen seriously too, partnering with community organizations to spread the word about various health issues, giving our time and talents to neighborhood causes, and supporting the efforts of area health-related groups and others whose mission meshes with our own. Cases in point include: 1. Biometric screenings were initiated for the wellness rewards program in which employees and spouses eligible for excela health medical benefits participate to qualify for insurance reductions. 2. July 2013 saw the selection of 11 high school students to participate in an externship program coordinated by excela health general surgeon daniel clark. The students rounded with physicians in 10 specialties over the course of 10 days. 3. In preparation for the 2013 fall hunting season, excela health held its "hunter's heart check" at gander mountain, a retail outlet. The event included free blood pressure, body mass index and blood sugar screenings along with vouchers for ekg tests. An excela health interventional cardiologist was on hand to answer questions and foot evaluations were provided by a local podiatrist, all to protect the health of our region's hunters. 4. Several of our excela health medical staff, as well as employees and nurses, served as "medical missionaries," traveling to haiti to help with post-earthquake medical issues. Drs. Mike mazowiecki, neurology, richard payha, general surgery, and john waas, medical oncology, spent varying times in the country as did kim beck, rn, and others. 5. Excela health behavioral health hosted a "children's emotional wellness symposium" in november 2013 for any adults who care for children. A variety of workshops were offered with the goal of opening channels of support and response locally, and networking with area professionals to support the emotional health of children in westmoreland county. 6. Liz schadle, a nurse at excela health mountain view internal medicine, led a church group first formed in 2009, to make shawls for cancer patients during october - breast cancer awareness month. The group knitted the shawls, donating them to our breast health center as a gift to patients. 7. After two years of planning, the majesty care clinic, offering free health care to westmoreland county residents who cannot afford medical insurance, opened. This project was a partnership between majesty and excela health, who donated much of the clinic's medical equipment from the former excela health jeannette hospital campus along with our physicians who contributed $10,000 to the clinic while promoting volunteer support. Initially, some 37 physicians, allied health professionals and other clinical staff from excela health volunteered along with some non-medical personnel. The clinic offers primary care”

“Additional community contacts include programs offered by the nancy g. Hoffman complementary health services, the well-being center, tobacco cessation and others. By reaching beyond the traditional walls of our hospitals, as well as understanding the many, varied medical needs of the populations we serve, we can direct care where it is most accessible and most needed. Through events such as wellness checks co-sponsored by area rotary and kiwanis clubs, wellness initiatives at local colleges and schools, area festivals, march of dimes walk-a-thon, and much more, we have touched innumerable lives, with the goal of preventing illness, keeping folks healthy, or teaching them how to stay healthy after a hospital visit. We also offer numerous health and wellness avenues for our employees with on-site gyms, employee health fairs and more. Across excela health, we attend to keeping individuals healthy and disease-free by giving considerable attention to wellness through our well-being center and their community programs among others: well-being center/other community programs and monies expended/populations served: to spread the message of wellness and available wellness opportunities free to the public via our well-being center, speaker's bureau and more: $103,016 to control the spread of flu by providing flu vaccines for employees and other staff for a healthier population while containing the spread of flu among the health system populations. Employees, physicians and volunteers receiving the flu vaccine: 4,282; cost absorbed for providing vaccine: $72,151 lives touched through the well-being center professionals and others via diabetes education, smoking cessation, pre-natal classes and more: 7,101 discounts provided to subscribers based on income according to area agency on aging income guidelines for the lifeline personal emergency response program for older adults or those at medical risk: $2,928 further, we continue to move beyond our traditional walls to strengthen bonds with our communities and touch lives well beyond those who enter our doors through an active community outreach program. In these outreach venues, we can bridge the gulf for those who otherwise may not seek care, pursue wellness measures, or know where to turn for health information. Additional resources were expended to accomplish our mission of improving the health and well-being of every life we touch in the following fashion: community outreach activity/charitable giving and monies expended/populations served: community health fairs, screenings, education programs: $651,480; lives touched through community health/wellness efforts: 365,583; free screenings preformed: 14,398; community health publications: $80,431; community contributions: $275,000; continuing medical education provided through the health system for its medical staff: $30,306; tuition reimbursement for employees raising their level of education ultimately benefitting the quality of care delivered: $437,074; volunteer hours donated system wide (can translate to $1,186,257 of time spent aiding the health system mission): 92,101; monies for camp focus, providing a summer day camp for school age children so mental health treatment, growth and learning can continue during the summer months: $31,771 the employees charitable trust fund, excela health system employees who, during fy 2014, donated a percentage of their pay to aid fellow employees, community causes and the system's foundations, dispersed: -to the westmoreland hospital foundation, designated for the westmoreland hospital icu renovation: $10,000; other external aid: $56,500; internal aid: $25,688; other (accounting, misc.): $1,300; total: $93,488 but it's all about a call to action. And those actions translate to assuming a purposed leadership role as we seek to increase access and enhance quality in new and enlightened ways. From our board of trustees to our professional staff, we continue to focus our sites on what people need most:”

“The family additions maternity center offers maternity care in a home-like atmosphere featuring 10 labor-delivery-recovery suites (ldrs) with operating suites for cesarean or high risk births, a special care (level ii) nursery and pediatric care. Services for women planning or considering pregnancy are offered, along with gynecological services for women of all ages. Behavioral health services features a 32-bed adult inpatient program, outpatient services for adults and reaches into the community through a variety of community-based programs. In 2013, behavioral health expanded and remodeled the crisis response center, giving it a total of 4,000 square feet to accommodate individuals with multiple physical and emotional needs through a "living room model" of crisis intervention. The crisis center has become a central evaluation and referral service for the community and serves over 1,000 individuals in psychiatric crises each year. Additionally, the hospital houses a breast health center; extensive outpatient services including a short stay surgery unit; diabetes services; a full complement of imaging services including fixed-site and open mri units; a bariatric surgery center, a large critical care unit with an intensivist program (offering 24 hour a day, in-house physician specialist coverage in the critical care areas), and emergency care. Minimally invasive surgery, too, was enhanced with the addition of a second minimally invasive surgery operating room suite at westmoreland hospital. Added in october 2010, the newly remodeled surgical suite provides maximum patient benefits in a minimally invasive way. Described as the "operating room of the future - today" the i-suite operating room by stryker features the latest technologies for enhancing the quality and efficiency of minimally invasive surgery. In 2014, a da vinci surgical robot was added to westmoreland, where trained surgeons are able to perform robot-assisted surgeries. In february 2011, an observation unit on the hospital's second floor was added, geared toward patients who are expected to be evaluated, diagnosed and treated rapidly, with the likelihood of improvement and discharge within 24 hours. It is also home to the interventional capabilities of the heart center. The well being center offering wellness and prevention programs for our communities and employees alike. A pastoral services component tends to the emotional and spiritual needs of our patients, their families, and staff while a vibrant volunteer services program helps with the day-to-day tasks that allow the hospital to run smoothly. The westmoreland hospital emergency department continues to see patients from all walks of life and all stages of illness and injury. Within its refurbished space, the department saw 55,351 individuals in fy 2014. Recently, the hospital and healthsystem of pennsylvania (hap) recognized the department's efforts in addressing patient throughput. The excela advanced wound care center continues to help patients with all types of wounds, most notably, with hyperbaric oxygen chamber treatment to speed healing in some types of wounds, especially diabetic ulcers. Excela health is the first in the area to do so. Further, the center offers other treatments including topical skin care, wound dressings and medications. For more serious cases, excela health offers sophisticated solutions, such as "skin substitutes" to help cover an open wound, reduce healing time, and pain. Getting to the heart of the matter: the heart center at westmoreland hospital the heart center at excela health offers the latest technologies, compassionate care, highly advanced medical expertise reflected in exceptional outcomes, and experience commensurate with high volumes. The heart center spans emergency care for quick assessment and treatment of heart attack and related conditions to diagnostic care, interventional cardiology, electrophysiology, cardiothoracic and vascular surgery, and cardiac/pulmonary”

“We're expecting you - the family additions maternity center at westmoreland: expert care, support and education are the hallmarks of the family additions maternity center where we continue the tradition of providing parents-to-be with a warm, caring environment coupled with state-of-the-art technology. We understand that becoming a mom is not just about the birth, but the beginning of an incredible journey, one in which we help you, and your growing family, enjoy the experience while providing care and support that can last a lifetime. It starts with a range of educational classes, most free, where you learn about pregnancy, parenting, care for the new infant, and so much more. Pre-natal testing is available as is nutritional advice for keeping you and baby healthy and happy. Birthing classes are offered for you, the baby's father and even siblings. Grandparenting classes are available when the extended family is more intimately involved. This award-winning center, features 10 well-appointed labor-delivery-recovery (ldrs) suites with all the comforts of home but equipped with the latest technology. You'll also find a newborn nursery, a special care (level ii) nursery, private, post-partum rooms with pull-out beds for dads and operating rooms on the same floor for cesarean sections, comfortable waiting rooms and a newborn photo service. Births for the fiscal year 2014 reached 1,632. Making care more accessible - outpatient care and community outreach: to make health care more accessible to our communities, we continue to offer services in an outpatient setting as well as health screenings, health fairs, educational classes, support groups and a vibrant speakers bureau, all with the purpose of keeping our communities healthy. The diabetes center tends to the needs of the county's diabetic population, which is 10 percent of the total westmoreland county population. Diabetes classes at westmoreland hospital realized 1,633 visits. Clinics include the digestive disorders center, breast health center, excela health outpatient services, outpatient labs and imaging stations (quikdraw and quikdraw plus), and the short stay surgery suite where procedures totaled: outpatient x-ray procedures: 130,908; outpatient surgeries: 4,710; outpatient endoscopies: 8,746; total outpatient registrations/visits: 329,286. Frick hospital at the start of the 20th century, the wheels of progress were turning for the community of mount pleasant. With the help of a donation bequeathed by a former resident, a charter for a dispensary was granted and later that same year, in september 1902, a hospital charter was approved. Today, frick hospital, a 103 licensed bed hospital offers general acute care services, surgical services, rehabilitation services, outpatient services and more. Beyond that, the hospital is staffed with highly trained, home grown professionals; friends taking care of friends and neighbors with all the understanding and compassion shared experience fosters. The physicians are dedicated to quality and caring in equal measure, with a commitment to their community not often seen in more urban areas. As a founding member of excela health, frick hospital expanded health care services to include women's care services, providing a range of breast health services and bone density scanning, as well as an outpatient services center featuring a centralized outpatient registration area with quick, convenient patient registration surrounded by a variety of outpatient testing areas and services, drawing together nuclear medicine, pulmonary function lab, stress lab, ekg, eeg, echocardiography, x-ray, ultrasound and mammography for "one-stop shopping." always an object of community pride and community life, frick hospital also boasts a nationally recognized emergency department staffed with board certified emergency medicine physicians. Serving southern westmoreland and northern fayette counties, frick hospital also offers enhanced surgical services and new,”

“Lifeline personal emergency response headquartered at frick hospital, the lifeline personal emergency response program is an easy-to-use, personal response service available through excela health hospitals. The program allows for assistance and emergency help for older adults or those at medical risk 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. It offers the subscriber a more independent lifestyle while giving families, who may not live in the immediate area, peace of mind knowing their loved ones are never farther from help than the push of a button. The program is highly affordable, particularly in comparison to like services and does not require a long term contract. We follow the area agency on aging income guidelines, which may mean reduced rates for those who qualify. Additionally, the phillips lifeline equipment used by excela health is the only personal emergency response equipment approved by the food and drug administration (fda). The lifeline unit works with an existing land line telephone, offering the benefits of 24 hour monitoring service along with two-way voice communication. A "personal help button" is used by the subscriber to call for help. The lifeline unit automatically dials a local ambulance service when the button is pushed. Personal service is the hallmark and includes trained volunteers who install, troubleshoot and check equipment, making friendly visits as needed. Currently, there are nearly 465 subscribers to this vital program. - 25 lifeline volunteers donated of their time and talents: 4,047 hours - discounts provided to subscribers based on income according to area agency on aging income guidelines: $2,928 - service area (westmoreland county and beyond): 54 zip codes making care more accessible - outpatient care and community outreach to make health care more accessible to our communities, we continue to offer outpatient care as well as health screenings, health fairs, educational classes, support groups and a vibrant speakers bureau. Other outpatient procedures include: outpatient x-ray procedures: 47,247 outpatient surgeries: 1,659 outpatient endoscopies: 2,937 outpatient registrations/visits: 96,032 at churches, malls and scores of other venues, for our youth, our seniors, and everyone in between, health-related events are offered. In this manner people have the opportunity to pursue a course of wellness, find needed support, learn about our capabilities and how they can help, or discover suspected or unknown health conditions early on, so that treatment can begin, offering the best possible chance for care and cure. Our outreach efforts also encompass community seminars and lectures in a variety of locations through westmoreland and fayette counties. The children's health fair and other initiatives reach our younger audience with a message of good health in a non-threatening, positive way, so that good health habits can be instilled early in life. Through our speaker's bureau, professionals in their fields offer insights on given topics and are free of charge. A range of support groups helps ease the burden of fear, apprehension, grief and other emotions after a life-changing event. Through our support groups, or those groups supported by us, individuals have the opportunity to share thoughts and feelings within an atmosphere of acceptance, where emotions can be sorted through and concerns aired. Additional community contacts include programs offered by the nancy g. Hoffman complementary health services, the well being center, tobacco cessation and others. By reaching beyond the traditional walls of the hospital, as well as understanding the many, varied medical needs of the populations we serve, we can direct care where it is most accessible and most needed. Through events such as american red cross blood drives, bone density screenings, blood screenings, the mount pleasant glass and ethnic festival, wellness initiatives at local colleges and schools, silver sneakers at the mount pleasant ymca, the sco”

“Outpatient services include extensive imaging services, cardiac rehabilitation, and lab services. Outpatient surgery and short procedure suites along with a sleep center, endocrine clinic, wellness programs and more are also found here. Pastoral services tend to the emotional and spiritual needs of our patients, their families, and staff while a vibrant volunteer services program helps with the day-to-day tasks that allow the hospital to run smoothly. Latrobe hospital opened "austin's playroom," a gift from the mario lemieux foundation. Located on the ground floor adjacent to outpatient registration, the playroom offers families with children a place for diversion during a hospital visit. The women's care services on the latrobe hospital campus serves as a comfortable place where women can get answers to health questions regardless of age or income. Here, caring and understanding professionals treat a woman's needs with dignity and respect. A nurse practitioner performs the examination and takes time to talk, addressing concerns privately. Members of the excela health medical staff specializing in obstetrics and gynecology oversee the examination, testing and treatment. During fiscal 2014, 5,310 patients visited the family planning clinic as well as 3,055 patients visiting the prenatal clinic, all of which operates on a sliding scale according to income and family size. Deliveries coming from the pre-natal clinic numbered 195, accounting for 11.9% of all deliveries at excela health. Prenatal/gynecology clinics clinic visits prenatal clinic: 3,055; postpartum: 137; gynecology: 246 procedures colposcopy: 51 we participate in a pennsylvania state program called select plan for women 18 to 44 who qualify for free services. We also offer the healthy woman plan for women over 40 who are uninsured or underinsured so that they might receive free mammograms and pap smears. Patients under age 18 also receive free services. The clinics also serve as a clinical teaching site for the excela health family medicine residency program. First and second year residents spend one month each on inpatient services and outpatient clinics. Also in the past year, excela health dietitians provided counseling and other services for 40 new visits and 6 revisits for patients at high nutritional risk as identified through a nutrition survey. Epic rehab - the step between hospital and home here, specialists work as a team to make activities of daily living possible for people with limited mobility or diminished strength after surgery, stroke, or injury. Our rehabilitation program is designed to meet each person's specific needs. Unlike many skilled nursing facilities, our inpatient rehab level of care provides for three hours of extensive rehabilitation each day, at least five days a week. The most common diagnoses treated include stroke, amputation, multiple trauma, neurological disorders such as ms, parkinson's disease, myopathy and polyneuropathy, arthritis and hip fractures. Everything learned in therapy is practiced, even during non-therapy hours, so there is carry over from therapy to the patient's daily activities. Additionally, we also offer: family training to aid the support person; activities of daily living suite where the patient and support person can share an overnight experience in a controlled environment; neighborhood way, to aid in community reintegration, and pet therapy and visitation. The future of surgery today - mis and the da vinci robotic surgical system physicians at latrobe are doing more with less - meaning smaller incisions. Using minimally invasive techniques, specially trained surgeons operate through multiple small incisions rather than the single larger one often associated with traditional surgeries. These procedures typically result in less pain, scarring and blood loss as well as a shorter recovery time. With the $1.5 million da vinci surgical system used for robot-assisted surgeries, patients experience less blood loss”

“Hospice care as one of the oldest, most experienced non-profit hospice services in westmoreland county, excela hospice is committed to providing the highest level of palliative care to patients and families faced with a terminal illness. Our hospice program is medicare certified and provided under the approval and supervision of the individual's family physician. Care is coordinated by skilled nursing staff and may include symptom control, pain management, and physical, emotional, psychosocial, spiritual and practical support for patients and their families. The team consists of nurses, social workers, home health aides, therapists, bereavement counselors, dietitians, home care and hospice-trained volunteers (numbering 71 giving 10,200 hours of service) and clergy. Each patient's plan of care is supervised by our medical director and delivered by the hospice team, who works closely with the patient and family to give meaningful, end-of-life care and support. Patients and family are encouraged to ask questions and participate actively in the patient's care and treatment, particularly when assistance or reassurance is needed. After the death of a patient, loved ones receive bereavement support for up to 13 months. To enter hospice, patients must choose this service and have a certified prognosis of six months or less from a physician. Most recently, a formalized palliative care component has been added focusing on improving a person's quality of life by providing relief from pain and other symptoms while working with the patient to determine goals of care and ensuring those goals are being addressed through treatment. During the year, excela health home care and hospice offers programs, in-services and specialized support groups for the public dealing with issues of loss, grief, and separation. They include the following: - annual memorial service - saint vincent basilica, latrobe - annual grief and the holidays seminar - bereavement/grief support groups - participation in community health fairs additionally, programs focusing on care providers were offered at various times throughout the year. They included: specialized(1) support groups: art-based support/art expression of grief; ceramic classes for all skill levels; quilting classes; embroidery classes; grief and the holidays support group; mall walkers/grief support; cooking for one; children's grief support group; guided imagery for cancer patients at the arnold palmer pavilion; camp courage, a one-day camp for children experiencing grief and loss. (1) all groups are meant to gather grieving individuals with others in similar situations for peer support. All groups are supervised by bereavement counselors with many years of experience. Multiple continuing education programs were offered in fy 2014 to health care professionals as well as lay members of the community including: grief and spirituality, held at seton hill university, greensburg; guided imagery and grief, held at saint vincent basilica, latrobe; emotional care of veterans, held at new haven court, greensburg; grief education for children, held at wendover middle school, greensburg; spirituality at the end of life conference, held at the university of pittsburgh, greensburg. Excela health home care and hospice specifics: home care visits: 112,474 home care admissions: 7,616 home care patients served (unduplicated): 7,350 hospice admissions: 682 hospice visits: 21,855 hospice patients served (unduplicated): 792 excela caregivers of southwestern pa fiscal year 2014 once again has been a year of growth and challenges for consumers, staff and programs of caregivers of southwestern pa., a subsidiary of excela health and a 501(c)(3) non-profit company. Our strength-based, person-centered services continue to be viewed by the state and westmoreland county as key components in the community-based behavioral health system. All of our services were created under and follow the substance abuse and mental health services adm”