Community Benefit Report 2012
Dear Neighbors,
Since our founding in 1892, Chester County Hospital has been driven by a mission to treat all members of the community regardless of their ability to pay.
The Health System provided $14 million in uncompensated care in fiscal year 2012 (FY2012). The 220-bed* Hospital offers its quality care cost-efficiently, with the Pennsylvania HealthCare Cost Containment Council (PHC4) reporting that the Hospital has maintained the lowest charges of Chester County's five hospitals.
We provide cutting edge, state-of-the-art medicine, enjoy affiliations with the top centers of academic excellence, and both meet and exceed national quality benchmarks. As part of our mission, we also provide a vast array of evidence-based preventive health services for our Chester County neighbors aimed at enhancing the health status and achieving the Healthy People 2020 objectives. These include many programs that address health promotion, primary and secondary prevention, primary care and obstetric care for the underinsured and uninsured, lifestyle modification programs, childbirth classes and a comprehensive curriculum for diabetes care. To accomplish this we partner extensively with the Chester County Health Department, local youth organizations, schools, churches, and a variety of civic groups, health centers and coalitions equally invested in the health of the public.
Thank you for your support of our health programs. If there is any health service you feel we should address in your community, please contact us at thehealthnetwork@cchosp.com and we will do our best to help.
On behalf of your entire healthcare team at Chester County Hospital, it is our privilege to care for you and your family.
Sincerely,
Michael J. Duncan
President and CEO, Health System
QUICK FACTS:
120: The Number of Years the Hospital Has Been in Existence.
The Chester County Hospital and Health System has proudly served our community for 120 years and has earned a reputation of doing what is right for our patients and their families. Our Mission has been and will continue to be one of service -- to provide the highest quality health care to all who come to us in need. It is a guiding principle for which we are quite proud, and one which will continue.
93,000: The Square Footage of the Hospital's Expansion Project.
Construction on The Tower Project began in March 2012 and is projected to be completed in the summer of 2013. The patient tower will be adjacent to the Hospital's North Pavilion. The Project is designed to accommodate 72 private patient rooms once finished (24 rooms per floor), all equipped with monitoring capabilities and desinged to meet medical/surgical intermediate care and intensive care requirements. The $45.2 million project was funded through the generosity of many friends as well as private financing by Fulton Bank.
27%: The Anticipated Increase in Population in Southern Chester County by the Year 2030.
To meet the growing demand for health services in the area, the Health System will be the primary tenant in Anchor Health's new 72,000 square foot medical office building in Penn township. Medical services will include Internal Medicine, Family Practice, Ob/Gyn, Radiology, Laboratory, Physical Therapy and a Surgery Center. The medical building will create a health care destination of innovative and integrated services in a comfortable, high quality, efficient and patient-centered environment.
Published: The Chester County Hospital and Health System Community Benefit Report 2012
* Statistic update: In July 2013, upon the opening of the fourth floor of the Tower, the Hospital's bed count increased from 220 beds to 245 beds.