Tower Health is a strong, regional, integrated healthcare provider/payer system that offers leading-edge, compassionate healthcare and wellness services to a population of 2.5 million people. Together, our six acute care hospitals and other entities provide a full range of medical care from prevention, screenings and education; to the latest clinical services and surgeries available; to rehabilitation. We also offer wellness programs and public health services that ensure our communities are the healthiest they can be. Tower Healths caring, highly trained physicians and staff are committed to patient safety and satisfaction.
With more than 14,000 team members, Tower Health consists of Reading Hospital, a teaching hospital in West Reading; Chestnut Hill Hospital, a teaching hospital in Philadelphia; Phoenixville Hospital in Phoenixville; Pottstown Hospital in Pottstown; and St. Christophers 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 2,200 physicians, specialists, and providers across more than 230 convenient locations.
Collaboration across Tower Health enables our hospitals, providers, leadership and staff to leverage best practices across the health system. Our patients benefit from access to a broad range of services all right here in our region.
Tower Health also has a growing relationship with Drexel University to advance its academic strategy. The two organizations collaborated to build an additional site location for Drexels College of Medicine in Wyomissing, less than one mile from Tower Healths flagship, Reading Hospital. Drexel University College of Medicine at Tower Health has the capacity to train and educate up to 300 medical students.
Our hospitals have received national recognition for advanced care in areas such as neurosurgery and stroke, cardiac and vascular surgery, trauma, hematology and oncology. Reading HealthPlex, which opened at Reading Hospital in October 2016, combines state-of-the-art technology and world-class design to make the HealthPlex one of the most sophisticated surgical centers and inpatient facilities in the region.
At Tower Health, we have a rich history of providing high-quality, cost-effective care in the communities we serve. As the healthcare industry continues to change, one thing remains steadfast: Tower Healths commitment to Advancing Health, Transforming Lives.
Were an academic medical center, which means we bring you the latest in diagnostics, treatments, and innovations all tailored specifically to the needs of your child. Through our research, academics, and clinical care, children and families depend on the leading-edge care found only at an academic medical center.
When we come together, we can do more. Today, the partnership between Tower Health and Drexel University allows St. Christophers Hospital for Children to deliver the care your child needs. It offers access to innovative therapies. It supports our physicians, researchers, and care teams. And it drives us to find new answers, new hope, and new opportunities to better the lives of those we serve.
Our mission is to advance the health and wellness of the communities we serve. Its a tradition that has guided us since we first opened our doors in 1875. And this partnership ensures we are here to serve many generations to come.
More than 220 pediatric experts never stop searching for the answers your child's needs. We bring together the best general pediatric care and world-renowned pediatric specialists all within one academic health system.
Our main hospital campus in Philadelphia offers many primary and specialty services. And our growing network of outpatient locations across the Greater Philadelphia region and beyond make it easier and more convenient for families to access our care.
Our providers, nurses, therapists, and staff show up every day in facilities spread across our region with one goal in mind: to help kids grow up healthy and strong. It is not the awards or recognitions we receive that drive us. It is your child.
We are motivated by lifes simpler pleasures: asmile from your child,the look of pride on parents when their child accomplishes a goal, a laugh, or giggle from a child starting to feel like themselves again.
Our roots in the community began to grow when St. Christophers Hospital for Children opened its doors in 1875. It is a tradition we are proud to continue as we meet the changing needs of our neighbors and families.
At the heart of each and every one of our teamsis a commitment to healthy communities. We find we can best serve our patients and their families here in our facilities and in their own homes and neighborhoods. It is part of who we are and who we always will be.
With this mobile dental program, our providers bring high-quality dental care to your child at no-cost to you. You can find us at schools and community learning centers throughout northern Philadelphia. We offer children ages six months to 14 years the following services: