PinnacleHealth System

Infobox Company
company_name = PinnacleHealth System
company_
company_type = Private, Non-profit
foundation = 1996
location = Harrisburg, PA
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area_served = Central Pennsylvania
industry = Medical
products =
revenue = gain$523 million (2006)
operating_income =
net_income =
num_employees = 5,000
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subsid =
homepage = [http://www.pinnaclehealth.org/ www.pinnaclehealth.org/]
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PinnacleHealth System is a community-based, physician-led health care system serving the greater Harrisburg, Pennsylvania metropolitan area. PinnacleHealth operates five primary care facilities as well as a network of family practice and urgent care centers, managed care entities, home health-care, hospice, and an array of other healthcare services.

Since its establishment in 1996, PinnacleHealth has grown to a multi-county system with more than 800 primary care physicians supported by more than 4,000 skilled nurses and technicians, over $500 million in revenue,cite web| url=http://www.pinnaclehealth.org/documents/Annual%20Reports/PinnacleHealth%202006%20Annual%20Report.pdf| year=2006| title=2006 Annual Report|first=| last=PinnacleHealth System| publisher=pinnaclehealth.org/| accessdate=2007-01-01] operates several for-profit health insurance subsidiaries and a network of 5 hospitals.

Two of PinnacleHealth's largest facilities, Harrisburg Hospital and Polyclinic Medical Center are teaching hospitals with a combined count of 884 inpatient beds, over 35,100 inpatient admissions and 235,000 outpatient visits per year as well as over 5,000 deliveries and 60,000 emergency room visits annually, making it one of the largest urban clinical institutions in the nation.cite web| url=http://www.harrisburgpa.gov/econProfile/healthServ.html| year=2006| title=Healthcare in the Harrisburg area|first=| last=City of Harrisburg| publisher=harrisburgpa.gov/| accessdate=2006-12-31] It is the seventh largest employer in the Harrisburg area.cite web| url=http://www.answers.com/topic/harrisburg-geography-and-climate| year=2006| title=Harrisburg area information|first=| last=Capital Region Economic Development Corporation| publisher=credc.org/| accessdate=2006-12-31]

In 2004, PinnacleHealth established an emergency medicine residency program, in cooperation with the Penn State Hershey Medical Center, a Level I trauma center located 10 miles east of Harrisburg.cite web| url=http://www.hmc.psu.edu/emergencymedicine/residency/index.htm| year=2006| title=Emergency Medicine Residency Program|first=| last=College of Medicine| publisher=hmc.psu.edu/| accessdate=2007-01-01]

List of PinnacleHealth facilities

Location of Hospitals
*Harrisburg Hospital (Harrisburg Campus) in downtown Harrisburg
*Polyclinic Medical Center (Polyclinic Campus) in uptown Harrisburg
*Community General Osteopathic Hospital (Community Campus) in Harrisburg
*Seidle Memorial Hospital (Seidle Campus) in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania
*Fredricksen Outpatient Center (Cumberland Campus) in Mechanisburg

Location of Clinics in Pennsylvania:
Camp Hill,
Dillsburg,
Elizabethville,
Harrisburg (several locations),
Marysville,
Mechanicsburg,
Middletown,
Millersburg,
Newport and
Tower City

References

ee also

* List of hospitals in Harrisburg

External links

* [http://www.pinnaclehealth.org/ PinnacleHealth System]
* [http://www2.pinnaclehealth.org/ PinnacleHealth Library Services]