Penn State Health

To promote, support, and further the Pennsylvania State university; to promote Health through the management and/or support of facilities and other assets that provide Health care services; to integrate community-based and academic medical center Health care in order to achieve improved outcomes and limit the costs of care via improved efficiencies; to support financially and operationally the Pennsylvania State university college of medicine; to support the Pennsylvania State university in the performance of its duties as successor trustee of the milton s. hershey medical center pursuant to that certain decree of the orphans court of dauphin county, Pennsylvania dated december 17, 1968 (the mshmc trust); and to do all lawful acts incidental to the accomplishment of said charitable, educational, and scientific purposes.penn State Health plays a vital role in supporting, both operationally and financially, the Pennsylvania State university's college of medicine. The purposes of the two organizations are integrally intertwined and mutually supportive. Penn State Health offers the college of medicine additional platforms for education and research as well as generates shared revenue, whereas the college of medicine offers Penn State Health access to innovations, clinical trials, discoveries and a pipeline of clinicians and scientists.in recent years, the Penn State Health system has undergone substantial growth and made significant progress towards creating a high-quality, large scale integrated Health care delivery system to serve the population of southcentral Pennsylvania, by focusing on building an academic Health system supported by a community network, anchored by the academic tertiary/quaternary care resources of its related organization, milton s. hershey medical center.penn State Health has four, not-for-profit, acute care hospitals. The milton s. hershey medical center (mshmc) is a 639-licensed bed academic medical center located in hershey, Pennsylvania. St. joseph regional Health network (sjrhn) is a 204-licenced bed hospital in the berks county region. Holy spirit medical center (hsmc) was acquired on november 1, 2020 and is a 306-licensed bed hospital in cumberland county. Penn State Health hampden medical center (pshhmc), opened in october 2021, is a 110-licensed bed hospital alongside interstate 81 in hampden township. All acute care hospitals provide inpatient, outpatient and emergency care services.as of june 30, 2022, Penn State Health was preparing to open a newly constructed acute care hospital located in lancaster county. The Penn State Health lancaster medical center is a 142 licensed bed hospital located in lancaster county that opened in october 2022.