Reading Health System

Operating room - 18,346 total surgeries Reading Hospital operates in a market served by nearly 20 specialty, investor-owned facilities, which carve out the best paying insurance plans, the highest margin procedures, and the least complicated patients to serve. By continuing to provide a full service surgical service, rh offers the most advanced surgical options, from robotic assisted, minimally invasive surgery to a full spectrum of outpatient surgical options. And to ensure our community has access to surgical specialities that may be experiencing shortages elsewhere in the country. Rh supports its surgeons in their fellowship training and recruits and retains surgeons in areas like plastic surgery - available only during limited hours or not at all, in other hospitals in its market.

Pharmacy - 8,723,797 drugs dispensed rh provides access to needed prescriptions for those patients who cannot afford their medication. Each month rh absorbs the cost of prescription medication for patients of rh with no prescription coverage. Rh recognizes the important role of patient compliance with their treatment, including taking medication as prescribed, and recognizes that patients without the ability to pay for those medications will simply not comply. To ensure optimal patient health and the best patient outcomes, rh absorbs the costs of these medications as part of our exempt purpose in our community.

Emergency care - 135,729 emergency room visits rh emergency department provides emergency, urgent and primary care services to our community "24/7/365," regardless of ability to pay. Volume to rh emergency department ranks it among the top three in the state of Pennsylvania year after year. As the area's only accredited trauma center, rh also provides immediate access through its emergency department to all specialty services, from trauma surgeons to plastic surgeons, and all areas of sepciality care. In addition to its trauma certification, rh is the only Hospital in the region to have made a commitment to accrediated care in stroke and chest pain. Following the relocation of the other Hospital in the city to a new suburban campus, rh is fulfilling its committment to serve the underserved population of the city.