WellSpan Health

WellSpan Health

WellSpan Health is a large integrated health care system located in south-central Pennsylvania. Headquartered in York, Pennsylvania, WellSpan Health includes WellSpan York Hospital, WellSpan Gettysburg Hospital, WellSpan Ephrata Community Hospital, WellSpan Surgery & Rehabilitation Hospital, WellSpan Medical Group, WellSpan VNA Home Care and several other health care provider entities in south central Pennsylvania and northern Maryland.

WellSpan York Hospital offers many graduate medical educational programs, including residencies sponsored in the fields of Internal Medicine, General Surgery, Emergency Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Dentistry, Sports Medicine and Family Medicine. WellSpan also hosts several ancillary provider educational programs for radiology technicians, nurse anesthetists, emergency medical technicians and paramedics.

Mission Statement

Working as one to improve health through exceptional care for all, lifelong wellness and healthy communities.[1]

Key Statistics

• WellSpan Health provides more than $126 million each year in charitable, uncompensated care.[2]

• Employs more than 15,000 employees across south central Pennsylvania.[3]

• WellSpan Medical Group includes more than 1,000 primary care and specialty physicians and advanced practice clinicians.

• Includes more than 130 outpatient patient care locations that offer services such as diagnostic imaging, laboratory, rehabilitation, primary care, walk-in health care, durable medical equipment and other specialty services.

• Includes a regional home care organization (WellSpan VNA Home Care).

History

In December 1879, York, Pa. business man Samuel Small gathered others in the community to discuss the idea of establishing a local hospital to support York's growing population needs and manufacturing interests. He offered to donate the land on which the hospital would be built, and on January 14, 1880 the letters of incorporation were filed with the Court of Common Pleas of York County to build The York Hospital and Dispensary. The three-story building was constructed at the corner of West College Ave. and Church Alley. An annual report for the year 1896 shows that a total of 1,922 cases were treated (1,756 in the dispensary and 166 as inpatients).[4]

York Hospital and Dispensary later shorted its name to York Hospital and then York Health Network. In 1999, Gettysburg Hospital[5] became the second hospital in York Health Network.

In 2000, York Health Network joined WellSpan Health.[6]

Recent mergers and affiliations include:

WellSpan Leadership Team[10]

References

  1. ↑ "About WellSpan Health". WellSpan Health. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
  2. ↑ "2016 Community Benefit Report: Healthy Body. Healthy Mind. Healthy Community." (PDF). www.wellspan.org. WellSpan Health. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
  3. ↑ "WellSpan Health". www.companyontop.com. CompanyOnTop: We Know Business. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
  4. ↑ Pennsylvania Office of the Auditor General, Amos Herr Mylin, Alexander K. Pedrick. Charitable Institutions of Pennsylvania Which Have Received State Aid in 1897 and 1897. W.S. Ray, state printer. pp. 477–479. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
  5. ↑ Hanlon, Rebecca (Jun 12, 2015). "Health care report 2015: Growing partnership. WellSpan-Good Samaritan affiliation to bring care expansion". Central Penn Business Journal. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  6. ↑ York County Heritage Trust/Historical Society of York County. "York Hospital/York Health System records, 1880-2000.". ArchiveGride. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
  7. ↑ Stauffer, Heather. "WellSpan announces tobacco-free hiring policy". CPBJ.com. Central Penn Business Journal. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  8. ↑ Francisco, Danielle. "Good Samaritan Health System joins WellSpan after a year of talks". WITF.org. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  9. ↑ "PHILHAVEN OFFICIALLY JOINS WELLSPAN HEALTH ON JAN. 1". Philhaven.org. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  10. ↑ "About WellSpan: Our Management Team". WellSpan.org. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  11. ↑ Bloomberg.com. Bloomberg News http://www.bloomberg.com/Research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=71528631&privcapId=4211569. Retrieved 3 October 2016. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  12. ↑ "Tom McGann, MD, named executive vice president for clinical practice". www.wellspan.org. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
  13. ↑ Stauffer, Healther. "Ephrata hospital president named WellSpan Health COO". LancasterOnline.com. Lancaster Online. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  14. ↑ HIMSSanalytics.org http://www.himssanalytics.org/about. Retrieved 3 October 2016. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  15. ↑ Gooch, Kelly (23 September 2015). "15 hospital, health system population health administrators to know". Becker's Hospital Review. Becker's Healthcare. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
  16. ↑ Ruhl, Lenay (28 March 2016). "WellSpan Good Samaritan Hospital appoints new president". Central Penn Business Journal. BridgeTower Media. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
  17. ↑ "WellSpan names Dr. Karen Jones president of its 850-member medical group". LancasterOnline.com. LancasterOnline. 22 July 2015. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
  18. ↑ Dyrda, Laura (23 November 2016). "29 hospital and health system chief strategy officers to know". Becker's Hospital Review. Becker's Healthcare. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
  19. ↑ Burns, Patrick (4 February 2016). "Carrie Willetts takes over at WellSpan". The Ephrata Review. LNP Media Group, Inc. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
  20. ↑ "Business in Brief for Jan. 3". EveningSun.com. The Evening Sun. 30 December 2015.
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