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Allied Services Scranton
Rehab Hospital Receives Top
Performer Award

our efforts," said Dr. Donna Eget, the medical Lackawanna County Area
director. "This is important because insurance Agency on Aging Alerts
companies are beginning to offer preferred Residents to Beware of
status to offices that are accredited. They know Fraudulent Activity
Allied Services Scranton Rehab Hospital ranked
Medicus is providing excellent care, and we're
Con artists posing as Agency agents are asking
in the top 1% of rehab facilities nationwide in
not ordering unnecessary tests to drive up the for personal and/or financial records. Please
2016, according to independent review by the
patient's bill, and they appreciate that."
request the proper identification before
Uniform Data System for Medical Rehabilitation
allowing anyone into your home or giving any
(UDSMR). Coupled with the top1% ranking, Allied
Services Scranton Rehab Hospital received Medicus is the only accredited urgent care personal information. If you have questions,
please call the Aging office at 570-963-6740 or
UDSMR's Top Performer Award for the tenth center in Lackawanna County.
call your local police.
consecutive year. UDSMR is the nation's largest
third-party quality outcomes vendor in the
Commonwealth Health
Commonwealth Health Mid
inpatient rehabilitation industry.
"We're proud to receive the Top Performer
Award for our patients' sake," commented Atty.
Bill Conaboy, President & CEO of Allied Services.
"This award validates our staff's commitment to
excellence, our investment in cutting-edge rehab
technology, and our focus on delivering the highest quality care for patients with life-changing
injuries, disabilities and chronic illness."

Medicus Urgent Care in
Dunmore was recently
accredited by the National
Urgent Care Center of
Accreditation.
Accreditation is the benchmark measuring the
quality of the operations, management and the
medical care provided by an urgent care center.
Accreditation indicates the facility is operating
at the highest level, following guidelines with
regard to such matters as appropriately ordering x-ray studies, lab tests and antibiotics, and
is following strict standards for protection of
patient privacy. Authorities from the NUCCA
inspected the office, reviewed charts, policies
and verified the credentials of staff members.

Regional Hospital of Scranton
First Hospital in Nation to
Receive Full Cardiac Cath Lab
Accreditation

On January 9, 2017, Commonwealth Health
Regional Hospital of Scranton was the first
hospital in the nation to receive full Cardiac
Cath Lab Accreditation from the American
College of Cardiology. Justin Davis, CEO of
Regional and Moses Taylor hospitals, said the
cardiac cath lab accreditation is validation that
Northeastern Pennsylvania residents have access
to exceptional care in their own backyard.

Commonwealth Health
Emergency Medical Services
Unveils New Dispatch Center

On January 30, 2017, Commonwealth Health
Emergency Medical Services unveiled a new
dispatch center designed to enhance operational efficiencies and patient care by creating
more accurate deployment times. The dispatch
center is located at CHEMS headquarters on
Remington Avenue. The center's new software
"It was a rigorous inspection, but worth it. It's program streamlines emergency call taking and
extremely satisfying to know that we're doing dispatching and allows for the review of data
things the right way, and to be recognized for to improve response times

N E PA

VITAL SIGNS

Valley Walk-in Clinic Updates
Hours

Effective March 6, 2017, the hours of operation
at the Commonwealth Health Mid Valley Walk-in
Clinic changed to: Monday through Friday, 9 a.m.
to 6:30 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday, 9a.m. to
4:30 p.m. Appointments are not necessary for the
clinic at 1400 Main St., Blakely, on the grounds
of the former Mid Valley Hospital.

Commonwealth Health Regional
Hospital of Scranton has a New
Main Number
Anyone trying to reach the Hospital should
call 570-770-3000. The new phone number
for the hospital laboratory is 570-770-4100.
The new phone for the radiology department
is 570-770-3025.

Geisinger Health System
Relaunches Prayer-Net Website
Effective April 17, 2017, Geisinger Health System
relaunched its Prayer-Net website, (Geisinger.
org/PrayerNet), an online community offering
patients and their families comfort, support and
prayer. With PrayerNet, patients can request
prayer, share their prayer request with loved
ones around the world and pray for others.
The website is available to patients through

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