Care For PA

Since they became "mentor hospitals�? in the national "100,000 Lives�? and "5 Million Lives�? campaigns, seven Pennsylvania hospitals and health systems have had a huge impact on health care across Pennsylvania and the nation. These organizations have developed life-saving innovations and have agreed to share them with others in the United States, as well as provide support, advice, and tips.

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You never know when it will happen. One minute you're fine, the next, you're faced with a life-threatening injury. It's true that Pennsylvania's general hospitals provide some of the best care in the world, but there are times when the specialized care that an accredited trauma center can provide is a patient's best chance at survival. That's why, for the past 20 years, Pennsylvania is proud to have maintained a coordinated system of accredited trauma care to serve its 12 million residents.

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In April, Pennsylvania's hospitals and health systems bolstered ongoing efforts to reach out to those in need of health care coverage through a number of educational and community activities designed to help enroll kids in the Children's Health Insurance Program (Pennsylvania's insurance program for children in low-income families) and emphasize the need for policymakers to reauthorize and adequately fund the federal program. The events were part of "Cover the Uninsured Week,�? the largest nonpartisan mobilization in history seeking solutions for the nearly 45 million Americans who are uninsured.

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While most hospitals have long banned smoking indoors, hospitals across Pennsylvania are taking their commitment to the health of their communities to the next level by banning smoking outdoors as well. On hospital campuses across the commonwealth, lighting up is now off-limits--banished from porticos, walkways, even the parking areas and loading docks.

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Pennsylvania's health care professionals have the ability to help save and improve the lives of fellow residents every day though their work at more than 250 hospitals across the state. Whether you are a health care professional or not, every person has the ability to make a difference in someone's life...the ability to "donate life.�? How? By becoming an organ donor.

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