St Joseph Medical Center

Name :

St Joseph Medical Center

Address  :

Route 183

Town  :

Reading

State  :

Pennsylvania

Country  :

USA

Post Code:

19605

Phone  :

610 378 2000

Web URL  :


Description

St Joseph Medical Center
St Joseph Medical Center is fullservice hospital and teaching facility We provide a complete range of advanced medical and surgical services on a stateoftheart health campus located outside the City of Reading Our medical staff includes more than 375 physicians supported by nearly 1500 highlytrained nurses and other clinical professionals and support staff Our passion is delivering standardsetting medical care guided by our Core Values of Reverence Integrity Compassion and Excellence Through the decades we have established a track record in advancing care with a focus on safety effectiveness patient centeredness timeliness efficiency and equity We set high goals and measure our performance against local and national benchmarks in key quality and safety areas
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