Willowcrest Hospital

Details

Name :

Willowcrest Hospital

Address  :

5501 Old York Road

Town  :

Philadelphia

State  :

Pennsylvania

Country  :

USA

Post Code:

19141

Phone  :

215 456 8710

Web URL  :


Description

Willowcrest is a restorativecare facility located on Albert Einstein Healthcare Networks main campus in the Northern section of Philadelphia Willowcrest provides physiciandirected skilled nursing care and rehabilitation to help patients return to independence following hospitalization

Willowcrest is the largest subacute skilled nursing facility in the Philadelphia region providing quality costeffective care when a person no longer requires hospitalization but the treatment regimen they need is too intensive for home care

Licensed nurses therapists and other healthcare professionals help patients at Willowcrest prepare for a home treatment regimen or transfer to a rehab center Many patients come to Willowcrest following joint replacement surgery prior to beginning intensive physical rehab


Menthol cigarettes may increase stroke risk study says

WASHINGTON DC WUSA Menthol cigarette smokers are more likely to have a history of stroke than smokers who prefer other types of cigarettes according to a new study published in the April 9 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine Researchers found that menthol cigarette smokers were more than twice as likely to have a stroke than nonmenthol smoke... Read More

When healthcare seeks help

Even as hospitals increasingly adopt cloud computing there are still a lot of hurdles in the way Dr Devi Shetty Chairman and MD Narayana HruduyalayaNH wants to change the dynamics of healthcare in India He is changing the dynamics of hospitals by setting up beds at the lowest cost in as little time as possible To facilitate this NH recently tied... Read More