St. Joseph Medical Center Overview

Route 183 Reading, PA 19605

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Overview

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An Overview of St. Joseph Medical Center

St. Joseph Medical Center

St. Joseph Medical Center is full-service hospital and teaching facility. We provide a complete range of advanced medical and surgical services on a state-of-the-art health campus located outside the City of Reading. Our medical staff includes more than 375 physicians supported by nearly 1500 highly-trained nurses and other clinical professionals and support staff. Our passion is delivering standard-setting 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. You can learn more about our performance by visiting www.hospitalcompare.hhs.gov.

Accreditations

The Joint Commission on Accreditation
of Healthcare Organizations

Laboratory Accreditation by the
College of American Pathologists (CAP)

Accredited Chest Pain Center
American College of Surgeons Commission
on Cancer accredited Community Hospital

Comprehensive Cancer Program

Intersocietal Commission for the (ICAVL)
Accreditation of Vascular Laboratories

Our Mission

Mission of St. Joseph Medical Center and its parent organization, Catholic Health Initiatives, is to nurture the healing ministry of the Church by bringing it new life, energy and viability in the 21st century. Fidelity to the Gospel urges us to emphasize human dignity and social justice as we move toward the creation of healthier communities.

Our Core Values

Catholic Health Initiatives’ core values define our organization and serve as our guiding principles. They are the roots or anchors from which all activities, decisions and behaviors follow.

Reverence
Profound respect and awe for all of creation, the foundation that shapes spirituality, our relationships with others and our journey to God.

Integrity
Moral wholeness, soundness, fidelity, trust, truthfulness in all we do.

Compassion
Solidarity with one another, capacity to enter into another’s joy and sorrow.

Excellence
Preeminent performance, becoming the benchmark, putting forth our personal and professional best.