May 1, 2024 - As of today, TowerDIRECT ambulances in Reading and Phoenixville will be the first in the state to carry blood products for patient transfusions. With TowerDIRECT paramedics being the first to provide this life-saving service, ambulances will be available to all regional county 911 agencies as a resource.
May 1, 2024 - Our dedicated community volunteers are always generous with their time and talent -- from cradling babies in the NICU to organizing programs and events. In recognition of Volunteer Awareness Week, we did a little math to determine how much time our amazing volunteers donated to Tower Health in 2023.
April 29, 2024 - Phoenixville Hospital and Pottstown Hospital celebrated their commitment to building awareness and support for organ donation by each raising a "2024 Hospital & Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania (HAP) Donate Life Challenge" flag earlier this month. Both hospitals are honored to join HAP and the Gift of Life Donor Program to help encourage everyone to register as organ, tissue, and cornea donors.
April 26, 2024 - As Tower Health’s Senior Vice President of Human Resources and Chief People Officer, Pamela Hernandez is dedicated to “showing up for the people who show up for the organization.” Through her daily advocacy, she actively supports employees, making them feel included and heard, and she builds valuable career growth and leadership opportunities for current employees and community members.
April 19, 2024 – Tower Health announced that longtime employee Richard McLaughlin, MD, MBA has been appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of Phoenixville Hospital and Pottstown Hospital.
April 10, 2024 - Tower Health will welcome a select 108 residents this summer after receiving nearly 16,000 applications. The newest class of residents will join the organization’s 12 ACGME-accredited Residency Programs in July 2024.
February 6, 2024 - With firearms remaining the leading cause of injury and death in children, the nation’s largest regional collaboration of health systems, representing 59 hospitals in Philadelphia, Southeastern Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Southern New Jersey, is kicking off the year with a public service campaign that encourages a community approach to protecting children from unlocked guns.
January 31, 2024 - Tower Health is pleased to announce that Rohinton Morris, M.D. FACS, a nationally respected cardiac surgeon, will become the system’s Chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery this spring.