Altoona Regional Health System - Altoona

Title:	Altoona Regional Health System
Description:	Altoona Regional Health System
Location:	State: Pennsylvania City: Altoona Address: 501 Howard Avenue
Hospital awards:	Bariatric Surgery Excellence Award ^™ 2009/2010
Patient safety rates:	Prevention of death in procedures where mortality is usually very low: average Lack of pressure sores or bed sores acquired in the hospital: average Ability to diagnose and treat in time: average Avoidance of collapsed lung due to a procedure or surgery in or around the chest: better Lack of infections acquired at hospital: better Absence of hip fracture after surgery: better Avoidance of excessive bruising or bleeding as a consequence of a procedure or surgery: average Adequate organ function and electrolyte and fluid balance after surgery: worse Avoidance of respiratory failure following surgery: average Lack of deep blood clots in the lungs or legs after surgery: better Avoidance of severe infection following surgery: better Lack of surgical wound site breakdown: worse
Complication rates:	Back and Neck Surgery (except Spinal Fusion): 3 Hip Fracture Repair: 3 Total Knee Replacement: 3 Maternity Care: 3 Appendectomy: 3 Carotid Surgery: 5 Cholecystectomy: 3 Peripheral Vascular Bypass: 3 Prostatectomy: 3

1 Acupuncture	4105 Allergy & Immunology	16377 Anatomic & Clinical Pathology
39675 Anesthesiology	26139 Cardiology	41 Chiropractic Medicine
28 Cytopathology	135 Dentist	11191 Dermatology
6712 Diabetes, Endocrinology & Metabolism	167 Endocrinology	109884 Family Practice
15697 Gastroenterology	106172 General Surgery	42758 Geriatric Psychiatry
1 Geriatrics	38 Gerontology	3512 Hematology
3 Homeopathy	1 Immunopathology	4054 Infectious Disease (Infectious Diseases)
26 Infertility & IVF	193018 Internal Medicine	346 Medical Genetics Ph.D.
2 Midwife	7912 Nephrology	4 Neurodevelopment Disabilities
15753 Neurology	33065 Neuroradiology	2184 Neurosurgery
49620 Obstetrics & Gynecology	14465 Oncology	20152 Ophthalmology
6 Optometrics	5 Orthodontics	625 Orthopedics
1 Orthopedics (Adult Reconstructive Orthopedics)	12344 Other	10668 Otolaryngology
5 Otology & Neurotology	69 Pain Management	31 Pathology
80630 Pediatrics	1 Periodontal	83 Podiatry
3 Proctology	8427 Psychiatry	14 Psychology
2061 Pulmonary	1 Pulmonology	765 Radiology
41 Rehabilitation, Occupational & Physical Therapy	197 Rheumatology	5 Sleep Disorders
1 Social Worker	1 Surgical Assistant	217 Thoracic Surgeon
2 Transplant Hepatology	11 Urgent Care	13828 Urology