Pottstown Hospital News

Specialized rehabilitation therapists at Pottstown Hospital Outpatient Rehabilitation use the LSVT BIG® and LSVT LOUD® Programs to help patients living with Parkinson’s disease improve movement, speech, and swallowing.

May 18, 2021 - The pandemic is not over, but the desire to return to normal is strong, especially as warmer weather returns. However, many individuals may be anxious to safely “reenter” into more normal activities, while also feeling uncertain about safety and how to address the many changes forced upon themselves, their families, and their communities over the last year.

May 17, 2021 - According to both the CDC and the Pennsylvania Department of Health, all persons must continue to wear masks in all hospitals, outpatient facilities, urgent care centers, and physician offices. In compliance with this guidance, Tower Health will continue its current policies requiring all employees, medical staff, patients, and visitors to wear masks in inside all Tower Health facilities, including all clinical and non-clinical areas such as hallways, dining areas, and common spaces.

April 15, 2021 - In accordance with Pennsylvania Department of Health (DOH) guidelines, Tower Health has opened scheduling of vaccination appointments to all individuals 16 years of age and older.

April 1, 2021 - Each day, 17 people in the United States die while waiting for a life-saving organ transplant. Tower Health is pleased to join the Hospital & Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania (HAP) and Gift of Life Donor Program and organ procurement organizations throughout the country to inspire hope, advocacy, and passion as part of a statewide campaign to promote organ and tissue donation. Gift of Life encourages individuals to register to become an organ, tissue, and cornea donor.

March 22, 2021 - Pottstown Hospital - Tower Health has earned accreditation by the Intersocietal Accreditation Commission (IAC) for extracranial cerebrovascular testing.

March 22, 2021 - The American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) has recognized Pottstown Hospital - Tower Health in its Emergency Quality Network (E-QUAL) 2020 Honor Roll for leading the way in caring for emergency services patients in acute stroke diagnosis and treatment. Pottstown Hospital was the only hospital in Pennsylvania to receive the designation.

March 18, 2021 - Tower Health is marking the one-year anniversary of COVID-19 impacting our community. “The past year has been a challenge for our team and for everyone in healthcare,” said P. Sue Perrotty, Interim President and CEO at Tower Health. “When the pandemic began, our people bravely went to work each day, and continue to do so a year later, focused on the needs of our patients and communities.

March 1, 2021 - Colorectal cancer is the second-deadliest cancer in both men and women combined. But it is a highly preventable and treatable disease.