Crozer-Keystone Highlights, Honors and Awards, Affiliations

Crozer-Keystone Health System (CKHS), a not-for-profit health system (501c3 status), was established in 1990 by the merger of Crozer-Chester Medical Center (Crozer) and Delaware County Memorial Hospital (DCMH). Today, CKHS comprises five hospitals, including Crozer, DCMH, Springfield, Taylor, and Community Hospitals; the Crozer-Keystone Health Network, a network of primary-care and specialty physicians who provide care at locations throughout the Delaware Valley; outpatient centers including the Crozer Medical Plaza at Brinton Lake, the Crozer Health Pavilion, and Media Medical Plaza; and the Healthplex® Sports Club in Springfield. Since its founding, CKHS has maintained financial stability and its hospitals have experienced steady growth in admissions, Emergency Department visits, and the number of beds in service. The Healthplex’s membership has quadrupled since it was established in 1996.

CKHS is:

• The dominant health care provider in Delaware County.
• The largest employer in Delaware County with more than 6,800 employees, 80 percent of whom reside in the county.
• A supporter of evidence-based medicine (EBM), which uses universally accepted “best medical practices” to treat a variety of conditions and diseases, such as heart attack and stroke.
• A supporter of excellence in nursing, as indicated by the recent founding of the CKHS Center for Nursing Excellence and the pursuit of Magnet™ status through the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) Magnet Recognition Program®.
• A leader in community health, providing services and programs that meet the medical and social needs of thousands of Delaware County residents each year. A vital part of the business community, both as a provider of occupational health services and a member of the Delaware County Chamber of Commerce. CKHS also has joint a venture with the MRI Centers of Delaware County and University Technology Park.
• An advocate for important health care issues set forth by the American Hospital Association (AHA), the Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania (HAP), and HAP’s Delaware Valley Health Care Council (DVHC). CKHS has been a leader in advocating for medical professional liability reform–receiving the DVHC Advocacy Award in 2002–and continues to devote attention to reimbursement issues and appropriate state spending of the tobacco settlement.

As a community healthcare system, Crozer-Keystone Health System is committed to providing quality healthcare to the people of Delaware County and surrounding communities. For that commitment, Crozer-Keystone Health System has been honored with the following recent awards:

• VHA Leadership Award for Clinical Excellence, two years in a row (Springfield Hospital).
• Joint Commission Disease-Specific Care Certification in Breast Health Care (Crozer-Chester Medical Center and Delaware County Memorial Hospital).
• Joint Commission Disease-Specific Care Certification in Knee Replacement and Hip Replacement (Crozer-Chester Medical Center, Delaware County Memorial Hospital and Taylor Hospital).
• Joint Commission Disease-Specific Care Certification in Stroke (Delaware County Memorial Hospital, Crozer-Chester Medical Center and Taylor Hospital).
• Breast Imaging Center of Excellence from the American College of Radiology (Crozer-Chester Medical Center).
• Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania (HAP) Achievement Awards for the Patient Flow Coordinator Initiative, the Wellness Center’s Youth Leadership Program, the Kids Asthma Management Program, Youth Volunteer Program and Physician Service Excellence Program.
• VHA Leadership Award for Evidence-Based Medicine Program.
• VHA Award of Excellence for Outstanding Performance in Glucose Control (Crozer-Chester Medical Center).
• VHA Best Practice Hospital for Glycemic Control (Delaware County Memorial Hospital).
• One of the top 100 “Most Wired” health systems from Hospitals &Health Networks magazine for ten years in a row.
• Innovator Award from Hospitals & Health Networks magazine for using technology to work with radiologists in Israel to provide evening radiology support. Radiological Society of North America Fellows Research Training Prize for Picture Archiving Communications System.
• American Hospital Association NOVA Award winner for excellence and innovation in community health.
• One of the nation’s “Most Integrated Health Networks” from IMS.
• VHA Health Foundation’s Health System of Promise designation for commitment to the future of children.
• First-ever Employer of the Year Award from the Friends of the Delaware County Women’s Commission.

• Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education
• American Academy of Sleep Medicine
• American Association of Blood Banks
• American Burn Association
• American College of Radiology
• American College of Surgeons, Commission on Cancer
• American College of Surgeons, Committee on Trauma
• American Hospital Association
• American Osteopathic Health Care Association
• American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery
• College of American Pathologists
• Council of Teaching Hospitals
• Intersocietal Commission for the Accreditation of Echocardiography Laboratories
• The Joint Commission
• National Chronic Care Consortium
• National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers
• Pennsylvania Department of Health
• Pennsylvania Trauma Systems Foundation
• VHA Shareholder