too long for the length of the article . please help by moving some material from it into the body of the article . please read the layout guide and lead section guidelines to ensure the section will still be inclusive of all essential details . please discuss this issue on the article s talk page . april 2014 pinnaclehealth system type private non profit industry medical founded 1996 headquarters harrisburg pa area served central pennsylvania revenue 523 million 2006 number of employees 5 000 website www.pinnaclehealth.org pinnaclehealth system is a community based physician led health care system serving the greater harrisburg pennsylvania metropolitan area . pinnaclehealth operates five primary care facilities as well as a network of family practice and urgent care centers managed care entities home health care hospice and an array of other healthcare services . since its establishment in 1996 pinnaclehealth has grown to a multi county system with more than 800 primary care physicians supported by more than 4 000 skilled nurses and technicians over 500 million in revenue 1 operates several for profit health insurance subsidiaries and a network of 5 hospitals . two of pinnaclehealth s largest facilities harrisburg hospital and polyclinic medical center are teaching hospitals with a combined count of 884 inpatient beds over 35 100 inpatient admissions and 235 000 outpatient visits per year as well as over 5 000 deliveries and 60 000 emergency room visits annually making it one of the largest urban clinical institutions in the nation . 2 it is the seventh largest employer in the harrisburg area . 3 in 1999 pinnaclehealth heart & vascular institute opened performing their first minimally invasive abdominal aortic aneurysm aaa repair and being named one of the top 100 u.s. providers of heart care according to a study by hcia a baltimore based healthcare information and analysis company . additionally the cryosurgery was offered for the first time in central pennsylvania on the pinnaclehealth community campus . 4 on october 25 2001 the fredricksen outpatient center on the cumberland campus was dedicated . the outpatient health and clinical services center and physician office building houses an outpatient surgery center in addition to clinical and diagnostic testing areas . in 2002 stat medevac air transport service were established at pinnacle . then in 2003 the pinnaclehealth toxicology center is founded . 5 in 2004 pinnaclehealth established an emergency medicine residency program in cooperation with the penn state hershey medical center a level i trauma center located 10 miles east of harrisburg . 6 additionally pinnaclehealth brought the national red dress project to harrisburg educating women about heart disease and also performed the placement of the first carotid artery stent in the system . in 2005 pinnaclehealth began an inpatient geriatric psychiatric program installed a fully automated laboratory robotics system both firsts for the region and began using the spy operating system . 4 in 2006 pinnaclehealth began to offer robotically assisted minimally invasive surgery heart bypass and prostatectomy with the da vinci s surgical system 7 and pinnaclehealth nurses receive magnet designation . 4 8 in 2007 pinnaclehealth s bariatric surgery program attained the center of excellence designation by the american society for metabolic and bariatric surgery . 4 9 in 2008 pinnaclehealth achieved recognition as a thomson reuters 100 top hospitals for its cardiology program . 10 additionally the first same sitting hybrid revascularization heart bypass surgery and stent placement with da vinci robot was performed . an advanced minimally invasive endovascular suite was opened . also pinnaclehealth began offering antibody reduction protocol to kidney transplant patients to help to reduce preformed human leukocyte antigen hla antibody levels and enhance patient compatibility with available kidneys . 4 in 2009 pinnaclehealth was recognized as a primary stroke center by the joint commission 11 installed the first aquilion one volume computed tomography ct scanner 12 and performed its first kidney transplant as part of the national kidney registry s nkr paired donor exchange program . at the time the transplant was part of the biggest kidney exchange transplant surgery chain in the united states which involved eight pairings of donors and recipients coast to coast . over a one week period september 30 to october 6 16 surgeries took place at five hospitals across the nation . the exchange had the first red eye flight used for a transcontinental shipped kidney first compatible pair in a nkr swap and the oldest recipient in an nkr swap at 83 years old . 4 13 in 2010 pinnaclehealth s harrisburg hospital is recognized as an accredited chest pain center by the society of chest pain centers . 14 also pinnaclehealth opened the spine institute to provide a multidisciplinary team approach for neck and back pain . pinnaclehealth imaging began implementing dose reduction software in ct scanners in order to perform procedures with significantly less radiation . 4 on april 4 2011 pinnaclehealth opened the pinnaclehealth fox chase cancer center in the new medical sciences pavilion at their community general campus . this new collaborative cancer center brings a multi disciplinary approach to cancer treatment among medical oncologists surgeons and radiation oncologists and has received recognition for their care . 15 the new pinnaclehealth fox chase cancer center is currently providing expert care and treatment to harrisburg pennsylvania and the surrounding areas . 16 in october 2011 pinnaclehealth opened their new state of the art donald b. and dorothy l. stabler emergency department in their harrisburg hospital campus . the pinnaclehealth foundation the non profit fundraising division of pinnaclehealth raised over 12 million for the expansion . improvements include more new technology for the department more rooms to assess and treat patients and overall facility improvements . 17 also in 2011 pinnaclehealth opened its renovated antepartum unit launched its pulmonary nodule clinic cardiovascular institute as well as the its cyberknife robotic radiosurgery system . 4 18 19 20 contents 1 list of pinnaclehealth facilities 2 see also 3 references 4 external links list of pinnaclehealth facilities edit location of hospitals harrisburg hospital harrisburg campus in downtown harrisburg polyclinic medical center polyclinic campus in uptown harrisburg community general osteopathic hospital community campus in harrisburg seidle memorial hospital seidle campus in mechanicsburg pennsylvania fredricksen outpatient center cumberland campus in mechanisburg location of clinics in pennsylvania camp hill dillsburg elizabethville harrisburg several locations marysville mechanicsburg middletown millersburg newport and tower city see also edit list of hospitals in harrisburg references edit pinnaclehealth system 2006 . 2006 annual report pdf . pinnaclehealth.org . archived from the original pdf on july 3 2007 . retrieved 2007 01 01 . city of harrisburg 2006 . healthcare in the harrisburg area . harrisburgpa.gov . archived from the original on 2006 11 16 . retrieved 2006 12 31 . capital region economic development corporation 2006 . harrisburg area information . credc.org . retrieved 2006 12 31 . a b c d e f g h pinnaclehealth.org . pinnaclehealth.org . college of medicine 2006 . emergency medicine residency program . hmc.psu.edu . retrieved 2007 01 01 . pinnaclehealth.org . pennlive.com . pennlive.com . thomsonreuters.com . pinnaclehealth.org . toshiba.com . kidneyregistry.org . pennlive.com . intuitive shelter from the storm . md news . frequently asked questions about the new cancer center . pinnaclehealth . harrisburg hospital s emergency department more than doubles its capacity . pinnaclehealth . pennlive.com . cumberlink.com . mdnews.com . external links edit 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