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Ambulatory Surgery
Ambulatory surgery provides a variety of services, from preparing the patient for surgery, endoscopy procedures, injections, infusions and transfusions. The operative patient has one stop pre operative evaluation and testing available from our pre operative nurse.
Phone: (814) 467-3415
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Surgery patient guides
Cardiac Rehabilitation
Cardiac Rehab is a medically-supervised program geared to patients who have had a recent cardiac event or intervention. The program includes important elements related to heart health; monitored exercise, dietary intervention, risk factor reduction and patient education. Cardiac rehab is offered by exercise physiologists under the supervision of a medical doctor. The program is carefully crafted to treat the needs of each individual patient to speed recovery and strengthen the heart while lowering risk factors for heart disease.
Phone: (814) 467-3892
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Comprehensive Baby Care (OB / Maternal and Child Care)
Women's health is at the heart of WindberCare. We have been fortunate to be able to expand our Obstetrics and Gynecology capabilities recently, welcoming talented new doctors to our facility. WindberCare for expectant mothers includes a wide range of pre and post natal care and classes.
For our patients we bring a team consisting of board certified and board eligible physicians and a certified nurse practitioner who have provided more than 30 years of continuous service to thousands of women in Bedford County, Cambria County, Somerset County and the surrounding areas. Our services include obstetrics, gynecology, adolescent care, menopause management, urogynecologic care, and laparoscopic/minimally invasive surgery.
Phone: (814) 467-3176
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Critical Care Unit
The CCU provides primary critical care to our patients. The staff here is critical care certified and provides high quality and comprehensive care to our patients. We care for high acuity medical patients as well as high acuity surgical pts. We open visiting hours which hopefully provides comforts to our patients having their family members or significant other here as well as allowing them to assist with their care if they want. We promote the Planetree philosophy to include mind, body and spirit in caring for the patient.
Phone: (814) 467-3190
Emergency
Our network offers a full range of services to make sure you receive the care you need. As a patient in the Emergency Department, you will be treated by a team of highly skilled individuals who work close together to deliver the highest level of care. We are here for you 365 days-a-year and 24 hours-a-day. Our main goal is to help you feel better. We provide initial treatment for a broad spectrum of illnesses and injuries, some of which may be life-threatening and require immediate attention.
To accurately diagnose your condition, the physician or PA may order labs tests, x-rays or CT scans. The length of your visit will depend on the tests ordered. Patients with minor illnesses or injuries may be seen and discharged in one to two hours. More complicated cases that involve several tests can take as long as four- five hours to complete.
At the end of your evaluation, you will either be admitted or discharged. If discharged, you will receive any prescriptions needed, instructions on how to care for your condition at home and information on your follow-up care.
Phone: (814) 467-3719
HealthCare Foundation
The Windber HealthCare Foundation is a nonprofit, qualified charitable organization responsible for raising funds to support the programs and services of Windber Medical Center. As a qualified charitable organization, donations to the Foundation can be tax-deductible. When you donate to the Foundation, along with our thanks, you receive substantiation that you contributed. Donations to the Foundation stay in the local community to serve the needs of the entities of the Windber Medical Center. Contributions to the Foundation change lives because they save lives, help prevent illness, and many times improve quality of life. Funds are reinvested in the community to fulfill unmet needs, and we need your help to keep healthcare in West-Central Pennsylvania strong and LOCAL. For you, your family, and your friends. For more information, please email koleksa@windbercare.org.
Phone: (814) 467-3705
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HealthStyles
HealthStyles is a medically-based fitness and wellness facility located on the 5th floor of Windber Medical Center. The facility is open to the public whose members can utilize a two lane walking track, over 70 pieces of state-of-the-art cardiovascular and strength training equipment, a hydro-therapy pool and multiple group exercise and yoga classes. Personal training and individual exercise programs are also available. We offer yearly memberships to anyone over the age of 14 who wants to improve or maintain their overall health.
Phone: (814) 467-3632
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Home Health
Windber Home Health is WindberCare...at your doorstep. We provide patients with continuity of care-from hospital or other facility to home. Direct patient care, support and education is provided by Registered Nurses, Certified Nurses Aides, Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapists. Professional services help a patient function as independently as possible in their own home. Whether recovering from a recent illness or surgery or living with a chronic disease, familiar surroundings in the company of family and friends promote a positive healing experience. We understand that homebound patients have special needs. So do their families and caregivers. Our Home Health providers bring a high level of compassion, commitment and respect as they care for individuals and their families.
Phone: (814) 467-3684
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Hospice / Palliative Care
Windber Hospice is a support system that promotes the Hospice philosophy of care for terminally ill patients and their families...to provide physical, emotional, spiritual and financial support: to maintain the patient in their own home surrounded by family and friends: to be sensitive to the patient's and family's needs: to be concerned with the whole person and enhance the quality of life. Registered Nurses, Certified Nurses Aides, Social Workers, Counselors, Chaplain, Volunteers, Pharmacists, Dietician and the Palliative Care Physician oversee all care working as a team. The Hospice benefit is primarily covered by Medicare and Medicaid. Commercial insurance coverage varies, but most carriers provide hospice benefits.
Phone: (814) 467-3684
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Integrated Cardiac Health Program (ICHP)
The Integrated Cardiac Health Program (ICHP) is an innovative approach to prevention based on the concept that comprehensive lifestyle changes can have a meaningful impact on developing disease. Our programs focus on health promotion and risk reduction by combining clinical practice with research done here on the Windber Medical Center Campus at the Windber Research Institute. The ICHP program offers two risk factor modification programs designed to decrease your risk of developing heart and/or breast disease: The Cardiac Risk Clinic and the Stress Therapy Empowering Prevention (STEP) Program.
Through our dedicated team of health professionals, our participants are empowered with the tools to focus on health promotion and disease prevention. We will work with each participant on an individual level to ensure that the appropriate amount of education and experience needed to achieve success is provided. We teach participants to look at their behavior as a series of habits and realize that poor health practices might have contributed to their disease. We show them that diet, as well as exercise and managing stress, are learned behaviors that can be re-taught and sustained in a supportive atmosphere. Recognizing and changing bad habits and replacing them with new, healthier habits is not that difficult-we will show you how.
Want to learn what steps to take to live a healthier lifestyle? Then now is the time to learn more about the programs that ICHP has to offer.
Phone: (814) 467-3952
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Integrative Therapies
WindberCare is an approach to healthcare that focuses not just on treating injury and disease but rather on helping people to enjoy rich, healthy lives-both through treatment and prevention of illness. WindberCare emphasizes the healing of "mind, body, spirit and community"-a statement that is far more than a mere slogan.
The fact that our minds and attitudes can have a vital impact on the health of our bodies is proven beyond a doubt. Prayer and positive attitudes have been shown to speed the healing process. Stress and emotional problems can have negative physical side effects-from heart disease and eating disorders to hypertension and even death.
WindberCare Integrative Health therapies are here to help heal the mind and spirit so that they can work in harmony with the body, helping patients to overcome and avoid health problems and help them to find balance and happiness in their lives.
We offer the following enhancements to the healing process: Live Therapeutic Music,
Aromatherapy, Products, Massage Therapy, Guided Imagery, Guided Labyrinth Walks, Pet Therapy, Acupuncture, and more.
Phone: (814) 467-3624
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Joyce Murtha Breast Care Center
The Joyce Murtha Breast Care Center at Windber Medical Center exists to provide the most advanced, comprehensive and personalized care to women in one convenient and comforting location. Women have access to the region's most advanced imaging technology. Experienced and trusted as a leader in Digital Mammography since 1998, the Joyce Murtha Breast Care Center ensures a high quality patient experience. Also available are computer aided detection, ultrasound, and breast MRI. Minimally invasive biopsies using ultrasound, MRI and stereotactic techniques are performed on-site providing accurate results with minimal discomfort to the patient. At the Joyce Murtha Breast Care Center skilled physicians, nurses and certified technologists highly experienced in breast imaging, high risk intervention and early detection and treatment are part of the dedicated team committed to providing the highest level of care.
Comprehensive services, easy scheduling and timely results are all part of the superior care that women receive at the Joyce Murtha Breast Care Center. Our services include: Digital Mammography, Breast Ultrasound, Breast MRI, High Risk Intervention, Bone Density Testing, Female Breast Surgeon on Site, Minimally Invasive Breast Biopsies, Obstetric & Gynecologic Ultrasound, Mind-Body Counseling, and Research Studies.
Phone: (814) 467-0044
Toll-free: 1-866-253-4703
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Laboratory
The laboratory performs testing 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
to assure that your test results will be available in a timely fashion. All
testing is done on site and our comfortable community-based patient service
centers ensure prompt service with minimal wait time. All testing , must be
requested by a physician no appointment necessary. We offer free parking. We are
a Quest and Lapcorp collection site. (For those patients with insurance that
require a specific lab.)Experienced phlebotomists perform safe and professional
lab sampling, and a specialized team of phlebotomists are available to provide
in-home services to home-bound patients. The laboratory also provides outreach
services to community nursing homes, long-term care, assisted living facilities,
and retirement communities.
With complete automation and advanced reporting capabilities, our laboratory can
expedite test results to your physician, helping them better manage your care. A
written physician's order is required for all laboratory tests. Please bring
photo identification and your insurance card for registration.
Phone: (814) 467-3430
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MRI
Most advanced imaging technology to date resulting in faster scan times. Appointments available within 24 hours of physician referral. Minimal wait time from arrival to completion of scan 24-48 hour turn-around time for referring physician to receive report. Experienced and caring staff. Accredited through the American College of Radiology.
Phone: (814) 467-3075
Nutrition And Food Services
A registered dietitian is available to answer your diet questions and provide printed diet material. Nutrition counseling is available on an outpatient basis for a variety of medical conditions including diabetes, renal disease, food allergies, weight loss, etc. Services are covered based upon type of insurance and diagnosis. We will provide assistance to help you determine if your insurance will cover the service. The Windber Café is open from 7 am to 4 pm, Monday through Friday and offers a large variety of dining choices. Guest meals are available for patient's visitors at a nominal cost. Vending machines and coffee kiosks are located throughout the hospital.
Phone: (814) 467-3957
Phone: (814) 467-3935
Occupational Therapy
Occupational Therapy uses productive or creative activity in the treatment or rehabilitation of physical or emotional disabled people. Services include: Hand Therapy, Custom Splint Fabrication, Pediatric Sensory Integration, Applied Kinesiology (Muscle Energy), Lymphedema Therapy, Work Harding/Conditioning, Chronic Pain Management, Manual Therapy, Nerve Injuries, and Home Health.
Phone: (814) 467-3189
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Physical Therapy
Windber Medical Center provides advanced and specialized Physical Therapy Services for our local community and the surrounding areas. Our therapists create specific treatment plans for our patients with various conditions in order to restore function, improve mobility, and decrease pain.
At Windber Medical Center, great care for our patients, attention to detail, and progressive/individualized therapy is always our first priority. We offer services in Sports Training, Post-operative Care, Therapeutic Massage, Myofascial Release, Therapeutic Exercise, Acute Care, and Neurological Rehabilitation.
We also offer specialized care in Orthopedics, Spinal Mobilization, Balance and Vestibular Therapy, Aquatic Therapy, and Home Health. Windber Medical Center has also established a Women's Health Program for Pelvic Pain and Incontinence. This specialty is the only one of its kind in the Johnstown area.
Windber Medical Center has been providing services to individuals in our community for over 35 years. We use new, state of the art equipment in our therapeutic pool and in our fitness facility. Our therapists continue to advance their skills with continuing education to ensure we provide our patients with the highest standard of care.
Phone: (814) 467-3465
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Pulmonary Rehabilitation
Pulmonary Rehabilitation is an outpatient program of exercise and education that teaches you about your lungs, how to exercise and do activities with less shortness of breath, and how to "live" better with your lung condition. Pulmonary rehabilitation sessions are held 3 days a week for six weeks. Each session is approximately 1
1/2 to 2 hours in length. During each session you will be monitored to insure safety and be guided as you build strength and endurance. This service is covered by most insurances. Any person with a chronic lung disease can benefit from pulmonary rehabilitation. Examples of chronic lung conditions are: COPD (Emphysema and Chronic Bronchitis), Asthma, Interstitial Lung Disease (including Pulmonary Fibrosis), Bronchiectasis, Lung Cancer, Occupational Lung Disease, Pre/Post Lung Volume Reduction Surgery and Lung Transplant.
Phone: (814) 467-3118
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Pulmonary Rehabilitation printable brochure
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Quality Department
The Quality Department at Windber Medical Center is focused on developing programs and improving patient outcomes through utilization of Best Practices and Technology in Core Measures, Patient Satisfaction, and Quality Improvement Projects.
We want to ensure your time with us is a positive experience. Your care team is available 24/7 to provide you with assistance.
As a Planetree Designated hospital we strive to exceed state and national averages for Quality and Appropriateness of Care.
For more information about Windber Medical Center scores regarding Quality and Appropriateness of Care, and to compare us with other local facilities, go to
www.hospitalcompare.hhs.gov.
Phone: (814) 467-3821
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Radiology/Diagnostic Imaging
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General Radiology |
Ultrasound |
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PET/CT |
Vascular Imaging |
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CT Scanning |
Echocardiography |
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Nuclear Medicine |
MRI |
We provide diagnostic imaging utilizing advanced technology within a caring and supportive atmosphere. Our technologists are highly experienced and will work with you to comfortably perform the exam in the shortest amount of time possible.
Please call to verify if your exam requires a scheduled appointment.
For MRI appointments call (814) 467-3075.
For all other exams call (814) 467-3435.
Phone: (814) 467-3435
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Respiratory Care
Respiratory Care is an allied health specialty that aids in
the diagnosis, treatment, management, rehabilitation and preventive care of
patients with respiratory problems. All treatment for respiratory disease
conditions is carried out by order of your physician. The respiratory care staff
under the direction of a physician can evaluate patients with sleep apnea,
asthma, chronic bronchitis, emphysema, lung disease and lung cancer, as well as
patients with a cough. Patients may be evaluated in the respiratory care
department as outpatients or during a hospital stay.
Phone - Respiratory: (814) 467-3470
Phone - EKG: (814) 467-3436
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Sleep Lab
Our Sleep Lab provides:
Diagnostic Sleep Testing to determine if you have sleep apnea and monitors brainwave activity along with body movement CPAP Titration Testing (Continuous Positive Airway Pressure) to determine if you are continually breathing through the night and also measures the amount of time and how frequently you stop breathing through the night Split Night Sleep Testing - Diagnostic Sleep Test and treatment Our Board-certified sleep physician conducts outpatient studies with no scheduling delays, a relaxed setting, and comfortable beds. Our Sleep Testing is covered by most insurances. A physician referral is needed for all sleep testing.
Phone: (814) 467-3470
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Social Services
Our social worker is available to all patients, their families, and staff to assist them with problem solving and discharge planning. The goal is to provide appropriate education and counseling to enable then to make a positive transition from hospital to home and to utilize support services, rehabilitation or extended care settings.
Phone: (814) 467-3460
Surgical Services
Our Surgical Departments provide a variety of services. We offer same day surgery, preparing the patient for surgery, endoscopy procedures, injections, infusions and transfusions. One stop pre-operative evaluation and testing is available. Our multi-service area performs general, orthopedic, obstetric, gynecological, ear, nose and throat, podiatry, eye, vascular, plastic, and bariatric surgery.
Phone: (814) 467-3815
Weight Loss Surgery
If you are struggling with weight along with medical problems the Lap Band system, may be the tool to help you lose the weight and keep it off. As a Bariatric Surgery Center of Excellence® designee our program incorporates a highly experienced, comprehensive and multidisciplinary team approach in the care of patients who suffer from the disease of obesity. We work very closely with our patients to build relationships and allow them to be the center of their own healthcare team. We also partner with primary care physicians to enhance the individualized care in the treatment of each patient's specific needs.
Phone: (814) 467-4750
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