Geisinger Holy Spirit

Caring for the community and the people we serve, Geisinger Holy Spirit is a leading healthcare provider in central PA.

Geisinger Holy Spirit offers a range of medical, surgical, diagnostic and outpatient medical services and creates partnerships with local and national organizations. With practices throughout the region and a 326-bed hospital, we continually grow our services to ensure that community members have the healthcare they need close to home.


OUR MISSION
Geisinger Holy Spirit is a Catholic community health system sponsored by the Sisters of Christian Charity to carry out the healing ministry of Jesus Christ for all in need. We provide high-quality, ethically guided and cost-effective health services in a caring, patient-focused environment to develop healthy communities in the greater Harrisburg area and south central Pennsylvania.

OUR VISION
Geisinger Holy Spirit will exemplify God's love through our service and spirit of caring. We will focus on services that provide community value, including:
- Demonstrated commitment to our healing mission of patient-centered care.
- Innovative, collaborative and relationship-based delivery models.
- Care of the disenfranchised and vulnerable.
- Excellence in clinical quality.
- Outstanding patient and employee satisfaction.
- Sound financial stewardship to ensure our continuing commitment to the community.

OUR VALUES
In our service and in our care, we commit ourselves to these values:
- Dignity: We value the sacredness of life and the dignity of each person.
- Wholism: We promote the physical, emotional, social and spiritual needs of each person.
- Service: We meet the needs of others with compassion and competence.
- Stewardship: We responsibly use the resources entrusted to our care.
- Quality: We commit ourselves to continuous improvement and to the satisfaction of those we serve.
- Integrity: We consistently demonstrate high ethical standards and the values of our organization.

AWARDS
U.S. News & World Report: Ranked Geisinger Holy Spirit as one of the top 13 “Best Hospitals” in Pennsylvania; one of the five “Best Hospitals” in South Central Pennsylvania; and one of three “Best Hospitals” in the Harrisburg Metro area. Geisinger Holy Spirit was honored as a high-performer in 10 specialties: cancer, diabetes and endocrinology, gastroenterology and GI surgery, geriatrics, gynecology, nephrology, neurology and neurosurgery, orthopedics, pulmonology and urology.

Gold Seal of Approval®: The Joint Commission awarded Disease-Specific Care Certification, the Gold Seal of Approval® for healthcare quality, to Geisinger Holy Spirit’s heart attack care program. To earn this distinction, a disease management program undergoes an extensive, unannounced, on-site evaluation by a team of Joint Commission reviewers every two years.

Magnet® recognized nursing care: Magnet recognition is determined by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's (ANCC) Magnet Recognition Program®, which serves as the gold standard for nursing excellence and provides patients with the ultimate benchmark for measuring quality of care. Out of several thousand health care organizations in the country, only a small percentage have received the Magnet credential to-date.

Geisinger Holy Spirit Awarded "A" for Patient Safety: The Leapfrog Group, an independent national nonprofit run by employers and other large purchasers of health benefits, presented the hospital with the "A" Hospital Safety Score. An expert panel calculates the score using publicly available data on patient injuries, medical and medication errors, and infections.

“100 Great Places to Work in Healthcare” by Becker’s Hospital Review: Organizations are chosen for their demonstrated excellence in providing robust benefits, wellness initiatives, professional development opportunities and atmospheres of employee unity and satisfaction.

Society of Thoracic Surgeons Three-Star Rating: Geisinger Holy Spirit earned the top rating from the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) for the quality of its heart surgery program. STS uses a comprehensive rating system to determine the quality of cardiac surgery among hospitals across the country. Only 12 to 15 percent of hospitals nationwide received this three-star rating, which denotes the highest category of quality.

Breast Imaging Center of Excellence: The American College of Radiology recently designated Geisinger Holy Spirit’s Women’s Imaging Center a Breast Imaging Center of Excellence (BICOE). The designation is awarded to breast imaging centers that achieve excellence by seeking and earning accreditation in all of the ACR’s voluntary breast-imaging accreditation programs and modules in addition to the mandatory Mammography Accreditation Program.

Blue Distinction Center for Cardiac Care: Highmark Blue Shield designated Geisinger Holy Spirit as a Blue Distinction Center for Cardiac Care. Such centers demonstrate their commitment to quality care, resulting in better overall outcomes for cardiac patients. As a Blue Distinction Center for Cardiac Care, Geisinger Holy Spirit meets evidence-based clinical criteria, developed in collaboration with expert physicians and medical organizations, including the American College of Cardiology (ACC) and the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS), and is subject to periodic re-evaluation as criteria continue to evolve.

Blue Distinction Center for Knee and Hip Replacement: Highmark Blue Shield designated Geisinger Holy Spirit as a Blue Distinction Center for Knee and Hip Replacement. Such centers demonstrate expertise in quality care, resulting in better overall outcomes for patients, by meeting objective clinical measures developed with input from expert physicians and medical organizations.

Blue Distinction Center for Spine Surgery: Highmark Blue Shield designated Geisinger Holy Spirit as a Blue Distinction Center for Spine Surgery for its demonstrated commitment to quality care, resulting in better overall outcomes for spine surgery patients. Blue Distinction Centers must provide comprehensive inpatient spine surgery services, including discectomy, fusion and decompression procedures.