The acquisition will expand TRHMC’s clinical capacity in important surgical specialties, including orthopedics, spine surgery, and gynecology. It also assures that SIR remains focused on the needs of this community through local oversight of its strategic and daily operations.

Under terms of the agreement, the Surgical Institute of Reading will continue to function as a Joint Commission-accredited acute care hospital and surgical center with 15 licensed beds for overnight patient stays. Its nursing and support staff, numbering 125, will become employees of The Reading Hospital and Medical Center.

Its medical staff of 27 physicians will remain independent practitioners on TRHMC’s medical staff.

The Surgical Institute of Reading opened at its current Spring Township site in 2007, and was designed to provide high quality, individualized care to surgical patients. In 2011, volume exceeded 5,000 open, endoscopic, and other minimally invasive procedures performed by otolaryngologists, general surgeons, neurosurgeons, orthopedic surgeons, plastic and reconstructive surgeons, and pain management specialists.

The Reading Hospital and Medical Center is a subsidiary of The Reading Hospital system. The system also includes a medical group, rehabilitation hospital, continuing care retirement community, and preferred provider organization, and has interests in home care, infusion, physical therapy, employee assistance, and reference laboratory entities.
.

The post Reading Hospital and Medical Center to Acquire Surgical Institute appeared first on HCO News.