Accreditation is another indicator that can be used to judge quality.  Accreditation is a "seal of approval" given by a private, independent group.  Health care organizations---such as hospitals---must meet national standards, including clinical performance measures, in order to be accredited.  Excela Health is accredited by The Joint Commission.

• The Joint Commission
• The Centers for Medicare/Medicaid Services 
• The College of American Pathologist Laboratory Services

Frick, Latrobe and Westmoreland Hospitals are licensed by:

• The Pennsylvania Department of Health

Patients may contact the Department of Health directly:

Acute and Ambulatory Care Services
Health and Welfare Building, Room 532
625 Forster Street
Harrisburg, PA 17120
Tel: 1-800-254-5164

Our hospitals have been awarded the Silver Level Award from the Westmoreland County Department of Public Safety for emergency management planning and coordination.

Latrobe Hospital accredited as a: 

• Community Hospital Comprehensive Cancer Program by the Commission on Cancer of the American College of Surgeons.
  

Norwin Surgery Center accredited as an:

• Ambulatory Care Center by the Joint Commission

Award Winning Care

Clinical Care:

Frick, Latrobe and Westmoreland Hospitals have received American Heart/American Stroke Association's Get with the Guidelines - Stroke Gold Plus Performance Achievement Award. The awards recognize Excela Health's commitment and success in implementing a higher standard of stroke care by ensuring that stroke patients receive treatment according to nationally accepted standards and recommendations.

Excela Health cardiac services have been ranked in the Top 10 Percent nationwide by the Society for Thoracic Surgery.   Likewise, Excela Health has been named a "Blue Distinction Center for Cardiac Care" by Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield.  Hospitals who receive this distinction are selected after a rigorous evaluation is made of their clinical data, providing insight into the facility's structure, processes and outcomes of care.  These nationally established criteria were developed with input from medical experts and organizations and support the consistent, objective assessment of specialty care capabilities.

Patient Satisfaction:

Frick Hospital's Emergency Department has been recognized consistently over the last several years for sustaining excellence in patient satisfaction, while becoming a model and leader for the organization. Consistently ranking within the 90th percentile and above among like-size hospitals in patient satisfaction since 2005, the ED has been designated a Press Ganey Success Story Finalist (2006), Hospital Association of Pennsylvania Operational Excellence Award (2007) winner, and a Press Ganey Forum Best Practice Award (2007) recipient.

Centers of Excellence:

The obstetrics department at Westmoreland Hospital has been nationally recognized by a leading national health care ratings organization, setting the stage for continued excellence as maternity care  within Excela Health moves toward a Center of Excellence model.

The spine surgery program has also received national recognition and is now part of the Neuroscience Center.

Top Honors:

Excela Health Frick Hospital is among the hospitals featured in the fifth annual "Top 200 Coding Hospitals" report prepared by Ingenix, a leading health information, technology and consulting company. The report ranks hospitals according to the completeness and accuracy of their medical coding practices used to bill Medicare for inpatient medical services. Frick is recognized among the top 50 Urban Non-Teaching Hospital category.

Excela Health Latrobe Hospital has been nationally recognized by a leading national health care ratings organizationi for excellence in patient safety. The rating reflects the quality of care provided by measuring how well the hospital prevents avoidable complications and adverse events of all surgical and procedures performed at the hospital.