Mount Nittany Health

Mount Nittany Health- Mifflin County 96 Kish Road, Reedsville, PA 17084 717-667-7720 mountnittany.org

Mount Nittany Health’s Mifflin County office has a decade-long tradition of providing outstanding primary care and specialty care. The practice, located in Reedsville, includes family medicine, cardiology, endocrinology, general surgery, nephrology, neurology, pulmonary medicine, urology, and lab services.

Mount Nittany Health provides innovative and award-winning care, including these highlights:

· Mount Nittany Health’s Dr. Kelsey Short and Dr. Eric Fowler were both nominated for the Sentinel Readers’ Choice Award for Favorite Doctor/Physician. Both practice family medicine at Mount Nittany Health Mifflin County. · The Mifflin County office was the site of a Mount Nittany Health pilot program in population health that focused on improving outcomes for diabetes patients. The program, which was built on the patient-primary care provider relationship was so successful that it will be expanded across the Mount Nittany Health system. · 5-star quality rating from Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services—four years in a row. Mount Nittany Medical Center is one of only 42 medical centers across the state rated with 5 stars; note the average overall hospital rating nationally is 3 stars. · Newsweek recognized Mount Nittany Medical Center in its 2022 list of “World’s Best Hospitals,” for the second consecutive year, again placing the center among the top hospitals in Pennsylvania based on patient safety and quality data. · Mount Nittany Medical Center was also recognized as one of the best places for maternity by U.S. News and World Report.

Pandemic Response

The Mount Nittany Health team responded to the pandemic with ingenuity and courage. They were quickly able to pivot resources to deliver testing, treatments, and the vaccine in response to the COVID-19 pandemic while continuing to develop innovative ways to treat patients safely and effectively.

This included: · 2,000+ COVID patient hospitalizations · 80,000+ COVID tests administered · 50,000+ vaccine doses administered

Extraordinary Nurse Recognized

Charles “Charlie” Goe, RN, in the Behavioral Health Unit, was recently honored with the DAISY award for Extraordinary Nurses. This award was for his compassionate care of a critically ill patient who was admitted through the Emergency Department in respiratory failure. During the three weeks the patient was at Mount Nittany Medical Center, he spent time on the second floor, then ICU, then CCU, and finally the third floor where he was placed on comfort care. The patient’s daughter wrote, “Overall, the nurses, staff and doctors along his medical journey were great; however, there was one nurse that was exceptional - Charles (Charlie) Goe. He provided my Dad with such compassion, gentleness, dignity and respect when my Dad was most vulnerable; and I will never forget that. My family and I firmly believe Charlie was specifically placed with my Dad to assist him into a peaceful passing. Charlie answered all questions and concerns, helping me and my family process what was happening. It was Charlie who made an impactful difference in my Dad’s care and to me and my family.”

Growth and Importance in the Region

Mount Nittany Health is continuing to expand its primary care and specialty practices, with the addition of eight new providers this year, and more to come. The Boalsburg Pediatrics practice has also added a new pediatric psychologist, which brings a new service to the area.

Originally established as a community hospital, Mount Nittany Health has grown exponentially to add the care for the community’s needs, where they need it. Mount Nittany Health is a comprehensive healthcare system headquartered in State College, Pennsylvania, with 17 clinical locations that serve six counties.

Mount Nittany Health’s Mifflin County practice continues to be an important part of the health of this region. The healthcare providers there are known as compassionate, excellent clinicians who are focused on providing award-winning primary and specialty care. Their work is supported by the Mount Nittany Health system, which was recognized as one of the World’s Best Hospitals according to Newsweek.