Bedford County residents are fortunate to have the broad array of health care services provided by UPMC Bedford Memorial, Hyndman Area Health Center and the many excellent retirement and primary-care facilities.
UPMC Bedford Memorial is the area's primary acute care general hospital. As part of UPMC, area residents have access to a wide range of traveling specialists in addition to the fine local medical staff. UPMC Bedford Memorial offers units for medical, surgical, obstetrical, intensive care, coronary care, and telemetry services, and has a variety of diagnostic capabilities, including CT scan, MRI and ultrasound. Emergency services include an emergency room with 24 hour in-house emergency medicine physicians, a licensed heliport for emergency transportation, and trauma center affiliation. Other onsite services include a cardiac-pulmonary rehabilitation program, an outpatient procedure unit, and an ambulatory surgical unit.
Consistently recognized as an excellent facility, UPMC Bedford Memorial has been awarded the prestigious 100 Top Hospitals National Benchmarks for Success Award several times.
UPMC Bedford Memorial has undergone major renovations. Construction first started in 2008 and is now complete in many areas. From the front entrance and waiting room to the nursing units and Emergency Department, new cabinetry, floors, lights, and painting have created a very comfortable and welcoming appearance. The Emergency Department, shown above, highlights the many changes. Another component of the $5 million investment was switching the facility's boilers from coal to oil, which will benefit the environment and the bottom line. Efforts are ongoing to renovate all of the patient rooms at the hospital. Six rooms have been completed to date, with five more currently under construction.
Serving the medical and dental needs of southern Bedford County and beyond, Hyndman Area Health Center now has a second location in Bedford. The Health Center is Bedford County's only federally qualified health center. That status helps to provide the Health Center with a grant to help provide care to people without insurance. For Medicare patients receiving treatment, it means their deductible will be waived. The fee-discount program, which is needs-accessed, allows access to medical services and prescription drugs for many who might otherwise not afford them.
County residents have many excellent options if their health requirements make living on their own no longer practical. Pennknoll Village, located near the hospital, is a rehabilitation and skilled nursing care facility with 133 beds. Accepting both short- and long-term care patients, Pennknoll Village offers a wide range of rehabilitation and therapeutic services including physical, occupational and speech therapy, IV therapy, and hospice services to make the patient's stay as comfortable and beneficial as possible. Next door to Pennknoll Village, Homewood at Spring House Estates is expanding. Construction of 142 new homes and apartments has started and will continue for the next several years.
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Hospital Contact Information
Altoona Regional Health System - Altoona Hospital Campus
Jerry Murray, Administrator
620 Howard Avenue, Altoona, PA 16602
(814) 889-2271
Email: info@altoonaregional.org
Web: http://www.altoonaregional.org
Altoona Regional Health System - Bon Secours Campus
Jerry Murray, Administrator
2500 7th Avenue, Altoona, PA 16602
(814) 944-1681
Fax: (814) 949-5880
Web: http://www.bonsecoursholyfamily.org
Chestnut Ridge Family Medical Center
2004 Quaker Valley Road, Suite 1, Fishertown, PA 15539
(814) 839-4152
Conemaugh Memorial Health Center
Scott Becker, CEO/CMO
1086 Franklin Street, Johnstown, PA 15905
(814) 534-9000
Fax: (814) 539-0264
Web: http://www.conemaugh.org
Healthsouth Rehabilitation Hospital of Altoona
2005 Valley View Boulevard, Altoona, PA 16602
(800) 873-4220
Fax: (814) 944-6160
Hyndman Area Health Center, Inc.
Stewart Hickey, Executive Director
Hyndman Location
PO Box 706, 144 Fifth Avenue, Hyndman, PA 15545
(814) 842-3208
Fax: (814) 842-9169
Bedford Location
112 North Richard Street, Bedford, PA 15522
(814) 623-8222
Fax: (814) 623-2233
Email: shickey@hyndmanhealth.org
Web: http://www.hyndmanhealth.org
J.C. Blair Memorial Hospital
Joseph Peluso, President/CEO
1225 Warm Springs Avenue, Huntingdon, PA 16652
(814) 643-2290
Fax: (814) 643-8813
Memorial Hospital of Cumberland
600 Memorial Avenue, Cumberland, MD 21502
(301) 723-4000
Fax: (301) 723-4369
Web: http://www.wmhs.com
Memorial Medical Center - Lee Campus
Steven Tucker, President
320 Main Street, Johnstown, PA 15903
(814) 533-0123
Nason Hospital
Garrett Hoover, Administrator
105 Nason Drive, Roaring Spring, PA 16673
(814) 224-2141
Fax: (814) 224-6182
Sacred Heart Hospital
900 Seton Drive, Cumberland, MD 21502
(301) 723-4200
Fax: (301) 723-6413
UPMC Bedford Memorial Hospital
Roger Winn, President/CEO
10455 Lincoln Highway, Everett, PA 15537
(814) 623-6161
Fax: (814) 623-7202
Veteran's Hospital
Tony Bennett, Director
2907 Pleasant Valley Boulevard, Altoona, PA 16602
(814) 943-8164
Fax: (814) 940-7898
Windber Medical Hospital
Barbara Cliff, Administrator
600 Somerset Avenue, Windber, PA 15963
(814) 467-6611
Fax: (814) 467-3451
Hotlines
Abortion Information - Allegheny Reproductive Health Center
(800) 221-3988
Bedford County Board of Assistance
(800) 542-8584
Birthright Pregnancy Support
(800) 550-4900
Cancer Information
(800) 422-6237
Central PA Poison Center
(800) 521-6110
Child Abuse
(800) 932-0313
Commonwealth Information Center
(800) 932-0784
Consumer Credit Counseling Service
(814) 696-3546
Crisis Pregnancy - Counseling
(800) 238-4269
Domestic Relations
(814) 623-4813
Exact Medicare
(800) 382-1274
Family Counseling & Training Associates
(814) 623-2244
Hunger Services Network
(866) 810-6493
Leave a Legacy
(866) 532-8325
Low-Income Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP)
(800) 542-8584
PA Telecommunications Relay Services TDD Users
(800) 654-5984
Parent to Parent of Pennsylvania
(888) 727-2706
Parents Anonymous
(800) 421-0353
Penn Counseling Associates
(814) 623-5184
Pennsylvania Electric Emergency/Service
(800) 822-2101
TTY Number: (800) 522-2376
Public Utilities Commission Utility Termination
(800) 692-7380
Public Utilities Commission Consumer Complaints
(800) 782-1110
Run Away Kids
(800) 621-4000
State Health Line
(800) 692-7254
The Emergency Food Assistance Program
(800) 468-7433
Trans Care Ambulance
(800) 822-5479
Patients VD Hotline
(800) 462-2966
Western Union @ Union 76
(814) 735-4076
White Deer Run Drug & Alcohol
(800) 255-2335
