MossRehab Again Named Among "America's Best Hospitals"

Elkins Park, PA, July 8, 2005— For the twelfth year, MossRehab, a member of the Albert Einstein Healthcare Network, has been recognized as one of the nation’s leading rehabilitation facilities in the annual U.S. News & World Report survey of “America’s Best Hospitals.”

“We are honored that MossRehab is consistently recognized as one of the leading rehabilitation facilities in the country,” said Ruth Lefton, Chief Operating Officer, MossRehab. "This recognition clearly reflects the ongoing commitment of our entire staff to providing the highest level of quality patient care and services."

MossRehab offers a wide range of specialized services, including comprehensive programs for brain and spinal cord injury, stroke, amputation and orthopaedic conditions. In addition, MossRehab is one of only a few rehabilitation hospitals in the nation to be designated by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research as a Model System of Care for traumatic brain injury.

Rehabilitation medicine was one of five out of the 17 medical specialties ranked whose outcome was based solely on reputation. The survey, conducted over a three-year period by RTI International in Triangle Park, N.C., involved a sampling of board-certified physicians randomly selected from the American Medical Association’s database. The physicians were asked to list up to five hospitals they believe to be top in this specialty, without considering cost or location. The reputational score, which corresponds to the hospital’s overall US News ranking, represents the percentages of responding doctors who named that hospital.

For complete survey information, see the July 18, 2005 edition of US News & World Report or visit www.usnews.com.

MossRehab has two main facilities – MossRehab at Elkins Park at 60 East Township Line Road in Elkins Park, PA, and MossRehab at 1200 West Tabor Road in Philadelphia.  It also operates inpatient units, outpatient sites and various community programs in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware.  For more information about MossRehab's programs and services, call 1-800-CALL MOSS or visit www.einstein.edu/mossrehab.

Albert Einstein Healthcare Network, a member of the Jefferson Health System, provides healthcare services through Albert Einstein Medical Center, Germantown Community Health Services, Willow Terrace (a nursing home), MossRehab/Einstein at Elkins Park, MossRehab at Tabor Road, Willowcrest (a center for subacute care), Belmont Behavioral Health and a number of outpatient and satellite locations.  Einstein also operates a primary care network, Einstein Neighborhood Healthcare.  For more information, visit www.einstein.edu or call 1-800-EINSTEIN.

CONTACT: Judy Horwitz
Communications Specialist
Albert Einstein Healthcare Network
215-456-6730
horwitzj@einstein.edu

Publish date: July 8, 2005