Punxsutawney Area Hospital Home Health Recognized

The Punxsutawney Area Hospital Home Health has earned the 2024 SHPBestTM “Premier Performer” Patient Experience Award
The Punxsutawney Area Hospital Home Health has been recognized by Strategic Healthcare Programs (SHP) as a “Premier Performer” for achieving an overall patient experience score that ranked in the top 5% of all eligible SHP clients for the 2024 calendar year.
“This distinguished honor is a testament to the hard work, dedication, care, and compassion our Home Health Team delivers with each patient. We are honored to have such an amazing group a part of the Punxsutawney Area Hospital Team”, stated Dr. Clark Simpson, PAH President and CMO.
The annual SHPBest™ award program was created to acknowledge home health agencies that consistently provide high quality service to their patients. The 2024 award recipients were determined by reviewing and ranking the overall experience score for more than 3,200 home health providers. With the largest HHCAHPS benchmark in the nation, SHP is in a unique position to identify and recognize organizations that have made patient experience a priority and have been rewarded for their efforts with high marks on the HHCAHPS survey.
“SHP recognizes how much hard work is involved in providing excellent patient care, and we are proud to acknowledge the tireless efforts of our top-performing customers through our annual SHPBest award program. These organizations care deeply about the patient experience and they never stop striving to improve every single year”, said Kevin Vogel, President of SHP.
Punxsutawney Home Health services has been recognized by SHP for the 4 times in the last 5 years. “I am very proud of the staff we have, getting this award is an added compliment to them. We work well as a TEAM and no matter the challenges and changes we face as a home health organization the one constant is our passion to continue to provide the best care to our patients and their families in their times of need”, stated Jodi Dinger, Assistant Director of the Home Health Services. To learn more about the Punxsutawney Area Hospital Home Health Department call the office at 814-938-2431 or visit www.pah.org.
Pictured Punxsutawney Home Health Staff and Dr. Clark Simpson, PAH President & CMO