On July 8, Penn Medicine at Rittenhouse opened its doors for the first time at 18th and Lombard streets, the site that previously housed Graduate Hospital.
The $70 million facility - which has a specific focus on rehabilitative services - is the result of a collaboration between the University of Pennsylvania Health System and the Good Shepherd Rehabilitation Network.
Combining the strengths of both organizations, Penn Medicine in Rittenhouse is a state-of-the-art post-acute care facility that is surpassed by none in the Mid-Atlantic region and offers the largest range of rehabilitative care in the area.
"We're excited about the joint venture because of the true continuum of care it brings to our patients," said CEO of the University of Pennsylvania Health System Ralph W. Muller in a press release.
Penn Medicine at Rittenhouse fills a void in regional rehabilitative medical care by bringing the "full continuum of care together under one organization," Soisson wrote, "which will bring more resources and better focus to the delivery of care to the patients we serve."
According to Michael Soisson, executive director of Good Shepherd Penn Partners, the parternship came about because "Good Shepherd was seeking a partner with the kind of national reputation that Penn enjoys for medical staff, academic medicine, research and evidence-based clinical practice. "
The collaborative project consists of four major services: the in-patient rehabilitation facility (IRF), the Long Term Acute Care Hospital (LTACH), therapy staffing and outpatient therapy.
"The partnership also creates a pipeline of clinical talent, educational resources and research that already has started to flow between our two organizations," President and CEO of Good Shepherd Rehabilitation Network and chair of GSPP board of trustees Sally Gammon wrote in an e-mail.
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