Penn Highlands Mon Valley CNX Foundation Substance Recovery Unit Provides a Holistic Approach to Recovery

Patients are admitted to the Unit from the Emergency Department at Penn Highlands Mon Valley where they are screened and cleared for treatment. They also are admitted from their physicians' offices and from other area hospitals. The SRU provides 14 private and spacious rooms with medical hospital beds, two ADA rooms and two isolation/negative pressure rooms. Patients have 24-hour access to the Penn Highlands Mon Valley hospitalists, Emergency Department, Cardiac Care Unit, Behavioral Health Unit, Medical Imaging and Lab. Once the patient begins to receive medical withdrawal management on the SRU, it can last from four to seven days. The average rehabilitation length of stay there is from 14 to 28 days.

For some people it takes multiple attempts at recovery before they complete their journey. According to Kelly Macheska, RN, BSN, Unit Director of the CNX Foundation Substance Recovery Unit, they have had patients who had more than one admission to the Unit who maintain that they would not seek treatment at any other facility.

"In our efforts to continuously improve our program, we built a discharge survey similar to those patients receive from Press Ganey and HCAHPS to measure their satisfaction and likelihood to recommend the program," Kelly explained. "Our patients are very appreciative of the care they receive and rate us above all other rehab programs. We attribute our success with the fact that we deliver care with dignity and respect while offering hope and encouragement."

For more information, visit www.phhealthcare.org/substancerecovery.