Press And News

The hospital setting can be a place of uncertainty, fear, and sometimes sadness. While we rejoice in the birth of a newborn baby, and celebrate the success of a loved one’s surgery, at times, we must make life-altering decisions and even say goodbye to those dearest to us.

For every minute without treatment for a stroke, 1.9 million brain cells die. For every hour without treatment, the brain loses almost the same number of cells as are lost through 3.6 years of aging. When it comes to a stroke, time is brain.

Join Christopher Kocher, MD, Mount Nittany Physician Group Cardiology, for a virtual tour of the electrophysiology lab, located in the cardiovascular pavilion at Mount Nittany Medical Center.

Mount Nittany Health is pleased to announce that Mount Nittany Medical Center’s anticoagulation clinic has again earned Anticoagulation Center of Excellence recertification from the Anticoagulation Forum (AC Forum). The clinic received and has maintained this certification since 2014.

Mount Nittany Health is pleased to announce that Mount Nittany Medical Center has, for the third consecutive reporting period, received 5-stars, the highest rating given by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) Five-Star Quality Rating System.

We all share in the responsibility of caring for our smallest, most vulnerable community members—our children. Children’s Advocacy Center of Center County, Mount Nittany Health (CAC) provides a safe, comfortable space – with a dedicated, compassionate multi-disciplinary team approach – for identification, prevention, investigation and treatment of child abuse.