Clarks Summit State Hospital

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Clarks Summit State Hospital is an extended acute care psychiatric hospital serving 11 counties in the northeastern part of Pennsylvania.
The facility is located approximately eight miles north of the city of Scranton in a suburban setting.

The hospital maintains Medicare certification, a survey team from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) visited the hospital in August 2005 and certified that the hospital is in full compliance with the special conditions for participation in the programs.

Clarks Summit State Hospital is part of a continuum of care that provides individualized psychiatric treatment for adults with serious and persistent mental illness. This care is accomplished within the framework of an integrated community mental health system. While Clarks Summit State Hospital may be considered the most restrictive part of this continuum of care, the hospital's overriding goal is to assist with the recovery of consumers so that they can be returned to their home communities near family and friends.

The hospital's service area encompasses the following counties: Bradford, Carbon, Lackawanna, Luzerne, Monroe, Pike, Sullivan, Susquehanna, Tioga, Wayne and Wyoming. These counties are both rural and urban in nature and have a total population of approximately 1.1 million residents.

All active treatment at Clarks Summit State Hospital is accomplished within the context of a treatment team led by a licensed psychiatrist. Other important members of the team come from the following disciplines: nursing, general medicine, social service, psychology, occupational therapy, therapeutic recreation, vocational adjustment services, chaplain services and dietary services. Each patient at the hospital has an individualized treatment plan which is geared toward recovery.

Clarks Summit State Hospital takes great pride in respecting the rights of our consumers. The hospital provides an external patient advocate from the Advocacy Alliance of Pennsylvania. It also maintains an open door policy and makes frequent visitations to the residential units to enhance patient accessibility to hospital administration. A Patient Advisory Council has been established through which consumers and key staff members meet monthly to discuss patient issues and concerns.

Clarks Summit State Hospital has used its strategic planning process to provide many residential and physical plant improvements in recent years. The Strategic Plan includes input from consumers, employees, family members and community advocates. This process has also provided the impetus for a number of clinical program improvements which are described in the patient program section.

Monica Bradbury, RN, MS
Chief Executive Officer