Company Profile
Good Shepherd Penn Partners
Company Overview
Good Shepherd Penn Partners (GSPP) is the “Premier Provider of Therapy Services throughout Penn Medicine.” GSPP is a joint venture between Good Shepherd Rehabilitation Network and Penn Medicine. The Penn Therapy and Fitness sites are the outpatient therapy practices of GSPP.
Rehabilitation services are provided to a variety of patient populations including Orthopedic/ Musculoskeletal and Neurological Conditions. Additionally, specialty conditions including Cancer Deconditioning, Hand and Splinting, Lymphedema, Pelvic Floor Dysfunction, Speech and Swallowing Dysfunctions, Sports Injuries, Vestibular and Balance Disorders, Occupational Injuries and Work Conditioning are offered in many of the practices.
Consultation and collaboration with a multidisciplinary team is accessible. At GSPP we partner with each other, Penn Medicine as well as other health care practitioners to provide evidenced based care focusing on clinical best practice and service excellence.
Company History
Good Shepherd Penn Partners opened its doors on July 1, 2008, bringing together two nationally respected healthcare organizations to provide the region with a continuum of post-acute care that includes inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation and a long-term acute care hospital.
How did Good Shepherd Rehabilitation Network (GSRN) and Penn Medicine connect to focus on post-acute care? What was the vision for a new post-acute care organization that serves Penn Medicine and beyond? Understanding the origins of Good Shepherd Penn Partners requires going back a few years.
PM&R at Penn Medicine
Penn Medicine’s Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R) program has been in existence for more than 100 years. In 2004, the PM&R department embarked on a strategy to improve and expand its clinical, education and research programs, while strengthening relationships with Penn Medicine’s clinical departments and outside organizations.
One of the department’s main objectives was to coordinate post-acute care throughout the Penn Medicine System. As post-acute care existed at Penn Medicine earlier this century, each of the system's acute-care hospitals offered independent rehabilitation services. The need for a consistent clinical approach to rehabilitation care throughout the Penn Medicine System was a main impetus for the formation of Good Shepherd Penn Partners.
The Right Partner
Good Shepherd Rehabilitation Network (GSRN), based in Allentown, Pennsylvania, was selected over several organizations because of its expertise in long-term acute care and rehabilitation and for its successful experience with health-care partnerships.
Combining the respected research and clinical expertise of Penn Medicine with GSRN’s more than 100-year tradition of evidence-based rehabilitation care resulted in the optimization of post-acute care for patients in the Philadelphia region. With similar core values, the two organizations were able to come together to work through a complex start-up at Penn Medicine at Rittenhouse and to break down the silos and align post-acute care throughout the Penn Medicine system.
Benefits
Pension Plan with company match, Life Insurance, Tuition Assistance
Sign on Bonus offered.
Ability to move around within the network.