The WellSpan Spotlight

Health and wellness

A cornerstone across local communities in Franklin County for trusted care

A cornerstone across local communities in Franklin County for trusted care for adults and children

At WellSpan, our commitment to your health goes beyond providing healthcare. We are ingrained in our communities – dedicated to improving the health of all we serve through timely access, local clinical expertise, and with an exceptional experience tailored to your care needs.

Established in 1895, WellSpan Chambersburg Hospital has served as a cornerstone for compassionate, high-quality, and excellence in care delivery to the communities of Franklin County and beyond. And in 2018, the hospital and talented caregivers of Summit Health joined WellSpan – further solidifying a leading, well-rounded team of clinical expertise with a shared goal of providing exceptional service for our friends and neighbors.

At WellSpan Chambersburg Hospital and throughout the surrounding regions, we are known for our comprehensive, state-of-the-art primary, specialty, outpatient, surgical, and urgent care options – all close by – and our commitment to our patients extends to both adults and children. A wide range of care services and procedures are offered, including breast care, dental care, ENT, family and internal medicine, gynecology, plastic surgery, podiatry, ophthalmology, orthopedics, pain management and spine care, as well as urology. Through our Dr. Roy A. Himelfarb Surgery Center in Chambersburg, a state-of-the-art, multi-specialty center and ranked one of the best ambulatory surgery centers in Pennsylvania, children receive surgical care for a variety of care needs.

We remain focused on providing timely support and clinical excellence for ongoing patient needs in the areas of pediatric surgical and neonatal care offerings, all while ensuring development opportunities for our pediatric nursing workforce.

What To Know:

  • WellSpan Chambersburg Hospital is committed to ensuring the highest quality care for our most vulnerable children; we continue to treat children and multiple levels of pediatric care will continue to be offered at the hospital.
  • We will continue to offer the same, exceptional Ear, Nose, and Throat (ENT), orthopedic, and surgical care for children at WellSpan Chambersburg Hospital.
  • Our Level II NICU services remain the same, continuing to provide a high level of care for mothers and newborns – including a facility fully equipped and prepared to deliver babies as early as 32 weeks and treat mothers with unexpected medical complications. Only when these pediatric patients require a higher level of care may a transfer to another facility be required.
  • Our continuum of pediatric care extends throughout our communities in Franklin County. We are committed to ensuring quality and timely care for children in an outpatient setting – through our WellSpan family medicine practices and urgent care locations, as well as through pediatric locations as part of our network of care.

WellSpan Family Medicine Practices, Franklin County:

Caring for children in Chambersburg, Greencastle, Mercersburg, and Waynesboro

WellSpan Family Medicine Greencastle

24 Antrim Commons Drive
Greencastle, PA 17225
(717) 597-5553

WellSpan Family Medicine – Mercersburg

2 Keefer Drive
Mercersburg, PA 17236
(717) 382-2119

WellSpan Family Medicine – Mont Alto

6155 Anthony Highway
Waynesboro, PA 17268
(717) 749-3181

WellSpan Family Medicine – Philadelphia Ave.

3106 Philadelphia Ave.
Chambersburg, PA 17201
(717) 264-3644

WellSpan Family Medicine – Suite 101

12 St. Paul Drive, Suite 101
Chambersburg, PA 17201
(717) 217-6760

WellSpan Family Medicine – Suite 203

12 St. Paul Drive, Suite 203
Chambersburg, PA 17201
(717) 264-6511

WellSpan Family Medicine – Waynesboro

601 E. Main Street
Waynesboro, PA 17268
(717) 765-5085

 

WellSpan Urgent Care and Urgent Care Network Locations, Franklin County:

WellSpan Urgent Care Chambersburg

1000 Norland Ave.
Chambersburg, PA 17201
(717) 267-6363

WellSpan Urgent Care – Greencastle

24 Antrim Commons Drive
Greencastle, PA 17225
(717) 593-0512

WellSpan Urgent Care – Waynesboro

601 E. Main Street
Waynesboro, PA 17268
(717) 765-5088

Keystone Urgent Care

111 Chambers Hill Drive, Suite 100
Chambersburg, PA 17201
(717) 709-7979

 

Pediatric Network Locations, Franklin County:

Keystone Pediatrics – Chambersburg

830 Fifth Avenue
Chambersburg, PA 17201
(717) 709-7950

Keystone Pediatrics – Waynesboro

45 Roadside Avenue
Waynesboro, PA 17268
(717) 387-8060

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  • Inpatient services:
    • We continue to admit pediatric patients to the WellSpan Chambersburg Hospital inpatient pediatric unit under the attending surgeon's care.
  • Emergency Department services:
    • WellSpan Chambersburg Hospital physicians continue to treat and monitor lower acuity pediatric illness in the emergency department, such as dehydration, acute asthma exacerbations, broken bones, and croup. In the last year, our emergency department cared for more than 9,100 pediatric patient encounters, which may include patients with multiple care visits.
    • Additional pediatric support is provided by our WellSpan York Hospital pediatric hospitalist group – a dedicated group of physicians and advanced practice providers trained to treat pediatric patients – via virtual health consultation.
  • Newborn services:
    • Newborn nursery coverage is provided by WellSpan Chambersburg Hospital Neonatology for newborns who are not yet assigned a pediatrician.
    • The physicians with Keystone Health Pediatrics and WellSpan Family Medicine continue to provide newborn nursery coverage for infants who will be seen by a Keystone Health or WellSpan provider following discharge from the hospital – consistent with their current service.
  • With our lower pediatric volumes at times, we have provided our pediatric nursing workforce with cross-training opportunities to further their development in other areas of the hospital.

As part of our commitment to transforming the health of the communities while educating the next generation of providers, we are expanding our medical residency programs across the regions we serve in South Central Pennsylvania – starting with WellSpan Chambersburg Hospital's recent approval to launch a family medicine residency program. The Franklin County-based program is set to welcome its first medical residents in 2025, with medical residents to participate in clinical rotations with Keystone Health physicians and providers at both WellSpan Health and Keystone Health care locations.

WellSpan Chambersburg Hospital and the Dr. Roy A. Himelfarb Surgery Center are well-recognized for providing clinical excellence to our local communities:

  • Newsweek ranked WellSpan's Dr. Roy A. Himelfarb Surgery Center in Chambersburg as one of the best ambulatory surgery centers in Pennsylvania – the highest-ranking ambulatory surgery center on the list in the South Central Pennsylvania region. The center is a state-of-the-art, multi-specialty center where patients can receive a wide range of care, including ENT, gynecology, general, breast care, plastic, podiatry, orthopedic, dental, eye, urology, spinal, and pain procedures.
  • WellSpan Chambersburg Hospital is a recipient of the U.S. News & World Report High Performing recognition for 2023-24 – earning high-performing recognition for diabetes, heart attack, heart failure, and stroke care.
  • WellSpan Chambersburg Hospital is one of three WellSpan hospitals to have received the U.S. News (USN) Best Hospitals for Maternity 2024 award – an achievement which indicates performance that is well above average on a range of objective quality measures including low newborn complication rates and Cesarean-section births. Only 311 of the 680 hospitals who submitted maternity data to USN earned this rating.
  • WellSpan Chambersburg Hospital also received the Maternity Access Hospital award – new for 2024, recognizing the quality care provided to regions that, if not for these hospitals, would be maternity deserts, or counties with little or no access to a hospital or birth center offering maternity care services.
  • WellSpan Chambersburg Hospital is one of five WellSpan Health hospitals named as America's Best Hospitals in the country by Healthgrades, with 2023 marking the third year in a row WellSpan Chambersburg Hospital has received the prestigious recognition.

For more information, visit WellSpan Chambersburg Hospital.