Tower Health and its four hospitals have been recognized for their efforts to promote organ, eye, and tissue donation. The health system is one of the top three performers in Eastern Pennsylvania according to The Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania’s (HAP) 2025 Donate Life Pennsylvania Hospital Challenge.
As part of the challenge, Phoenixville Hospital, Pottstown Hospital, and St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children each received Titanium status, which is the highest level awarded in the competition. Reading Hospital was honored with the Platinum award.
The campaign aims to increase awareness about organ donation within hospitals and communities across Pennsylvania. HAP worked in partnership with the Pennsylvania Department of Health as well as two organ procurement organizations: the Center for Organ Recovery & Education and the Gift of Life Donor Program.
“Organ donation is a critical need across the country,” said Michael Stern, Tower Health president and CEO. “There are currently more than 100,000 individuals on the national transplant waiting list, almost 2,000 of them children. We know that each donor can save eight lives and enhance the lives of 75 more, so I’m proud of the exceptional work of so many Tower Health employees to raise awareness of this vital issue.”
During April’s month-long challenge, participating hospitals held activities such as new donor registration campaigns, community health fairs, media events, social media outreach, internal training sessions, and coordination meetings.
“Hospital teams rely on organ, eye, and tissue donors to save lives and give patients a chance for a bright future,” said HAP President and CEO Nicole Stallings. “Pennsylvania hospitals and our partners have done an outstanding job of supporting and raising awareness about donation. We applaud the hospital teams who participated in our annual challenge and demonstrated their strong commitment to improving the health of their communities.”
A total of 121 hospitals took part in this year’s statewide challenge.
Tower Health serves communities in Berks, Chester, Montgomery, and Philadelphia Counties through its network that includes Reading Hospital in West Reading; Phoenixville Hospital; Pottstown Hospital; St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children (in partnership with Drexel University); as well as other healthcare services such as rehabilitation centers at Wyomissing; home healthcare programs; ambulance services; medical groups; clinically integrated networks; urgent care facilities; academic medicine programs; residency opportunities; Drexel University College of Medicine at Tower Health; Reading Hospital School of Health Sciences in West Reading. More information is available at https://towerhealth.org/.
