North Philadelphia Health Systems

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801 West Girard Avenue, Tower Building, 10th floor, Philadelphia, PA 19122, USA

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North Philadelphia Health System

North Philadelphia Health System (NPHS) is located in the heart of North Philadelphia. This system provides services to one of the most under-served communities in Philadelphia. NPHS is not only a healthcare provider, but is a major employer and economic anchor in North Philadelphia. St. Joseph's Hospital (SJH), is closed. For information regarding St. Joseph’s Hospital, please contact the Girard Medical Center’s Medical Records Department at (215) 787-2452. Our apologies for any inconveniences this may cause you.

Girard Medical Center (GMC), located on 801 West Girard Avenue, is a 168 bed long-term acute care hospital.

We provide quality healthcare through prevention, education, and treatment in our hospital and community, including services and special programs for persons with behavioral medical disorders and/or extended acute medical conditions. We offer these services in a manner that is spiritually and culturally sensitive and responsive to community needs.

North Philadelphia Health System's vision is to be the region's premier provider of behavioral and extended acute medical services. Through the provision of high quality, innovative, culturally sensitive services, North Philadelphia Health System will meet the needs of the community it serves. North Philadelphia Health System will continue its commitment to the under-served patient population in all its plans for services expansion.

Our guiding principles are: Integrity, Sensitivity and Consistency

     Integrity:  We will strive to meet the identified needs of our patients in the most efficacious and caring manner.

     Sensitivity:  We will seek to understand our patients'/residents' values and concerns so that we can serve them with compassion and sensitivity.

     Consistency: We will be consistent in the delivery of quality care and services to all patients/residents.

Read about the history of NPHS

Primary Focus of the Provider

  • Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse

Type of Care

  • Substance abuse treatment
  • Vivitrol (injectable Naltrexone)
  • Accepts clients on opioid medication

Facility Type

Treatment Approaches

Facility Smoking Policy

  • Smoking permitted in designated area

Service Setting (e.g., Outpatient, Residential, etc.)

  • Residential
  • Long-term residential

Facility Operation (e.g. Private, Public)

  • Private organization
  • State substance abuse agency
  • State mental health department
  • State department of health
  • Hospital licensing authority

Payment/Insurance Accepted

  • Cash or self-payment
  • Medicaid
  • Access to recovery (ATR) voucher
  • Federal, or any government funding for substance abuse programs

Emergency Mental Health Services

Payment Assistance Available

  • Sliding fee scale (fee is based on income and other factors)

Language Services

  • Services for the deaf and hard of hearing

Special Programs/Groups Offered

  • Persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders
  • Lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender (LGBT) clients
  • Veterans
  • Clients referred from the court/judicial system
  • Seniors or older adults
  • Adult women
  • Adult men
  • Persons with HIV or AIDS
  • Persons who have experienced trauma
  • Persons who have experienced sexual abuse
  • Persons who have experienced intimate partner violence, domestic violence
  • Transitional age young adults

Ancillary Services

  • Individual counseling offered
  • Group counseling offered
  • Family counseling offered
  • Marital/couples counseling offered

Age Groups Accepted

  • Young adults
  • Adults

Gender Accepted

  • Female
  • Male

Exclusive Services

  • North Philadelphia Health Systems

    801 West Girard Avenue, Tower Building, 10th floor, Philadelphia, PA 19122

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