The Perinatal Addiction Center opened, expanding St. Francis' services for pregnant and postpartum women. The Center for Addiction Services adds Ambulatory Detoxification Services to its Partial Hospital Program. The Center for Addiction Services was instrumental in the design and piloting of the Pennsylvania Patient Matching Diagnostic Criteria. 1997 St. Francis Medical Center, the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and the Community Behavioral HealthCare Network of Pennsylvania, a statewide network of ISO providers, formed a local nonprofit managed care organization, Community Care Behavioral Health Organization. Patient Quality Care and Mission Statement B ased on a tradition of excellence in health care since 1865, the Division of Psychiatric and Addiction Services at St. Francis Medical Center remains committed to providing the most clinically effective services that are sensit ive to the needs of the patients and our community.
W e strive to continually improve the quality of our psychiatric and addiction services.
We do this by listening and responding to suggestions and concerns shared with us by our patients, their friends and families and the commu nity. We take concerns about the quality of patient care seriously. O ur patients are treated with dignity and respect by a caring team of knowledgeable health care professionals in an environment that promotes personal well being and recovery from suffering. Recognizing the diversity of the peo ple we serve, our treatment methods are based upon culturally competent and clinically proven techniques involving our patients, their friends and their family in each aspect of care and service. W e integrate advances in research with a commitment to education for all of our staff and trainees to assure continued excellence in our clinical services.