
Mission Statement:
Moses Taylor Hospital will provide
continuously improving quality and cost effective health care
that is customer and community focused.
Moses Taylor Hospital is a community-based
health care facility with a long tradition of providing quality
health care services to the residents of Northeastern Pennsylvania.
Founded in 1892 by a New York City merchant, banker and industrialist
named Moses Taylor, the mission of the hospital was to care for
the railroad workers and coal miners of the region. The main campus
of the hospital remains at this site located at 700 Quincy Avenue,
Scranton, PA.
Moses Taylor Hospital has 173 beds, 22 geropsychiatric inpatient
beds, 32 skilled nursing beds as well as a 14-bed inpatient rehabilitation
unit. In addition to a full-service emergency department, Moses
Taylor Hospital has medical/surgical and other acute care specialty
services. Our Family Birthing Suites provides a family-focused
environment for births and our unique, private room Neonatal Intensive
Care Unit provides state-of-the-art services for our tiniest and
most fragile patients. The newest additions to the scope of care
provided at Moses Taylor Hospital include our Wound Care Center,
MRI/CT Center, and VNA Hospice & Palliative Care Center.
Moses Taylor Hospital is also instrumental in developing innovative
community-related services like our HealthInfo Library, a source
for health and wellness information open free-of-charge to the
public. Our skilled nursing, facility located on Clay Avenue,
is the premier hospital-based facility in Lackawanna County and
has been caring for residents since 1967. In addition, Moses Taylor
Hospital has affiliations with the Northeast Regional Cancer Institute,
Professional Radiation Oncology Partners, and the Scranton Temple
Health Center.
With over 400 physicians on staff, Moses Taylor Hospital employs
more than 1,200 people who are dedicated to providing quality
and cost effective health care that is patient-focused. Moses
Taylor Hospital is part of an integrated delivery system known
as Moses Taylor Health Care System, comprised of Mid-Valley Hospital
and Physicians Health Alliance, Inc., a 44-member, multi-specialty
physician group. The Hospital is fully accredited by the Joint
Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO).