Alle-Kiski Medical Center (AKMC) consists of a hospital campus in Natrona Heights and an Ambulatory Care Center in New Kensington. The 250-bed hospital serves as AKMC’s inpatient facility and offers a broad spectrum of programs, including medical and surgical services, inpatient psychiatric care and geriatric psychiatric care, cardiology and orthopaedics. Virtually all outpatient services are available on the hospital campus.

AKMC’s Ambulatory Care Center presents a wide array of outpatient programs, including medical oncology services, laboratory studies, cardiac diagnostics and radiology services, such as routine X-rays, CT scans, mammography and ultrasound. In addition, the site is the home of the Joslin Diabetes Center Affiliate at AKMC and an Urgent Care Center for the treatment of minor medical emergencies.

AKMC annually admits nearly 12,000 patients and logs approximately 33,000 emergency visits, 14,000 Urgent Care Center visits and 8,200 surgical procedures. More than 250 physicians and 1,300 employees share the hospital’s commitment to excellence.

A member of West Penn Allegheny Health System, AKMC is home to the Alle-Kiski Cancer Center, offering a wide range of medical and radiation oncology services.

AKMC also features PriorityCare, a free membership and information program for adults age 55 and older and Destination Wellness, a community health and wellness education resource center at the Galleria at Pittsburgh Mills. In addition, AKMC has an off-site physical and occupational therapy center in Natrona Heights and has blood draw stations in Lower Burrell and Natrona Heights.

 

AKMC’s Commitment to Quality
We, the AKMC family, are committed to providing the quality of health-care services and education expected by our patients, medical staff and community. Our commitment will be communicated through out attitude, our actions and our resulting performance.
We recognize that quality is a process that involves understanding and conforming to the requirements of our customers- the patient, the public, the physician and each other.
We will make every effort to foster and support the education and development of our employees and physicians, enabling them to fully meet the requirements of our patients and the community through effective teamwork.
We will continually seek opportunities for improvement by encouraging participation, teamwork, innovation, creativity, and strategic thinking.
We will conform to the quality requirements the first time, and every time for all of our patients physicians, and our community.
We are committed to the Alle-Kiski Medical Center and quality being accepted as one and the same.

 

Accreditations
American Association of Blood Banks
Federal Drug Administration Blood Establishment Registration
Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
State of Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare
Social Security Administration-Medicare Program
College of American Pathologists
Commission on Cancer of the American College of Surgeons
Licensed Investigator for the National Cancer Institute

Memberships
American Hospital Association
Hospital Association of Pennsylvania
Hospital Council of Western Pennsylvania

 

Approved training programs
School of Nurse Anesthesia, accredited by the American Association of Nursing Anesthetists in conjunction with La Roche College
Clinical Affiliate for the Medical Laboratory Technicians Programs, Pennsylvania State University
Citizens School of Nursing

 

Affiliations
Member of West Penn Allegheny Health System