Geisinger Health System is a Pennsylvania health system combining nine hospital campuses, a 550,000-member health plan, health sciences education and medical research, founded in 1915.
Geisinger Health System is a comprehensive health system serving communities in central and northeastern Pennsylvania. Founded in 1915 by philanthropist Abigail Geisinger, it combines clinical care, health plan coverage and health sciences education within a single organisation. It employs 24,000 caregivers and serves 1.2m people across nine hospital campuses, a health plan with 550,000 members and its own College of Health Sciences.
The system's work spans several domains: health innovation, digital-first healthcare initiatives, agile ways of working, health plan operations, medical research and health sciences education. The Steele Institute for Health Innovation leads its digital-first agenda, with a stated focus on highly adopted, high-impact experiences. Geisinger operates in the healthcare, health insurance, health education and medical research verticals.
Geisinger describes its operating model as a "team of teams" built around radical collaboration, and says it scales agile ways of working across the organisation. Its stated values are Kindness, Excellence, Learning, Innovation and Safety. The system emphasises community-based care and a sustained community presence, with an aim of making health easier for the people it serves.
