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Introducing CareWorks
It’s Friday night and you have a minor earache. You know your doctor’s office will have someone call you even though the office is closed. But your case isn’t an emergency, and you’d like to receive care right away.

Now you have another option. Lehigh Valley Hospital and Health Network, in collaboration with Geisinger Community Health Services, introduces CareWorks, two walk-in clinics located in the King’s Market at Cedar Crest and Hamilton boulevards, and Weis Markets on Route 873 in Schnecksville.

CareWorks is open seven days a week and staffed by Geisingeremployed nurse practitioners and physician assistants. Both locations offer Health Network Laboratory services for physician ordered blood work. A typical office visit costs between $40 and $60; insurance is accepted, and soon Choice Plus will be accepted.

“If you don’t have a primary care doctor or your doctor is unavailable to you, CareWorks offers an ideal option for common illnesses, minor injuries and last-minute physicals,” says family medicine physician Joseph Habig II, M.D., CareWorks’ medical liaison. “CareWorks will communicate with your family doctor afterward so you will receive proper follow-up care.” If your symptoms fall beyond the scope of CareWorks’ practice, you will be referred to physicians on our health network’s medical staff. Learn more by clicking here.

Guide to Our Care
Look here each month to learn something new about the health care services we provide

Burn Care
Our Regional Burn Center received reverification (with no deficiencies) from the American Burn Association and the American College of Surgeons for adults and children. Verification provides a true mark of distinction and indicates our Burn Center provides high-quality care to burn patients from injury through rehabilitation. Ours is one of only four verified centers in Pennsylvania.

Cancer Care
There’s a new addition to the network’s robust cancer program. Oncoplastic breast surgery combines the expertise of cancer surgeons and plastic surgeons, allowing optimal cancer surgery with preoperative planning to achieve the best cosmetic results. The new program will help to reduce the emotional turmoil that comes with a breast cancer diagnosis.

Neurological Care
There’s a new multiple sclerosis specialist on our medical staff. David E. Jones, M.D., has joined Lehigh Neurology. He is fellowship-trained in neuroimmunology and hails from the University of Massachusetts Memorial Medical Center in Worcester. He will lead our health network’s highly regarded MS Center.

Heart Care
Our physicians are specially educated to understand what makes women’s heart care different than men’s. Our Heart Help for Women program teaches the symptoms of a heart attack, encourages women to work with their doctors to manage risk factors and get appropriate tests and treatments, and educates women on how to live heart-healthy.

Children's Care
We have the area’s only Child Life program that helps children cope emotionally and relax while they receive treatment in the hospital. Child life specialists are common in a children’s hospital but rare in a community hospital. We recognize care for children goes beyond the latest technology. Children need to feel safe and comfortable too.

The Buzz in Our Community

Collaboration in Quakertown
Lehigh Valley Hospital and Health Network and Grand View Hospital recently opened the Upper Bucks Health & Diagnostic Center. Located on Route 309 in Quakertown, the center brings together primary and specialty services offered by each hospital. The Morning Call, 69 News (WFMZ-TV), the Doylestown Intelligencer, Quakertown Free Press, Eastern Pennsylvania Business Journal, Bucks County Herald and the Philadelphia Business Journal all covered the center’s grand opening.

Here are some other noteworthy news items:

• More than a dozen local and national media covered the care received by Philadelphia Eagles defensive end Chris Clemons, who was treated for dehydration at LVH–Cedar Crest.
• Lactation specialist Joelie Maeher, R.N., was featured in The Morning Call for educating new mothers about breastfeeding.
• John Graham, director of community and corporate fitness, was quoted in a Morning Call article about athletes training amid smoggy conditions at the Beijing Olympics.
• Joyce Najarian, Helwig Health and Diabetes Center director, told Service Electric TV-2 News, The Morning Call and the East Penn Press about Camp Red Jacket, a day camp for children with diabetes.

Read and view our news online. Go to lvh.org/news for the latest media coverage!

Refer and Reap the Rewards
Cheryl Thompson (left) was unhappy working at an understaffed nursing home. Her cousin, preferred health management office coordinator Amber Thompson, suggested she apply for a job here. “I told her we work with pride, have respect for one another and our patients, and have great benefits,” Amber says. Because Cheryl wanted to work at such a place, Amber submitted her name to our Employee Referral Program. Now Cheryl is a technical partner, using our tuition reimbursement benefit to become a registered nurse. Amber put her $500 referral bonus toward her pursuit of a bachelor’s degree.

Do you know someone who has what it takes to work here? If so, learn more about our Employee Referral Program on the human resources Web site at lvh.com or call 610-402-LVHR (5847).

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