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Best Heart Care Results in the United States
USA Today spotlighted Lehigh Valley Hospital for having the best heart-attack-care survival rates in the nation according to data from Hospital Compare (hospitalcompare.hhs.gov). The story cited our MI Alert for Heart Attacks program as a key reason and features Richard Silverman, a South Whitehall Township man who survived a heart attack in October 2007. The news spread quickly and was featured on 69 News (WFMZ-TV), The Morning Call, The Danville News, The Federal Times and ABC affiliate WZZM-TV 13 in Grand Rapids, Mich.

Here are other headline-makers:

• Our announcement about a preliminary agreement to begin offering proton beam therapy for cancer was featured regionally and nationally in The Jacksonville Financial News & Daily Record, medicalphysicsweb.com, The Detroit News, The Morning Call, The Express-Times, The Times Leader, The Philadelphia Business Journal and 69 News.
• The Morning Call featured College Heights OBGYN Associates’ new front-desk kiosks that streamline patient check-in.
• The Morning Call and The Express-Times spotlighted the LVH—Muhlenberg Summer Festival. A planned live festival weather report from 69 News’ Ed Hanna was rained out.
• Debbie Salas-Lopez, M.D., was quoted in a Morning Call article examining the general overall health of Lehigh Valley residents.

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

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