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LVH Named Among the Best by U.S. News and World Report The 2008 list recognizes LVH among the nation’s leading hospitals for:
The 2008 list recognizes LVH among the nation’s leading hospitals for: LVH has made the U.S. News rankings 13 consecutive years—eight times for heart care and heart surgery—with a total of 28 specialty category listings in the past five years alone. “All of us strive to consistently be the best at what we do,” said Elliot J. Sussman, M.D., Lehigh Valley Hospital and Health Network’s (LVHHN) president and CEO. “At Lehigh Valley Hospital, our community has entrusted us with providing the highest quality care while ensuring the safety of our patients. This recognition by U.S. News & World Report demonstrates the commitment made everyday by our physicians, nurses and staff to care for our community’s health care needs.” According to U.S.News & World Report, “America’s Best Hospitals” assessed care in 16 specialties. Only 170 of 5,453 hospitals that were evaluated made the list in one or more specialties. In order to be considered, a hospital must meet one of three standards: membership in the Council of Teaching Hospitals (COTH), affiliation with a medical school, or availability of specific technology-related services. In each specialty, a hospital must perform a certain number of specified procedures on Medicare inpatients, or be cited by at least one physician as among the best in that specialty in the past three years of U.S. News surveys. These hospitals received a score that equally weighed reputation, mortality and certain care-related factors such as nursing and advanced services. “I’m extremely proud of my colleagues, our nurses and our staff because their expertise, commitment and teamwork in caring for our patients have earned this distinction,” said Linda Lapos, president of LVHHN’s medical staff of 1,100 physicians. “It is especially gratifying when others notice that the quality of care you provide is improving the health and lives of the community.
A premier academic community hospital, Lehigh Valley Hospital and Health Network includes three hospital facilities – two in Allentown and one in Bethlehem, Pa. – and Lehigh Valley Health Services, providing home health, hospice, pharmaceutical and health management services. These three hospitals have nearly 1,000 beds, 1,100 physicians on staff, 1,900 registered nurses, and are the area’s largest employer with a workforce of more than 9,500. LVHHN’s advanced regional resources include a Level I Trauma Center with added pediatric qualifications; a regional referral Burn Center for critical care burn patients; national certification as a Primary Stroke Center; the largest cancer program in the region and fourth largest in Pennsylvania; the Regional Heart Center – the second largest heart program in Pennsylvania based on volume; and an Advanced ICU with tele-intensivists to provide an extra level of care for critical care patients. One of Pennsylvania’s largest teaching hospitals and a major teaching campus of Penn State's College of Medicine, LVHHN is also a regional resource for kidney and pancreas transplants, perinatal/neonatal care and neurology and complex neurosurgery. All three LVHHN hospitals are designated national Magnet hospitals for excellence in nursing. Additional information is available at www.lvh.org on the Internet.
This page last updated 9/15/08 05:04 PM
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