St. Luke's University Health Network
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| St. Luke's University Health Network | |
|---|---|
| Geography | |
| Location | Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, United States |
| Organization | |
| Funding | Non-profit hospital |
| Hospital type | Teaching |
| Affiliated university | Temple University |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | Adult Level I Pediatric Level II |
| Beds | 1,058 |
| History | |
| Founded | 1872 |
| Links | |
| Website | http://www.sluhn.org/ |
| Lists | Hospitals in Pennsylvania |
St. Luke's University Health Network (SLUHN) is a nonprofit, regional health network providing care, primarily in Lehigh, Northampton, Carbon, Schuylkill, Bucks, Montgomery, Berks and Monroe counties in Pennsylvania and in Warren County, New Jersey.
St. Luke's University Health Network comprises six hospitals:
- St. Luke's University Hospital – Bethlehem
- St. Luke's Allentown Campus
- St. Luke's Anderson Campus (Bethlehem Township)
- St. Luke's Miners Campus (Coaldale)
- St. Luke's Quakertown Campus
- St. Luke's Warren Campus
The network provides services at more than 150 sites, including:
- More than 115 employed primary care/specialist physician sites
- Various outpatient testing and service facilities
- Regional medical school campus
- Home health
- Hospice services (inpatient and outpatient)
- The largest hospital-based EMS unit in Pennsylvania
- Various other health care services
Facts and figures
- 55,300+ annual admissions
- 193,000 annual emergency room visits
- 9,400+ employees (the region's second largest employer)
- 1,342 physicians (representing more than 90 specialties; 92 percent board certified)
- 1,652 volunteers[1]
- St. Luke’s School of Nursing is the nation’s oldest hospital-based, diploma school in continuous operation.[2]
Specialties
St. Luke's University Hospital, the Network's flagship, is a non-profit, tertiary-care, teaching hospital with campuses in Bethlehem and Allentown in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. The hospital offers 90 medical specialties.
Areas of exceptional medical expertise include:
- Level 1 and Level IV Adult Trauma Center
- Oncology
- Cardiology and cardiovascular surgery
- Neuroscience
- Orthopaedics
- Perinatal
- Women's and Children's Health
- Robotic/Minimally-invasive surgery
- Radiology
- Bariatric surgery
References
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