St. Luke's University Health Network

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

External links

Official website

Pennsylvania Trauma Centers

List of hospitals in Pennsylvania

Adult Level I	Albert Einstein Medical Center Allegheny General Hospital Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center Geisinger Medical Center Hahnemann University Hospital Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Lehigh Valley Hospital Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center St. Luke's University Hospital – Bethlehem Temple University Hospital Thomas Jefferson University Hospital UPMC Mercy UPMC Presbyterian York Hospital

Adult Level II	Abington Hospital–Jefferson Health UPMC Altoona Community Medical Center Crozer-Chester Medical Center Aria Health, Torresdale Campus Forbes Regional Hospital Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center UPMC Hamot Lancaster General Hospital Paoli Hospital The Reading Hospital and Medical Center Robert Packer Hospital St. Mary Medical Center

Adult Level III	Pocono Medical Center

Adult Level IV	St. Luke's Miners Campus (Coaldale) Grove City Medical Center

Pediatric Level I	Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center St. Christopher's Hospital for Children

Pediatric Level II	Geisinger Medical Center Lehigh Valley Health Network Cedar Crest

Pennsylvania Trauma Systems Foundation Homepage

Coordinates: 40°36′35″N 75°23′33″W / 40.60965°N 75.39251°W / 40.60965; -75.39251

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