July 30th, 2020
St. Luke’s University Hospital has been named one of the “World’s Best” hospitals by Newsweek magazine for the second year in a row. “We are proud to be named one of the best hospitals across the world. It is a testament to the outstanding quality care we provide to all patients on a daily basis,”
July 20th, 2020
Body scans at Geisinger St. Luke’s Hospital are now easier, faster and more comfortable for patients. The 80-bed Orwigsburg hospital, which opened its doors in late 2019, is the first in the Schuylkill-Luzerne-Carbon county region – and the fifth in PA – to use the GE AIR™ Coils blanket in its MRI machine, which produces
July 20th, 2020
110 years ago, the Miners Campus in Coaldale, PA first opened in 1910 as a three-story brick building to accommodate 30 patients. In 2000, the campus joined St. Luke’s University Health Network. Today, in 2020, The St. Luke’s Miners Campus has 43 Private Acute Care beds, 6 Private Critical Care beds, 48 Bed Skilled Nursing
July 10th, 2020
During the winter months, skaters at the Municipal Ice Rink in Bethlehem race, glide and twirl around the frozen oval, unmasked, close together and unconcerned about getting ill. But since mid-June, this massive concrete-floored hall, with open sides and a high steel roof, has been transformed by St. Luke’s University Health Network into a vast,
July 8th, 2020
PHILLIPSBURG, N.J. – St. Luke’s University Health Network has acquired Affiliates in Clinical Services, PC, effective July 1. The practice has been renamed St. Luke’s Psychiatric Associates – Phillipsburg. All existing affiliates and clinical practitioners will remain part of the practice, which provides individual, couples and family therapeutic services. Gerald Groves Jr., MD, will remain
July 1st, 2020
St. Luke’s University Hospital (Bethlehem and Allentown campuses) have been named one of the nation’s 100 Top Hospitals in the Major Teaching Hospital category by IBM Watson Health for the sixth year in a row and the eighth time overall. Additionally, for the second time, St. Luke’s Anderson Campus was named a 100 Top Hospital
June 29th, 2020
“Cancer is a health care issue that impacts the whole family,” states Donna Bydlon, RN, BSN, OCN, director of St. Luke’s Infusion Services. “When a loved one is sick, very often it’s the family members who bear the burden of caregiving, including transporting to and from treatments.” St. Luke’s announced Friday that it is expanding
June 26th, 2020
St. Luke’s Miners Campus recently awarded $1,000 scholarships to five students from their Mentorship Program. Scholarship winners and their mentors are: Emily Papa, Shenandoah Valley High School – mentored by Kira Johnson, RN Crystal Morales, Shenandoah Valley High School – mentored by Christina Green, RN Cara Lake, Marian Catholic High School – mentored by Rosemarie
June 22nd, 2020
St. Luke’s Occupational Medicine, in collaboration with St. Luke’s Behavioral Health, St. Luke’s Fitness Centers, and St. Luke’s Care Now sites, are launching a Return to Work program for businesses as our local communities begin to open at this point during the COVID-19 pandemic. “The St. Luke’s Return to Work program provides a variety of services to
June 15th, 2020
St. Luke’s University Health Network is proud to have discharged its 1,000th COVID-19 patient (from the University Campus in Bethlehem) – giving us 1,000 reasons to celebrate. The extraordinary efforts of our health care heroes, along with a number of new technologies and clinical protocols, have helped us save lives