In the Lehigh Valley there are many top rated hospitals available.  Being centrally located has aided in the formation of a vast health network system. Our hospitals are nationally recognized for their high quality of services.

 

Easton Hospital is an acute care teaching hospital serving approximately 300,000  residents of Northampton County and five surrounding counties in Pennsylvania and New Jersey.  Today, Easton Hospital retains not only the caring, compassionate tradition estblsihed when it was founded ni 1890, but also the professinal expertise, advanced technolgy and broad range of sevices charactersitc of a major medical center.  Nearly 400 physicians provide primary and specialty care.*

 

Founded in 1908, Good Shepherd serves the Lehigh Valley and Slate Belt areas.  Good Shepherd's goal for every one of their patients, residents, and clients is that they reach their maximum level of function and independence.  They offer many levels of rehabilitation care including comprehensive inpatient rehab, outpatient rehab, long-term care for the severely disabled, long-term acute care and supported independent living.***

 

Lehigh Valley Hospital & Health Network was honored with the 2003 National Quality Health Care Award by the National Committee  for Quality in Health Care, it's Intensive Care Unit has been honored as one of the top eleven best in the nation by the Society for Critical Care Medicine, and the Respiratory Care Unit has been honored as first in the nation for its patient care & outcomes****

 

Palmerton Hospital is a full service, acute care community hospital serving the health care needs of 80,000 citizens in a 200 square mile area encompassing parts of Carbon, Monroe, Lehigh and Northampton counties.  The hospital is licensed for 70 acute care beds and provides a wide range of medical and surgical services, and well was matenity and pediatric care.  Palmerton Hospital is fully acreditied by the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations.  Diagnostic outpatient services, including vascular testing, mammography, ultrasound, cardiac rehabilitation and the clinical laboratory also are accredited by their respective professional organizations.*****

 

Sacred Heart is a 241 bed acute care facility located in the center of Allentown, the Lehigh Valley's largest city.  It provides a comprehensive range of medical and surgical services, including but not limited to opthalmology, obstetrics, gynecology, pediatrics, cancer center, cardiology, cardiac surgery and rehabilitation.******

 

St. Luke's Hospital has been named twice as one of the 100 top hospitals in the United States.  This award is given annually be Solucient, the nation's largest and most respected health information source.    Along with this, St. Luke's has been named multiple times as one the nation's best cardiology and open-heart surgery hospitals.  It was the first hospital in Pennsylvania to do robotic surgery and the first hospital in the region to do robotic heart surgery.  St. Luke's is also a teaching hospital and is one of only 400 members of the Council of Teaching hospitals.****

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*       www.easton-hospital.com **      www.ghmh.org ***    www.goodshepherdrehab.org ****  www.lehighvalley.org ***** www.palmertonhospital.com ****** www.shh.org