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PLEASE NOTE, IN ADDITION TO THE D/B/A INCLUDED ON PAGE 1 OF THIS FORM 990, THIS ORGANIZATION ALSO FILED THE FOLLOWING FICTITIOUS NAME WITH THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA AND OPERATES UNDER THE FOLLOWING: ST. LUKE'S CARE NOW. |
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ST. LUKE'S UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK (ST. LUKE'S), FOUNDED IN 1872, IS A FULLY INTEGRATED, REGIONAL, NOT-FOR-PROFIT NETWORK OF MORE THAN 17,000 EMPLOYEES AND 1,900 PHYSICIANS PROVIDING SERVICES AT 14 CAMPUSES AND MORE THAN 320 OUTPATIENT SITES. ANNUAL ADMISSIONS AND OBSERVATIONS EXCEED 80,000 AND EMERGENCY ROOM VISITS TOP 320,000. WITH ANNUAL NET REVENUE GREATER THAN $2 BILLION, THE NETWORK'S SERVICE AREA INCLUDES 11 COUNTIES: LEHIGH, NORTHAMPTON, BERKS, BUCKS, CARBON, LUZERNE, MONTGOMERY, MONROE AND SCHUYLKILL COUNTIES IN PENNSYLVANIA AND WARREN AND HUNTERDON COUNTIES IN NEW JERSEY. ST. LUKE'S, A NOT-FOR-PROFIT 501(C)(3) TAX-EXEMPT ORGANIZATION, IS COMMITTED TO CARING FOR THE SICK AND INJURED REGARDLESS OF THEIR ABILITY TO PAY, EDUCATING OUR HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS AND IMPROVING THE OVERALL HEALTH OF THE COMMUNITIES IT SERVES. MISSION ------- THE MISSION OF ST. LUKE'S UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK IS TO CARE FOR THE SICK AND INJURED REGARDLESS OF THEIR ABILITY TO PAY, IMPROVE OUR COMMUNITIES' OVERALL HEALTH, AND EDUCATE OUR HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS. THE MISSION WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED BY THE FOLLOWING: -MAKING THE PATIENT OUR HIGHEST PRIORITY. -PROMOTING HEALTHY LIFESTYLES AND CONTINUOUSLY IMPROVING CARE PROVIDED TO HEAL THE SICK AND INJURED. -COORDINATING AND INTEGRATING SERVICES INTO A SEAMLESS, EASILY ACCESSIBLE SYSTEM OF CARE. -IMPROVING THE LEVEL OF SERVICE PROVIDED THROUGHOUT THE NETWORK. -ENSURING ALL HEALTH CARE SERVICES ARE RELEVANT TO THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY. -STRIVING TO MAXIMIZE THE SATISFACTION OF OUR PATIENTS, EMPLOYEES, MEDICAL STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS AND, -TRAINING ALLIED HEALTH PROFESSIONALS, NURSING AND MEDICAL STUDENTS, AND RESIDENTS AND FELLOWS AND ATTRACTING THEM TO PRACTICE WITHIN OUR NETWORK'S SERVICE AREA. OVERVIEW -------- IN FISCAL YEAR 2021, (FY 21), ST. LUKE'S PROVIDED EXTENSIVE CHARITY CARE AS DEFINED AS CARE PROVIDED TO THE COMMUNITY WITHOUT CHARGE. CHARITY CARE PLUS BAD DEBT - THOSE CHARGES HOSPITALS INITIALLY ANTICIPATED WOULD BE PAID BUT LATER DETERMINED WERE UNCOLLECTIBLE - TOGETHER COMPRISE THE HOSPITAL'S TOTAL UNCOMPENSATED CARE COSTS. IN FY 21, SLUHN'S UNCOMPENSATED CARE TOTALED $183,524,895. IN ADDITION, ST. LUKE'S CARED FOR PATIENTS WHO ARE COVERED BY MEDICAID. THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE COST OF CARE AND WHAT MEDICAID REIMBURSED ST. LUKE'S FOR THAT CARE WAS $127,707,322 (MEDICAID SHORTFALL). ST. LUKE'S STRIVES ENDLESSLY TO PROVIDE THE HIGHEST QUALITY CARE AT THE LOWEST COST AND HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED BY VARIOUS RATING ORGANIZATIONS AS A HIGH VALUE PROVIDER. THE NETWORK OPERATES ON A CONSERVATIVE MARGIN. ANY EXCESS REVENUE EARNED IS CONTINUOUSLY REINVESTED ON BEHALF OF THE COMMUNITY TO IMPROVING HEALTH CARE SERVICES. IN FY 21, ST. LUKE'S MARGIN (THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE COST OF PROVIDING CARE AND REVENUE EARNED) WAS 4.1%. TO PUT THIS INTO PERSPECTIVE THAT AMOUNTS TO ABOUT 32 DAYS OF PAYROLL. CARING FOR THE SICK AND INJURED - IMPROVING QUALITY AND ACCESS IN KEEPING WITH ITS MISSION, ST. LUKE'S CONTINUOUSLY WORKS TO IMPROVE BOTH QUALITY OF CARE AND ACCESS TO CARE IN ALL THE COMMUNITIES IT SERVES. IN RECENT YEARS, BOTH ST. LUKE'S AS A NETWORK, AND ITS INDIVIDUAL HOSPITALS AND PROGRAMS, HAVE RECEIVED NUMEROUS, SIGNIFICANT RECOGNITIONS FOR QUALITY. (EXAMPLES ARE LISTED BELOW.) ST. LUKE'S HAS MADE GREAT STRIDES IN MAINTAINING AND IMPROVING ACCESS TO CARE, ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS AND URBAN AREAS THAT SERVE LOW-INCOME POPULATIONS. THIS CONTINUED IN FY '21 WITH THE OPENING OF THE NETWORK'S NEWEST ADDITION, ST. LUKE'S CARBON CAMPUS, IN NOVEMBER 2021 IN LEHIGHTON, PENNSYLVANIA. THE NEW THREE-STORY, 80-PATIENT-ROOM, 160,000 SQUARE-FEET FACILITY IS THE LARGEST OF ITS KIND IN THE HISTORY OF CARBON COUNTY AND THE FIRST NEW HOSPITAL BUILT IN THE COUNTY IN 65 YEARS. IT IS THE CENTERPIECE OF THE NETWORK'S NEW 108-ACRE TECHNOLOGICALLY ADVANCED, MULTIPURPOSE, RURAL MEDICAL AND WELLNESS COMPLEX. IT WILL REDEFINE HEALTHCARE ACCESS, CONVENIENCE AND QUALITY FOR THE LOCAL POPULATION AND SURROUNDING AREAS. ALL ROOMS ARE PRIVATE AND OUTFITTED WITH WALL-MOUNTED, 55-INCH SMART TVS TO FACILITATE TWO-WAY AUDIO/VISUAL COMMUNICATION BETWEEN PATIENTS AND THEIR PROVIDERS ANYWHERE, AS WELL AS PATIENTS AND THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS WORLDWIDE. REAL-TIME COMPUTER SYSTEM-LINKED DIGITAL WHITEBOARDS IN PATIENT ROOMS DISPLAY THE NAMES OF THE PATIENT'S CAREGIVERS, DAY OF THE WEEK, SCHEDULED ACTIVITIES AND OTHER USEFUL SAFETY INFORMATION. FIRST OF ITS KIND LIFE-AIRE AIR PURIFICATION SYSTEMS INSTALLED IN THE AIR DUCTS THROUGHOUT THE HOSPITAL'S TREATMENT AREAS KILL ALL AIR PATHOGENS, INCLUDING COVID-19 AND ANTHRAX, MAKING IT ONE OF THE FEW HOSPITALS IN THE NATION WITH THIS NOVEL TECHNOLOGY. CONTINUING TO GROW, THE CAMPUS PLANS TO BREAK GROUND FOR A THREE-STORY WEST WING IN SEPTEMBER 2022. THE ADDITION WILL INCLUDE A CANCER CENTER WITH MEDICAL OFFICES, INFUSION, RADIATION, ONCOLOGY AND EXPANDED OBSTETRIC SERVICES AS WELL AS ROOM FOR ADDITIONAL GROWTH. THE NEW WING IS SCHEDULED FOR COMPLETION IN EARLY 2023. THE HOSPITAL AND HEALTH SYSTEM ASSOCIATION OF PENNSYLVANIA, IN ITS ANNUAL ECONOMIC IMPACT REPORT, HAS CREDITED ST. LUKE'S LEHIGHTON CAMPUS WITH PROVIDING A $128.5 MILLION ECONOMIC BENEFIT TO THE GREATER LEHIGH VALLEY REGION. MORE THAN 1,100 PEOPLE IN CARBON COUNTY WORK FOR ST. LUKE'S LEHIGHTON CAMPUS. IN FY 21, ST. LUKE'S CONTINUED TO EXPAND GEISINGER ST. LUKE'S CAMPUS, WHICH OPENED IN NOVEMBER 2019 IN ORWIGSBURG. ON JULY 1, 2020, THE CAMPUS OPENED A 37,216-SQUARE-FOOT, THREE-STORY MEDICAL OFFICE BUILDING. THE FACILITY HOUSES, 3-D BREAST IMAGING, WALK-IN X-RAY AND OTHER IMAGING SERVICES; SPINE AND PAIN CARE; AND SPORTS MEDICINE AND ORTHOPEDICS SERVICES. PHYSICIAN SPECIALTY SERVICES IN THE FACILITY INCLUDE CARDIOLOGY, GYNECOLOGY, AND PULMONARY AND CRITICAL CARE. IN THE FALL OF 2020, THE CAMPUS ADDED A NEW INFUSION CENTER. THE FIRST HOSPITAL TO OPEN IN SCHUYLKILL COUNTY IN 90 YEARS, THE CAMPUS IMPROVES ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE BY BRINGING NEW SERVICES CLOSER TO HOME FOR AREA RESIDENTS. THE HOSPITAL IS CO-OWNED BY DANVILLE, PA.-BASED GEISINGER, MAKING THE HOSPITAL THE FIRST IN PENNSYLVANIA CREATED BY TWO HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATIONS JOINING TOGETHER TO CO-OWN AND CO-BUILD A HOSPITAL. ST. LUKE'S IS MANAGING THE HOSPITAL, AND BOTH ORGANIZATIONS ARE CONTRIBUTING MEDICAL EXPERTISE AND SPECIALISTS FOR PATIENT CARE. THE 130,000-SQUARE FOOT, $72 MILLION GEISINGER ST. LUKE'S CAMPUS BEGAN WITH TWO SURGICAL BAYS AND 30 PRIVATE PATIENT ROOMS, INCLUDING 15 IN THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT AND SIX IN THE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT. ST. LUKE'S UPPER BUCKS CAMPUS, BUCKS COUNTY'S NEWEST HOSPITAL OPENED IN DECEMBER 2019. LOCATED ON THE CORNER OF ROUTE 664 AND PORTZER ROAD IN MILFORD TOWNSHIP, NEAR QUAKERTOWN, THE $100 MILLION CAMPUS FEATURES A FAMILY-FRIENDLY, 80-BED HOSPITAL AND A STATE-OF-THE-ART EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT. MEANWHILE, IN FY 21, ST. LUKE'S FINALIZED PLANS FOR ST. LUKE'S UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK'S MERGER WITH PENN FOUNDATION AND THE OPENING OF ST. LUKE'S CARBON CAMPUS. THE MERGER WITH PENN FOUNDATION, A NON-PROFIT COMMUNITY-BASED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CARE PROVIDER, BECAME EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2021. PENN FOUNDATION OFFERS 25 BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE TREATMENT PROGRAMS THAT SERVE APPROXIMATELY 20,000 INDIVIDUALS ANNUALLY. ALSO, IN FY 21, ST. LUKE'S BROKE GROUND ON A NEW PEDIATRIC SPECIALTY CENTER IN CENTER VALLEY. THE THREE-STORY, 37,500-SQUARE-FOOT BUILDING WILL HOUSE NEPHROLOGY, GASTROENTEROLOGY, CARDIOLOGY, PULMONOLOGY, DEVELOPMENTAL, NEUROLOGY, ENDOCRINOLOGY, PHYSICAL THERAPY AND OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY, PEDIATRIC PRIMARY CARE, AND PEDIATRIC NUTRITION. IT IS SCHEDULED TO OPEN IN 2022. IN JANUARY 2020, SLUHN OPENED THE WOMEN & BABIES PAVILION AT ST. LUKE'S ANDERSON CAMPUS, OFF ROUTE 33 IN BETHLEHEM TOWNSHIP, A STATE-OF-THE-ART FACILITY WITH FAMILY-FRIENDLY SPACES. THE PAVILION WAS DESIGNED FOR COMFORT AND CONVENIENCE TO HELP NURTURE THE BOND BETWEEN MOTHERS, BABIES AND THEIR FAMILIES. IT FEATURES SPACIOUS, PRIVATE ROOMS, SPA-LIKE AMENITIES WITH DECOR INSPIRED BY NATURE, MODERN BIRTHING UNITS, A 16-BASSINET NURSERY AND A LEVEL III NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT (NICU). IN 2018, SLUHN EXTENDED ITS EPIC ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD SYSTEM (DESCRIBED FURTHER HEREIN) TO OVER 300 PHYSICIAN PRACTICES AND OTHER AMBULATORY SITES, AS WELL AS ITS NEW AFFILIATE HOSPITAL SYSTEMS, AFTER ALREADY SUCCESSFULLY IMPLEMENTING EPIC AT THE NETWORK'S EXISTING HOSPITAL FACILITIES IN 2016. THIS, IN TURN, SET THE STAGE FOR THE RECENT LAUNCH OF A TELEMEDICINE PORTAL ON THE NEW ST. LUKE'S MYCHART MOBILE APP, ALLOWING PATIENTS TO SEIZE CONTROL OF THEIR HEALTHCARE WITH THE CLICK OF A BUTTON. 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ST. LUKE'S CONTINUES ITS COMMITMENT TO PROVIDING THE COMMUNITY WITH OUTSTANDING TRAUMA SERVICES. ON SEPTEMBER 1, 2021, ST. LUKE'S ANDERSON CAMPUS WAS ACCREDITED AS A LEVEL II TRAUMA CENTER BY THE PENNSYLVANIA TRAUMA SYSTEMS FOUNDATION. EFFECTIVE NOVEMBER 1, 2021 ST. LUKE'S LEHIGHTON CAMPUS AND GEISINGER ST. LUKE'S HOSPITAL WILL BECOME ACCREDITED LEVEL IV TRAUMA CENTERS BRINGING ST. LUKE'S TOTAL ACCREDITED TRAUMA CENTERS TO SEVEN AND MAKING ST. LUKE'S THE LARGEST TRAUMA NETWORK IN PENNSYLVANIA. AMID THESE ACCOMPLISHMENTS, ST. LUKE'S BETHLEHEM HAS BEEN DESIGNATED AN IBM WATSON HEALTH (FORMERLY TRUVEN) 100 TOP HOSPITAL IN 2021, FOR A NINTH TIME AND THE SEVENTH YEAR IN A ROW. ST. LUKE'S WAS ALSO NAMED A FIRST-TIME WINNER IN 2021 OF THE PRESTIGIOUS 15 TOP HEALTH SYSTEMS AWARD AND WAS IDENTIFIED AS THE TOP TEACHING HOSPITAL IN THE COUNTRY. DEDICATED TO ADVANCING MEDICAL EDUCATION ---------------------------------------- ST. LUKE'S IS THE PREEMINENT TEACHING HOSPITAL IN CENTRAL-EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA. THE LEWIS KATZ SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT TEMPLE UNIVERSITY (LKSOM) AND ST. LUKE'S UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK (SLUHN) ESTABLISHED A CLINICAL CAMPUS FOR THIRD- AND FOURTH-YEAR STUDENTS AT ST. LUKE'S HOSPITAL IN 2006. THESE STUDENTS COMPLETE ALL REQUIRED CLINICAL ROTATIONS AND TAKE MOST OF THEIR ELECTIVE ROTATIONS AT ST. LUKE'S. IN 2011, ST. LUKE'S SENIOR LEADERSHIP DECIDED TO JOIN LKSOM IN CREATING A REGIONAL MEDICAL SCHOOL CAMPUS: TEMPLE/ST. LUKE'S. THE INAUGURAL TEMPLE/ST. LUKE'S CLASS STARTED IN AUGUST OF 2011 AND GRADUATED IN MAY OF 2015. IT CURRENTLY PROVIDES EDUCATION TO 140 MEDICAL STUDENTS A YEAR. TEMPLE/ST LUKE'S IS A FOUR-YEAR REGIONAL MEDICAL CAMPUS THAT WORKS COLLABORATIVELY AND IN AFFILIATION WITH TEMPLE'S LEWIS KATZ SCHOOL OF MEDICINE IN PHILADELPHIA. BEGINNING IN 2020, STUDENTS WILL COMPLETE ALL FOUR YEARS OF SCHOOLING AT ST. LUKE'S BETHLEHEM MAKING IT THE ONLY FOUR-YEAR MEDICAL CAMPUS IN THE LEHIGH VALLEY. IN ADDITION, ST. LUKE'S CONTINUOUSLY EXPANDS ITS POST-GRADUATE MEDICAL TRAINING PROGRAMS. AS OF JULY 1, 2022, 419 RESIDENTS AND FELLOWS WERE ENROLLED IN 40 ACCREDITED PROGRAMS, INCREASING FROM 27 IN FY 18 AND WILL INCREASE TO MORE THAN 60 FELLOWSHIPS AND RESIDENTS BY FY 27. ST. LUKE'S ADDED FELLOWSHIPS IN PHYSICAL THERAPY-SPINE AND VASCULAR SURGERY AND RESIDENCY PROGRAMS IN EMERGENCY MEDICINE AND OTOLARYNGOLOGY IN FY 21 ALONE. IT IS EXPECTED THAT AT LEAST A THIRD OF THESE RESIDENTS AND FELLOWS WILL CONTINUE TO WORK AT ST. LUKE'S FOLLOWING THE COMPLETION OF THEIR PROGRAMS - IMPROVING BOTH THE QUALITY OF, AND ACCESS TO, CARE IN THE REGION, WELL INTO THE FUTURE. IN OCTOBER 2020, ST. LUKE'S GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION (GME) DEPARTMENT SECURED TWO HIGH-LEVEL GRANTS TO EDUCATE AND TRAIN A NEW GENERATION OF PHYSICIANS SPECIALIZING IN RURAL MEDICINE. THE FUNDS, ISSUED BY HRSA (HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES ADMINISTRATION)*, WILL PREPARE PHYSICIANS FOR PRACTICE IN SMALL-TOWN SETTINGS AND HELP STRENGTHEN RURAL COMMUNITIES WHO HAVE DIFFICULTY ACCESSING HEALTH CARE SERVICES. ST. LUKE'S SECURED $3.25 MILLION IN FEDERAL GRANTS TO SUPPORT RURAL HEALTH EFFORTS. THESE GRANTS WILL FURTHER ENHANCE THE EXISTING FAMILY MEDICINE RURAL RESIDENCY TRAINING PROGRAM AND HELP ESTABLISH A NEW AND NOVEL PSYCHIATRY RURAL RESIDENCY TRAINING PROGRAM. ST. LUKE'S GME RESEARCHED THE AVAILABILITY OF THESE GRANTS WITH SPECIFIC RURAL REGIONS IN MIND, NAMELY CARBON AND SCHUYLKILL COUNTIES AND AREAS SURROUNDING ST. LUKE'S MINERS, CARBON AND LEHIGHTON CAMPUSES AND GEISINGER ST. LUKE'S HOSPITAL. THESE COUNTIES, LIKE SO MANY RURAL REGIONS IN THE COUNTRY, HAVE LONG SUFFERED FROM A LACK OF PHYSICIANS AND SERVICES, NECESSITATING THE NEED FOR PATIENTS TO TRAVEL LONG DISTANCES FOR QUALITY HEALTH CARE, ESPECIALLY IN SPECIALTIES LIKE FAMILY MEDICINE AND PSYCHIATRY. ONLY 11 HEALTH SYSTEMS IN THE COUNTRY WERE AWARDED THE PSYCHIATRY RURAL RESIDENCY GRANT AND ST. LUKE'S FAMILY MEDICINE RURAL RESIDENCY PROGRAM IS ONE OF ONLY 35 ACCREDITED PROGRAMS IN THE COUNTRY AND THE ONLY ONE IN PENNSYLVANIA ACCREDITED AS AN INTEGRATED RURAL TRAINING TRACK. THE NETWORK IS ALSO AFFILIATED WITH THE PHILADELPHIA COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE AND HOSTS APPROXIMATELY 64 ROTATING STUDENTS PER YEAR. STUDENTS FROM OTHER MEDICAL AND PODIATRIC SCHOOLS ROTATE THROUGH SLUHN. SLUHN IS ACCREDITED BY THE PENNSYLVANIA COMMISSION FOR CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION TO SPONSOR CME PROGRAMS. INSTITUTIONS IN THE NETWORK SPONSOR MORE THAN 650 CME PROGRAMS EACH YEAR. NURSING EDUCATION ----------------- NURSING EDUCATION IS ALSO A PRIORITY. ST. LUKE'S OPERATES THE NATION'S LONGEST CONTINUOUSLY OPERATING SCHOOL OF NURSING, ESTABLISHED IN 1884. THE 20-MONTH ACCELERATED PROGRAM FEATURES 900 HOURS OF CLINICAL EXPERIENCE WITHIN ST. LUKE'S UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK AS WELL AS OTHER LOCAL ACUTE CARE, CHRONIC CARE AND COMMUNITY AGENCIES. THE SCHOOL OFFERS BOTH A TRADITIONAL DAY PROGRAM AND AN EVENING AND WEEKEND PROGRAM - IDEAL FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE WORKING OR CARING FOR CHILDREN OR AGING PARENTS DURING THE DAY. MORE THAN 150 APPLICATIONS ARE TYPICALLY RECEIVED FOR EACH INCOMING CLASS OF 75 TO 80 STUDENTS. THERE ARE CURRENTLY 236 ENROLLED STUDENTS. IN THE PAST FIVE YEARS, APPROXIMATELY 90% OF NURSING SCHOOL STUDENTS HAVE BEEN HIRED BY NETWORK ENTITIES UPON GRADUATION. ALSO, ST. LUKE'S PROVIDES A RESIDENCY PROGRAM FOR NEW NURSES. CLASSES FOCUS ON DECISION-MAKING, CRITICAL THINKING, CLINICAL KNOWLEDGE AND QUALITY, AS WELL AS EMOTIONAL SUPPORT. ST. LUKE'S NURSES ENGAGE IN RESEARCH ON QUALITY IMPROVEMENT INNOVATIONS SUPPORTED BY THE NETWORK CENTER FOR NURSING EXCELLENCE, THE REGISTERED NURSE RESIDENCY PROGRAM, THE NURSE SPECIALTY FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMS AND THE OFFICE OF CLINICAL TRIALS AND RESEARCH. ADVANCED PRACTITIONER --------------------- SLUHN PROVIDES CLINICAL EXPERIENCES FOR THE CERTIFIED REGISTERED NURSE ANESTHETIST PROGRAM FROM LA SALLE UNIVERSITY AND THE CERTIFIED REGISTERED NURSE PRACTITIONER PROGRAMS FROM DESALES UNIVERSITY, MORAVIAN COLLEGE, DREXEL UNIVERSITY AND THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA. THE NETWORK ALSO OFFERS ADVANCED PRACTITIONER FELLOWSHIPS IN EMERGENCY MEDICINE AND CRITICAL CARE, HOSTS PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT PROGRAMS FROM DESALES UNIVERSITY, KING'S COLLEGE, DREXEL UNIVERSITY, ARCADIA UNIVERSITY AND THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY AND OFFERS A PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT OBSERVER PROGRAM. ALLIED HEALTH EDUCATION ----------------------- SLUHN SERVES AS A MAJOR TRAINING SITE FOR ALLIED HEALTH PROFESSIONS. EACH YEAR APPROXIMATELY 400 ALLIED HEALTH STUDENTS SPEND MORE THAN 110,000 HOURS AT SLUHN, AN AVERAGE OF 275 HOURS PER STUDENT. ALLIED HEALTH PROFESSIONALS WORK IN TEAMS TO FACILITATE FUNCTIONALITY OF THE HEALTHCARE SYSTEM THROUGH PROVISION OF A RANGE OF DIAGNOSTIC, TECHNICAL, THERAPEUTIC AND DIRECT PATIENT CARE AND SUPPORT SERVICES. ALLIED HEALTH PROFESSIONALS TRAIN IN MANY DISCIPLINES, INCLUDING ATHLETIC TRAINING, LAB, MEDICAL ASSISTANTS, MRI, NUCLEAR MEDICINE, PHLEBOTOMY, PHYSICAL/OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY, ATHLETIC TRAINERS, RADIOLOGY AND RESPIRATORY CARE. STUDENTS FROM 42 COLLEGES, UNIVERSITIES AND TECHNICAL INSTITUTES COMPLETE CLINICAL TRAINING ROTATIONS AND PRACTICUMS IN THE NETWORK. SLUHN ALSO TRAINS STUDENTS IN SURGICAL TECHNOLOGY IN ITS OWN SCHOOL OF SURGICAL TECHNOLOGY AND MASTER-LEVEL STUDENTS IN THE LEHIGH VALLEY'S FIRST AND ONLY ATHLETIC TRAINING RESIDENCY. PASTORAL CARE EDUCATION ----------------------- ST. LUKE'S BETHLEHEM MAINTAINS A CHAPLAINCY RESIDENCY AND INTERN PROGRAM ACCREDITED BY THE ASSOCIATION OF CLINICAL PASTORAL EDUCATION, INC. PHARMACY EDUCATION PROGRAMS --------------------------- THE NETWORK MAINTAINS A PHARMACY RESIDENCY, WHICH IS A ONE-YEAR TRAINING PROGRAM FOR PHARMACY GRADUATES TO GAIN ADDITIONAL CLINICAL SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE IN A HEALTH SYSTEM SETTING. THE RESIDENTS COMPLETE ROTATIONS IN A VARIETY OF INPATIENT AND OUTPATIENT CARE AREAS, INCLUDING INTERNAL MEDICINE, CRITICAL CARE, PEDIATRICS AND ONCOLOGY. ADDITIONALLY, THE PHARMACY PROVIDES INTRODUCTORY AND ADVANCE PRACTICE PHARMACY EXPERIENCES TO STUDENTS FROM WILKES UNIVERSITY, UNIVERSITY OF THE SCIENCES - PHILADELPHIA COLLEGE OF PHARMACY AND UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH. THESE EXPERIENCES ARE OFFERED AT ST. LUKE'S ALLENTOWN, ST. LUKE'S ANDERSON AND ST. LUKE'S BETHLEHEM. HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION EDUCATION INTERNSHIPS --------------------------------------------- THE NETWORK HOSTS INTERNS FROM VARIOUS COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES WHO RECEIVE TRAINING IN HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION IN AMBULATORY CARE AND INPATIENT SETTINGS. CLINICAL TRIALS AND RESEARCH ---------------------------- SLUHN'S PHYSICIANS ARE INVOLVED WITH APPROXIMATELY 200 CLINICAL RESEARCH TRIALS AND STUDIES - A MAJORITY FOCUSED ON CANCER, CARDIAC, NEUROSURGERY, ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY AND TRAUMA. |
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IMPROVING THE OVERALL HEALTH OF THE COMMUNITY --------------------------------------------- EVERY ST. LUKE'S CAMPUS IS COMMITTED TO IMPROVING THE OVERALL HEALTH AND ENHANCING THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THE RESIDENTS OF THE COMMUNITIES THEY SERVE. THE INDIVIDUAL CAMPUS REPORTS PROVIDE MANY EXAMPLES OF HOW ST. LUKE'S ACCOMPLISHES THIS. IN ADDITION TO THE WAYS DISCUSSED PREVIOUSLY, THE LIST BELOW PROVIDES HIGHLIGHTS. IN FY 21, ST. LUKE'S: - OPERATED MEDICAL CLINICS TO SERVE LOWER INCOME PATIENTS AND THOSE WITH INADEQUATE INSURANCE COVERAGE. - PROVIDED MOBILE MEDICAL SERVICES TO SCHOOL CHILDREN. SERVICES INCLUDED PHYSICALS, ADOLESCENT HEALTH ASSESSMENTS, VISION SERVICES, INSURANCE REFERRALS AND NUTRITION COUNSELING. - PROVIDED MOBILE DENTAL SERVICES TO SCHOOL CHILDREN. - PROVIDED A WIDE RANGE OF HEALTH SCREENINGS AT NUMEROUS COMMUNITY EVENTS. - CONDUCTED CLASSES ON LIFE-SAVING TOPICS INCLUDING FIRST AIDE AND LIFE SUPPORT. - IMPROVED LITERACY BY MAINTAINING FREE LENDING LIBRARIES AT VARIOUS CAMPUSES AND PARTICIPATED IN SCHOOL LITERACY PROGRAMS. - ENCOURAGED PHYSICAL ACTIVITY THROUGH THE USE OF THE D&L TRAILS AND OTHER WALKING/RUNNING/BIKING PATHS AND PROVIDING AND SUPPORTING NUMEROUS WALKS AND RUNS. - ENCOURAGED HEALTHY EATING THROUGH THE FARM TO SCHOOL PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES SCHOOL CHILDREN HANDS-ON LEARNING ABOUT NUTRITION AND GARDENING, EMPLOYEE ACCESS TO LOCALLY GROWN PRODUCE THROUGH THE EXPANSION OF THE COMMUNITY SUPPORTED AGRICULTURE (CSA), AS WELL AS NUMEROUS EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS THAT EDUCATED PATIENTS HOW TO IMPROVE THEIR HEALTH THROUGH HEALTHY EATING. - WORKED WITH NUMEROUS MEDIA OUTLETS TO EDUCATE THE COMMUNITY ABOUT HEALTH ISSUES. - HELD NATIONAL DRUG TAKE BACK DAY EVENTS, WHERE UNUSED DRUGS WERE COLLECTED. - HELD FOOD AND CLOTHING DRIVES TO BENEFIT COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN NEED. SUPPORTING THE LOCAL ECONOMY ---------------------------- ALTHOUGH ST. LUKE'S IS A 501(C)(3) TAX-EXEMPT ORGANIZATION, THE PRESENCE OF ITS HOSPITALS AND OTHER FACILITIES PROVIDES AN INDIRECT BENEFIT TO LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND MUNICIPALITIES. ST. LUKE'S IS THE LARGEST, OR ONE OF THE LARGEST, EMPLOYERS IN MANY OF THE COMMUNITIES WHERE ITS HOSPITALS ARE LOCATED. IN FY 21 ALONE, ST. LUKE'S PAID $1,410 MILLION IN WAGES AND SALARIES TO APPROXIMATELY 16,650 EMPLOYEES. IN TURN, THESE EMPLOYEES PAID LOCAL INCOME TAX ON THEIR EARNINGS. MOST OF THESE EMPLOYEES LIVE IN OR NEAR THE CITY, TOWN, BOROUGH OR TOWNSHIP; COUNTY AND SCHOOL DISTRICT, AS THEIR PLACE OR EMPLOYMENT AND THUS SUPPORT THE LOCAL TAX BASE THROUGH THE PAYMENT OF PROPERTY TAXES AND LOCAL INCOME TAXES. IN ADDITION, ST. LUKE'S STIMULATES THE LOCAL ECONOMY THROUGH THE PURCHASE OF SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT, AND PURCHASED SERVICES, AS WELL AS THE GOODS AND SERVICES PURCHASED BY ITS EMPLOYEES. ALSO, MAINTENANCE OF THESE HOSPITALS AND OTHER NETWORK FACILITIES - AND CONSTRUCTION OF NEW ONES, SUCH AS OUR NEWEST HOSPITALS, GEISINGER ST. LUKE'S IN SCHUYLKILL COUNTY THAT OPENED IN NOVEMBER 2019, ST. LUKE'S UPPER BUCKS THAT OPENED IN DECEMBER 2019 AND ST. LUKE'S CARBON CAMPUS SCHEDULED TO OPEN IN NOVEMBER - GENERATE WORK FOR CONTRACTORS, ARCHITECTS, DESIGNERS, METAL WORKERS, CARPENTERS, ELECTRICIANS, PLUMBERS, PAINTERS AND MANY MORE CRAFTSMEN. FURTHERMORE, THE CIRCULATION OF HOSPITAL DOLLARS HAS A RIPPLE IMPACT IN LOCAL COMMUNITIES. IN FACT, THE HOSPITAL AND HEALTHSYSTEM ASSOCIATION OF PENNSYLVANIA (HAP) ESTIMATES THAT TOTAL SPENDING CONTRIBUTIONS OF HOSPITALS IN THE LEHIGH VALLEY IN FY 20 WAS $9 BILLION AND TOTAL SALARY CONTRIBUTIONS WERE $3 BILLION. TOTAL EMPLOYMENT CONTRIBUTIONS TOPPED 54,000 EMPLOYEES. (BEYOND PATIENT CARE: ECONOMIC IMPACT OF PENNSYLVANIA HOSPITALS, A WHITE PAPER ANALYSIS OF FY 2020 DATA. SEPTEMBER 2021, HTTPS://HAPONLINECONTENT.AZUREEDGE.NET/RESOURCELIBRARY/FY2020-ECONOMIC-ANA LYSIS-WHITE-PAPER-022322.PDF). THE WHITE PAPER STATES: "THE HOSPITAL INDUSTRY HAS BEEN AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE A LEADING CONTRIBUTOR TO THE ECONOMY. DATA FROM THE BEA INDICATE THAT PENNSYLVANIA'S GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT (GDP) DURING 2020 TOTALED $780 BILLION (IN CURRENT DOLLARS). WHEN CONSIDERING THE DIRECT PLUS RIPPLE IMPACT OF THE HOSPITAL COMMUNITY ON PENNSYLVANIA'S ECONOMY, HOSPITALS ACCOUNT FOR 20 PERCENT OF THE COMMONWEALTH'S 2020 GDP." THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC --------------------- ANY REVIEW OF FY 21 WOULD NOT BE COMPLETE WITHOUT A DISCUSSION OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC'S CONTINUED EFFECT ON SLUHN'S PATIENTS, STAFF AND THE COMMUNITY IT SERVES. THROUGHOUT FY 21, SLUHN'S FOCUS REMAINED ON TREATING PATIENTS AND EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE DISEASE. HOWEVER, AS THE VACCINE BECAME AVAILABLE, ST. LUKE'S STAFF ALSO RALLIED TO VACCINATE STAFF, PATIENTS AND THE COMMUNITY IN ACCORDANCE WITH PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH DIRECTIVES. ON DEC.17, 2020, ST. LUKE'S NURSE SONIA IPARRAGUIRRE, RN, WAS THE FIRST INDIVIDUAL TO RECEIVE THE COVID-19 VACCINE AT SLUHN. SHE WAS LITERALLY ON THE FRONT LINE AS SHE ADMITTED THE FIRST COVID-19 PATIENT AT ST. LUKE'S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL -BETHLEHEM. THE HISPANIC CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE GREATER LEHIGH VALLEY HONORED IPARRAGUIRRE FOR HER CONTRIBUTIONS TO ST. LUKE'S PANDEMIC MOBILIZATION AND HER COMMITMENT TO THE HEALTH OF THE COMMUNITY DURING ITS ANNUAL GALA ON OCTOBER 8. THE EVENT'S THEME, WHICH WAS STREAMED FROM STEELSTACKS IN BETHLEHEM, WAS "THE HEROES AMONG US." THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND OF DECEMBER 19-20, ST. LUKE'S VACCINATED MORE THAN 2,000 FIRST LINE HEALTH CARE WORKERS, WITH NURSES ADMINISTERING SIX SHOTS EVERY 10 MINUTES. BY THE END OF THE MONTH, 7,000 EMPLOYEES HAD BEEN VACCINATED AND VACCINES WERE AVAILABLE TO ALL EMPLOYEES. AS OF NOW 100% OF THE ST. LUKE'S STAFF IS VACCINATED. ST. LUKE'S ALSO WORKED WITH LOCAL EMERGENCY MEDICINE SERVICES AND POLICE DEPARTMENT TO PROVIDE VACCINES TO THEIR PERSONNEL, ESPECIALLY FIRST-LINE RESPONDERS. LATER, ST. LUKE'S WORKED WITH LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO PROVIDE VACCINE TO THEIR FACULTY AND STAFF. BY THE END OF JANUARY 2021, ST. LUKE'S HAD ADMINISTERED MORE THAN 50,000 VACCINES AND WAS VACCINATING 3,000 PEOPLE A DAY AT 11 HOSPITAL-BASED SITES THROUGHOUT THE GREATER LEHIGH VALLEY. ST. LUKE'S VACCINATION PROGRAM, WHICH RAN SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, HELPED TO MAKE LEHIGH AND NORTHAMPTON COUNTIES AMONG THE TOP FIVE PENNSYLVANIA COUNTIES WITH THE HIGHEST VACCINATION RATES. (NORTHAMPTON COUNTY - 11.6% OF THE 18+ POPULATION; LEHIGH COUNTY - 11.3%.) AT THAT TIME. ST. LUKE'S HAD ADMINISTERED 100,000 VACCINES BY FEB. 19, 200,000 BY APR. 8 AND 250,000 BY APR. 21. AT THAT TIME, ST. LUKE'S WAS PROVIDING 4,000 VACCINES PER DAY. TO DATE, ST. LUKE'S HAS PROVIDED MORE THAN 400,000 COVID-19 VACCINES TO THE COMMUNITIES IT SERVES. ST. LUKE'S DEVELOPED STRATEGIES TO MEET AT-RISK AND MINORITY POPULATIONS. IN FEBRUARY 2021, DURING THE HEIGHT OF VACCINE DEMAND, ST. LUKE'S ESTABLISHED A "SHOT-LINE" AUTOMATED PHONE CALL SYSTEM TO SPEED-UP VACCINE APPOINTMENTS FOR PEOPLE 75 AND OLDER. ALSO IN FEBRUARY, IT WORKED WITH THE HISPANIC CENTER OF THE LEHIGH VALLEY TO PROVIDE VACCINES TO SOUTH SIDE BETHLEHEM NEIGHBORS AND NEARBY RESIDENTS, AGES 65-YEARS AND OLDER. THIS VACCINATION CAMPAIGN IS JOINTLY OFFERED BY THE HCLV AND ST. LUKE'S UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK (SLUHN) TO AUGMENT THE NUMBER OF PERSONS OF COLOR WHO BECOME VACCINATED, A NATIONWIDE OBJECTIVE AT THAT TIME. IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE HISPANIC CENTER OF THE LEHIGH VALLEY, ST. LUKE'S PRESENTED THE FIRST SPANISH COMMUNITY CONVERSATION ABOUT THE COVID-19 VACCINE - "KEEPING OUR COMMUNITY SAFE" ON FEB. 24, 2021. THE FREE VIRTUAL EVENT WILL BE PRESENTED ENTIRELY IN SPANISH AND WAS HOSTED AND MODERATED BY VICTOR MARTINEZ, PRESIDENT AND CEO OF LA MEGA RADIO. MEANWHILE ST. LUKE'S EXPERTS IN EPIDEMIOLOGY TEAMED WITH THE ST. LUKE'S MARKETING AND COMMUNITY HEALTH DEPARTMENTS TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT COVID-19, HOW IT IS SPREAD, ITS TREATMENTS AND THE VACCINE. IN PARTICULAR, EPIDEMIOLOGISTS JEFFREY JAHRE, MD, AND KARA MASCITTI, MD, WERE FREQUENT GUESTS ON LOCAL TV AND RADIO SHOWS, AND EVEN APPEARED ON NATIONAL NEWS PROGRAMS. WORKING TOGETHER, THE MARKETING DEPARTMENT AND CLINICAL LEADERS CONTINUED TO INFORM AND EDUCATE ITS STAFF THROUGH TEAM MEETINGS AND EMAIL COMMUNICATION, AND THE PUBLIC THROUGH EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING, SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS AND THE MAINTENANCE OF COVID-19 SECTION ON THE ST. LUKE'S WEBSITE (SLUHN.ORG) IN JANUARY 2021, ST. LUKE'S RELEASED A VIDEO TO THE PUBLIC CALLED "EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT VACCINES. BUT WERE AFRAID TO ASK" AS PART OF ITS EMMY AWARD-WINNING WELLNESS 101 WEB SERIES. WELLNESS 101 IS A PRACTICAL BUT HUMOROUS STEP-BY-STEP GUIDE TO SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETE SOME OF LIFE'S MOST IMPORTANT TASKS AND DEAL WITH SOME OF LIFE'S MOST PERPLEXING, AND IN THIS CASE ONE OF LIFE'S MOST SERIOUS, SITUATIONS. |
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PATIENT CARE HIGHLIGHTS ----------------------- MEANWHILE THE TREATMENT OF PATIENTS REMAINED ST. LUKE'S PRIORITY. IN JANUARY 2021, ST. LUKE'S INFUSED ITS 500TH COVID-19 PATIENT WITH MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES. MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY THERAPY AT ST. LUKE'S HAS HELPED ALL LEHIGH VALLEY HOSPITALS AVOID BEING OVERWHELMED DURING THE CURRENT SURGE, ALLOWING CERTAIN HIGH-RISK PATIENTS TO RECOVER QUICKLY IN THE COMFORT OF THEIR OWN HOMES. BY FEB. 24, 1,000 COVID PATIENTS HAD RECEIVED LIFE-SAVING MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY (MAB) THERAPY. "WITH THE COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS OF MANY SMART AND MOTIVATED PEOPLE, THIS MONOCLONAL INFUSION PROGRAM HAS BECOME INCREDIBLY SUCCESSFUL IN THE OUTPATIENT CARE OF PATIENTS WITH COVID-19," SAID INFECTIOUS DISEASE SPECIALIST PETER ENDER, MD, AT A NEWS CONFERENCE AT ST. LUKE'S EASTON CAMPUS. ENDER OVERSEES ST. LUKE'S COVID-19 TREATMENT PROGRAMS. "THE LOGISTICS WERE NOT ALWAYS EASY, BUT THIS GROUP HAS FOUND A WAY TO GET IT DONE." IN FEBRUARY, ST. LUKE'S MINERS CAMPUS OPENED: A MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY (MAB) TREATMENT CLINIC, THE ONLY FACILITY IN RURAL SCHUYLKILL COUNTY OFFERING THIS UNIQUE, PROVEN THERAPY. IN APRIL, 2021, ST. LUKE'S INTRODUCED THE COVID RECOVERY CLINIC FOR LONG-HAULERS, A PROGRAM DEDICATED TO THE TREATMENT OF POST-COVID-19 PATIENTS WITH LINGERING SYMPTOMS. INCORPORATING THE EXPERTISE OF A HALF DOZEN DIFFERENT KINDS OF MEDICAL SPECIALISTS, THE PROGRAM PROVIDED A COORDINATED, MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACH TO POST-ACUTE SEQUELAE OF COVID, KNOWN AS PASC. PARTICIPANTS BENEFIT FROM SPECIALIZED EVALUATION AND A PERSONALIZED TREATMENT PLAN. WHEN THE PANDEMIC FIRST BEGAN, ST. LUKE'S IMMEDIATE OPERATIONAL RESPONSE WAS TO SET UP A NETWORK COMMAND CENTER TO COMPLY WITH STATE ORDERS, TO PREPARE FOR THE INCREASED VOLUME OF COVID-19 PATIENTS, TO REDUCE THE RISK OF EXPOSURE AND SPREAD OF COVID-19 AND TO ENSURE 24/7 MONITORING AND RESPONSE TO CHANGING DYNAMICS AND TO INCREASE INVESTMENT IN TELEMEDICINE CAPABILITIES. THE COMMAND CENTER CONTINUED THROUGH FY 21. FURTHER, SLUHN LEVERAGED WORK FROM HOME CAPABILITIES AND REASSIGNED STAFF UTILIZATION TO ADDRESS SUSPENSION OF ELECTIVE PROCEDURES. SLUHN RETAINED 100% OF STAFF, HAD NO LAYOFFS, AND SUPPORTED TEAM MEMBERS THAT EXPERIENCED REDUCED HOURS BY MAINTAINING FULL HEALTH INSURANCE BENEFITS AND OTHER BENEFITS SUCH AS UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION. DURING THIS TIME, SLUHN TESTED OVER 48,466 PATIENTS AND AN ADDITIONAL 116,650 COVID TESTS FROM JULY TO NOVEMBER. COVID IMPACT TO PATIENT ENCOUNTERS ---------------------------------- THE NETWORK'S VOLUMES IN THE EARLY MONTHS OF CALENDAR YEAR 2020 WERE VERY STRONG WITH PATIENT ENCOUNTERS OUTPACING LEVELS FROM THE PRIOR YEAR. LIKE OTHER HEALTH SYSTEMS ACROSS THE REGION AND NATION, SLUHN EXPERIENCED A SIGNIFICANT DOWNTURN IN VOLUMES DUE TO THE MANDATED SUSPENSION OF ELECTED SURGERIES AND PROCEDURES AND OTHER FACTORS IMPACTING THE UTILIZATION OF HOSPITAL AND PHYSICIAN SERVICES DURING THE PEAK COVID MONTHS. SLUHN HAS SEEN POSITIVE UTILIZATION TRENDS IN RECENT MONTHS, LARGELY RETURNING TO PRE-COVID LEVELS, AND ONCE AGAIN IS OUTPERFORMING COMPARABLE PRIOR VOLUMES. SERVICES WHICH STILL HAVE CONSISTENTLY NOT ACHIEVED PRE-COVID VOLUMES INCLUDE THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT AND URGENT CARE. ST. LUKE'S PHYSICIAN GROUP (SLPG) PRACTICE VOLUME TRENDS -------------------------------------------------------- SLPG ALSO EXPERIENCED A VOLUME DECREASE DURING THE PEAK PANDEMIC PERIOD, BUT THE NETWORK'S EARLIER INVESTMENTS IN VIRTUAL HEALTHCARE DELIVERY CAPABILITIES SIGNIFICANTLY MITIGATED THE INTERRUPTION IN CARE DELIVERY TO THE COMMUNITY AS WELL AS THE RELATED FINANCIAL IMPACT TO SLUHN. IN-PERSON PATIENT ENCOUNTERS DECREASED IN APRIL AND MAY AND TRANSITIONED TO VIRTUAL ENCOUNTERS WHICH SAW A CORRESPONDING INCREASE. IN-PERSON VISITS REBOUNDED AND NORMALIZED THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER THOUGH VIRTUAL ENCOUNTERS HAVE REMAINED AT ELEVATED LEVELS RELATIVE TO 2019. WHEN CONSIDERING ALL ENCOUNTER OPTIONS, THE PRACTICES HAVE BEEN ABLE TO RESUME FULL PRE-COVID VOLUMES. VIRTUAL HEALTHCARE DELIVERY AT SLUHN ------------------------------------ VIRTUAL VISIT CAPABILITIES EXPANDED THROUGHOUT SLUHN SINCE THE BEGINNING OF MARCH. PRIOR TO COVID (MARCH 2020), SLUHN VIRTUAL ACTIVITY FOCUSED ON SIMPLE URGENT CARE/ON DEMAND RETAIL VISITS AND SOME INPATIENT SPECIALTY CONSULTATION WORK, SPECIFICALLY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND NEUROLOGY. COVID ACCELERATED SLUHN ADOPTION OF VIRTUAL CARE ON EVERY LEVEL. THE BENEFITS HAVE BEEN SIGNIFICANT, AND ALL SIGNS POINT TO A LANDSCAPE WHERE DIGITAL METHODS OF HEALTHCARE DELIVERY WILL BE PERMANENT. PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT ----------------------------- SOURCING OF PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT (PPE) IS A CONTINUAL CHALLENGE AS PRODUCT DEMAND EXCEEDS SUPPLY. TO BETTER CONTROL ITS SUPPLY CHAIN AND ACCESS TO CRITICAL PPE, THE NETWORK RECENTLY PARTNERED WITH PREMIER, INC. ("PREMIER") (A NATIONAL GROUP PURCHASING ORGANIZATION ("GPO") IN WHICH SLUHN IS AN INVESTOR-OWNER). PREMIER AND ITS INVESTOR-OWNED MEMBERS CREATED TWO NEW COMPANIES TO OWN A MINORITY INTEREST (49%) IN NEWLY FORMED JOINT VENTURES WITH DEROYAL, NASHVILLE, TN AND PRESTIGE AMERITECH, RICHLAND, TX, RESPECTIVELY. PRESTIGE AMERITECH, THE LARGEST DOMESTIC MANUFACTURER OF FACEMASKS, INCLUDING N95 RESPIRATORS AND SURGICAL MASKS WILL BE EXCLUSIVELY PROVIDING PPE TO THE OWNERS BASED ON A MINIMUM GUARANTEED PURCHASE COMMITMENT AND A COMPETITIVE PRICE FOR UP TO SIX-YEARS. DEROYAL WILL INITIALLY PRODUCE ISOLATION GOWNS THAT WILL BE EXCLUSIVELY PROVIDED TO THE OWNERS BASED ON A MINIMUM GUARANTEED PURCHASE COMMITMENT AND A COMPETITIVE PRICE. THE NETWORK IS BETTER PREPARED TO ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY AND ITS STAFF. IMPROVED UNDERSTANDING OF COVID ------------------------------- IMPROVED UNDERSTANDING OF THE DISEASE HAS YIELDED CLINICAL PROTOCOLS THAT HAVE EFFECTIVELY REDUCED THE LENGTH OF STAY AND IMPROVED OUTCOMES FOR COVID PATIENTS. THESE DEVELOPMENTS PROVIDE A BUFFER TO A POTENTIAL INCREASE ADMISSIONS AND CAPACITY CONSTRAINT RELIEF. SLUHN REMAINS IN CONSTANT CONTACT WITH THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (CDC) AND STATE AND LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENTS IN PENNSYLVANIA AND NEW JERSEY FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION. SLUHN HAS ADOPTED AN EMERGENCY PLAN IN CASE A COVID-19 OUTBREAK IN THE COMMUNITY LEADS TO STAFF ABSENTEEISM AND ESTABLISHED ALTERNATIVE STAFFING PLANS TO ENSURE AS MANY OF SLUHN FACILITY'S STAFF ARE AVAILABLE AS POSSIBLE. SLUHN HAS EXCELLENT RELATIONSHIPS WITH KEY HEALTHCARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH PARTNERS IN THE COMMUNITIES IT SERVES AND HAS AN EXTENSIVE EMERGENCY CONTACT LIST OF KEY PARTNERS THAT IS ACCESSIBLE IN MISSION CRITICAL LOCATIONS. LEADERSHIP IN COVID TREATMENT ----------------------------- DELINEATED BELOW ARE SEVERAL SIGNIFICANT ACHIEVEMENTS WHERE SLUHN HAS PROVIDED NATIONAL LEADERSHIP RELATING TO THE TREATMENT OF COVID AND RESULTED IN AN IMPROVED ABILITY TO TREAT COVID PATIENTS: - SLUHN HAS ESTABLISHED ONE OF PENNSYLVANIA'S FIRST OUTPATIENT COVID-19 TREATMENT PROGRAMS - A MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY INFUSION CENTER AT ST. LUKE'S EASTON CAMPUS. THE NEW SERVICE OFFERS PATIENTS BAMLANIVIMAB, AN EXPERIMENTAL DRUG DEVELOPED BY ELI LILLY. A SECOND INFUSION CENTER OPENED ON DECEMBER 3, 2020 AT ST. LUKE'S WARREN CAMPUS IN PHILLIPSBURG, N.J. THIS TREATMENT APPROACH WILL HELP SLUHN HOSPITALS AVOID BEING OVERWHELMED DURING THE CURRENT SURGE AS CERTAIN HIGH-RISK PATIENTS WHO RECEIVE BAMLANIVIMAB RECOVER IN THE COMFORT OF THEIR OWN HOMES. - SLUHN IS ONE OF THE FIRST HEALTH SYSTEMS WORLDWIDE TO USE MASIMO SAFETYNET, A CLOUD-BASED PATIENT MANAGEMENT PLATFORM, TO HELP CLINICIANS CARE FOR PATIENTS REMOTELY. THE PLATFORM UTILIZES A WIRELESS SENSOR TO MONITOR PATIENTS' VITAL SIGNS AND PROVIDE DOCTORS WITH VALUABLE CLINICAL DATA TO INFORM TREATMENT DECISIONS SUCH AS WHEN TO USE A VENTILATOR. IN THE SPRING, THE NETWORK DEPLOYED MASIMO SAFETYNET AT ITS HOSPITALS AND TESTED AT-HOME USE AMONG COVID-19-POSITIVE EMPLOYEES. EXPANDED HOME-USE FOR CERTAIN HOSPITAL-DISCHARGED COVID-19 PATIENTS WHO ARE NOT EMPLOYEES BEGAN IN LATE 2020. |
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- SLUHN IS THE FIRST HEALTHCARE SYSTEM IN THE COUNTRY TO PARTNER WITH MICROSOFT TO REPLACE DISPARATE THIRD-PARTY COLLABORATION APPS WITH THE INTEGRATED MICROSOFT TEAMS APPLICATION PLATFORM. THIS CONSOLIDATED SOLUTION STREAMLINES WORKFLOW ENHANCING EFFICIENCY AND HEALTHCARE DELIVERY TO PATIENTS. USING TEAMS, SLUHN PROVIDERS CAN MAINTAIN COMPLIANCE WITH THE HEALTH INSURANCE PORTABILITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT (HIPAA), AND TEAMS IS INTEROPERABLE WITH SLUHN'S ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD SYSTEM (EMR) AND ITS SCHEDULING SOFTWARE. THE TELEHEALTH FUNCTION OF MICROSOFT TEAMS HAS ALSO FACILITATED PERSONAL AND SAFE INTERACTIONS BETWEEN DOCTORS AND PATIENTS IN THE HOSPITAL SETTING USING DIGITAL TABLETS. THIS "VIRTUAL ROUNDING" REDUCES PROVIDER AND STAFF EXPOSURE TO THE VIRUS, LIMITS UNNEEDED USE OF PROTECTIVE PERSONAL EQUIPMENT AND ALLOWS FAMILY MEMBERS TO 'VISIT' HOSPITALIZED LOVED ONES WITHOUT RISKING CONTAMINATION. GIVEN THESE THREE KEY CAPABILITIES, SLUHN ENDORSED TEAMS AS THE SINGLE SOLUTION FOR CLINICAL COMMUNICATIONS ACROSS THE NETWORK. - SLUHN PARTNERED WITH LEHIGH UNIVERSITY TO HELP THE NETWORK DEVELOP A SAFE AND EFFECTIVE WAY TO EXTEND THE USE OF ITS EXISTING SUPPLY OF PPE BY USING A HIGH-THROUGHPUT UV STERILIZATION SYSTEM TO DECONTAMINATE 200 N95 MASKS EVERY EIGHT MINUTES. THIS SPECIFIC RANGE OF ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT CAN CAUSE CHANGES IN THE DNA AND RNA OF VIRUSES AND OTHER PATHOGENS, INCLUDING THE CORONAVIRUS, EFFECTIVELY DEACTIVATING THEM. - SLUHN'S SIMULATION CENTER HAS DEVELOPED 3D MODELING CAPABILITY TO CREATE CUSTOM N95 RESPIRATOR MASKS, REGULAR MASKS, STETHOSCOPES, AND FACE SHIELDS WHICH IS SENT TO A 3D PRINTER. THE MASKS ARE MADE AVAILABLE TO SLUHN FRONT-LINE EMPLOYEES. THE SIMULATION CENTER IS IN THE PROCESS OF RECEIVING APPROVAL FROM THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH (NIOSH) FOR THE N95 RESPIRATOR MASK. SLUHN MARKETING DEPARTMENT WORKED WITH CLINICAL LEADERS TO EDUCATE THE STAFF AND THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE PANDEMIC. THE STAFF DEVELOPED INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL WEBSITES TO KEEP EMPLOYEES AND THE PUBLIC AT LARGE UP TO DATE ON INFORMATION RELATED TO COVID AND VACCINES. IN ADDITION, THE MARKETING DEPARTMENT DEPLOYED HEALTH, WELLNESS AND SAFETY MESSAGING THROUGH PAID MEDIA OUTLETS AND SOCIAL MEDIA. SLUHN REPRESENTATIVES WORKED WITH COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS TO HELP MEET THE NEEDS OF AREA RESIDENTS AFFECTED BY THE PANDEMIC. - THE COMMUNITY HEALTH AND PREVENTIVE MEDICINE (CHPM) DEPARTMENT AND OUR PARISH NURSE TEAM WORKED CLOSELY WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF LEHIGH AND NORTHAMPTON COUNTIES, ALLENTOWN AND BETHLEHEM CITIES, AS WELL AS LEHIGH VALLEY HEALTH NETWORK'S STREET MEDICINE TEAM, TO DESIGN AND IMPLEMENT A PROCESS TO HOUSE COVID-POSITIVE PATIENTS WHO WERE HOMELESS. SHARING THE PROCESS WITH OUR INPATIENT CARE MANAGEMENT AND OUTPATIENT CARE MANAGEMENT TEAMS, THE PARTNERS WERE ABLE TO PLACE COVID-POSITIVE PATIENTS INTO A HOTEL WHERE THEY COULD QUARANTINE FOR 14 DAYS. DURING THIS TIME, THEY WERE MONITORED BY THE SLUHN PARISH NURSE TEAM AND PROVIDED FOOD BY MEALS ON WHEELS. NINETEEN PATIENTS WERE PLACED AND THE MAJORITY EITHER TRANSITIONED INTO MORE PERMANENT HOUSING OR MOVED TO INPATIENT REHABILITATION CENTERS, WHERE THEIR ADDICTION PROBLEMS COULD BE ADDRESSED. THE TEAM WILL CONTINUE TO WORK THROUGH THIS PROCESS THROUGH THE FALL AND WINTER MONTHS. - CHPM STAFF WORKED WITH THE MARKETING DEPARTMENT AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO DISTRIBUTE OVER 5000 FLYERS AND POSTERS IN FOUR DIFFERENT LANGUAGES TO SPREAD THE MESSAGE ABOUT SOCIAL DISTANCING AND STAYING SAFE DURING THE PANDEMIC. IN ADDITION, THE MARKETING DEPARTMENT WORKED WITH CLINICAL LEADERS TO CRAFT AND DISSEMINATE COVID-RELATED COMMUNITY HEALTH MESSAGES THROUGH TRADITIONAL AND SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS. - CHPM ALLENTOWN STAFF HAVE BEEN INTEGRAL MEMBERS OF COMMUNITY COVID RESPONSE COMMITTEES INCLUDING THE UNITED WAYS' WEEKLY COMMUNITY RESPONSE & CORE STRATEGIC RESPONSE TEAM, HOUSING PREVENTION COMMITTEE, AND THE ALLENTOWN HUNGER TASK FORCE AND LEHIGH FOOD POLICY COMMITTEES. ALL THE COMMITTEES FOCUSED EFFORTS ON SERVING THE COMMUNITY DURING THE PANDEMIC. - CHPM'S SCHOOL COORDINATOR AND AFTER SCHOOL COORDINATOR AT RAUB MIDDLE SCHOOL CONTINUED TO SERVE THEIR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES EVEN WHEN THE SCHOOLS WERE CLOSED. THEY SERVED AS VITAL MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOL TEAM, MAKING SURE THEIR FAMILIES WERE GETTING THE FOOD AND SUPPLIES THAT THEY NEEDED. THEY HAVE HELPED APPROXIMATELY 200 FAMILIES RECEIVE ADDITIONAL FOOD, GAVE OUT 400 BOXES OF FOOD, 200 BAGS OF HYGIENE PRODUCTS AND OTHER NECESSITIES, AND HAVE CONNECTED MORE THAN 30 FAMILIES TO ADDITIONAL ELECTRONIC BENEFITS TRANSFER (EBT) BENEFITS THROUGH AN ACCESS CARD. - SLUHN'S MOBILE YOUTH HEALTH TEAM CONTINUED TO SERVE STUDENTS AND FAMILIES DURING COVID, INCLUDING CONNECTING FAMILIES TO HEALTH INSURANCE AND VISION CARE. THE MOBILE YOUTH HEALTH TEAM AND CHPM STAFF HAVE ALSO PARTNERED WITH THE ALLENTOWN HEALTH BUREAU AND ALLENTOWN SCHOOL DISTRICT TO HOST A VACCINE CLINIC AT THE END OF THE SUMMER. THE GOAL IS TO VACCINATE STUDENTS WHO ARE AT RISK OF NOT BEING ALLOWED IN SCHOOL BECAUSE THEY HAVE NOT RECEIVED REQUIRED VACCINES IN TIME. LAST YEAR, OVER 1,000 ALLENTOWN SCHOOL DISTRICT STUDENTS WERE NOT PERMITTED IN SCHOOL DUE TO LACK OF VACCINES. THIS YEAR IT'S EVEN MORE CRITICALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE OF COVID. NATIONAL RATES OF VACCINES FOR CHILDREN ARE DOWN BY 30%. - ENGAGING ST. LUKE'S COMMUNITY HEALTH AND PREVENTIVE MEDICINE DEPARTMENT (CHPM), THE PARISH NURSE TEAM AND OTHER SLUHN REPRESENTATIVES TO WORK CLOSELY WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF LEHIGH AND NORTHAMPTON COUNTIES, ALLENTOWN AND BETHLEHEM CITIES, MEALS ON WHEELS AND OTHER HEALTH PROVIDERS AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS TO DESIGN AND IMPLEMENT A PROCESS TO HOUSE COVID-POSITIVE PATIENTS WHO WERE HOMELESS, MONITOR THEM AND PROVIDE THEM FOOD. INCREASED AVAILABILITY OF PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT (PPE) BY: - PARTNERING AS AN INVESTOR-OWNER WITH PREMIER, INC. TO BETTER ACCESS TO PPE. - PARTNERING WITH LEHIGH UNIVERSITY TO EXTEND THE USE OF EXISTING PPE BY USING A HIGH-THROUGHPUT UV STERILIZATION SYSTEM TO DECONTAMINATE 200 N95 MASKS. THE SYSTEM USES ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT TO CAUSE CHANGES IN THE DNA AND RNA OF VIRUSES AND OTHER PATHOGENS, INCLUDING THE CORONAVIRUS, EFFECTIVELY DEACTIVATING THEM. - DEVELOPING 3D MODELING CAPABILITY SENT TO A 3D PRINTER TO CREATE CUSTOM N95 RESPIRATOR MASKS, REGULAR MASKS, STETHOSCOPES, AND FACE SHIELDS FOR FRONT-LINE EMPLOYEES. QUALITY AWARDS -------------- SLUHN AND ITS AFFILIATES HAVE RECEIVED MORE THAN 200 AWARDS SINCE 1997, AS WELL AS ADDITIONAL NATIONAL AND STATE RECOGNITION FOR VARIOUS ACHIEVEMENTS. THESE INCLUDE: NATIONAL AWARDS: - ST. LUKE'S UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK- NAMED WATSON HEALTH #1 MAJOR TEACHING HOSPITAL (2021) - ST. LUKE'S UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK- NAMED WATSON HEALTH 15 TOP HEALTH SYSTEMS CATEGORY (2021) - ST. LUKE'S BETHLEHEM (SLB) - NAMED WATSON HEALTH 100 TOP HOSPITAL- MAJOR TEACHING HOSPITAL CATEGORY (2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2006, 1997) - ST. LUKE'S QUAKERTOWN HOSPITAL (SLQ) - NAMED WATSON HEALTH 100 TOP HOSPITAL IN SMALL COMMUNITY HOSPITALS CATEGORY (2019, 2016) - ST. LUKE'S MINERS HOSPITAL (SLM)- NAMED WATSON HEALTH 100 TOP HOSPITAL IN SMALL COMMUNITY HOSPITALS CATEGORY (2021) - ST. LUKE'S ANDERSON HOSPITAL (SLRA) - NAMED WATSON HEALTH 100 TOP HOSPITAL IN MEDIUM COMMUNITY HOSPITALS CATEGORY (2021, 2020, 2019) - RECOGNIZED BY NEWSWEEK AS TOP 1000 WORLD'S BEST HOSPITALS IN 2021, 2020 AND 2019 - RECEIVED THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION/AMERICAN STROKE ASSOCIATION'S - EARNED TOP DECILE MORTALITY RATING FOR TRAUMA AS MEASURED BY THE NATIONAL TRAUMA QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM DATABASE (2014-2019). RECEIVED NO RECOMMENDATIONS FOR IMPROVEMENT IN THREE CONSECUTIVE PENNSYLVANIA TRAUMA FOUNDATION SITE RE-ACCREDITATION SURVEYS - CERTIFIED BY THE JOINT COMMISSION FOR VENTRICLE ASSISTIVE DEVICE - DESIGNATED CENTER OF EXCELLENCE BY METABOLIC AND BARIATRIC SURGERY ACCREDITATION AND QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. MEDICARE PATIENTS ARE REQUIRED TO USE CENTER OF EXCELLENCE BARIATRIC PROGRAM. - RECOGNIZED BY AETNA INSTITUTE QUALITY FOR BARIATRICS - RECOGNIZED AS OPTUM BARIATRIC SERVICES CENTER OF EXCELLENCE NETWORK - NAMED WATSON 50 TOP CARDIOVASCULAR AWARD (2021) - AWARDED BY THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS 3 STARS (HIGHEST QUALITY RATING FOR OPEN HEART SURGERY AND THORACIC SURGERY) IN 2017, ONE OF TWELVE HOSPITALS IN THE NATION TO RECEIVE THIS RECOGNITION - EARNED NATIONAL THREE-YEAR ACCREDITATION WITH COMMENDATION AS AN INTEGRATED NETWORK CANCER PROGRAM FROM THE COMMISSION ON CANCER OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS. ONE OF ONLY TWO HEALTH CARE NETWORKS IN PENNSYLVANIA AND ONE OF ONLY 51 HEALTH CARE NETWORKS NATIONWIDE TO RECEIVE THIS DISTINCTION - RECEIVED THE NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE'S NATIONAL CLINICAL TRIALS HIGH PERFORMANCE SITE AWARD (2017, 2018) |
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- RECOGNIZED BY THE NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR QUALITY ASSURANCE ("NCQA") AS A LEVEL 3 ONCOLOGY MEDICAL HOME FOR DELIVERING, PATIENT-CENTERED CARE AND CLINICAL QUALITY WHILE PROVIDING FOCUSED CARE MANAGEMENT TO PATIENTS AND FAMILY MEMBERS. - DESIGNATED BY BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD AS A BLUE DISTINCTION CENTER + FOR MATERNITY CARE, BARIATRICS AND CARDIAC. BLUE DISTINCTION SPECIALTY CARE + IS A NATIONAL DESIGNATION PROGRAM WHICH RECOGNIZES HEALTHCARE ORGANIZATIONS FOR PROVIDING CARE THAT IS NOT ONLY HIGH QUALITY BUT ALSO LOW COST. RECOGNIZED AS A HOSPITAL & HEALTH NETWORKS MOST WIRED AWARD WINNER (2021, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2014, 2013) - HIMSS DAVIES AWARD OF EXCELLENCE (2021, 2020) - US NEWS & WORLD REPORT RATED HIGH PERFORMING IN GERIATRICS AND ORTHOPEDICS SPECIALTY AND HIGH PERFORMING IN ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM REPAIR, AORTIC VALVE SURGERY, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE, COLON CANCER SURGERY, HEART BYPASS SURGERY, HEART FAILURE, AND LUNG CANCER SURGERY (2018-2019). DIABETES, HEART ATTACK, KIDNEY FAILURE, KNEE REPLACEMENT, PNEUMONIA, STROKE, TRANSCATHETER AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT (TAVR) IN 2021 - US NEWS & WORLD REPORT RANKED 6 OUT OF 250 HOSPITALS IN PA - AWARDED BY HEALTHGRADES AS AMERICA'S TOP 250 BEST HOSPITALS AWARD, TOP 5% IN THE NATION CONSISTENTLY DELIVERING CLINICAL QUALITY (2017-2019) - ADDITIONAL AWARDS FOR CRITICAL CARE, GASTROINTESTINAL, PULMONARY CARE, STROKE CARE, CARDIAC SURGERY, CRANIAL NEUROSURGERY, NEUROSCIENCES EXCELLENCE AND GENERAL SURGERY FOR 2019 - LEAPFROG SAFETY A RATING (HIGHEST) - (2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017) - LEAPFROG TOP HOSPITAL- (2021, 2019, 2018) - LEAPFROG SAFETY GRADE A, ST. LUKE'S ANDERSON, BETHLEHEM, MONROE, WARREN, SACRED HEART, QUAKERTOWN/UPPER BUCKS AND ALLENTOWN CAMPUSES STATE AWARDS: PENNSYLVANIA - RECEIVED 22 HOSPITAL AND HEALTHSYSTEM ASSOCIATION OF PENNSYLVANIA (HAP) ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS (2004-2020) - MOST EVER HEALTHCARE SYSTEM WINS IN STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA. - FORBES AMERICA'S BEST-IN-STATE EMPLOYERS (2021, 2019) NEW JERSEY - NEW JERSEY HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION EXCELLENCE IN QUALITY IMPROVEMENT AWARD- 2019, 2013, 2012 - PARTICIPANT IN PAY-FOR-PERFORMANCE (P4P) VALUE-BASED PERFORMANCE (VBP) INITIATIVES PREMIER QUEST DEMONSTRATION PROJECT ----------------------------------- - RECOGNIZED AS TOP PERFORMER IN EVIDENCE-BASED CARE, MORTALITY AND EFFICIENCY (2011 - 2019) - HIGHMARK QUALITY BLUE P4P PROGRAMS (2011 - 2019) - RECEIVED ANNUAL P4P PAYMENTS FOR ACHIEVING QUALITY AND SAFETY GOALS ST. LUKE'S PHYSICIAN GROUP -------------------------- - CURRENTLY HAVE 60 LEVEL III (HIGHEST) NCQA CERTIFIED PRIMARY CARE PATIENT-CENTERED MEDICAL HOMES AND 82 LEVEL III (HIGHEST) NCQA CERTIFIED PATIENT-CENTERED SPECIALTY PRACTICES. - PARTICIPATING IN ALTERNATIVE PAYMENT PROGRAMS/SHARED SAVINGS WITH HIGHMARK, CAPITOL BLUE CROSS, HORIZON, AETNA AND HUMANA. ENTERED INTO MEDICARE ACCOUNTABLE CARE ORGANIZATION AS OF 1/1/18. - PARTICIPATING IN PAY-FOR-PERFORMANCE (NON-RISK) PROGRAMS WITH HORIZON, BLUE CROSS, HIGHMARK, AETNA AND HUMANA. - PARTICIPATED IN THE VOLUNTARY CMS BUNDLED PAYMENTS FOR CARE IMPROVEMENT (BPCI) MODEL 2 PROGRAM 2013-2019. MANAGED 78 BUNDLES (CARE CONDITIONS) ACROSS FOUR ST. LUKE'S HOSPITALS. SLUHN'S BPCI PROGRAM IS THE 6TH LARGEST IN THE COUNTRY. PARTICIPATION IN THIS PROGRAM RESULTED IN SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER COST OF CARE THROUGH REDUCTIONS IN POST- ACUTE LENGTH OF STAY AND HOSPITAL READMISSIONS. SLUHN JOINED THE REVISED BPCI-A PROGRAM WHICH STARTED ON 10/1/19. OTHER OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENTS: ST. LUKE'S HOSPITALS HAVE CONSISTENTLY BEEN NAMED BY THE MORNING CALL AND TIMES NEWS NEWSPAPERS AS A READER'S CHOICE AWARD RECIPIENT FOR: - BEST HOSPITAL - CANCER CENTER - CARDIOLOGY - DERMATOLOGIST - FAMILY DOCTOR - HOME HEALTH - HOSPITAL/HEALTH NETWORK - KIDNEY DIALYSIS - MRI/DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING - OBSTETRICIAN - ORTHOPEDIC CARE - PEDIATRICIAN - PHYSICAL THERAPIST - PLACE TO HAVE A BABY - SPEECH THERAPY - SPORTS MEDICINE - URGENT CARE - WEIGHT LOSS CENTER - JONATHAN LAM, COSMETIC SURGEON - ST. LUKE'S HEART SURGERY PROGRAM WAS NAMED AS ONE OF 17 TOP PERFORMING HOSPITALS IN THE NORTHEAST REGION BY CONSUMER REPORTS IN 2018 - ST. LUKE'S WAS AWARDED THREE STARS BY THE SOCIETY FOR VASCULAR SURGERY QUALITY INITIATIVE FOR THEIR ACTIVE PARTICIPATION IN THE REGISTRY PARTICIPATION PROGRAM. ST. LUKE'S IS THE ONLY PROGRAM TO ACHIEVE THE HIGHEST STAR RATING IN THE MID-ATLANTIC REGION. - ESTABLISHED THE FIRST ACCREDITED LEVEL IV TRAUMA PROGRAM IN PENNSYLVANIA AT ST. LUKE'S MINERS. ALSO, ACHIEVED LEVEL IV STATUS AT ST. LUKE'S QUAKERTOWN. IN ADDITION, ST. LUKE'S MONROE IS IN PURSUIT OF LEVEL IV STATUS. - ST. LUKE'S NEUROLOGY PROGRAM IS RECOGNIZED BY THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF EPILEPSY CENTERS AS A LEVEL 3 CENTER. - ST. LUKE'S NEUROSURGERY PROGRAM COMPLETED ITS 250TH FRAMELESS BRAIN STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY CASE AND PROVIDES FLUORESCENCE-GUIDED SURGERY FOR BRAIN TUMORS. - ACHIEVED HIMMS STAGE 7 DESIGNATION FOR SEVEN HOSPITALS. INDIVIDUAL CAMPUS REPORTS ========================= ST. LUKE'S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF BETHLEHEM (D/B/A ST. LUKE'S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL - BETHLEHEM CAMPUS, ST LUKE'S ALLENTOWN CAMPUS, ST. LUKE'S SACRED HEART CAMPUS AND ST. LUKE'S LEHIGHTON CAMPUS) ST. LUKE'S UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK'S LARGEST HOSPITAL CAMPUS IS ST. LUKE'S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF BETHLEHEM, WHICH COMPRISES ST. LUKE'S BETHLEHEM CAMPUS AND ST. LUKE'S ALLENTOWN CAMPUS, BOTH IN LEHIGH COUNTY. DURING FISCAL YEAR 2021 (FY 21), TWO ADDITIONAL HOSPITAL CAMPUSES WERE ADDED, ST. LUKE'S SACRED HEART CAMPUS ON FEB. 1, 2021, AND ST. LUKE'S LEHIGHTON CAMPUS ON JUNE 1, 2021. UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF BETHLEHEM, PENNSYLVANIA IS RECOGNIZED BY THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE (IRS) AS AN INTERNAL REVENUE CODE SECTION 501(C)(3) TAX-EXEMPT ORGANIZATION. PURSUANT TO ITS CHARITABLE PURPOSES, ST. LUKE'S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF BETHLEHEM PROVIDES MEDICALLY NECESSARY HEALTHCARE SERVICES TO ALL INDIVIDUALS IN A NON-DISCRIMINATORY MANNER REGARDLESS OF RACE, COLOR, CREED, SEX, NATIONAL ORIGIN OR ABILITY TO PAY. MOREOVER, ST. LUKE'S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF BETHLEHEM OPERATES CONSISTENTLY WITH THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA OUTLINED IN THE IRS REVENUE RULING 69-545: - ST. LUKE'S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF BETHLEHEM PROVIDES MEDICALLY NECESSARY HEALTHCARE SERVICES TO ALL INDIVIDUALS REGARDLESS OF ABILITY TO PAY, INCLUDING CHARITY CARE, SELF-PAY, MEDICARE AND MEDICAID PATIENTS; - ST. LUKE'S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF BETHLEHEM OPERATES AN ACTIVE EMERGENCY ROOM FOR ALL PERSONS, WHICH IS OPEN 24 HOURS A DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, 365 DAYS PER YEAR; - ST. LUKE'S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF BETHLEHEM MAINTAINS AN OPEN MEDICAL STAFF, WITH PRIVILEGES AVAILABLE TO ALL QUALIFIED PHYSICIANS; - CONTROL OF ST. LUKE'S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF BETHLEHEM RESTS WITH ITS BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF ST. LUKE'S HEALTH NETWORK, INC., D.B.A. ST. LUKE'S UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK. ALL BOARDS COMPRISE A MAJORITY OF INDEPENDENT CIVIC LEADERS AND OTHER PROMINENT MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY, AS WELL AS PHYSICIANS ON THE HOSPITAL/NETWORK MEDICAL STAFF; AND - SURPLUS FUNDS ARE USED TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF PATIENT CARE, EXPAND AND RENOVATE FACILITIES AND ADVANCE MEDICAL CARE, PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES. THE OPERATIONS OF THE ST. LUKE'S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF BETHLEHEM, AS SHOWN THROUGH THE FACTORS OUTLINED ABOVE AND OTHER INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN, CLEARLY DEMONSTRATE THAT THE USE AND CONTROL OF ST. LUKE'S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF BETHLEHEM IS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AND THAT NO PART OF THE INCOME OR NET EARNINGS OF THE ORGANIZATION INURES TO THE BENEFIT OF ANY PRIVATE INDIVIDUAL NOR IS ANY PRIVATE INTEREST BEING SERVED OTHER THAN INCIDENTALLY. MISSION ------- THE MISSION OF THE ST. LUKE'S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF BETHLEHEM IS TO CARE FOR THE SICK AND INJURED REGARDLESS OF THEIR ABILITY TO PAY, IMPROVE OUR COMMUNITIES' OVERALL HEALTH, AND EDUCATE OUR HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS. THE MISSION WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED BY THE FOLLOWING: - MAKING THE PATIENT OUR HIGHEST PRIORITY. - PROMOTING HEALTHY LIFESTYLES AND CONTINUOUSLY IMPROVING CARE PROVIDED TO HEAL THE SICK AND INJURED. - COORDINATING AND INTEGRATING SERVICES INTO A SEAMLESS, EASILY ACCESSIBLE SYSTEM OF CARE. - IMPROVING THE LEVEL OF SERVICE PROVIDED THROUGHOUT THE NETWORK. - ENSURING ALL HEALTH CARE SERVICES ARE RELEVANT TO THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY. - STRIVING TO MAXIMIZE THE SATISFACTION OF OUR PATIENTS, EMPLOYEES, MEDICAL STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS AND, - TRAINING ALLIED HEALTH PROFESSIONALS, NURSING AND MEDICAL STUDENTS, AND RESIDENTS AND FELLOWS AND ATTRACTING THEM TO PRACTICE WITHIN OUR NETWORK'S SERVICE AREA. |
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ST. LUKE'S BETHLEHEM CAMPUS =========================== ST. LUKE'S BETHLEHEM CAMPUS IS THE FLAGSHIP OF THE NETWORK AND CONTAINS 929,891 SQUARE FEET OF BUILDING SPACE HOUSED ON 38.33 ACRES OF LAND. ST. LUKE'S BETHLEHEM CAMPUS HAS 400 ACUTE-CARE BEDS. ST. LUKE'S BETHLEHEM CAMPUS IS A JOINT COMMISSION-ACCREDITED, NOT-FOR-PROFIT, TERTIARY CARE, TEACHING HOSPITAL LOCATED IN BETHLEHEM, PA, FOUNDED IN 1872. ST. LUKE'S BETHLEHEM CAMPUS OFFERS MORE THAN 90 MEDICAL SPECIALTIES AND HAS 386 LICENSED ACUTE CARE AND REHABILITATION BEDS. IN FISCAL YEAR 2021 (FY '21), THERE WERE 20,669 ADMISSIONS AND OBSERVATIONS, 503,409 OUTPATIENT REGISTRATIONS AND 40,698 EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISITS. ST. LUKE'S BETHLEHEM CAMPUS HAS BEEN DESIGNATED AN IBM WATSON HEALTH (FORMERLY TRUVEN) 100 TOP HOSPITAL IN 2021, FOR A NINTH TIME AND THE SEVENTH YEAR IN A ROW. ST. LUKE'S BETHLEHEM CAMPUS WAS ALSO NAMED A FIRST-TIME WINNER IN 2021 OF THE PRESTIGIOUS 15 TOP HEALTH SYSTEMS AWARD AND WAS IDENTIFIED AS THE TOP TEACHING HOSPITAL IN THE COUNTRY. IN FEBRUARY 2020, ST. LUKE'S OPENED THE REGION'S NEWEST PEDIATRIC INTENSIVE CARE UNIT (PICU) AT ST. LUKE'S BETHLEHEM CAMPUS. THE EIGHT-BED UNIT IS PART OF ST. LUKE'S DEDICATION TO IMPROVING PEDIATRIC HEALTH CARE WITHIN THE REGION AND PROVIDING ADVANCED CARE TO CRITICALLY ILL CHILDREN CLOSE TO HOME. STAFFED WITH PEDIATRIC CRITICAL CARE PHYSICIANS 24/7, THE PICU TEAM COLLABORATES WITH ST. LUKE'S PEDIATRIC SUBSPECIALISTS MANAGE CARE FOR CHILDREN SUFFERING FROM A VARIETY OF SERIOUS ILLNESSES INCLUDING SEVERE RESPIRATORY DISTRESS, INFECTIONS, TRAUMATIC INJURY AND HEART DISEASE. CONSTRUCTION HAS STARTED ON A NEW 17-BED INPATIENT PEDIATRIC UNIT AT ST. LUKE'S BETHLEHEM CAMPUS. THE UNIT WILL OPEN IN EARLY SPRING AND WILL BE LOCATED ADJACENT TO THE PICU. THE INPATIENT UNIT IS STAFFED 24/7 BY A DEDICATED TEAM OF PEDIATRIC HOSPITALISTS. A NEW, THREE-STORY PEDIATRIC SPECIALTY CENTER IS PLANNED FOR SPRING 2022 - THE FIRST BUILDING IN THE NETWORK FULLY DEDICATED TO PEDIATRICS. IN FY 21, ST. LUKE'S BETHLEHEM CAMPUS INVESTED MORE THAN $7.5 MILLION IN EQUIPMENT AND FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS. INVESTMENTS INCLUDED $2 MILLION IN UPGRADED AND NEW STATE OF THE ART EQUIPMENT FOR THE OPERATING ROOMS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO: ANESTHESIA MACHINES AND MONITORS, FLEXIBLE SCOPES, ULTRASOUNDS AND OTHER VARIOUS INSTRUMENTATION, AS WELL AS INVESTMENTS IN INFRASTRUCTURE TO SUPPORT THE NEW AND EVOLVING TECHNOLOGY IN THIS AREA. OUTSIDE OF THE OPERATING ROOM, ST. LUKE'S BETHLEHEM CAMPUS UPGRADED CRITICAL CARE AND MEDICAL SURGICAL BEDS AND MATTRESSES, REPLACED THE CARDIOLOGY MAC LAB, INVESTED IN UPGRADED MONITORING SYSTEMS, PURCHASED A 3D PRISTINA MAMMOGRAPHY UNIT AND MADE VARIOUS INFRASTRUCTURE UPGRADES WITHIN THE CAMPUS FOR THE PARKING DECK, EXTERIOR LIGHTING, HEATING OIL CONVERSIONS AND ROOF UPGRADES, TO NAME A FEW. OTHER EQUIPMENT INVESTMENTS INCLUDED THE PURCHASE OF UROLOGY EQUIPMENT, CARDIOPULMONARY EXERCISE TESTING EQUIPMENT, ECMO HEATER COOLER EQUIPMENT, TELEMETRY TRANSMITTERS, STRESS TEST SYSTEMS, VENTILATORS AND OTHER VARIOUS EQUIPMENT TO SUPPORT THE NURSING UNITS AND OTHER NUMEROUS DEPARTMENTS. VOLUNTEERS ---------- IN FY 21, 345 ST. LUKE'S BETHLEHEM CAMPUS VOLUNTEERS PROGRAM PROVIDED MORE THAN 22,552 VOLUNTEER HOURS. ST. LUKE'S ALLENTOWN CAMPUS =========================== ST. LUKE'S ALLENTOWN CAMPUS WAS FOUNDED IN 1945 AS THE ALLENTOWN OSTEOPATHIC MEDICAL CENTER AND IS LOCATED IN THE WEST END OF THE CITY OF ALLENTOWN. IN 1997, THE NOT-FOR-PROFIT MEDICAL CENTER ENTERED INTO A MERGER WITH ST. LUKE'S UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK. ST. LUKE'S ALLENTOWN CAMPUS HAS 163 LICENSED BEDS AND IS ACCREDITED BY THE JOINT COMMISSION. IN FY '21, THERE WERE 13,144 ADMISSIONS AND OBSERVATIONS, 261,582 OUTPATIENT REGISTRATIONS AND 46,994 EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISITS. IN FY 21, THE ALLENTOWN CAMPUS MADE NEW PURCHASES AND UPGRADES TO VARIOUS MEDICAL EQUIPMENT INCLUDING A PRISTINA MAMMOGRAPHY UNIT, VARIOUS SCOPES, SCANNERS, SLEEP STUDY UNITS, SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS AND OTHER VARIOUS ITEMS. THE CAMPUS ALSO INITIATED RENOVATION WORK ON AN ADJACENT BUILDING TO THE HOSPITAL FOR USE AS EXPANDED OFFICE SPACE. ST. LUKE'S ALLENTOWN CAMPUS HAS INVESTED MORE THAN $185 MILLION IN TECHNOLOGIC AND FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS SINCE SLA JOINED THE NETWORK. OTHER INVESTMENTS HAVE INCLUDED: - $9.6 MILLION INVESTMENT THAT INCLUDED A PARKING DECK, NEW LOBBY AND OPERATING ROOM (2013). - A MEDICAL-SURGICAL UNIT, HYPERBARIC CHAMBER WOUND MANAGEMENT CENTER AND A HOMESTAR RETAIL PHARMACY. (2010) - EXPANSION OF THE NEW BEGINNINGS BIRTHING CENTER. (2009) - AN EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT EXPANSION, ICU BEDS, MEDICAL/SURGICAL BEDS, CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION LABORATORIES, AN OPEN-HEART OPERATING ROOM SUITE AND A POST ANESTHESIA UNIT. (2008) - ADDITION OF ST. LUKE'S CARDIOVASCULAR PROGRAM. (2007) SLUHN'S INVESTMENT IN ST. LUKE'S ALLENTOWN CAMPUS'S OUTPATIENT SERVICES INCLUDE: - ST. LUKE'S WEST END MEDICAL CENTER, A 107,000-SQUARE-FOOT OUTPATIENT CENTER OFFERING WALK-IN CARE, OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE, LAB, IMAGING, SPORTS & HUMAN PERFORMANCE FITNESS CENTER, MAMMOGRAPHY, TWO GI ENDOSCOPY LABS AND PHYSICAL THERAPY. PHYSICIAN PRACTICES INCLUDE ORTHOPEDIC, PEDIATRIC, PAIN MANAGEMENT, GASTROENTEROLOGY, OB/GYN, UROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY. - AN OUTPATIENT CANCER CENTER AT THE INTEGRATED HEALTH CAMPUS IN SOUTH WHITEHALL TOWNSHIP. THE CENTER PROVIDES AN INVITING ENVIRONMENT WHERE PATIENTS CAN RECEIVE HIGH QUALITY, COMPASSIONATE, COMPREHENSIVE AND COORDINATED OUTPATIENT CANCER CARE. ADDITIONAL OUTPATIENT SERVICES INCLUDE: CENTER FOR NEUROSCIENCE, SLEEP DISORDERS CENTER, CENTER FOR UROLOGY, WEIGHT LOSS (BARIATRIC) PROGRAM. (2007). ST. LUKE'S ALLENTOWN CAMPUS'S BARIATRIC SURGERY PROGRAM HAS BEEN DESIGNATED AN ACCREDITED CENTER OF THE METABOLIC AND BARIATRIC SURGERY ACCREDITATION AND QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. OTHER OUTPATIENT FACILITIES NEAR ST. LUKE'S ALLENTOWN CAMPUS INCLUDE ST. LUKE'S FAMILY HEALTH CENTER, WOMEN'S HEALTH CENTER, ST. LUKE'S PERINATAL CENTER, ST. LUKE'S WOMEN'S IMAGING CENTER, WHITEHALL HEALTH CENTER AND HAMBURG HEALTH CENTER AS WELL AS SPECIALTY ST. LUKE'S PHYSICIAN PRACTICES FOR ORTHOPEDICS, CARDIOLOGY, NEUROLOGY, PULMONOLOGY, NEPHROLOGY AND GENERAL SURGERY. THE PEDIATRIC CLINIC WAS EXPANDED AND ENHANCED IN 2012. VOLUNTEERS ---------- IN FY 21, 146 ST. LUKE'S ALLENTOWN CAMPUS VOLUNTEERS PROVIDED MORE THAN 9,259 VOLUNTEER HOURS. ST. LUKE'S SACRED HEART CAMPUS ============================== ST. LUKE'S SACRED HEART CAMPUS IS A 173-BED, COMMUNITY AND TEACHING HOSPITAL RECOGNIZED BY THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICES (IRS) AS AN INTERNAL REVENUE CODE SECTION 501(C)(3) TAX-EXEMPT ORGANIZATION IN CENTER CITY ALLENTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA. IN FISCAL YEAR 2021, (FY 21), ST. LUKE'S SACRED HEART CAMPUS PATIENT CARE INCLUDED 3,981 OBSERVATIONS AND ADMISSIONS, MORE THAN 78,000 OUTPATIENT VISITS AND 22,622 EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISITS. BACKGROUND ---------- ST. LUKE'S SACRED HEART PROVIDES COMPASSIONATE CARE TO A DIVERSE POPULATION. A ROBUST 63-BED ADULT AND 46-BED GERIATRIC BEHAVIORAL HEALTH PROGRAM PROVIDES CARE TO ADULTS IN ONE OF FIVE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH INPATIENT UNITS AND INCLUDES THE REGION'S ONLY 16-BED LEVEL 4 MEDICAL DETOX PROGRAM, OPENED IN 2021. IN FISCAL YEAR 2021 (FY 21), ST. LUKE'S SACRED HEART CAMPUS PROVIDED CARE FOR PATIENTS THROUGH 3,981 ADMISSIONS AND OBSERVATIONS, 78,221 OUTPATIENT VISITS AND 22,622 EMERGENCY ROOM VISITS. AFTER IT BECAME PART OF ST. LUKE'S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF BETHLEHEM, ST. LUKE'S SACRED HEART CAMPUS PROVIDED PATIENT CARE FOR 1,662 ADMISSIONS AND OBSERVATIONS AND 33,645 OUTPATIENT VISITS AND 9,607 EMERGENCY VISITS. ST. LUKE'S SACRED HEART CAMPUS ALSO HAS 22 LICENSED BEDS FOR A SKILLED NURSING FACILITY AND OFFERS FAMILY PRACTICE AND DENTAL RESIDENCY PROGRAMS THAT EDUCATE PROVIDERS IN A CLINICAL SETTING. TWO ADJACENT MEDICAL OFFICE BUILDINGS HOUSE A RETAIL PHARMACY, BREAST IMAGING CENTER, CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER AND SPECIALTY PHYSICIAN OFFICES. BEFORE JOINING ST. LUKE'S UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK, SACRED HEART HOSPITAL WAS A CATHOLIC MEDICAL CENTER LOCATED IN CENTER CITY ALLENTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA. ST. LUKE'S SACRED HEART CAMPUS RANKED AMONG THE SAFEST HOSPITALS IN THE UNITED STATES HAVING RECEIVED AN "A" GRADE FROM THE LEAPFROG GROUP IN 2016, 2017, 2020 AND NOW AGAIN IN 2021. IT WAS A CENTER OF EXCELLENCE IN BARIATRIC SURGERY AND WAS NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED IN CASE MANAGEMENT. IT WAS, AND CONTINUES TO BE, A RECIPIENT OF THE AMERICAN STROKE ASSOCIATION'S GOLD PLUS QUALITY ACHIEVEMENT AWARD. THE JOINT COMMISSION RECOGNIZED THE HOSPITAL AS A TOP PERFORMER ON KEY QUALITY MEASURES AND AWARDED IT A PRIMARY STROKE CENTER CERTIFICATION. |
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IN MARCH 2018, ST. LUKE'S SACRED HEART CAMPUS CONTINUED TO CARE FOR LEHIGH VALLEY RESIDENTS BY JOINING ST. LUKE'S UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK AND BECAME ST. LUKE'S SACRED HEART CAMPUS. SINCE JOINING THE NETWORK, ST. LUKE'S HAS MADE A SIGNIFICANT FINANCIAL INVESTMENT IN THE FACILITY AND EQUIPMENT AT SACRED HEART. AMONG THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS MADE WITHIN THE FIRST YEAR ARE: - RENOVATIONS TO ADD TWO NEW BEHAVIORAL HEALTH UNITS INCREASING THE NUMBER OF BEDS BY 42. TOTAL INVESTMENT OF $11.8 MILLION. - IMPROVEMENTS TO THE PARKING GARAGE AND REPLACEMENT OF ELECTRICAL SWITCH GEAR. TOTAL INVESTMENT OF $5.3 MILLION. - RENOVATIONS TO PATIENT ROOMS AND THE EDUCATION CENTER. TOTAL INVESTMENT OF $2.3 MILLION. - RENOVATIONS TO THE SIGAL CENTER, WHICH HOUSES OUR CLINICS. TOTAL INVESTMENT OF $4.2 MILLION. SACRED HEART HISTORY -------------------- THE MISSIONARY SISTERS ORDER OF GERMANY ARRIVED 1912 TO HELP CARE FOR THE SICK AND INJURED OF THE SACRED HEART PARISH DURING A WIDESPREAD DIPHTHERIA OUTBREAK. AS DIPHTHERIA RAGED, THE SISTERS GAVE DISPENSARY SERVICE AS WELL AS VISITING NURSE SERVICES. THIS WAS THE ACTUAL "START" OF ST. LUKE'S SACRED HEART CAMPUS. IN 1915, THE ACTUAL FOUNDING OF ST. LUKE'S SACRED HEART CAMPUS AS A COMMUNITY INSTITUTION WAS FORMALIZED AND DEDICATED. TWO YEARS LATER, SACRED HEART WAS OFFICIALLY INCORPORATED UNDER PENNSYLVANIA LAW. IN 1920, SACRED HEART RECEIVED APPROVAL TO TRAIN INTERNS AND IN 1922 WAS ACCREDITED BY THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS. SINCE THEN, SACRED HEART HAS EXPANDED ITS CAMPUS AND ITS REACH ACROSS THE COMMUNITY. SINCE 1972, SACRED HEART HAS BEEN EDUCATING FAMILY PHYSICIANS IN ITS FAMILY MEDICINE RESIDENCY PROGRAM. THE PROGRAM, WHICH IS AFFILIATED WITH TEMPLE UNIVERSITY, SERVES A DIVERSE URBAN PATIENT POPULATION AND THE RESIDENTS TRAIN IN A STATE-OF-THE-ART, 42,000-SQUARE-FOOT PRIMARY CARE ON-CAMPUS FACILITY, THE SIGAL CENTER FOR FAMILY MEDICINE. IN ADDITION, ST. LUKE'S SACRED HEART CAMPUS PROVIDES CLINICAL TRAINING FOR NURSING STUDENTS FROM CEDAR CREST COLLEGE, DESALES UNIVERSITY, LEHIGH COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE, LINCOLN TECHNICAL INSTITUTE, NORTHAMPTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE, DREXEL UNIVERSITY AND THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA. ACCREDITATION ------------- ST. LUKE'S SACRED HEART CAMPUS IS ACCREDITED BY THE JOINT COMMISSION. UNANNOUNCED ACCREDITATION SURVEYS ARE PERFORMED ON A TRIENNIAL BASIS. THE PURPOSE OF THESE SURVEYS IS TO EVALUATE EACH ORGANIZATION'S COMPLIANCE WITH NATIONALLY ESTABLISHED JOINT COMMISSION STANDARDS. THE SURVEY RESULTS ARE USED TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE CAMPUS MEETS THE CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH, ACCREDITATION SHOULD BE AWARDED TO THE ORGANIZATION. JOINT COMMISSION STANDARDS DEAL WITH ORGANIZATIONAL QUALITY OF CARE ISSUES AND THE SAFETY OF THE ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH CARE IS PROVIDED. AWARDS AND CERTIFICATIONS ------------------------- - IN 2021, ST. LUKE'S SACRED HEART CAMPUS RANKED AMONG THE SAFEST HOSPITALS IN THE UNITED STATES HAVING RECEIVED AN "A" GRADE FROM THE LEAPFROG GROUP. IT ACHIEVED THIS RECOGNITION IN 2016, 2017, 2020 AND AGAIN IN 2021. - ST. LUKE'S SACRED HEART CAMPUS'S CASE MANAGEMENT, QUALITY MANAGEMENT AND SOCIAL WORK DEPARTMENTS WERE AWARDED THE "FRANKLIN AWARD OF DISTINCTION - EXCELLENCE IN CARE TRANSITIONS" BY THE AMERICAN CASE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION (ACMA) AND THE JOINT COMMISSION. THIS AWARD IS PRESENTED TO A HOSPITAL/HEALTH SYSTEM CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICE IN RECOGNITION OF ITS DISTINCTIVE AND COLLABORATIVE CASE MANAGEMENT PRACTICE ACROSS THE CONTINUUM OF CARE. ST. LUKE'S SACRED HEART CAMPUS COMPETED WITH HOSPITALS FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. - ALL IMAGING MODALITIES AT ST. LUKE'S SACRED HEART CAMPUS AND SACRED HEART IMAGING NORTHAMPTON HAVE BEEN AWARDED A THREE-YEAR TERM OF ACCREDITATION IN IMAGING BY THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF RADIOLOGY (ACR). - THE LABORATORY OF ST. LUKE'S SACRED HEART CAMPUS IS ACCREDITED BY THE COLLEGE OF AMERICAN PATHOLOGISTS (CAP). THE CAP ACCREDITATION PROCESS IS DESIGNED TO ENSURE THE HIGHEST STANDARD OF CARE FOR ALL LABORATORY PATIENTS. THE U.S. FEDERAL GOVERNMENT RECOGNIZES THE CAP LABORATORY ACCREDITATION PROGRAM AS BEING EQUAL TO OR MORE STRINGENT THAN THE GOVERNMENT'S OWN INSPECTION PROGRAM. - ST. LUKE'S SACRED HEART CAMPUS HAS BEEN GRANTED PRIMARY STROKE CENTER CERTIFICATION BY THE JOINT COMMISSION. THE JOINT COMMISSION'S CERTIFICATE RECOGNIZES CENTERS THAT MAKE EXCEPTIONAL EFFORTS TO FOSTER BETTER OUTCOMES FOR STROKE CARE. ACHIEVEMENT OF CERTIFICATION SIGNALS THAT THE SERVICES ST. LUKE'S SACRED HEART CAMPUS PROVIDES HAVE THE CRITICAL ELEMENTS TO ACHIEVE LONG-TERM SUCCESS IN IMPROVING OUTCOMES. - ST. LUKE'S SACRED HEART CAMPUS HAS RECEIVED THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION/AMERICAN STROKE ASSOCIATION'S GET WITH THE GUIDELINES - STROKE GOLD PLUS QUALITY ACHIEVEMENT AWARD. THIS AWARD RECOGNIZES THE HOSPITAL'S COMMITMENT AND SUCCESS IN ENSURING STROKE PATIENTS RECEIVE THE MOST APPROPRIATE TREATMENT ACCORDING TO NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED, RESEARCH-BASED GUIDELINES BASED ON THE LATEST SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE. ST. LUKE'S SACRED HEART CAMPUS IS PART OF AN ELITE GROUP OF HOSPITALS RECOGNIZED BY THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION/AMERICAN STROKE ASSOCIATION. - SACRED HEART HOSPITAL TRANSITIONAL CARE FACILITY (TCF) WAS RATED THE HIGHEST RATING OF FIVE STARS BY THE U.S. CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES, DEPT. OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES. - ST. LUKE'S SACRED HEART CAMPUS'S VASCULAR LABORATORY HAS BEEN ACCREDITED BY THE INTERSOCIETAL COMMISSION FOR THE ACCREDITATION OF VASCULAR LABS ("ICAVI") SINCE 1996 AND WAS GRANTED A THREE-YEAR RE-ACCREDITATION. HEALTH CARE SERVICES ==================== BEHAVIORAL HEALTH ----------------- ST. LUKE'S SACRED HEART CAMPUS' BEHAVIORAL HEALTH UNITS PROVIDE INPATIENT HOSPITALIZATION PROGRAMS FOR ADULTS (AGED 18-54) AND OLDER ADULTS (55 AND OLDER). PATIENTS TYPICALLY REMAIN IN AN INPATIENT HOSPITALIZATION PROGRAM FOR FIVE TO 10 DAYS BASED UPON THE MULTIDISCIPLINARY PLAN OF CARE AND THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES TEAM CAN HELP ARRANGE FOR APPROPRIATE OUTPATIENT CARE AND TREATMENT ONCE PATIENTS ARE DISCHARGED. PATIENTS RECEIVE CARE FROM A TEAM THAT INCLUDES MEDICAL DOCTORS, PSYCHIATRISTS, PSYCHIATRIC NURSES, PHYSICIAN EXTENDERS, NEUROLOGISTS, MENTAL HEALTH TECHNICIANS, LICENSED CLINICAL SOCIAL WORKERS, CASE MANAGERS, OCCUPATIONAL THERAPISTS AND MORE. ST. LUKE'S SACRED HEART CAMPUS' EXTENDED ACUTE CARE PROVIDES MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES WITH THE PRIMARY GOAL OF EMPOWERING INDIVIDUALS TO MANAGE THEIR ILLNESSES, FIND THEIR OWN GOALS FOR RECOVERY AND MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS ABOUT THEIR TREATMENT BY TEACHING THEM NECESSARY KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS. IT FOCUSES ON CONVEYING RESPECT, DIGNITY, INDIVIDUALITY, CLEAR COMMUNICATION, SUPPORT, ENCOURAGEMENT AND A POSITIVE ATTITUDE, ALL WITHIN A THERAPEUTIC ENVIRONMENT. AT SACRED HEART, THE GOAL IS TO ASSIST INDIVIDUALS IN RECOVERY, ENABLING THEM TO LIVE A MEANINGFUL LIFE IN A COMMUNITY OF THEIR CHOICE, WHILE STRIVING TO ACHIEVE THEIR FULL POTENTIAL. EMERGENCY SERVICES ------------------ THE ST. LUKE'S SACRED HEART CAMPUS EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT IS A SPECIALIZED DEPARTMENT DESIGNED FOR PATIENTS WITH ACUTE ILLNESSES OR INJURIES. THE PHYSICIANS, NURSES AND STAFF IN THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT ARE SPECIALLY TRAINED TO CARE FOR EMERGENCY CONDITIONS. THE DEPARTMENT IS OPEN 24 HOURS A DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK AND ACCEPTS ALL PATIENTS. HOSPITAL SERVICES ----------------- CASE MANAGEMENT: SACRED HEART'S TEAM WORKS WITH PATIENTS, PROVIDERS AND INSURERS TO COORDINATE ALL SERVICES DEEMED NECESSARY TO PROVIDE THE PATIENT WITH A PLAN OF MEDICALLY NECESSARY AND APPROPRIATE HEALTH CARE. AN IMPORTANT CASE MANAGEMENT FUNCTION IS CORRESPONDENCE WITH INSURANCE COMPANIES TO HELP ENSURE COVERAGE FOR THE HOSPITAL AND POST-HOSPITALIZATION NEEDS OF EACH PATIENT. ANOTHER IMPORTANT FUNCTION IS TO ASSIST IN COORDINATING MORE CLINICALLY COMPLEX DISCHARGE NEEDS SUCH AS FOLLOW-UP OUTPATIENT TESTING, WOUND CARE OR HOME MEDICATION INFUSION. THE CASE MANAGER WILL MEET WITH THE PATIENT, ALONG WITH THE PATIENT'S FAMILY AND CAREGIVERS, TO DEVELOP A PERSONALIZED PLAN OF CARE TO BEST HELP THEM ADJUST TO AFTER HOSPITAL CARE. SOCIAL SERVICES --------------- THE DEPARTMENT WORKS IN CONJUNCTION WITH CASE MANAGEMENT TO ASSESS AND COORDINATE COMPREHENSIVE DISCHARGE PLANNING TO MEET THE CLINICAL AND PSYCHOSOCIAL NEEDS OF EACH PATIENT. THE STAFF COORDINATES AFTER HOSPITAL RESOURCES FOR PATIENTS BASED ON WHAT THEIR NEEDS WILL BE WHEN THEY ARE DISCHARGED. THE SERVICES A PATIENT WILL NEED ARE UNIQUE TO HIS OR HER SPECIFIC SITUATION, THEREFORE MEETINGS ARE CONDUCTED WITH THE PATIENT, THE FAMILY AND/OR SIGNIFICANT OTHERS TO OBTAIN INFORMATION REGARDING HOME ENVIRONMENT, FAMILY AND COMMUNITY SUPPORTS, AS WELL AS PAST AND CURRENT MEDICAL NEEDS. TOGETHER THEY COLLABORATE ON A DISCHARGE PLAN TO ASSIST THE PATIENT. STROKE CARE ----------- THE STROKE TEAM IS MADE UP OF MEMBERS OF THE NURSING, SOCIAL SERVICES, SPEECH PATHOLOGY, PHYSICAL THERAPY, DIETARY, OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY AND PASTORAL CARE DEPARTMENTS TO DESIGN A PLAN OF CARE TO ASSIST WITH RECOVERY. |
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OUTPATIENT SERVICES INCLUDE: - EAR, NOSE & THROAT - BEHAVIORAL HEALTH - ENDOCRINOLOGY - DIABETES - ENDOSCOPY - IMAGING - INFUSION - LABORATORY - NEURODIAGNOSTICS - PAIN MANAGEMENT - PHARMACY - PHYSICAL THERAPY - RESPIRATORY REHABILITATION SERVICES - INPATIENT THERAPY ------------------------------------------- WHEN ADMITTED TO THE HOSPITAL, A PATIENT MAY NEED PHYSICAL, OCCUPATIONAL OR SPEECH THERAPY TO RETURN TO THE PREVIOUS LEVEL OF FUNCTION. INPATIENT REHABILITATION SERVICES CAN PROVIDE TREATMENT TO PATIENTS DURING THEIR STAYS. A TEAM OF EXPERIENCED REHABILITATION PROFESSIONALS CUSTOMIZE AN INDIVIDUAL PROGRAM THAT FITS THE PATIENT'S UNIQUE NEEDS. ACUTE REHABILITATION CENTER --------------------------- ST. LUKE'S SACRED HEART CAMPUS' 14-BED ACUTE REHAB CENTER, OFFERING PHYSICAL, OCCUPATIONAL AND SPEECH THERAPIES. OUR INTERDISCIPLINARY TEAM APPROACH ENSURES THAT WE PROVIDE THE HIGHEST QUALITY OF EVIDENCE-BASED CARE TO MEET RESIDENT AND FAMILY NEEDS. TRANSITIONAL CARE FACILITY ("TCF") ---------------------------------- ST. LUKE'S SACRED HEART CAMPUS' TRANSITIONAL CARE FACILITY IS A LICENSED 22-BED FACILITY THAT PROVIDES INDIVIDUALIZED COMPREHENSIVE SKILLED NURSING CARE AND REHABILITATION IN A HOME-LIKE ENVIRONMENT. RESIDENTS RANGE IN AGE FROM ADULT TO OLDER ADULT. TCF ALSO PROVIDES PHYSICAL, PSYCHOSOCIAL, EMOTIONAL AND EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT TO RESIDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES AND ENCOURAGES FAMILY PARTICIPATION IN THE TREATMENT PLAN. THE INTERDISCIPLINARY TEAM APPROACH ENSURES THAT PATIENTS ARE PROVIDED THE HIGHEST QUALITY OF EVIDENCE-BASED CARE TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE RESIDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES. SURGICAL SERVICES INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO, THE FOLLOWING: - BREAST - EAR, NOSE & THROAT - EYE - GENERAL - ORTHOPEDIC - PLASTIC - PODIATRY - SPINE - UROLOGY - VASCULAR WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES INCLUDE: - BLADDER PROBLEMS - BREAST HEALTH SERVICES - GYNECOLOGY - OSTEOPOROSIS - PERINATOLOGY - POSTPARTUM CARE SERVICES PARISH NURSING -------------- PARISH NURSING IS A SPECIALTY PRACTICE OF REGISTERED NURSES AND PROFESSIONAL MODEL OF HEALTH MINISTRY. PARISH NURSES PROVIDE HOLISTIC NURSING CARE TO FAITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS ACROSS THE LIFE SPAN AND FACILITATE WELLNESS AND THE PROMOTION OF A HEALING COMMUNITY. IN KEEPING WITH THE ORGANIZATION'S MISSION, THE PARISH NURSING PROGRAM SEEKS TO STRENGTHEN AND REINFORCE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HEALTH AND SPIRITUALITY BY WORKING TOGETHER WITH FAITH COMMUNITIES TO PROMOTE WELLNESS OF BODY, MIND AND SPIRIT. THE PROGRAM ENABLES ST. LUKE'S SACRED HEART CAMPUS TO RETURN TO ITS ORIGINAL MISSION OF CARING FOR THE SPIRITUAL NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY AND THE PHYSICAL NEEDS OF THE SICK. PARISH NURSING IS A MEMBER OF THE COALITION BOARD OF THE GREATER LEHIGH VALLEY, AN ECUMENICAL GROUP OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS COMMITTED TO SUPPORTING THE PARISH NURSE COALITION MEMBERSHIP IN THEIR MINISTRY. THIS SUPPORT IS MANIFESTED THROUGH EDUCATIONAL NETWORKING MEETINGS, SPIRITUAL RETREATS AND CONFERENCES DEVELOPED FOR PARISH NURSES BY THE PARISH NURSE COORDINATOR AND THE COALITION BOARD COUNCIL MEMBERS. THE PARISH NURSE COORDINATOR IS ALSO AVAILABLE AS A RESOURCE FOR COMMUNITY SERVICES. THE PROGRAMS AND SERVICES THE PARISH NURSING PROGRAM OFFERS ARE DEVELOPED BASED ON THE NEEDS OF THE PEOPLE THEY SERVE. ADDITIONALLY, PARISH NURSES ARE SPECIALLY TRAINED TO WORK WITHIN FAITH COMMUNITIES. THE DEPARTMENT INCLUDES A COMMUNITY OUTREACH STAFF MEMBER WHO THAT FOCUSES SPECIFICALLY ON WOMEN'S HEALTH ISSUES. PARISH NURSING SERVICES INCLUDE: - HELPING PEOPLE OF ALL AGES OVERCOME OBSTACLES TO OBTAIN THE HEALTH SERVICES THEY NEED AND ANSWER QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS ABOUT PERSONAL HEALTH. - HELPING PEOPLE IDENTIFY THEIR OWN HEALTH CHALLENGES AND PROVIDE REFERRALS TO SERVICES NEEDED TO MEET THOSE CHALLENGES. - OFFERING HEALTH SCREENINGS INCLUDING BLOOD PRESSURE AND HEALTH ASSESSMENTS. - PROVIDING HEALTH INFORMATION THAT MAY BE OF SPECIAL INTEREST OR IMPORTANCE TO THE COMMUNITY, SUCH AS INFORMATION CONCERNING INSURANCES, ACCESS TO CARE AND BILINGUAL OR CULTURAL INFORMATION. - SCHEDULING FREE SCREENING MAMMOGRAMS AND PAP SMEARS FOR UNINSURED AND UNDERINSURED WOMEN. SENIOR SERVICES --------------- ST. LUKE'S SACRED HEART CAMPUS IS COMMITTED TO SERVING OUR SENIOR POPULATION BY PROVIDING A COMPREHENSIVE CONTINUUM OF CARE AND IS ALSO DEDICATED TO PROVIDING PROGRAMS AND RESOURCES FOR CAREGIVERS OF THE ELDERLY. - COMPREHENSIVE SENIOR SERVICES PROVIDE PREVENTIVE TREATMENT OPTIONS, TREATMENT FOR EXISTING CONDITIONS, EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AND SENIOR LIVING SERVICES. THE FOCUS FOR SENIOR SERVICES IS TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL. - WEST TURNER RESIDENCES OFFER BOTH PERSONAL CARE AND INDEPENDENT LIVING. SHORT, LONG, RESPITE, REHABILITATION, POST-HOSPITAL AND VACATION STAYS ARE AVAILABLE. - PERSONAL CARE ENHANCES THE LIVES OF SENIORS WHO WISH TO MAINTAIN THEIR INDEPENDENT LIFESTYLE BUT FIND THEY NEED A HELPING HAND. INDEPENDENT LIVING MAXIMIZES RETIREMENT LIFESTYLE WITH THE ASSURANCE OF 24-HOUR SECURITY, HOUSEKEEPING SERVICES, AN INCLUSIVE DINING PACKAGE AND THE CLOSE COMPANIONSHIP OF FAMILY AND FRIENDS. IF THE LEVEL OF CARE OR DAILY REQUIREMENTS CHANGES FROM INDEPENDENT LIVING TO PERSONAL CARE, THERE IS NO NEED TO CHANGE THE SUITE OR APARTMENT. THE SAME SERVICES CAN BE PROVIDED IN THE CURRENT RESIDENCE. ALSO, COUPLES CAN HAVE DIVERSE LEVELS OF CARE AND REMAIN LIVING TOGETHER. VOLUNTEERS ---------- IN FY 21, 80 ST. LUKE'S SACRED HEART CAMPUS VOLUNTEERS PROVIDED MORE THAN 10,034 VOLUNTEER HOURS. COMMUNITY OUTREACH ------------------ ST. LUKE'S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL - BETHLEHEM, ST. LUKE'S ALLENTOWN AND ST. LUKE'S SACRED HEART CAMPUSES NEW, UNPRECEDENTED CHALLENGES HAVE ARISEN DURING FY 20 DUE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, AND FY 21 HAS SEEN THE HOSPITALS TO CONTINUE TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY AS THE PANDEMIC MAINTAINED ITS GRIP ON OUR NATION. PROGRAMS AND SERVICES HAVE EVOLVED TO MEET THESE NEW CHALLENGES AND PROVIDE MORE VIRTUAL AND SOCIAL DISTANCING OPPORTUNITIES TO ENGAGE AND SERVE THE ALLENTOWN COMMUNITY. IN SUMMARY, ST. LUKE'S ALLENTOWN AND SACRED HEART CAMPUSES: - CONTINUE TO SERVE THE ALLENTOWN SCHOOL DISTRICT (ASD) WITH SERVICES PROVIDED THROUGH THE ADOPT-A-SCHOOL MODEL. - SERVE ALLENTOWN RESIDENTS THROUGH LEHIGH COUNTY SUICIDE PREVENTION TASK FORCE, LEHIGH COUNTY SUD TASK FORCE, AND THE ALLENTOWN HOMELESS COMMISSION. - CONTINUE TO PARTNER WITH COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS ON FIVE PRIORITY AREAS IN THE ALLENTOWN COMMUNITY. IN KEEPING WITH ITS COMMITMENT TO THE COMMUNITIES IT SERVES, ST. LUKE'S SACRED HEART AND ST. LUKE'S ALLENTOWN CAMPUSES ANNUALLY REACH MORE THAN 100,000 PEOPLE THROUGH THEIR COMMUNITY OUTREACH ENDEAVORS. THE CAMPUSES OFFER A VARIETY OF FREE SCREENING AND OTHER SERVICES IN SUPPORT OF COMMUNITY-RUN EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. COMMUNITY OUTREACH INCLUDES, BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO, THE FOLLOWING PROGRAMS. IMPROVING HEALTH ---------------- - IN MARCH 2021, SL SACRED HEART OPENED THE ONLY MEDICAL DETOX UNIT IN THIS PART OF PENNSYLVANIA. - MARCH 2021 SAW THE OPENING OF THE ALLENTOWN CENTER FOR RECOVERY: A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN ST. LUKE'S SACRED HEART CAMPUS, TREATMENT TRENDS AND LEHIGH COUNTY BROUGHT THIS CENTER TO FRUITION. THE CENTER ASSISTED 3,000 UNDUPLICATED CLIENTS IN 2021. ST. LUKE'S SACRED HEART CAMPUS HAS FIVE ACTION COMMITTEES, FOCUSED ON PRIORITY AREAS TO HELP IMPROVE THE HEALTH OF THE COMMUNITY AROUND SACRED HEART: 1) HOUSING - PARTNERS SUCH AS HABITAT FOR HUMANITY AND COMMUNITY ACTION LEHIGH VALLEY (CALV) HAVE INVESTED OVER $500,000 INTO THE COMMUNITY TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF HOUSING. SLUHN HAS A COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER, WHO MEETS WITH FAMILIES TO CONNECT THEM TO ADDITIONAL SOCIAL SERVICES. 2) CHRONIC DISEASE - SLUHN AND STAR COMMUNITY HEALTH HAVE PARTNERED TOGETHER TO RUN A QUALITY IMPROVEMENT STUDY TO REDUCE THE RATE OF POORLY CONTROLLED DIABETIC PATIENTS. 3) SUD RESPONSE - SL SACRED HEART, TREATMENT TRENDS AND LEHIGH COUNTY OPENED THE FIRST RECOVERY CENTER IN ALLENTOWN, PROVIDING A CONTINUUM OF CARE FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSE DISORDER PATIENTS WHO ARE IN RECOVERY AND NEED PEER-TO-PEER SUPPORT. SLUHN ALSO WORKS WITH LEHIGH COUNTY TO DISTRIBUTE NARCAN INTO THE CITY OF ALLENTOWN, WITH OVER 1200 UNITS OF NARCAN BEING DISTRIBUTED IN THE LAST TWO YEARS. 4) EDUCATION - THIS ACTION COMMITTEE IS FOCUSED ON REACHING THE 0-4-YEAR-OLD POPULATION SEEN AT THE SIGAL CENTER PEDIATRICS TO GET THEM READY FOR KINDERGARTEN BY PROVIDING SCREENING AND CONNECTING THEM TO QUALITY PRESCHOOL PROGRAMS, IMPLEMENTING A TALK READ SING PROGRAM AND WORKING WITH COMMUNITY EDUCATION PARTNERS IN ALLENTOWN. 5) WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT - THIS ACTION COMMITTEE IS FOCUSED ON CONNECTING RESIDENTS LIVING IN THE SACRED HEART NEIGHBORHOOD TO LIVING WAGE JOBS. ST. LUKE'S SACRED HEART CAMPUS HAS PARTNERED WITH WORKFORCE LV TO OPEN A CAREER LINK SITE ON THE HOSPITAL CAMPUS. |
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ADOPT A SCHOOL - ALLENTOWN AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT ----------------------------------------------- ST. LUKE'S IS THE LEAD PARTNER AND CORPORATE SPONSOR FOR RAUB MIDDLE SCHOOL. SLUHN EMPLOYS A COMMUNITY SCHOOL COORDINATOR, AFTER SCHOOL COORDINATOR AND A FAMILY DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO FAMILIES AND STUDENTS AT UNION TERRACE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND RAUB MIDDLE SCHOOL. FOOD PANTRY AND/OR CLOTHING CLOSETS ----------------------------------- RAUB MIDDLE SCHOOL HAS A FULLY STOCKED CLOTHING CLOSET AND FOOD PANTRY INSIDE THE SCHOOL AND IS CURRENTLY PARTNERING WITH SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK TO HAVE A MOBILE FOOD PANTRY COME TO THE SCHOOL TWICE A MONTH SO THAT RAUB MIDDLE SCHOOL FAMILIES AND NEIGHBORS CAN ACCESS FOOD. IN FY 21 MORE THAN $260,000 DOLLARS OF IN-KIND DONATIONS WAS BROUGHT TO THE SCHOOLS. IMPROVING LITERACY ------------------ ST. LUKE'S HAS DEVELOPED A MULTI-PRONGED APPROACH TO HELP MEET THE LITERACY NEEDS OF CHILDREN, WITH A FOCUS ON CHILDREN FROM BIRTH THROUGH THIRD GRADE. THE INITIATIVE INCLUDES: - WORKING WITH STAR COMMUNITY HEALTH TO PROMOTE TALK, READ, SING IN THE PEDIATRIC PRACTICE AT SIGAL. - RUNNING A LEARNING PROGRAM THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER USING ADAPTIVE SOFTWARE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH CAI INC. THE SUMMER OF 2021 HAD NINE PARTICIPANTS IN THE PROGRAM. - COORDINATING A READ ACROSS AMERICA EVENT PROMOTING HEALTHY LIFESTYLES ---------------------------- ST. LUKE'S COMMUNITY HEALTH, STAR COMMUNITY HEALTH AND THE SLUHN MEDICAL FITNESS TEAM ARE RUNNING A DIABETES QUALITY IMPROVEMENT STUDY FOR DIABETIC PATIENTS AT THE FAMILY MEDICINE PRACTICE AT SIGAL CENTER. BASIC NEEDS ----------- THE MOBILE HEALTH YOUTH CLINIC (MHYC) TREATS STUDENTS AND CONNECTS THEM TO MEDICAL INSURANCE, A MEDICAL HOME, VISION SERVICES AND DENTAL SERVICES. FOUR DAYS A WEEK, THE MHYC GOES TO RAUB MIDDLE SCHOOL, WILLIAM ALLEN HIGH SCHOOL AND NEWCOMER ACADEMY, AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS NEW TO THE UNITED STATES. ST. LUKE'S PARISH NURSES TREAT PATIENTS IN THE URBAN CORE OF ALLENTOWN. THEIR PATIENTS ARE PREDOMINATELY HOMELESS. PARISH NURSES MEET THEIR PATIENTS IN THE COMMUNITY AND CONNECT THEM TO MEDICAL HOMES AND RESOURCES SUCH AS HOUSING, FOOD ACCESS, STATE I.DS AND MENTAL AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES. IN FY 21 PARISH NURSES: - TREATED 758 PATIENTS (ALL UNDUPLICATED NUMBERS) - MADE 602 REFERRALS TO NETWORK AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS - BETWEEN JULY 21-PRESENT: NETWORK REFERRALS ONLY = 58 COMPLETED MOSTLY TO STAR COMMUNITY HEALTH. - ST. LUKE'S SACRED HEART CAMPUS OPERATES AN ANNUAL SUMMER LUNCH PROGRAM TO PROVIDE FREE MEALS TO ANY CHILD 0-18 YEARS OF AGE WHO ARE IN NEED. DURING THE SUMMER OF 2020 FREE SUMMER MEALS SERVED=566, BACKPACKS WITH NON-PERISHABLE FOOD =513 AND COMMUNITY SHARED AGRICULTURE (CSA) SHARES=234 COVID-19 IMPACT AND RESPONSE ---------------------------- ST. LUKE'S SACRED HEART, AND ST. LUKE'S ALLENTOWN CAMPUSES WERE ABLE TO MEET THE NEEDS OF COMMUNITY DURING THE PANDEMIC BY QUICKLY PIVOTING TO THE CREATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF FLYERS AND SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF COVID-19 PREVENTION MEASURES. ALL COMMUNICATIONS WERE DONE IN FOUR LANGUAGES. THE CAMPUSES ALSO HELD TESTING EVENTS IN COLLABORATED WITH LOCAL AND STATE PARTNERS AND VACCINATED THOUSANDS OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS. THE ST. LUKE'S COMMUNITY HEALTH & PREVENTIVE MEDICINE (CHPM) TEAM RESPONDED QUICKLY TO THE NEEDS OF HOMELESS COMMUNITY MEMBERS BY WORKING WITH LOCAL HOTELS TO HOUSE COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT TESTED POSITIVE WITH COVID-19 AND HAD NOWHERE TO STAY DURING QUARANTINE AND RECOVERY. THE CHPM TEAM SECURED HOTEL STAYS FOR OVER 100 COVID POSITIVE HOMELESS PATIENTS. ST. LUKE'S HOSPITAL QUAKERTOWN HOSPITAL (D/B/A ST. LUKE'S QUAKERTOWN HOSPITAL AND ST. LUKE'S UPPER BUCKS CAMPUS) ST. LUKE'S UPPER BUCKS CAMPUS ============================= ST. LUKE'S UPPER BUCKS CAMPUS IS A JOINT COMMISSION-ACCREDITED, NOT-FOR-PROFIT, ACUTE CARE HOSPITAL WITH 79 BEDS (M/S 3 - 30 BEDS, M/S 2 - 20 BEDS, ICU - 10 BEDS, BHU 19 BEDS) LOCATED IN THE QUAKERTOWN AREA, BUCKS COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA. IN 2021, ST. LUKE'S UPPER BUCKS CAMPUS PROVIDED SERVICES PRIMARILY TO RESIDENTS OF BUCKS, MONTGOMERY AND LEHIGH COUNTIES. ST. LUKE'S UPPER BUCKS CAMPUS ANNUALLY PROVIDES CARE FOR NEARLY 100,000 PATIENTS AND IS RECOGNIZED BY THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE (IRS) AS AN INTERNAL REVENUE CODE SECTION 501(C)(3) TAX-EXEMPT ORGANIZATION. OF ITS PATIENTS, THERE ARE 18,628 ANNUAL EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT PATIENTS. PURSUANT TO ITS CHARITABLE PURPOSES, ST. LUKE'S UPPER BUCKS CAMPUS PROVIDES MEDICALLY NECESSARY HEALTH CARE SERVICES TO ALL INDIVIDUALS IN A NON-DISCRIMINATORY MANNER REGARDLESS OF RACE, COLOR, CREED, SEX, NATIONAL ORIGIN OR ABILITY TO PAY. MOREOVER, ST. LUKE'S UPPER BUCKS CAMPUS OPERATES CONSISTENTLY WITH THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA OUTLINED IN THE INTERNAL REVENUE RULING (IRS) RULING 69-545: - ST. LUKE'S UPPER BUCKS CAMPUS PROVIDES MEDICALLY NECESSARY HEALTH CARE SERVICES TO ALL INDIVIDUALS REGARDLESS OF ABILITY TO PAY, INCLUDING CHARITY CARE, SELF-PAY, MEDICARE AND MEDICAID PATIENTS; - ST. LUKE'S UPPER BUCKS CAMPUS OPERATES AN ACTIVE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT, WHICH IS OPEN 24 HOURS A DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, 365 DAYS PER YEAR, FOR ALL PERSONS; - ST. LUKE'S UPPER BUCKS CAMPUS MAINTAINS AN OPEN MEDICAL STAFF WITH PRIVILEGES AVAILABLE TO ALL QUALIFIED PHYSICIANS; - CONTROL OF ST. LUKE'S UPPER BUCKS CAMPUS RESTS WITH ITS BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF ST. LUKE'S UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK, INC. D.B.A. ST. LUKE'S UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK. BOTH BOARDS COMPRISE A MAJORITY OF INDEPENDENT CIVIC LEADERS AND OTHER PROMINENT MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY, AS WELL AS PHYSICIANS ON THE HOSPITAL/NETWORK MEDICAL STAFF; - SURPLUS FUNDS ARE USED TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF PATIENT CARE, EXPAND AND RENOVATE FACILITIES AND ADVANCE MEDICAL CARE, PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES. THE OPERATIONS OF ST. LUKE'S UPPER BUCKS CAMPUS AS DEMONSTRATED THROUGH THE FACTORS OUTLINED ABOVE AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN, CLEARLY DEMONSTRATE THAT THE USE AND CONTROL OF ST. LUKE'S UPPER BUCKS CAMPUS IS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AND THAT NO PART OF THE INCOME OR NET EARNINGS OF THE ORGANIZATION BENEFIT ANY PRIVATE INDIVIDUAL, NOR IS ANY PRIVATE INTEREST BEING SERVED OTHER THAN INCIDENTALLY. MISSION ------- THE MISSION OF ST. LUKE'S UPPER BUCKS CAMPUS IS TO CARE FOR THE SICK AND INJURED REGARDLESS OF THEIR ABILITY TO PAY, IMPROVE OUR COMMUNITIES' OVERALL HEALTH AND EDUCATE OUR HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS. THE MISSION WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED BY THE FOLLOWING: - MAKING THE PATIENT OUR HIGHEST PRIORITY. - PROMOTING HEALTHY LIFESTYLES AND CONTINUOUSLY IMPROVING CARE PROVIDED TO HEAL THE SICK AND INJURED. - COORDINATING AND INTEGRATING SERVICES INTO A SEAMLESS, EASILY ACCESSIBLE SYSTEM OF CARE. - IMPROVING THE LEVEL OF SERVICE PROVIDED THROUGHOUT THE NETWORK. - ENSURING ALL HEALTH CARE SERVICES ARE RELEVANT TO THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY. - STRIVING TO MAXIMIZE THE SATISFACTION OF OUR PATIENTS, EMPLOYEES, MEDICAL STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS, AND - TRAINING ALLIED HEALTH PROFESSIONALS, NURSING AND MEDICAL STUDENTS, AND RESIDENTS AND FELLOWS AND ATTRACTING THEM TO PRACTICE WITHIN OUR NETWORK'S SERVICE AREA. ST. LUKE'S QUAKERTOWN AND ST. LUKE'S UPPER BUCKS CAMPUS HOSPITALS ARE NICHE (NURSES IMPROVING CARE FOR HEALTH SYSTEM ELDERS) DESIGNATED HOSPITALS. OVERVIEW -------- ESTABLISHED IN 1929, ST. LUKE'S QUAKERTOWN HOSPITAL WAS ACQUIRED BY NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED ST. LUKE'S UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK (NETWORK) IN 1995. THE HOSPITAL PROVIDES PATIENTS WITH ACCESS TO MORE THAN 2500 PHYSICIANS ACROSS OVER 60 MEDICAL SPECIALTIES. LEAPFROG -------- THE LEAPFROG GROUP BROUGHT TOGETHER PUBLICLY AVAILABLE DATA ABOUT HOSPITAL SAFETY TO CALCULATE A HOSPITAL SAFETY SCORE WHICH INCLUDES MEASURES RELATED TO SURGICAL COMPLICATIONS, HOSPITAL ASSOCIATED CONDITIONS / INFECTIONS, PATIENT EXPERIENCE, INTENSIVE CARE UNIT (ICU) PHYSICIAN STAFFING, HAND HYGIENE, SURGICAL VOLUMES, COMPUTERIZED PHYSICIAN ORDER ENTRY AND SAFE PRACTICES. ST. LUKE'S QUAKERTOWN CAMPUS' LETTER GRADE FOR THE FALL 2021 REPORTING PERIOD WAS "A". THE NEXT SAFETY GRADE WILL BE REPORTED IN SPRING 2022. JOINT COMMISSION PRIMARY STROKE CENTER REACCREDITATION SURVEY ------------------------------------------------------------- THE JOINT COMMISSION WAS ONSITE SEPTEMBER 17, 2020 FOR THE PRIMARY STROKE CENTER REACCREDITATION SURVEY. THE PROGRAM WAS SUCCESSFULLY REACCREDITED FOR TWO YEARS. STROKE - GET WITH THE GUIDELINES -------------------------------- ST. LUKE'S QUAKERTOWN CAMPUS WAS AWARDED THE 2021 GET WITH THE GUIDELINES STROKE GOLD PLUS WITH HONOR ROLL ELITE AND TARGET TYPE 2 DIABETES HONOR ROLL. THIS AWARD RECOGNIZES COMPLIANCE WITH MEETING STROKE CORE MEASURES AND APPLYING THE MOST UP-TO-DATE EVIDENCE-BASED TREATMENT GUIDELINES TO IMPROVE PATIENT CARE AND OUTCOMES FOR THE PATIENTS AND COMMUNITY WE SERVE. |
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HOSPITAL COMPARE STAR RATINGS ----------------------------- THE CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES (CMS) RELEASED NEW DATA ON THEIR HOSPITAL COMPARE WEBSITE IN IN APRIL 2021. ST. LUKE'S QUAKERTOWN HOSPITAL RECEIVED A FOUR OUT OF FIVE-STAR RATING. THE STAR RATINGS ARE COMPRISED OF QUALITY MEASURES INCLUDING MORTALITY, READMISSION, SAFETY OF CARE, PATIENT EXPERIENCE, EFFECTIVENESS AND TIMELINESS OF CARE, AND EFFICIENCY USE OF IMAGING. ST. LUKE'S QUAKERTOWN CAMPUS WAS RANKED ABOVE AVERAGE FOR ONE OF THE 3 MEASURES IN SAFETY OF CARE. CMS POSTPONED THE 2022 HOSPITAL OVERALL STAR RATINGS UNTIL JULY 2022. HERNIA CENTER OF EXCELLENCE --------------------------- ST. LUKE'S QUAKERTOWN CAMPUS WAS RE-DESIGNATED A CENTER OF EXCELLENCE IN HERNIA SURGERY (COEHS) BY SURGICAL REVIEW CORPORATION IN 2019 FOR THREE MORE YEARS. EMANUEL NOGUEIRA, MD ALSO EARNED THE SURGEON OF EXCELLENCE IN HERNIA SURGERY (SOEHS) DESIGNATION IN 2019. NURSING IMPROVING CARE FOR HEALTHSYSTEM ELDERS (NICHE) ------------------------------------------------------ THE HOSPITAL'S SPECIALTY SERVICES INCLUDE: - BEHAVIORAL HEALTH - CARDIOLOGY - DIALYSIS AND HEMODIALYSIS - EMERGENCY SERVICES - ENDOCRINOLOGY - INFUSION SERVICES - LABOR AND DELIVERY - NEPHROLOGY - NEUROLOGY/NEUROSURGERY - ONCOLOGY/HEMATOLOGY - ORTHOPEDICS - OTOLARYNGOLOGY/ENT - PAIN MANAGEMENT - PULMONOLOGY - RADIOLOGY (ADVANCED) - SLEEP DISORDERS - SPORTS MEDICINE, PHYSICAL AND OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY, REHABILITATION - SURGERY (GENERAL AND LAPAROSCOPIC) - URGENT CARE - UROLOGY - VASCULAR SERVICES - WOMEN'S HEALTH - WOUND MANAGEMENT THE HOSPITAL HAS SIGNIFICANTLY EXPANDED MEDICAL EXPERTISE THROUGH THE ADDITION OF THE FOLLOWING SERVICES: - ORTHOPEDIC SURGEONS PROVIDING THE MOST ADVANCED DIAGNOSIS, TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION FOR PATIENTS WITH MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS AND INJURIES. - A HIGHLY TRAINED CARDIAC VASCULAR TEAM INCLUDING EXPERIENCED AND SKILLED CARDIOLOGISTS, VASCULAR SURGEONS AND INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGISTS. - ONCOLOGISTS AND A WIDE RANGE OF ONCOLOGY SPECIALISTS. ST. LUKE'S UPPER BUCKS CAMPUS OFFERS OUTPATIENT VISITS AND SURGICAL CAPABILITIES WITH THE REGION'S FOREMOST GYNECOLOGIC ONCOLOGIST. - INCREASED THE PRESENCE OF NEUROLOGY IN THE UPPER BUCKS MARKET. COMMUNITY OUTREACH ------------------ IN KEEPING WITH ITS COMMITMENT TO THE COMMUNITIES IT SERVES, ST. LUKE'S QUAKERTOWN CAMPUS ANNUALLY REACHES MANY PEOPLE THROUGH ITS COMMUNITY OUTREACH ENDEAVORS. COMMUNITY OUTREACH INCLUDES, BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO, THE FOLLOWING: - SUMMER FOOD SERVICE PROGRAM (SFSP): THE QUAKERTOWN CAMPUS SERVED AS AN OPEN SITE FOR THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE'S (USDA'S) PROGRAM TO PROVIDE SUMMER MEALS FOR CHILDREN IN QUAKERTOWN. IN ADDITION TO A HEALTHY MEAL, THE PROGRAM WAS CREATED TO PROVIDE ACTIVITIES, CRAFTS, EDUCATION SESSIONS, COMMUNITY SUPPORTED AGRICULTURE (CSA) SHARES AND BACKPACKS WITH FOOD FOR WEEK-END MEALS. THE PROGRAM RAN FOR ONE WEEK AND SUPPORTED THE SEAMLESS SUMMER OPTION RUN BY QUAKERTOWN COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT AS WELL THE OPEN LINK AND QUAKERTOWN BOROUGH'S PARKS & REC CAMP IN A BAG PROGRAM. THE PROGRAM RECEIVED FUNDING FROM PENN COMMUNITY BANK, SLUHN MEDICAL STAFF AND MISCELLANEOUS DONORS. A TOTAL OF $10, 347 WAS SPENT ON CSA PRODUCE, ACTIVITY SUPPLIES, FOOD FOR WEEK-END BACKPACKS. 542 MEALS; 225 CSA BAGS; 755 WEEKEND BAGS AND 3,400 ACTIVITIES/GIVE AWAYS. - COMMUNITY FITNESS PROGRAMS: THE FIT FOR LIFE STRATEGY SUPPORTS THE PROMOTION OF A MINIMUM OF 150 MINUTES OF EXERCISE PER WEEK. THE TWO PRIMARY PROGRAMS DESIGNED TO PROMOTE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IN PHYSICAL ACTIVITY INCLUDE GET YOUR TAIL ON THE TRAIL (A PROGRAM IN PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN SLUHN AND THE D&L) AND WALK WITH A DOC (WWAD). IN APRIL 2020, A VIRTUAL WWAD PROGRAM WAS CREATED WITH VIDEOS, SHARING THEM ON THE ST. LUKE'S WEBSITE, SOCIAL MEDIA, TAIL ON THE TRAIL (WW.TAILONTHETRAIL.ORG), AND THROUGH LOCAL PARTNERS AND BUSINESSES. IN PERSON WWAD EVENTS WERE RESUMED IN MAY 2021 IN QUAKERTOWN AND GREEN LANE. - HEALTHY LIVING PRESENTATIONS AND PROGRAMS: ST. LUKE'S HEALTHY KIDS BRIGHT FUTURES GARDEN PROGRAM PROVIDED GARDEN RESOURCES FOR THE SCHOOL-AGED POPULATION. THESE RESOURCES INCLUDED SEED PACKETS WITH PLANTING INSTRUCTIONS, RECIPES FOR UTILIZING FRESH PRODUCE AND A WEEKLY HEALTHY LIVING TRACKER TO RECORD AND MONITOR PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, SLEEP AND FRUIT/VEGETABLE CONSUMPTION. THROUGHOUT THE 2020-21 SCHOOL YEAR, VIRTUAL EDUCATION RESOURCES WERE SENT MONTHLY TO INCLUDE HEALTHY LIVING TOPICS AND LITERACY PROGRAMS. THESE WERE PROVIDED TO SCHOOLS AND ORGANIZATIONS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY. - MULTIPLE ACTION STEPS WERE TAKEN TO DATE AND THROUGHOUT THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC TO ENHANCE FOOD ACCESS, ADDRESS HOUSING CONCERNS, AND PROMOTE MENTAL AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH; HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE PARTICIPATION IN COMMUNITY FOOD DRIVES, DISTRIBUTION OF HYGIENE KITS (650), THERMOMETERS, MASKS (500), GLOVES (10 BOXES), DISPOSABLE GOWNS (50) AND SCHOOL SUPPLIES PROVIDED TO THE LOCAL SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS. THE HOSPITAL IS COMMITTED TO HEALTH IMPROVEMENT ADVOCACY AND PARTNERING WITH THE COMMUNITIES IT SERVES THROUGH COALITION BUILDING. SOME EXAMPLES INCLUDE: - ANNUAL COMMUNITY LEADER PRESENTATIONS TO KEEP BUSINESS AND COMMUNITY LEADERS, AS WELL AS LOCAL GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, INFORMED OF HEALTH CARE TRENDS AND LEGISLATION AND TO PROVIDE UPDATES ABOUT ST. LUKE'S UPPER BUCKS CAMPUS AND ST. LUKE'S UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK. - MEMBERSHIP AND ACTIVE PARTICIPATION WITH THE UPPER PERKIOMEN VALLEY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, THE UPPER BUCKS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, THE INDIAN VALLEY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, THE PENNRIDGE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, UNITED WAY OF BUCKS COUNTY, THE UPPER PERKIOMEN YMCA AND THE YMCA OF BUCKS COUNTY. - MEDICAL CAREER PATHWAYS PROGRAM PROVIDED AN ADOLESCENT MENTORING PROGRAM FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS INTERESTED IN PURSUING A CAREER IN THE HEALTH CARE FIELD. TWENTY-FOUR STUDENTS FROM QUAKERTOWN AND PALISADES HIGH SCHOOLS PARTICIPATED IN MONDAY LECTURES/INTERACTIVE SESSIONS AND WEDNESDAY CLINICAL SITE ROTATIONS. THIS WAS THE SEVENTH YEAR FOR THE PROGRAM, WHICH WAS FORCED TO END EARLIER THAN SCHEDULED DUE TO COVID-19. - BUCKS COUNTY HEALTH IMPROVEMENT PARTNERSHIP (BCHIP) COLLABORATION - NATURE-BASED PLACEMAKING AND WALK WORKS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEES: THE COMMUNITY HEALTH LIAISON IS A MEMBER OF THESE COMMITTEES REPRESENTING ST. LUKE'S UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK. - UPPER BUCKS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: THE COMMUNITY HEALTH LIAISON SERVES ON THE EXECUTIVE BOARD AS PRESIDENT (PAST PRESIDENT JANUARY 2021) - UPPER PERKIOMEN YMCA: THE COMMUNITY LIAISON SERVES ON THE ADVISORY BOARD AS A MEMBER. - HELPING UPPER BUCKS BECOME UNIVERSALLY BETTER (HUBBUB - PENNSYLVANIA DOWNTOWN CENTER: THE COMMUNITY HEALTH LIAISON SERVES AS A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, RESILIENCY TASK FORCE AS WELL AS SUBCOMMITTEES. ST. LUKE'S QUAKERTOWN CAMPUS ============================ ST. LUKE'S QUAKERTOWN HOSPITAL HOUSES ONE OF ONLY TWO BEHAVIORAL HEALTH UNITS IN BUCKS COUNTY. THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH UNIT (BHU) PROVIDES EFFECTIVE PSYCHIATRIC CARE IN A SAFE AND THERAPEUTIC ENVIRONMENT FOR PEOPLE WITH A WIDE VARIETY OF MENTAL AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH ISSUES INCLUDING ANGER MANAGEMENT, ANXIETY DISORDERS, BIPOLAR DISORDER, DEPRESSION, OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER (OCD), POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER (PTSD) AND WORK/LIFE BALANCE. THE UNIT MEETS THE GROWING DEMAND FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES WHILE KEEPING PATIENTS NEAR FAMILY, FRIENDS AND SUPPORT SYSTEMS THROUGHOUT THEIR TREATMENT. IN FY 21 THE BHU HAD 909 ADMISSIONS. THE 19-BED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH UNIT REMAINS AT ST. LUKE'S QUAKERTOWN ALONG WITH THE FOLLOWING ESSENTIAL OUTPATIENT SERVICES: - BEHAVIORAL HEALTH - LAB SERVICES - RADIOLOGY - INFUSION - WOUND CARE - PULMONARY FUNCTION TESTING - CARDIOPULMONARY REHABILITATION - DAVITA DIALYSIS - OUTPATIENT NUTRITION SERVICES - EEG/EMG - SLEEP CENTER A MEDICAL OFFICE BUILDING ALSO REMAINS AT THE CAMPUS. VOLUNTEERS ---------- IN FY 21, 35 ST. LUKE'S QUAKERTOWN CAMPUS VOLUNTEERS PROVIDED MORE THAN 2,600 VOLUNTEER HOURS. NINETY ST. LUKE'S UPPER BUCKS CAMPUS VOLUNTEERS PROVIDED MORE THAN 8,039 VOLUNTEER HOURS. ST. LUKE'S HOSPITAL - ANDERSON CAMPUS ===================================== ST. LUKE'S HOSPITAL ANDERSON CAMPUS IS A JOINT COMMISSION-ACCREDITED, NOT-FOR-PROFIT, 108-LICENSED BED ACUTE CARE HOSPITAL LOCATED AND PROVIDING CARE PRIMARILY TO RESIDENTS OF NORTHAMPTON AND MONROE COUNTIES IN PENNSYLVANIA AND WARREN COUNTY IN NEW JERSEY. IN FISCAL YEAR 2021 (FY '21), ANDERSON PROVIDED CARE FOR 259,687 PATIENTS ANNUALLY WITH 31,510 BEING MEDICAID PATIENTS AND 3,576 BEING SELF-PAY (NO INSURANCE). THE NET CHARGES FOR MEDICAID WAS $22.4 MILLION AND SELF-PAY WAS $517,000. |
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ST. LUKE'S ANDERSON CAMPUS IS RECOGNIZED BY THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE (IRS) AS AN INTERNAL REVENUE CODE SECTION 501(C)(3) TAX-EXEMPT ORGANIZATIONS. PURSUANT TO ITS CHARITABLE PURPOSES, ST. LUKE'S ANDERSON CAMPUS PROVIDES MEDICALLY NECESSARY HEALTHCARE SERVICES TO ALL INDIVIDUALS IN A NON-DISCRIMINATORY MANNER REGARDLESS OF RACE, COLOR, CREED, SEX, NATIONAL ORIGIN OR ABILITY TO PAY. MOREOVER, ST. LUKE'S ANDERSON CAMPUS OPERATES CONSISTENTLY WITH THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA OUTLINED IN THE IRS REVENUE RULING 69-545: - ST. LUKE'S ANDERSON CAMPUS PROVIDES MEDICALLY NECESSARY HEALTHCARE SERVICES TO ALL INDIVIDUALS REGARDLESS OF ABILITY TO PAY; - ST. LUKE'S ANDERSON CAMPUS OPERATES AN ACTIVE EMERGENCY ROOM FOR ALL PERSONS; WHICH IS OPEN 24 HOURS A DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, 365 DAYS PER YEAR; - ST. LUKE'S ANDERSON CAMPUS MAINTAINS AN OPEN MEDICAL STAFF, WITH PRIVILEGES AVAILABLE TO ALL QUALIFIED PHYSICIANS; - CONTROL OF ST. LUKE'S ANDERSON CAMPUS RESTS WITH ITS BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF ST. LUKE'S HEALTH NETWORK, INC., D.B.A. ST. LUKE'S UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK. BOTH BOARDS COMPRISE A MAJORITY OF INDEPENDENT CIVIC LEADERS AND OTHER PROMINENT MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY, AS WELL AS PHYSICIANS ON THE HOSPITAL/NETWORK MEDICAL STAFF; AND - SURPLUS FUNDS ARE USED TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF PATIENT CARE, EXPAND AND RENOVATE FACILITIES AND ADVANCE MEDICAL CARE; PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES. THE OPERATIONS OF ST. LUKE'S ANDERSON CAMPUS, AS SHOWN THROUGH THE FACTORS OUTLINED ABOVE AND OTHER INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN, CLEARLY DEMONSTRATE THAT THE USE AND CONTROL OF ST. LUKE'S ANDERSON CAMPUS IS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AND THAT NO PART OF THE INCOME OR NET EARNINGS OF THE ORGANIZATION INURES TO THE BENEFIT OF ANY PRIVATE INDIVIDUAL NOR IS ANY PRIVATE INTEREST BEING SERVED OTHER THAN INCIDENTALLY. MISSION ------- THE MISSION OF ST. LUKE'S ANDERSON CAMPUS IS TO CARE FOR THE SICK AND INJURED REGARDLESS OF THEIR ABILITY TO PAY, IMPROVE OUR COMMUNITIES' OVERALL HEALTH, AND EDUCATE OUR HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS. THE MISSION WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED BY THE FOLLOWING: - MAKING THE PATIENT OUR HIGHEST PRIORITY. - PROMOTING HEALTHY LIFESTYLES AND CONTINUOUSLY IMPROVING CARE PROVIDED TO HEAL THE SICK AND INJURED. - COORDINATING AND INTEGRATING SERVICES INTO A SEAMLESS, EASILY ACCESSIBLE SYSTEM OF CARE. - IMPROVING THE LEVEL OF SERVICE PROVIDED THROUGHOUT THE NETWORK. - ENSURING ALL HEALTH CARE SERVICES ARE RELEVANT TO THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY. - STRIVING TO MAXIMIZE THE SATISFACTION OF OUR PATIENTS, EMPLOYEES, MEDICAL STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS, AND - TRAINING ALLIED HEALTH PROFESSIONALS, NURSING AND MEDICAL STUDENTS, AND RESIDENTS AND FELLOWS AND ATTRACTING THEM TO PRACTICE WITHIN OUR NETWORK'S SERVICE AREA. OVERVIEW -------- ST. LUKE'S ANDERSON CAMPUS OPENED ON NOVEMBER 7, 2011 AND WAS THE FIRST NEW, NON-REPLACEMENT HOSPITAL IN PENNSYLVANIA IN MORE THAN FOUR DECADES. ST. LUKE'S ANDERSON CAMPUS IS LOCATED ON A 500-ACRE SITE OWNED BY ST. LUKE'S UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK. IN ADDITION TO ST. LUKE'S ANDERSON CAMPUS, THE FIRST PHASE OF SITE DEVELOPMENT INCLUDED A CANCER CENTER AND A MEDICAL OFFICE BUILDING. ST. LUKE'S ANDERSON CAMPUS IS SERVICE ORIENTED WITH A GOAL TO REDUCE PATIENT AND FAMILY STRESS AND ANXIETY AND TO PROVIDE A CALM AND REASSURING ENVIRONMENT BY MEETING AND OFTEN EXCEEDING, THEIR PERSONAL NEEDS. SOFTER LIGHTING IS USED IN THE HALLWAYS AND THE DCOR IS DONE IN RELAXING EARTH TONES, AVAILABLE AMENITIES INCLUDE FLAT SCREEN TELEVISIONS, FREE WI-FI SERVICE, DAILY NEWSPAPER DELIVERY, HIGH-QUALITY ROBES, A RECLINER AND COMFORTABLE SOFA BED IN EVERY ROOM AND AN AFTERNOON TEA SERVICE. ST. LUKE'S ANDERSON CAMPUS ALSO FOCUSES ON MAKING ITS SERVICES EASY TO ACCESS. FOR EXAMPLE, MANY SERVICES INCLUDING IMAGING OFFER EXTENDED HOURS ON THE WEEKENDS AND IN THE EVENINGS. THE MEDICAL OFFICE BUILDING PROVIDES IMAGING, PHYSICAL THERAPY, LABORATORY AND OTHER OUTPATIENT TESTING, HEALTH AND FITNESS CENTER AND OFFICES FOR A WIDE RANGE OF PHYSICIAN SPECIALISTS, INCLUDING CARDIAC SERVICES AND A PULMONARY REHABILITATION CENTER. THE SPECIALTY PAVILION OFFERS A WIDE RANGE OF SERVICES INCLUDING AMBULATORY SURGERY, UROLOGY, OBSTETRICS/GYNECOLOGY (OB/GYN) SERVICES, GASTROENTEROLOGY AND LABORATORY SERVICES. OVER THE PAST 10 YEARS, ST. LUKE'S ANDERSON CAMPUS HAS BEEN IMPROVING FREEMANSBURG AVENUE, THE PRIMARY ACCESS TO THE HOSPITAL CAMPUS. BY THE TIME IT IS COMPLETED, THE TOTAL COST WILL BE $43 MILLION. AS OF THE END OF FISCAL YEAR 2020, THE FIRST TWO PHASES OF A THREE-PHASE PROJECT WERE COMPLETED. THIS FACILITY SERVICES THE GREATER LEHIGH VALLEY COMMUNITY AND WAS DESIGNED WITH CONVENIENCE IN MIND. IT IS LOCATED JUST OFF ROUTE 33 AND IT IS SURROUNDED BY AMPLE, NEARBY PARKING. IN JANUARY OF 2020, A NEW FOUR-FLOOR, 180,000-SQUARE-FOOT WOMEN & BABIES PAVILION OPENED WITH: - NINE LABOR AND DELIVERY ROOMS. - A LEVEL III NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT (NICU) WITH EIGHT PRIVATE ROOMS AND 18 SEMI-PRIVATE ROOMS. - A 32-ROOM POSTPARTUM UNIT AND A 16-BASSINET NURSERY. THE WOMEN & BABIES PAVILION IS AN EXPANSION OF OUR OBSTETRICS AND GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION PROGRAM, AS WELL AS A 36-BED MEDICAL/SURGICAL UNIT. THE PERSONALIZED AND COMPASSIONATE EXPERIENCE THAT PATIENTS HAVE COME TO EXPECT FROM ST. LUKE'S WILL BE DELIVERED AT THE NEW PAVILION. WE ANTICIPATE SERVING A HIGH MEDICAID AND UNINSURED POPULATION IN THIS THIRD LABOR AND DELIVERY UNIT FOR THE ST. LUKE'S NETWORK. ST. LUKE'S GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION PROGRAM AT ST. LUKE'S ANDERSON CAMPUS STARTED IN JULY 2019 AND WILL HAVE CONTINUED GROWTH THROUGH 2024. ST. LUKE'S ANDERSON CAMPUS EXPECTS TO HAVE AT LEAST 160 RESIDENTS ON CAMPUS BY 2024 WITH APPROVED GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS IN AREAS INCLUDING DERMATOLOGY, ENDOCRINOLOGY, NEUROLOGY, PSYCHIATRY, INTERNAL MEDICINE, EMERGENCY MEDICINE, FAMILY MEDICINE AND TRANSITIONAL YEAR. OTHER TRAINING PROGRAMS ARE CURRENTLY IN THE DEVELOPMENTAL STAGES. ST. LUKE'S ANDERSON CAMPUS ALSO OFFERS ROTATIONS FOR SURGICAL RESIDENTS, OB/GYN RESIDENTS, AND MEDICAL STUDENTS. OVERWHELMING DEMAND WAS THE PRIMARY DRIVER FOR FUTURE EXPANSION. THROUGHOUT ITS DEVELOPMENT, ST. LUKE'S ANDERSON CAMPUS CONTINUES TO OFFER THE COMMUNITY VALUED ACCESS TO THE MOST MODERN HEALTH CARE. ST. LUKE'S HAS A LONG-STANDING HISTORY IN THE COMMUNITY AND TAKES VERY SERIOUSLY ITS COMMITMENT TO PROVIDING THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE COMMUNITY WITH THE VERY BEST HEALTH CARE. IN FY 21, ST. LUKE'S ANDERSON CAMPUS CONTINUED TO OFFER SERVICES AT ST. LUKE'S INTERNAL MEDICINE - WILSON, A CLINIC THAT OPENED IN JUNE OF 2020. THIS CLINIC IS A RESIDENCY PRACTICE, OPERATED UNDER ST. LUKE'S PHYSICIAN GROUP. THE CLINIC PROVIDES PRIMARY CARE SERVICES, SELECTED WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES AND LIFESTYLE MEDICINE SERVICES. THE INTERNAL MEDICINE CLINIC SEES PATIENTS AGES 19 AND OLDER AND FAMILY MEDICINE SEES BOTH ADULT AND PEDIATRIC PATIENTS AND OFFERS SOME OB/GYN SERVICES. THIS RESIDENCY PRACTICE ACCEPTS ALL INSURANCES INCLUDING COMMERCIAL INSURANCES, PATIENTS WITH MEDICARE AND MEDICAID AS WELL AS UNINSURED PATIENTS. A STAFF MEMBER IS BILINGUAL SPEAKING SPANISH, AND ANOTHER STAFF MEMBER IS TRILINGUAL SPEAKING ENGLISH, SPANISH AND PORTUGUESE. DURING FY 21, ST. LUKE'S ANDERSON CAMPUS PREPARED FOR LEVEL II TRAUMA ACCREDITATION, WHICH IT ACHIEVED AS OF SEPTEMBER 1, 2021. THE PENNSYLVANIA TRAUMA SYSTEMS FOUNDATION APPROVED THE HOSPITAL'S ACCREDITATION AFTER A LENGTHY AND IN-DEPTH REVIEW OF ITS SPECIALIZED SURGICAL SERVICES AND OTHER RELATED MEDICAL RESOURCES. ST. LUKE'S UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK HAS CONTINUED TO INVEST IN SL-MONROE TO IMPROVE BOTH QUALITY OF, AND ACCESS TO, CARE. ST. LUKE'S ANDERSON CAMPUS SPECIALTY SERVICES: - CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION - CARDIOLOGY - CARDIOPULMONARY REHABILITATION - DERMATOLOGY - EMERGENCY SERVICES - ENDOCRINOLOGY - ENDOSCOPIES - PRIMARY CARE - GASTROENTEROLOOGY - GYNECOLOGY - INFUSION SERVICES - LABOR & DELIVERY - MATERNAL & FETAL MEDICINE - NICU - NEUROLOGY/NEUROSURGERY - ONCOLOGY/HEMATOLOGY - ORTHOPEDICS, JOINT AND MUSCLE DISORDERS - PALLIATIVE CARE - PAIN MANAGEMENT - PEDIATRICS - PERINATAL SERVICES - PLASTIC & RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY - PULMONARY CRITICAL CARE - RADIATION ONCOLOGY - RADIOLOGY (ADVANCED, INTERVENTIONAL) - RENAL DIALYSIS - RHEUMATOLOGY - SPORTS MEDICINE, PHYSICAL AND OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY, REHAB - SURGERY (GENERAL, SPECIALTY AND LAPAROSCOPIC) - UROLOGY - UROGYNECOLOGY - VASCULAR SERVICES - WOMEN'S IMAGING CENTER WE OFFER SUPPORT CLASSES FOR MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY. THE FOLLOWING ARE OFFERED CONSISTENTLY: - ST. LUKE'S HOSPICE - GRIEF AND LOSS SUPPORT GROUP - LIVING WELL WITH DIABETES CLASS - WESCOE FOUNDATION FOR PULMONARY FIBROSIS SUPPORT GROUP - ST. LUKE'S BARIATRIC PEP RALLY - HEALTHY AGING SERIES - BETTER BREATHERS SUPPORT GROUP - LA LECHE LEAGUE |
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ST. LUKE'S UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK PARTNERED WITH THE RODALE INSTITUTE TO DEVELOP AN ORGANIC FARM LOCATED ON THE ANDERSON CAMPUS. THE FARM IS USED TO PROVIDE LOCALLY GROWN ORGANIC PRODUCE IN NETWORK CAFETERIAS AND WILL BE SERVED TO PATIENTS, EMPLOYEES AND VISITORS. WORKING WITH THE RODALE INSTITUTE TO DEVELOP THE ST. LUKE'S RODALE INSTITUTE ORGANIC FARM ALLOWS ST. LUKE'S TO CONTINUE PROVIDING PATIENTS WITH A HOLISTIC HEALTHCARE EXPERIENCE THAT CREATES A POSITIVE ATMOSPHERE FOR HEALTH AND HEALING. BY PROVIDING PATIENTS, VISITORS AND STAFF MEMBERS WITH LOCALLY GROWN ORGANIC PRODUCE, ST. LUKE'S DEMONSTRATES A COMMITMENT TO THE ENVIRONMENT AND PROMOTING THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF OUR PATIENTS AND THE COMMUNITY. EXCESS PRODUCE IS SOLD TO STAFF MEMBERS AND THE COMMUNITY ALLOWING THESE INDIVIDUALS TO MAKE HEALTHY EATING CHOICES IN THEIR OWN HOMES, CONTRIBUTING TO HEALTHIER LIFESTYLES. THE COST OF THE FARM IN FY 21 WAS $372,352. LEAPFROG -------- ST. LUKE'S ANDERSON CAMPUS WAS RECOGNIZED AS BEING AMONG TOP HOSPITALS IN THE TEACHING HOSPITAL CATEGORY BY THE LEAPFROG GROUP, WHICH BROUGHT TOGETHER PUBLICLY AVAILABLE DATA ABOUT HOSPITAL SAFETY TO CALCULATE A HOSPITAL SAFETY SCORE. THIS INCLUDES MEASURES RELATED TO SURGICAL COMPLICATIONS, HOSPITAL ASSOCIATED CONDITIONS/INFECTIONS, PATIENT EXPERIENCE, INTENSIVE CARE UNIT (ICU) PHYSICIAN STAFFING, HAND HYGIENE, SURGICAL VOLUMES, COMPUTERIZED PHYSICIAN ORDER ENTRY AND SAFE PRACTICES. RECOGNITION FOR SAFETY BY THE LEAPFROG GROUP IS ONE OF THE HEALTH INDUSTRY'S MOST PRESTIGIOUS HONORS. UNLIKE MANY OTHER HEALTH CARE AWARDS, IT IS BASED ENTIRELY ON AN INDEPENDENT, SCIENTIFIC REVIEW OF OBJECTIVE DATA. ST. LUKE'S ANDERSON CAMPUS' LETTER GRADE FOR THE FALL OF 2021 REPORTING WAS "A." THE NEXT SAFETY GRADE WILL BE REPORTED IN SPRING 2022. HOSPITAL COMPARE STAR RATINGS ----------------------------- THE CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES (CMS) RELEASED NEW DATA ON ITS HOSPITAL COMPARE WEBSITE IN JANUARY 2022. ST. LUKE'S EASTON HOSPITAL RECEIVED A FIVE- OUT OF FIVE-STAR RATING. THE STAR RATINGS ARE COMPRISED OF QUALITY MEASURES INCLUDING MORTALITY, READMISSION, SAFETY OF CARE, PATIENT EXPERIENCES, EFFECTIVENESS AND TIMELINESS OF CARE, AND EFFICIENT USE OF IMAGING. COMMUNITY OUTREACH ------------------ IN KEEPING WITH ITS COMMITMENT TO THE COMMUNITIES IT SERVES, ST. LUKE'S ANDERSON CAMPUS ANNUALLY REACHES MORE THAN 7,000 PEOPLE THROUGH ITS COMMUNITY OUTREACH ENDEAVORS. THE HOSPITAL OFFERS A VARIETY OF FREE SCREENINGS AND SERVICES FOR COMMUNITY-RUN EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. COMMUNITY OUTREACH INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO THE PROGRAMS OUTLINED BELOW. - ST. LUKE'S ANDERSON CAMPUS SERVED SENIORS IN THE COMMUNITY WITH A HEALTHY, LOW-COST OPTION FOR DINNER. THE OLDER ADULT MEALS AT ST. LUKE'S ANDERSON CAMPUS OFFERS SENIORS 65+ A FRESHLY PREPARED DINNER FIVE DAYS/WEEK FOR UNDER $4. OLDER ADULTS ENJOY AFFORDABLE, HEALTHY EATING AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET AND ENGAGE WITH OTHER OLDER ADULTS IN THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY. IN FY 21, ST. LUKE'S ANDERSON CAMPUS SUSPENDED THE MEAL PROGRAM UNTIL APRIL DUE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC UNTIL APRIL. FROM APRIL THROUGH JUNE, THE CAMPUS SERVED 531 OLDER ADULT MEALS, AND AN ADDITIONAL 2,785 MEALS DURING THE REMAINDER OF CALENDAR YEAR 2021 (JULY-DECEMBER). - BIANNUALLY WE SPONSOR A LECTURE SERIES FOR WOMEN AGES 30+ WHO ARE PARTICIPATING IN A RUNNING WELLNESS PROGRAM. ST. LUKE'S PROVIDERS EDUCATE PARTICIPANTS THREE TIMES A WEEK FOR FIVE WEEKS PER SEASON ON HEALTH TOPICS RANGING FROM PHYSICAL THERAPY, FITNESS, NUTRITION, HEARTH HEALTH AND OVERALL WELLNESS. OVER 100 WOMEN PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM PER SEASON. - ANDERSON CAMPUS PROVIDED FIRST AID SERVICES AND A WIDE RANGE OF HEALTH SCREENINGS AT NUMEROUS COMMUNITY EVENTS INCLUDING FORKS COMMUNITY DAYS AT FORKS COMMUNITY CENTER AND BETHLEHEM TOWNSHIP COMMUNITY DAYS. THE CAMPUS ALSO SUPPORTED THE FOLLOWING ORGANIZATIONS IN FY '21 WITH DONATIONS: LAFAYETTE COLLEGE, GREATER EASTON DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP AND PROJECT OF HOPE IN EASTON. AS PART OF THE ST. LUKE'S UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK, ANDERSON CAMPUS PARTICIPATES IN THE ANNUAL COMMUNITY SUPPORTED AGRICULTURE (CSA) PROGRAM. COMPONENTS OF THAT PROGRAM INCLUDE: - INCREASED EMPLOYEE ACCESS TO LOCALLY-GROWN PRODUCE THROUGH THE EXPANSION OF THE CSA PROGRAM WAS A CONTINUED AREA OF FOCUS FOR SLUHN. - THE PROGRAM WAS OFFERED NETWORK-WIDE FOR THE SIXTH YEAR. - THIS YEAR, LOCALLY GROWN PRODUCE WAS PROVIDED TO 523 PEOPLE AT 19 NETWORK LOCATIONS IN PENNSYLVANIA AND NEW JERSEY. - OVER $267,000 WAS GENERATED AND PASSED RIGHT BACK TO THE SEVEN LOCAL FARMERS THAT SUPPLY OUR SHARES. IN FY 21, THE CSA PROGRAM'S SURPASSED $1 MILLION. - UNCLAIMED PRODUCE WAS DONATED WEEKLY TO LOCAL SOUP KITCHENS AND FOOD PANTRIES, HELPING SOME OF OUR COMMUNITY'S MOST FOOD INSECURE. ST. LUKE'S UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY HEALTH PARTNERS WITH LOCAL SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH OF STUDENTS AND FAMILIES THROUGH OUR ADOPT A SCHOOL PROGRAM. THESE INITIATIVES SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENT PRIORITY AREAS THAT ARE IDENTIFIED AT EACH CAMPUS BY COLLECTING AND ANALYZING DATA AND COMMUNITY INPUT. BASED ON THE IDENTIFIED NEEDS AND PRIORITIES, EACH CAMPUS DEVELOPS PARTNERS, PLANS AND PROGRAMS TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH OF THOSE IN THE COMMUNITIES. IN JANUARY 2014, ST. LUKE'S ANDERSON CAMPUS ADOPTED THE BANGOR AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT AND CONTRACTED WITH A COMMUNITY HEALTH LIAISON MANAGER TO OVERSEE THE VARIOUS PROGRAMS AND INITIATIVES, AND TO BUILD EFFECTIVE PARTNERSHIPS TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH OUTCOMES. BANGOR AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT STUDENTS WERE REACHED DIRECTLY AND INDIRECTLY THROUGH THE ADOPT A SCHOOL PROGRAM IN FY 21. OUR INITIATIVES ARE CONTINUALLY ASSESSED AND EVALUATED TO PROVIDE MEASURABLE AND EFFECTIVE HEALTH OUTCOMES. ST. LUKE'S COMMUNITY HEALTH EVIDENCE-BASED INITIATIVES INCLUDE: - BANGOR AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT ADOPT A SCHOOL PARTNERSHIP WITH COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER (CHW) & LIAISON CONNECTION TO CARE, EDUCATION, AND RESOURCES (MEDICAL, DENTAL, VISION, INSURANCE, PHYSICAL & BEHAVIORAL HEALTH ASSESSMENTS AND SERVICES) - HEALTHY LIVING INITIATIVES (TAIL ON THE TRAIL, SCHOOL GARDENS, NUTRITION AND HEALTH EDUCATION PROGRAMS) - LITERACY PROGRAMS (READ ACROSS AMERICA AND LITTLE FREE LIBRARIES) - YOUTH DEVELOPMENT (CAREER MENTORING PROGRAM BETWEEN BANGOR HIGH SCHOOL AND THE ANDERSON CAMPUS) - COVID-19 RESPONSE TEAMS - APPROXIMATELY 25 COMMUNITY PARTNERS ENGAGED WITH COMMUNITY HEALTH COVID-19 RESPONSE EFFORTS. - ONBOARDED NETWORK SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER (SUD) PROGRAM COORDINATOR TO WORK WITH THE NETWORK SUD RESPONSE TEAM TO IMPLEMENT SCREENING, BRIEF INTERVENTION, REFERRAL TO TREATMENT (SBIRT) CONSISTENT CONNECTION TO TREATMENT AND RECOVERY. THERE WERE OVER 40 WARM HAND OFF (WHO) AT ANDERSON THROUGH THE PILOT IMPLEMENTATION. THE FOLLOWING IS A SUMMARY OF ST. LUKE'S ANDERSON CAMPUS ADOPT A SCHOOL SUPPORT TO BANGOR AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT FROM JULY 2020 THROUGH JUNE 2021. - LITERACY: ST. LUKE'S ANDERSON CAMPUS PROVIDED VIRTUAL READ ACROSS AMERICA LITERACY PROMOTIONS TO ALL STUDENTS AT WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. 485 CHILDREN'S BOOKS DONATED FOR THE VIRTUAL BOOK READINGS. THERE ARE TWO LITTLE FREE LIBRARIES AT THE ANDERSON CAMPUS & ONE LITTLE FREE LIBRARY AT BANGOR AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT (FIVE POINTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL). - VISION PROGRAM: VISION VOUCHERS TO A LOCAL VISION PROVIDER WERE AVAILABLE FOR STUDENTS WITH IDENTIFIED BARRIERS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. - TRANSITIONED TO BEHAVIORAL HEALTH YOUR EMOTIONAL STRENGTH SUPPORTED (YESS) PROGRAM - 89 UNIQUE BANGOR STUDENTS WERE CONNECTED TO THIS SERVICE. - HEALTHY LIVING: ST. LUKE'S SPONSORED THE KELLYN FOUNDATION NUTRITION AND GARDEN EDUCATION PROGRAMS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR PLUS ORGANIC VEGETABLE GARDENS. - CAREER LINKING ACADEMY: ST. LUKE'S ANDERSON SPONSORED 12 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN LEARNING ABOUT THE HEALTH CAREER FIELD AND SHADOWING DIFFERENT CLINICAL DEPARTMENTS AT THE ANDERSON CAMPUS. - COMMUNITY HEALTH LEADERSHIP FOR ST. LUKE'S ANDERSON CAMPUS TO BUILD PARTNERS, CAPACITY, CONNECTION TO CARE, EDUCATION, AND RESOURCES. |
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ADDITIONAL SERVICES THROUGH ST. LUKE'S COMMUNITY HEALTH DEPARTMENT: - GET YOUR TAIL ON THE TRAIL - ST. LUKE'S UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK (ST. LUKE'S) AND DELAWARE & LEHIGH NATIONAL HERITAGE CORRIDOR (D&L) HAVE PARTNERED TO BRING THE COMMUNITY A FAMILY FUN INITIATIVE - GET YOUR TAIL ON THE TRAIL! THE PROGRAM IS AN ONLINE ACTIVITY TRACKER WHERE USERS LOG MILES THEY MOVE AND EARN FREE OUTDOOR GEAR AS AN INCENTIVE TO STAY ACTIVE. THE PROGRAM IS SELF-PACED BUT HAS OCCASIONAL EVENTS TO PROMOTE COMMUNITY AND GROUP ACTIVITY, AND SUPPORTS OTHER COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES, SUCH AS LOCAL 5K FUNDRAISERS. IT ALSO SUPPORTS OTHER COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES, SUCH AS LOCAL 5K FUNDRAISERS, THROUGH THE "TAIL ON THE TRAIL APPROVED" PROGRAM WHERE SL-MONROE PROMOTES THE COMMUNITY ACTIVITY, AND THE COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION PROMOTES THE GET YOUR TAIL ON THE TRAIL PROGRAM. THE PROGRAM, WHICH ENGAGED OVER 2,500 PARTICIPANTS NETWORK-WIDE, IS ALSO MADE AVAILABLE TO COMMUNITY AND CORPORATE GROUPS AS A FREE WAY TO PROMOTE PHYSICAL ACTIVITY WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION. - WALK WITH A DOC - REGULAR GROUP WALKS ARE HELD FEATURING A SHORT EDUCATIONAL TALK FROM A ST. LUKE'S PRACTITIONER FOLLOWED BY A WALK. THESE EVENTS ARE FREE TO THE COMMUNITY. IN-PERSON WALKS WERE NOT CONDUCTED IN THE COVID-19. INSTEAD, A SERIES OF VIRTUAL WALKS WERE MADE AVAILABLE ONLINE ACROSS THE NETWORK, WITH OVER 65,000 VIEWS NETWORK-WIDE OF OUR VIDEOS. IN ADDITION, THROUGH DONATIONS AND SPONSORSHIPS, ST. LUKE'S SUPPORTED THE FOLLOWING LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS: KIWANIS CLUB OF EASTON, FORKS COMMUNITY CENTER, FORKS TOWNSHIP POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENT, LEBANON MARONITE CATHOLIC CHURCH, EASTON OUT LOUD, BETHLEHEM TOWNSHIP LIONS CLUB, PEDIATRIC BRAIN TUMOR FOUNDATION (PALMER TOWNSHIP), YWCA CENTER FOR HEALTH LIVING, THE ARC OF LEHIGH AND NORTHAMPTON COUNTIES, BOYS SCOUTS TROOP 3 (EASTON), TRADITIONS OF AMERICA GREEN POND, LEHIGH VALLEY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, TWO RIVERS HEALTH AND WELLNESS FOUNDATION, NORTHAMPTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND COMMUNITY EVENTS OF THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES: NAZARETH AND WILSON BOROUGHS AND FORKS AND PALMER TOWNSHIPS. VOLUNTEERS ---------- IN FY 21, 134 ST. LUKE'S ANDERSON CAMPUS VOLUNTEERS PROVIDED 9,259 VOLUNTEER HOURS. ST. LUKE'S HOSPITAL - EASTON CAMPUS =================================== ST. LUKE'S EASTON CAMPUS IS A JOINT COMMISSION-ACCREDITED, NOT-FOR-PROFIT, ACUTE CARE HOSPITAL LOCATED IN EASTERN NORTHAMPTON COUNTY. ON JULY 1, 2020, ST. LUKE'S UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK ACQUIRED THE 125-YEAR-OLD EASTON HOSPITAL AND RENAMED IT ST. LUKE'S EASTON CAMPUS. THE CAMPUS PRIMARILY SERVICES RESIDENTS OF NORTHAMPTON COUNTY AND WESTERN WARREN COUNTY, NJ. ST. LUKE'S EASTON CAMPUS IS RECOGNIZED BY THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE (IRS) AS AN INTERNAL REVENUE CODE SECTION 501(C)(3) TAX-EXEMPT ORGANIZATION. IN FISCAL YEAR 2021, THERE WERE 1,396 ADMISSIONS AND OBSERVATIONS, 10,968 OUTPATIENT VISITS AND 8,991 EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISITS AT ST. LUKE'S EASTON CAMPUS. THE HOSPITAL IS RECOGNIZED BY THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE (IRS) AS AN INTERNAL REVENUE CODE SECTION 501(C)(3) TAX-EXEMPT ORGANIZATION. PURSUANT TO ITS CHARITABLE PURPOSES, ST. LUKE'S EASTON CAMPUS PROVIDES MEDICALLY NECESSARY HEALTHCARE SERVICES TO ALL INDIVIDUALS IN A NON-DISCRIMINATORY MANNER REGARDLESS OF RACE, COLOR, CREED, SEX, NATIONAL ORIGIN, RELIGION OR ABILITY TO PAY. MOREOVER, ST. LUKE'S EASTON CAMPUS OPERATES CONSISTENTLY WITH THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA OUTLINED IN THE IRS REVENUE RULING 69-545: - ST. LUKE'S EASTON CAMPUS PROVIDES MEDICALLY NECESSARY HEALTH CARE SERVICES TO ALL INDIVIDUALS REGARDLESS OF ABILITY TO PAY, INCLUDING CHARITY CARE, SELF-PAY, MEDICARE AND MEDICAID PATIENTS; - ST. LUKE'S EASTON CAMPUS OPERATES AN ACTIVE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT, WHICH IS OPEN 24 HOURS A DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, 365 DAYS PER YEAR, FOR ALL PERSONS; - ST. LUKE'S EASTON CAMPUS MAINTAINS AN OPEN MEDICAL STAFF WITH PRIVILEGES AVAILABLE TO ALL QUALIFIED PHYSICIANS; - CONTROL OF ST. LUKE'S EASTON CAMPUS RESTS WITH ITS BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF ST. LUKE'S UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK, INC. D.B.A. ST. LUKE'S UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK. BOTH BOARDS COMPRISE A MAJORITY OF INDEPENDENT CIVIC LEADERS AND OTHER PROMINENT MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY, AS WELL AS PHYSICIANS ON THE HOSPITAL/NETWORK MEDICAL STAFF; - SURPLUS FUNDS ARE USED TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF PATIENT CARE, EXPAND AND RENOVATE FACILITIES AND ADVANCE MEDICAL CARE, PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES. THE OPERATIONS OF ST. LUKE'S EASTON CAMPUS, AS DEMONSTRATED THROUGH THE FACTORS OUTLINED ABOVE AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN, CLEARLY DEMONSTRATE THAT THE USE AND CONTROL OF ST. LUKE'S EASTON CAMPUS IS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AND THAT NO PART OF THE INCOME OR NET EARNINGS OF THE ORGANIZATION BENEFIT ANY PRIVATE INDIVIDUAL, NOR IS ANY PRIVATE INTEREST BEING SERVED OTHER THAN INCIDENTALLY. MISSION ------- THE MISSION OF ST. LUKE'S EASTON CAMPUS IS TO CARE FOR THE SICK AND INJURED REGARDLESS OF THEIR ABILITY TO PAY, IMPROVE OUR COMMUNITIES' OVERALL HEALTH AND EDUCATE OUR HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS. THE MISSION WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED BY THE FOLLOWING: - MAKING THE PATIENT OUR HIGHEST PRIORITY. - PROMOTING HEALTHY LIFESTYLES AND CONTINUOUSLY IMPROVING CARE PROVIDED TO HEAL THE SICK AND INJURED. - COORDINATING AND INTEGRATING SERVICES INTO A SEAMLESS, EASILY ACCESSIBLE SYSTEM OF CARE. - IMPROVING THE LEVEL OF SERVICE PROVIDED THROUGHOUT THE NETWORK. - ENSURING ALL HEALTH CARE SERVICES ARE RELEVANT TO THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY. - STRIVING TO MAXIMIZE THE SATISFACTION OF OUR PATIENTS, EMPLOYEES, MEDICAL STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS, AND - TRAINING ALLIED HEALTH PROFESSIONALS, NURSING AND MEDICAL STUDENTS, AND RESIDENTS AND FELLOWS AND ATTRACTING THEM TO PRACTICE WITHIN OUR NETWORK'S SERVICE AREA. OVERVIEW -------- ON JULY 1, 2020, ST. LUKE'S ACQUIRED FROM STEWARD HEALTH CARE EASTON HOSPITAL, ITS AFFILIATED PHYSICIAN PRACTICES AND RESIDENCY PROGRAMS WITH 36 PHYSICIAN RESIDENTS. A NATIONAL, FOR-PROFIT HEALTH NETWORK, STEWARD HAD OWNED EASTON HOSPITAL SINCE 2017. THE ACQUISITION OF EASTON HOSPITAL HAS PRESERVED THE 125-YEAR-OLD HOSPITAL FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS AND BRINGS ST. LUKE'S WORLD-CLASS HEALTH CARE TO THE GREATER EASTON-AREA COMMUNITY. IN KEEPING WITH ITS COMMITMENT TO THE COMMUNITIES IT SERVES, ST. LUKE'S HAS BEEN BUILDING PARTNERSHIPS AND SUPPORTING COMMUNITY PROGRAMS IN EASTON FOR YEARS, CULMINATING WITH THE OPENING OF ST. LUKE'S ANDERSON CAMPUS IN 2011 AND FINALLY THE PURCHASE OF EASTON HOSPITAL ITSELF. THIS COLLABORATION WILL ENSURE THAT EASTON-AREA RESIDENTS WILL CONTINUE TO RECEIVE THE QUALITY, COMPASSIONATE CARE IN A COMMUNITY HOSPITAL SETTING WITH ACCESS TO THE DEEP EXPERTISE AND BROAD ARRAY OF SPECIALISTS IN THE NETWORK. FOUNDED IN 1890, ST. LUKE'S EASTON CAMPUS PROVIDES INPATIENT CARE (180 LICENSED BEDS; CURRENTLY OPERATING/STAFFING 20 MED/SURG BEDS); EMERGENCY ROOM SERVICES; RADIOLOGY, LAB SERVICES AND MORE TO PATIENTS RESIDING PRIMARILY IN NORTHAMPTON COUNTY AND WESTERN WARREN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY. ST. LUKE'S CONTINUED TO INVEST IN THE HOSPITAL THROUGHOUT 2021 ADDING SERVICES SUCH AS INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY, VASCULAR SERVICES AND AN ADOLESCENT BEHAVIORAL HEALTH UNIT. THE HOSPITAL'S SPECIALTY SERVICES INCLUDE: - ADOLESCENT BEHAVIORAL HEALTH - CARDIOLOGY - EMERGENCY SERVICES - GASTROENTEROLOGY/ENDOSCOPY - INPATIENT HEMODIALYSIS - INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY - MEDICAL/SURGICAL SERVICES - MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY TREATMENT - COVID-19 CLINIC - OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY/PHYSICAL THERAPY - ORTHOPEDICS - PULMONARY FUNCTION TESTING - RADIOLOGY - VASCULAR AND CARDIOLOGY TESTING - WALK-IN LAB/BLOOD DRAW LEAPFROG -------- THE LEAPFROG GROUP BROUGHT TOGETHER PUBLICLY AVAILABLE DATA ABOUT HOSPITAL SAFETY TO CALCULATE A HOSPITAL SAFETY SCORE WHICH INCLUDES MEASURES RELATED TO SURGICAL COMPLICATIONS, HOSPITAL ASSOCIATED CONDITIONS/ INFECTIONS, PATIENT EXPERIENCE, INTENSIVE CARE UNIT (ICU) PHYSICIAN STAFFING, HAND HYGIENE, SURGICAL VOLUMES, COMPUTERIZED PHYSICIAN ORDER ENTRY AND SAFE PRACTICES. ST. LUKE'S EASTON CAMPUS' LETTER GRADE FOR THE FALL OF 2021 REPORTING WAS "A," AN IMPROVEMENT FROM "C" FOR THE SPRING REPORTING PERIOD. THE NEXT SAFETY GRADE WILL BE REPORTED IN SPRING 2022. JOINT COMMISSION PRIMARY STROKE REACCREDITATION SURVEY ------------------------------------------------------ THE JOINT COMMISSION WAS ONSITE IN SEPTEMBER 2021 FOR THE PRIMARY STROKE CENTER REACCREDITATION SURVEY. THE PROGRAM WAS SUCCESSFULLY REACCREDITED FOR TWO YEARS. HOSPITAL COMPARE STAR RATINGS ----------------------------- THE CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES (CMS) RELEASED NEW DATA ON ITS HOSPITAL COMPARE WEBSITE IN JANUARY 2022. ST. LUKE'S EASTON HOSPITAL RECEIVED A FOUR- OUT OF FIVE-STAR RATING. THE STAR RATINGS ARE COMPRISED OF QUALITY MEASURES INCLUDING MORTALITY, READMISSION, SAFETY OF CARE, PATIENT EXPERIENCES, EFFECTIVENESS AND TIMELINESS OF CARE, AND EFFICIENT USE OF IMAGING. |
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ST. LUKE'S EASTON CAMPUS COMMUNITY OUTREACH ------------------------------------------- ST. LUKE'S UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY HEALTH PARTNERS WITH LOCAL SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH OF STUDENTS AND FAMILIES. THESE INITIATIVES SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENT PRIORITY AREAS THAT ARE IDENTIFIED AT EACH CAMPUS BY COLLECTING AND ANALYZING DATA AND COMMUNITY INPUT. BASED ON THE IDENTIFIED NEEDS AND PRIORITIES, EACH CAMPUS DEVELOPS PARTNERS, PLANS AND PROGRAMS TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH OF THOSE IN THE COMMUNITIES. ST. LUKE'S COMMUNITY HEALTH EVIDENCE-BASED INITIATIVES INCLUDE: - EASTON AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT & WILSON AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT PARTNERSHIP FOR CONNECTION TO CARE, EDUCATION, AND RESOURCES. - COVID-19 RESPONSE TEAMS - APPROXIMATELY 25 COMMUNITY PARTNERS, INCLUDING SAFE HARBOR AND THIRD STREET ALLIANCE WHO WORK FOR OUR HOMELESS POPULATION, ENGAGED WITH COMMUNITY HEALTH COVID-19 RESPONSE EFFORTS. - HEALTHY LIVING INITIATIVES (TAIL ON THE TRAIL, SCHOOL GARDENS, NUTRITION AND HEALTH EDUCATION PROGRAMS) - LITERACY PROGRAMS (READ ACROSS AMERICA) - ONBOARDED NETWORK SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER (SUD) PROGRAM COORDINATOR TO WORK WITH THE NETWORK SUD RESPONSE TEAM TO IMPLEMENT SCREENING, BRIEF INTERVENTION, REFERRAL TO TREATMENT (SBIRT) CONSISTENT CONNECTION TO TREATMENT AND RECOVERY. THERE WERE OVER 30 WARM HAND OFF (WHO) AT EASTON THROUGH THE PILOT IMPLEMENTATION. - HOPE EASTON WELLNESS CENTER TRANSITIONED OUT OF COMMUNITY HEALTH - HOWEVER, THERE WERE EIGHT FARM TO FORK PARTICIPANTS. THE FOLLOWING IS A SUMMARY OF ST. LUKE'S EASTON CAMPUS SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY-BASED PARTNERSHIPS FROM JULY 2020 THROUGH JUNE 2021. - LITERACY: ST. LUKE'S EASTON CAMPUS PROVIDED VIRTUAL READ ACROSS AMERICA LITERACY PROMOTIONS TO LOCAL SCHOOLS. - TRANSITIONED TO BEHAVIORAL HEALTH YESS PROGRAM - 126 UNIQUE EASTON ELEMENTARY STUDENTS WERE CONNECTED TO THIS SERVICE. - COMMUNITY HEALTH LEADERSHIP FOR ST. LUKE'S EASTON CAMPUS TO BUILD PARTNERS, CAPACITY, CONNECTION TO CARE, EDUCATION, AND RESOURCES. ADDITIONAL SERVICES THROUGH ST. LUKE'S COMMUNITY HEALTH DEPARTMENT: - GET YOUR TAIL ON THE TRAIL - ST. LUKE'S UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK (ST. LUKE'S) AND DELAWARE & LEHIGH NATIONAL HERITAGE CORRIDOR (D&L) HAVE PARTNERED TO BRING THE COMMUNITY A FAMILY FUN INITIATIVE - GET YOUR TAIL ON THE TRAIL! THE PROGRAM IS AN ONLINE ACTIVITY TRACKER WHERE USERS LOG MILES THEY MOVE AND EARN FREE OUTDOOR GEAR AS AN INCENTIVE TO STAY ACTIVE. THE PROGRAM IS SELF-PACED BUT HAS OCCASIONAL EVENTS TO PROMOTE COMMUNITY AND GROUP ACTIVITY, AND SUPPORTS OTHER COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES, SUCH AS LOCAL 5K FUNDRAISERS. IT ALSO SUPPORTS OTHER COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES, SUCH AS LOCAL 5K FUNDRAISERS, THROUGH THE "TAIL ON THE TRAIL APPROVED" PROGRAM WHERE SL-MONROE PROMOTES THE COMMUNITY ACTIVITY, AND THE COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION PROMOTES THE GET YOUR TAIL ON THE TRAIL PROGRAM. THE PROGRAM, WHICH ENGAGED OVER 2,500 PARTICIPANTS NETWORK-WIDE, IS ALSO MADE AVAILABLE TO COMMUNITY AND CORPORATE GROUPS AS A FREE WAY TO PROMOTE PHYSICAL ACTIVITY WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION. - WALK WITH A DOC - REGULAR GROUP WALKS ARE HELD FEATURING A SHORT EDUCATIONAL TALK FROM A ST. LUKE'S PRACTITIONER FOLLOWED BY A WALK. THESE EVENTS ARE FREE TO THE COMMUNITY. IN-PERSON WALKS WERE NOT CONDUCTED IN THE COVID-19. INSTEAD, A SERIES OF VIRTUAL WALKS WERE MADE AVAILABLE ONLINE ACROSS THE NETWORK, WITH OVER 65,000 VIEWS NETWORK-WIDE OF OUR VIDEOS. IN ADDITION, THROUGH DONATIONS AND SPONSORSHIPS, ST. LUKE'S SUPPORTED THE FOLLOWING LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS: KIWANIS CLUB OF EASTON, FORKS COMMUNITY CENTER, FORKS TOWNSHIP POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENT, LEBANON MARONITE CATHOLIC CHURCH, EASTON OUT LOUD, BETHLEHEM TOWNSHIP LIONS CLUB, PEDIATRIC BRAIN TUMOR FOUNDATION (PALMER TOWNSHIP), YWCA CENTER FOR HEALTH LIVING, THE ARC OF LEHIGH AND NORTHAMPTON COUNTIES, BOYS SCOUTS TROOP 3 (EASTON), TRADITIONS OF AMERICA GREEN POND, LEHIGH VALLEY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, TWO RIVERS HEALTH AND WELLNESS FOUNDATION, NORTHAMPTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND COMMUNITY EVENTS OF THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES: NAZARETH AND WILSON BOROUGHS AND FORKS AND PALMER TOWNSHIPS. VOLUNTEERS ---------- IN FY 21, 16 ST. LUKE'S EASTON CAMPUS VOLUNTEERS PROVIDED 451 VOLUNTEER HOURS. GEISINGER ST. LUKE'S HOSPITAL ============================= GEISINGER ST. LUKE'S CAMPUS IS THE FIRST NEW ACUTE-CARE, NON-REPLACEMENT HOSPITAL SCHUYLKILL COUNTY HAS SEEN IN 90 YEARS. COMPRISED OF THREE STORIES AND 130,091 SQUARE FEET, THE $100-MILLION HOSPITAL BUILDING HAS 40 PRIVATE PATIENT ROOMS, INCLUDING 10 CRITICAL CARE BEDS, AND ABILITY TO ADD 40 MORE ROOMS IN THE FUTURE. TO PROMOTE HEALING, THE ROOMS ARE SPACIOUS AND BEAUTIFULLY DECORATED. THE HOSPITAL ALSO FEATURES STATE-OF-THE-ART OPERATING AND PROCEDURE ROOMS, A HELIPAD, A LARGE AND EFFICIENT EMERGENCY ROOM AND THE MOST MODERN MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES FROM GE HEALTHCARE. OPENING IN NOVEMBER 2019, GEISINGER ST. LUKE'S CAMPUS WAS THE FIRST JOINT VENTURE OF ITS KIND IN PENNSYLVANIA HISTORY. IN FY 21, THERE WERE 3,488 ADMISSIONS AND OBSERVATIONS, 30,342 OUTPATIENT VISITS AND 17,926 EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISITS AT GEISINGER ST. LUKE'S CAMPUS. THE HOSPITAL IS RECOGNIZED BY THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE (IRS) AS AN INTERNAL REVENUE CODE SECTION 501(C)(3) TAX-EXEMPT ORGANIZATION. PURSUANT TO ITS CHARITABLE PURPOSES, GEISINGER ST. LUKE'S CAMPUS PROVIDES MEDICALLY NECESSARY HEALTHCARE SERVICES TO ALL INDIVIDUALS IN A NON-DISCRIMINATORY MANNER REGARDLESS OF RACE, COLOR, CREED, SEX, NATIONAL ORIGIN, RELIGION OR ABILITY TO PAY. MOREOVER, GEISINGER ST. LUKE'S CAMPUS OPERATES CONSISTENTLY WITH THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA OUTLINED IN THE IRS REVENUE RULING 69-545: - GEISINGER ST. LUKE'S CAMPUS PROVIDES MEDICALLY NECESSARY HEALTHCARE SERVICES TO ALL INDIVIDUALS REGARDLESS OF ABILITY TO PAY, INCLUDING CHARITY CARE, SELF-PAY, MEDICARE AND MEDICAID PATIENTS; - GEISINGER ST. LUKE'S CAMPUS OPERATES AN ACTIVE EMERGENCY ROOM FOR ALL PERSONS; WHICH IS OPEN 24 HOURS A DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, 365 DAYS PER YEAR; - CONTROL OF GEISINGER ST. LUKE'S CAMPUS RESTS WITH ITS BOARD OF TRUSTEES. THIS BOARD IS COMPRISED OF A MAJORITY OF EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP FROM BOTH GEISINGER AND ST. LUKE'S UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK AS WELL AS PHYSICIANS ON THE HOSPITAL/NETWORK MEDICAL STAFF; AND - SURPLUS FUNDS ARE USED TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF PATIENT CARE, EXPAND AND RENOVATE FACILITIES AND ADVANCE MEDICAL CARE PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES. THE OPERATIONS OF GEISINGER ST. LUKE'S CAMPUS, AS SHOWN THROUGH THE FACTORS OUTLINED ABOVE AND OTHER INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN, CLEARLY DEMONSTRATE THAT THE USE AND CONTROL OF GEISINGER ST. LUKE'S CAMPUS IS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AND THAT NO PART OF THE INCOME OR NET EARNINGS OF THE ORGANIZATION INURES TO THE BENEFIT OF ANY PRIVATE INDIVIDUAL, NOR IS ANY PRIVATE INTEREST BEING SERVED OTHER THAN INCIDENTALLY. MISSION ------- THE MISSION OF GEISINGER ST. LUKE'S CAMPUS IS TO CARE FOR THE SICK AND INJURED AND IMPROVE OUR COMMUNITY'S HEALTH REGARDLESS OF A PATIENT'S ABILITY TO PAY. VISION ------ THE VISION OF GEISINGER ST. LUKE'S CAMPUS IS TO BE THE PREFERRED HOSPITAL IN SCHUYLKILL COUNTY FOR HIGH-QUALITY, COST-EFFECTIVE CARE AND OUTSTANDING SERVICE. THE MISSION WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED BY THE FOLLOWING: - MAKING THE PATIENT OUR HIGHEST PRIORITY. - PROMOTING HEALTHY LIFESTYLES AND CONTINUOUSLY IMPROVING CARE PROVIDED TO HEAL THE SICK AND INJURED. - COORDINATING AND INTEGRATING SERVICES INTO A SEAMLESS, EASILY ACCESSIBLE SYSTEM OF CARE. - IMPROVING THE LEVEL OF SERVICE PROVIDED THROUGHOUT THE NETWORK. - ENSURING ALL HEALTH CARE SERVICES ARE RELEVANT TO THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY. - STRIVING TO MAXIMIZE THE SATISFACTION OF OUR PATIENTS, EMPLOYEES, MEDICAL STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS AND, - TRAINING ALLIED HEALTH PROFESSIONALS, NURSING AND MEDICAL STUDENTS, AND RESIDENTS AND FELLOWS AND ATTRACTING THEM TO PRACTICE WITHIN OUR NETWORK'S SERVICE AREA. OVERVIEW -------- ON NOVEMBER 20, 2019, GEISINGER ST. LUKE'S CAMPUS OPENED ITS DOORS TO THE COMMUNITY. BECOMING THE 10TH HOSPITAL IN THE ST. LUKE'S UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK, THE NEW HOSPITAL PROVIDES ACUTE INPATIENT AND OUTPATIENT MEDICAL AND SURGICAL CARE. THE CAMPUS HAS AN ANNUAL CAPACITY FOR 3,450 INPATIENT AND OBSERVATION ADMISSIONS AND HAS A 15-BED EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT WITH AN ANNUAL CAPACITY FOR 25,000 VISITS. FROM THE DAY IT OPENED, GEISINGER ST. LUKE'S CAMPUS HAS BEEN EMBRACED BY THE PUBLIC. IN THE FIRST YEAR OF OPERATIONS, THE HOSPITAL RECEIVED THE PRESS GANEY GUARDIAN OF EXCELLENCE AWARD FOR INPATIENT AND EMERGENCY ROOM CARE AND THE REPUBLICAN HERALD'S READERS' CHOICE BEST HOSPITAL AWARD. |
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ST. LUKE'S UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK HAS CONTINUED TO INVEST IN GEISINGER ST. LUKE'S CAMPUS TO IMPROVE BOTH QUALITY OF, AND ACCESS TO, CARE. ANOTHER MAJOR INVESTMENT IN THE GEISINGER ST. LUKE'S CAMPUS WAS A THREE-FLOOR, 37,500-SQUARE-FOOT MEDICAL OFFICE BUILDING LOCATED AT 1165 CENTRE TURNPIKE, ON THE HOSPITAL CAMPUS. THE $8 MILLION BUILDING OPENED IN JUNE 2020 AND EXPANDED THE BREADTH OF OFFERINGS AT GEISINGER ST. LUKE'S CAMPUS TO INCLUDE CARDIOLOGY, ORTHOPEDICS, SPINE & PAIN, SPORTS MEDICINE, PULMONARY, GYNECOLOGY, UROLOGY, NEPHROLOGY, GYNECOLOGIC ONCOLOGY, WOMEN'S IMAGING AND 3D MAMMOGRAPHY. THE GEISINGER ST. LUKE'S CAMPUS BREAST CENTER, LOCATED IN THE MEDICAL OFFICE BUILDING, INCLUDES THE MOST ADVANCED, COMPUTER-AIDED SOFTWARE TO HELP IN DIAGNOSING BREAST ANOMALIES AND THE LATEST DIGITAL AND 3D MAMMOGRAPHY EQUIPMENT FROM GE HEALTHCARE. THE CENTER IS EQUIPPED WITH SENSORYSUITE TO PROVIDE A CALMER, INTERACTIVE MAMMOGRAM EXPERIENCE AND THE REGION'S FIRST PRISTINA WITH DUETATM MAMMOGRAPHY, A PATIENT-ASSISTED COMPRESSION DEVICE WHICH GIVES PATIENTS A SENSE OF CONTROL DURING THEIR MAMMOGRAMS. GEISINGER ST. LUKE'S CAMPUS SPECIALTY SERVICES INCLUDE: - CARDIOLOGY - EMERGENCY SERVICES - ENDOSCOPIES - GASTROENTEROLOGY - GYNECOLOGY - GYNECOLOGY ONCOLOGY - INFECTIOUS DISEASE - NEPHROLOGY - NEUROLOGY - OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE - ORTHOPEDICS, JOINT AND MUSCLE DISORDERS - PAIN MANAGEMENT - PALLIATIVE CARE - PLASTIC & RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY - PODIATRY - PRIMARY CARE - PULMONARY - RADIOLOGY (ADVANCED, INTERVENTIONAL) - INPATIENT RENAL DIALYSIS - SLEEP CENTER - SPINE & PAIN - SPORTS MEDICINE - SURGERY (GENERAL, SPECIALTY AND LAPAROSCOPIC) - UROLOGY - VASCULAR SERVICES - WEIGHT MANAGEMENT - WOMEN'S IMAGING CENTER GEISINGER ST. LUKE'S CAMPUS IS SERVICE ORIENTED WITH A GOAL TO REDUCE PATIENT AND FAMILY STRESS AND ANXIETY AND TO PROVIDE A CALM AND REASSURING ENVIRONMENT BY MEETING, AND OFTEN EXCEEDING, THEIR PERSONAL NEEDS. SOFTER LIGHTING IS USED IN THE HALLWAYS AND THE DCOR CONVEYS RELAXING EARTH TONES. AVAILABLE AMENITIES INCLUDE FLAT SCREEN TELEVISIONS, FREE WIFI SERVICE, AND A RECLINER AND COMFORTABLE SOFA BED IN EVERY ROOM. COMMUNITY OUTREACH ------------------ IN KEEPING WITH ITS COMMITMENT TO THE COMMUNITIES IT SERVES, GEISINGER ST. LUKE'S CAMPUS ANNUALLY REACHES MORE THAN 1,000 PEOPLE (CHILD DEVELOPMENT 600 FAMILIES; NURSING FAMILY PARTNERSHIP 100, RURAL COMMUNITY OPIOID RESPONSE PROGRAM) THROUGH ITS COMMUNITY OUTREACH ENDEAVORS. THE HOSPITAL OFFERS A VARIETY OF FREE SCREENINGS AND SERVICES FOR COMMUNITY-RUN EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. COMMUNITY OUTREACH INCLUDES, BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO, THE FOLLOWING: - UTILIZATION OF NUMEROUS MEDIA OUTLETS TO EDUCATE COMMUNITY MEMBERS ABOUT HEALTH ISSUES THAT MAY IMPACT THEM. - LITERACY PROMOTION THROUGH ACTIVITIES INCLUDING READ ACROSS AMERICA.? IN MARCH 2021, VIRTUAL READ ACROSS AMERICA TOOK PLACE THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOLS IN SCHUYLKILL COUNTY TO INCLUDE BLUE MOUNTAIN EAST AND WEST, J.S. CLARKE (POTTSVILLE), NORTH SCHUYLKILL, SCHUYLKILL HAVEN AND SCHUYLKILL COUNTY CHILD DEVELOPMENT. A "HEALTHY KID BRIGHT FUTURES" READ ACROSS AMERICA 2021 RESOURCE GUIDE WAS SHARED WITH ALL COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICTS PROMOTING VIRTUAL READS BY HOSPITAL STAFF, MINDFUL READING LISTS FOR TEACHERS, 100 FAVORITE BOOKS SELECTION FOR YOUNG READERS AND TO SHARPEN READING SKILLS A READING BINGO CARD. A FOOD PANTRY NEAR THE HOSPITAL CAMPUS ALSO RECEIVED 100+ BOOKS TO PROMOTE A LOVE OF READING TO OUR COMMUNITY FAMILIES IN NEED. - FUNDING OF THE RURAL COMMUNITY HEALTH TEAM, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE TWO OTHER RURAL HOSPITALS. THIS INCLUDED A COMMUNITY & SCHOOL COORDINATOR/COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER FOR CARBON COUNTY AND SCHUYLKILL COUNTY TO BUILD EVIDENCE-BASED PARTNERS AND PROGRAMS TO MEASURABLY IMPROVE HEALTH OUTCOMES AND NEED IDENTIFIED THROUGH OUR COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENTS. - COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER: (CHW): GEISINGER ST. LUKE'S CAMPUS COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER (CHW) EMBEDDED SCHUYLKILL COUNTY CHILD DEVELOPMENT'S CENTERS (EIGHT LOCATIONS) TO CONNECT OVER 1700 COMMUNITY MEMBERS WITH IDENTIFIED NEED INCLUDING STUDENTS, FAMILY MEMBERS AND STAFF TO PREVENTION, LITERACY, TREATMENT, SERVICES, TRAININGS, EDUCATION AND RESOURCES. - PARTICIPATION IN SCHUYLKILL PREVENTION PARTNERSHIP MONTHLY MEETINGS WITH MORE THAN 20 SCHUYLKILL PARTNERS?INCLUDING NURSING FAMILY PARTNERSHIP, HEAD START, SCHUYLKILL COUNTY CHILDREN/YOUTH, LEHIGH VALLEY HEALTH NETWORK COUNSELING CENTER, CLINICAL OUTCOMES GROUP INC., SCHUYLKILL COUNTY INTERMEDIATE UNIT, SCHUYLKILL COUNTY VISION AND SCHOOL TASK FORCE MEMBERS. - COMMUNITY STIGMA EDUCATION: AS PART OF OUR RURAL COMMUNITIES RESPONSE PROGRAM (RCORP) GRANT, 253 SCHUYLKILL COUNTY MEMBERS FROM SENIOR AND CHURCH GROUPS ALONG WITH PROFESSIONAL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES RECEIVED COMMUNITY STIGMA EDUCATION.?A COMPREHENSIVE SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER/OPIOID USE DISORDER (SUD/OUD) RURAL RESOURCE GUIDE FOR SCHUYLKILL AND CARBON COUNTIES CONTINUES TO BE UPDATED AND ACCESSIBLE ON SCHUYLKILL COUNTY CHILD DEVELOPMENT'S WEBSITE FOR 600 SCHUYLKILL COUNTY CHILD DEVELOPMENT FAMILIES AND OTHER SITE VISITORS. -UNDERTOOK INITIATIVES USING GRANTS THROUGH THE HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES ADMINISTRATION OF THE US. - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES UNDER THE RURAL COMMUNITY OPIOID AND SUBSTANCE RESPONSE IMPLEMENTATION GRANT PROGRAM. PARTICIPATED IN A DRUG TAKE BACK DAY WHERE PRESCRIPTION DRUGS WERE COLLECTED. INSTALLED A PERMANENT DRUG TAKE BACK BOX IN GEISINGER ST. LUKE'S CAMPUS EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT AND PROVIDED ADDITIONAL HARM REDUCTION MEASURES SUCH AS DISPOSE RX SAFE MEDICATION DISPOSAL, NALOXONE EDUCATION AND STIGMA REDUCTION TRAININGS. - COMMUNITY OUTREACH WAS MADE TO ALL EIGHT CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTERS WITH 500+ FAMILIES IN SCHUYLKILL COUNTY. PARENTS/GRANDPARENTS/GUARDIANS WERE ASSISTED WITH HEALTH INFORMATION AS WELL AS COMMUNITY RESOURCE CONNECTIONS FOR SUD/OUD PREVENTION, TREATMENT, AND RECOVERY. THE CONTINUATION OF A MONTHLY HEALTH WRITE-UP IN THEIR "EARLY YEARS" NEWSLETTER PROVIDED A PLETHORA OF HEALTH-RELATED TOPIC INFORMATION AS WELL AS ON ACCESSING CARE AND LOCAL HEALTH SERVICES. ?INFORMATION AND RESOURCE CONNECTIONS WERE ALSO PROVIDED TO 350 FAMILIES RECEIVING FREE HOLIDAY FOOD BOXES FROM A LOCAL SALVATION ARMY AS WELL AS ASSISTANCE WITH SORTING/PACKING FOR TOYS FOR TOTS. SIMILARLY, THIS INFORMATION WAS ALSO GIVEN TO YOUNG PARENTS/FAMILIES AT NURSE FAMILY PARTNERSHIP VIA 80 OUTREACH BAGS AS PART OF THEIR PORCH DROP-OFF PROGRAM. - SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND COVID-19 RESPONSE: ALL SCHUYLKILL SCHOOL COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER (CHW) OUTREACH WITH HEALTHY LIVING TOOLKITS AND CONNECTION TO HEALTH EDUCATION AND SERVICES; COVID-19 EDUCATION AND STIGMA HANDOUT DEVELOPED IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH AND CHW "WE CAN HELP" HANDOUT DEVELOPED TO EDUCATE ON AVAILABLE RESOURCES. - HEALTH PROMOTION: PROVIDED 649 POUNDS OF LOCAL FARM FRESH PRODUCE TO SCHUYLKILL COUNTY HEAD START FAMILIES (558 POUNDS) AND AT THE ORWIGSBURG FOOD PANTRY (91 POUNDS). - UNDERTAKING INITIATIVES USING GRANTS THROUGH THE HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES ADMINISTRATION OF THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES UNDER THE RCORP GRANT PROGRAM TO IMPROVE SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER PREVENTION, TREATMENT AND RECOVERY SERVICES INCLUDING COMMUNITY NALOXONE EDUCATION AND DISTRIBUTION. SPONSORSHIP ----------- IN FY 21, GEISINGER ST LUKE'S PROVIDED COMMUNITY SPONSORSHIPS TO THE FOLLOWING ORGANIZATIONS SERVING OUR MUTUAL COMMUNITY POPULATIONS IN NEED: - SCHUYLKILL COUNTY VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS - SCHUYLKILL COUNTY COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS - SEXUAL ASSAULT AND RESOURCE COMMUNITY CENTER - TAMAQUA AREA FAITH FELLOWSHIP - TAMAQUA COMMUNITY ARTS CENTER VOLUNTEERS ---------- IN FY 21, 16 GEISINGER ST. LUKE'S CAMPUS VOLUNTEERS PROVIDED 547 VOLUNTEER HOURS. CARBON-SCHUYLKILL COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, INC. - ST. LUKE'S MINERS CAMPUS ===================================================================== THE CARBON-SCHUYLKILL COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, INC. (DBA ST. LUKE'S MINERS CAMPUS) IS A JOINT COMMISSION-ACCREDITED, NOT-FOR-PROFIT, 49-LICENSED BED ACUTE CARE HOSPITAL AND A 48-BED SKILLED NURSING FACILITY LOCATED IN COALDALE, PENNSYLVANIA, SCHUYLKILL COUNTY NEAR THE CARBON COUNTY BORDER PROVIDING CARE PRIMARILY TO RESIDENTS OF SCHUYLKILL, CARBON AND LOWER LUZERNE COUNTIES IN NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA. ST. LUKE'S MINERS CAMPUS ALSO INCLUDES NINE PHYSICAL THERAPY LOCATIONS AND FOUR RURAL HEALTH CLINICS. IN FISCAL YEAR 2021 (FY 21), CARE PROVIDED BY ST. LUKE'S MINERS CAMPUS INCLUDED 2,871 OBSERVATIONS AND ADMISSIONS, MORE THAN 124,443 OUTPATIENT VISITS AND 17,494 EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISITS AND IS RECOGNIZED BY THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE (IRS) AS AN INTERNAL REVENUE CODE SECTION 501(C)(3) TAX-EXEMPT ORGANIZATION. |
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PURSUANT TO ITS CHARITABLE PURPOSES, ST. LUKE'S MINERS CAMPUS PROVIDES MEDICALLY NECESSARY HEALTH CARE SERVICES TO ALL INDIVIDUALS IN A NON-DISCRIMINATORY MANNER REGARDLESS OF RACE, COLOR, CREED, SEX, NATIONAL ORIGIN, RELIGION OR ABILITY TO PAY. FOUNDED IN 1910, ST. LUKE'S MINERS CAMPUS JOINED THE NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED ST. LUKE'S UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK (NETWORK) IN 2000 AND CELEBRATED ITS 110TH YEAR OF COMMUNITY SERVICE IN JULY 2020. MOREOVER, ST. LUKE'S MINERS CAMPUS OPERATES CONSISTENTLY WITH THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA OUTLINED IN THE IRS REVENUE RULING 69-545: - ST. LUKE'S MINERS CAMPUS PROVIDES MEDICALLY NECESSARY HEALTH CARE SERVICES TO ALL INDIVIDUALS REGARDLESS OF ABILITY TO PAY, INCLUDING CHARITY CARE, SELF-PAY, MEDICARE AND MEDICAID PATIENTS; - ST. LUKE'S MINERS CAMPUS OPERATES AN ACTIVE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT, WHICH IS OPEN 24 HOURS A DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, 365 DAYS PER YEAR, FOR ALL PERSONS; - CONTROL OF ST. LUKE'S MINERS CAMPUS RESTS WITH ITS BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF ST. LUKE'S UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK, INC. D.B.A. ST. LUKE'S UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK. BOTH BOARDS ARE COMPRISED OF A MAJORITY OF INDEPENDENT CIVIC LEADERS AND OTHER PROMINENT MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY, AS WELL AS PHYSICIANS ON THE HOSPITAL/NETWORK MEDICAL STAFF; - SURPLUS FUNDS ARE USED TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF PATIENT CARE, EXPAND AND RENOVATE FACILITIES AND ADVANCE MEDICAL CARE, PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES. THE OPERATIONS OF ST. LUKE'S MINERS CAMPUS AS SHOWN THROUGH THE FACTORS OUTLINED ABOVE AND OTHER INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN, CLEARLY DEMONSTRATE THAT THE USE AND CONTROL OF ST. LUKE'S MINERS CAMPUS IS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AND THAT NO PART OF THE INCOME OR NET EARNINGS OF THE ORGANIZATION INURES TO THE BENEFIT OF ANY PRIVATE INDIVIDUAL NOR IS ANY PRIVATE INTEREST BEING SERVED OTHER THAN INCIDENTALLY. MISSION ------- THE MISSION OF ST. LUKE'S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL IS TO CARE FOR THE SICK AND INJURED REGARDLESS OF THEIR ABILITY TO PAY, IMPROVE OUR COMMUNITIES' OVERALL HEALTH, AND EDUCATE OUR HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS. THE MISSION WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED BY THE FOLLOWING: - MAKING THE PATIENT OUR HIGHEST PRIORITY. - PROMOTING HEALTHY LIFESTYLES AND CONTINUOUSLY IMPROVING CARE PROVIDED TO HEAL THE SICK AND INJURED. - COORDINATING AND INTEGRATING SERVICES INTO A SEAMLESS, EASILY ACCESSIBLE SYSTEM OF CARE. - IMPROVING THE LEVEL OF SERVICE PROVIDED THROUGHOUT THE NETWORK. - ENSURING ALL HEALTH CARE SERVICES ARE RELEVANT TO THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY. - STRIVING TO MAXIMIZE THE SATISFACTION OF OUR PATIENTS, EMPLOYEES, MEDICAL STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS AND, - TRAINING ALLIED HEALTH PROFESSIONALS, NURSING AND MEDICAL STUDENTS, AND RESIDENTS AND FELLOWS AND ATTRACTING THEM TO PRACTICE WITHIN OUR NETWORK'S SERVICE AREA. OVERVIEW -------- THE CAMPUS PROVIDES PATIENTS WITH ACCESS TO OVER 600 PHYSICIANS ACROSS 30 MEDICAL SPECIALTIES. THE HOSPITAL IS ACCREDITED AS A PRIMARY STROKE CENTER BY THE JOINT COMMISSION AND A CHEST PAIN CENTER BY THE SOCIETY OF CARDIOVASCULAR PATIENT CARE. ST. LUKE'S MINERS CAMPUS NOW OPERATES FOUR PROVIDERS BASED RURAL HEALTH CLINICS (RHCS) IN TAMAQUA, RINGTOWN, LANSFORD AND NESQUEHONING, SERVING OVER 10,000 PATIENT VISITS. THE CENTERS PROVIDE PRIMARY CARE ACCESS TO PEOPLE WITH NO INSURANCE, MEDICARE, MEDICAID OR WHO JUST CANNOT FIND A PRIMARY CARE PROVIDER. THEY TREAT PATIENTS OF ALL AGES, OFFERING EXCEPTIONAL QUALITY CARE CLOSE TO HOME INCLUDING IN SPORTS PHYSICALS, SCHOOL PHYSICALS AND IN-SCHOOL PROGRAMS. THE CENTERS ALSO PROVIDE INTEGRATED DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES IN THE PRIMARY CARE OFFICE. NO PATIENT IS DENIED CARE, REGARDLESS OF THEIR ABILITY TO PAY. ALL INSURANCES, INCLUDING MEDICAID, ARE ACCEPTED. THE RURAL HEALTH CLINICS WERE NAMED THE "2018 OUTSTANDING RURAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION" BY THE NATIONAL RURAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION FOR INNOVATIVE PRIMARY CARE AND ACCESS IN RURAL MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREAS. IN FY 19, ST. LUKE'S MINERS CAMPUS STARTED THE FIRST FAMILY MEDICINE RESIDENCY RURAL TRAINING TRACK IN PENNSYLVANIA IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE FAMILY MEDICINE RESIDENCY AT ST. LUKE'S WARREN CAMPUS. THIS THREE-YEAR RESIDENCY TRAINS FAMILY MEDICINE PHYSICIANS WHO WANT TO PRACTICE IN A RURAL SETTING. EACH RESIDENCY CLASS HAS TWO RESIDENTS. THE CLINICAL TRAINING SITE FOR THIS NEW FAMILY MEDICINE RESIDENCY RURAL TRAINING TRACK IS THE ST. LUKE'S MINERS RURAL HEALTH CLINIC IN TAMAQUA. THE NETWORK HAS INVESTED APPROXIMATELY $1.8 MILLION IN TECHNICAL AND FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS AT ST. LUKE'S MINERS CAMPUS IN FY 21. ST. LUKE'S MINERS CAMPUS IS LOCATED IN COALDALE, A FEDERALLY DESIGNATED MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA. THE HOSPITAL HAS SIGNIFICANTLY EXPANDED MEDICAL EXPERTISE THROUGH THE ADDITION OF THE FOLLOWING SERVICES, PROVIDING DIRECT ACCESS TO: - 24/7 ACCESS TO ORTHOPEDIC SURGEONS PROVIDING THE MOST ADVANCED DIAGNOSIS, TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION FOR PATIENTS WITH MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS AND INJURIES. - A HIGHLY TRAINED CARDIAC TEAM WHICH INCLUDES EXPERIENCED AND SKILLED CARDIOLOGISTS, CARDIAC AND VASCULAR SURGEONS, INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGISTS AND ELECTROPHYSIOLOGISTS. - ONCOLOGISTS AND A WIDE RANGE OF ONCOLOGY SPECIALISTS. - 24/7 NEUROLOGIST AND NEUROSURGICAL ACCESS. - 24/7 GENERAL SURGEON ACCESS. - HOSPITALISTS. ST. LUKE'S MINERS CAMPUS PROVIDES 24/7 TELE-PSYCHIATRY AND TELE-NEUROLOGY SERVICES WHICH DELIVERS IMMEDIATE BENEFIT TO BOTH PATIENTS AND CLINICAL STAFF BY PROVIDING QUICK ACCESS FOR PSYCHIATRIC AND NEUROLOGICAL CONSULTATIONS FOR PATIENTS. THE HOSPITAL ALSO ESTABLISHED A CLINICAL ROTATION IN COLLABORATION WITH FOUR SCHOOLS TO PROVIDE PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT STUDENTS THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THEIR CLINICAL STUDY IN A RURAL COMMUNITY SETTING. THE NETWORK'S SPECIALTY SERVICES INCLUDE: - BARIATRIC SURGERY - CARDIOLOGY - CARDIAC SURGERY - CERTIFIED DIABETES EDUCATION - COLON/RECTAL SURGERY - CRITICAL CARE - DENTAL - EMERGENCY SERVICES - ENDOCRINOLOGY - ENDOVASCULAR - GASTROENTEROLOGY - GERIATRIC MEDICINE - INFECTIOUS DISEASE - INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY - LABOR AND DELIVERY - LEVEL I TRAUMA CENTER TEAM - LONG-TERM CARE SERVICES - NEPHROLOGY - NEUROLOGY - NEUROSURGERY - OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY - ONCOLOGY/HEMATOLOGY - ORTHOPEDICS, JOINT AND MUSCLE DISORDERS - OTOLARYNGOLOGY/ENT - PALLIATIVE CARE - PAIN MANAGEMENT - PRIMARY CARE - PSYCHIATRY - PULMONOLOGY - RADIOLOGY (ADVANCED) - SHORT-TERM REHABILITATION - SKILLED NURSING - SLEEP MEDICINE - SPORTS MEDICINE, PHYSICAL, SPEECH AND OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY - SURGERY (GENERAL AND LAPAROSCOPIC) - THORACIC SURGERY - UROLOGY - VASCULAR - WEIGHT LOSS MANAGEMENT - WOMEN'S HEALTH - WOUND MANAGEMENT ST. LUKE'S MINERS REHABILITATION AND NURSING CENTER --------------------------------------------------- ST. LUKE'S MINERS REHABILITATION AND NURSING CENTER IS A FULLY ACCREDITED, 48-BED, HOSPITAL-BASED, SKILLED NURSING FACILITY LOCATED ON THE FIFTH FLOOR OF THE HOSPITAL. INDIVIDUALIZED SHORT-TIME REHABILITATION AND LONG-TERM CARE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED. COMMUNITY OUTREACH ------------------ IN KEEPING WITH ITS COMMITMENT TO THE COMMUNITIES IT SERVES, ST. LUKE'S MINERS CAMPUS ANNUALLY REACHES MORE THAN 3,200 PEOPLE THROUGH ITS COMMUNITY OUTREACH ENDEAVORS. THE HOSPITAL OFFERS A VARIETY OF FREE SCREENINGS AND SERVICES FOR COMMUNITY-RUN EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. COMMUNITY OUTREACH INCLUDES, BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO, THE FOLLOWING: - UTILIZED NUMEROUS MEDIA OUTLETS TO EDUCATE THE COMMUNITY ABOUT HEALTH ISSUES THAT MAY IMPACT THEM. - PROMOTED LITERACY THROUGH ACTIVITIES INCLUDING READ ACROSS AMERICA. THE LITTLE FREE LIBRARIES INITIATIVE AND PROVIDED ACCESS TO BOOKS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AT PANTHER VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT AND COMMUNITY EVENTS. IN MARCH 2021, VIRTUAL READ ACROSS AMERICA TOOK PLACE THROUGHOUT SCHOOLS IN CARBON AND SCHUYLKILL COUNTIES; INCLUDING PANTHER VALLEY, TAMAQUA AREA, SHENANDOAH VALLEY, LEHIGHTON, PALMERTON, JIM THORPE, ST. JOHN NEWMAN, AND CARBON COUNTY HEAD START. THE GEISINGER ST. LUKE'S AREA INCLUDED BLUE MOUNTAIN EAST AND WEST, J.S. CLARKE (POTTSVILLE), NORTH SCHUYLKILL, AND SCHUYLKILL HAVEN AND SCHUYLKILL COUNTY CHILD DEVELOPMENT. - PROVIDED HEALTH AND WELLNESS ACTIVITIES IN THE COMMUNITY SUCH AS THE PANTHER VALLEY HEALTH CARNIVAL. INCLUDED OVER 30 COMMUNITY PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS WHO ALSO ATTRIBUTE TO THE OVERALL HEALTH AND WELLNESS OF OUR AREA. - DISTRIBUTED LOCAL FARM FRESH PRODUCE TO CANCER PATIENTS, RURAL HEALTH CENTER PATIENTS AND AT COMMUNITY AND SCHOOL EVENTS FOR 12 WEEKS FROM JULY TO SEPTEMBER 2020. - ENGAGED COMMUNITY WITH VIRTUAL WALK WITH A DOC EVENTS DURING COVID-19 LOCKDOWN. DR. JOANNE CALABRESE DID THE FIRST VIRTUAL WWAD FOR THE MINERS CAMPUS AND MONTHLY WALKS WERE COORDINATED AT A NETWORK LEVEL. |
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- PROVIDED VISION SERVICES FOR 26 PANTHER VALLEY STUDENTS WHO FAILED THEIR VISION. PROVIDED VISION EXAMS AND GLASSES SHUTTLE SERVICES FOR SIX PANTHER VALLEY STUDENTS WHO FAILED THEIR VISION EXAM AND WHO HAD AN IDENTIFIED BARRIER TO CARE SUCH AS TRANSPORTATION, TO THE LOCAL VISION PROVIDER WITH OFFICES IN NESQUEHONING, SOUTH TAMAQUA AND PALMERTON. THE MOBILE MEDICAL VAN AND COMMUNITY AND RURAL HEALTH TEAM VISITED PANTHER VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT 10 TIMES PROVIDING SERVICES FOR 54 UNDUPLICATED STUDENTS DURING THE 2020-2021 SCHOOL YEAR ALL WHILE FOLLOWING COVID-19 HEALTH AND SAFETY PROTOCOLS. DURING THE CHALLENGING TIMES OF COVID-19 STAY AT HOME ORDERS AND MEASURES, ADOPT-A-SCHOOL (AAS) SERVICES CONTINUED TO ASSIST THE STAFF, STUDENTS, AND FAMILIES AT PANTHER VALLEY PROVIDING SUPPORT AND SERVICES VIA WEEKLY MICROSOFT TEAMS MEETINGS, PHONE CALLS, DISTRICT-WIDE UPDATES, AND SOCIAL MEDIA MESSAGING. THE TEAM CONTINUED DISTRIBUTING RESOURCES AND HYGIENE PRODUCTS - AND EVEN DELIVERED EYEGLASSES - THROUGH THE 'GRAB AND GO' LUNCH DISTRIBUTION SITES THAT THE SCHOOL-BASED COORDINATORS ASSIST WITH. IN ADDITION, "MENTAL HEALTH MONDAYS" BEGAN IN APRIL 2020 AND HAVE CONTINUED EACH WEEK THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR; THIS WAS MADE AVAILABLE TO ALL STUDENTS AND STAFF, AS WELL AS POSTED ON WEBSITES AND SOCIAL MEDIA (PANTHER VALLEY ATHLETIC DIRECTOR AND SCHOOL-BASED COORDINATOR HAS 966 FOLLOWERS ON TWITTER AND 869 FOLLOWERS ON FACEBOOK). MESSAGING WAS CONSISTENT AND OFTEN INCLUDED SENTIMENTS SUCH AS, "YOU ARE NOT ALONE," WHILE ALSO PROVIDING LOCAL RESOURCES INCLUDING UNITED WAY 211 AND CRISIS LINES. - PROVIDED ANNUAL NOVEMBER HEALTH PHYSICALS AND LEAD TESTING TO LEHIGHTON PATHSTONE HEAD START STUDENTS WITH IDENTIFIED BARRIERS TO CARE. - FUNDED THE RURAL COMMUNITY HEALTH TEAM, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE TWO OTHER RURAL HOSPITALS, INCLUDING A COMMUNITY & SCHOOL COORDINATOR/COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER FOR CARBON COUNTY AND SCHUYLKILL COUNTY. - PARTICIPATED IN SCHUYLKILL PREVENTION PARTNERSHIP MONTHLY MEETINGS WITH MORE THAN 20 SCHUYLKILL PARTNERS INCLUDING NFP, HEAD START, CHILDREN/YOUTH, LVHN COUNSELING CENTER, COGI, IU, TIDE, CARDINAL, HAVEN, BLUE MOUNTAIN, MAHANOY TASK FORCE/COALITIONS, SHINE, VISION. - UNDERTOOK INITIATIVES USING GRANTS THROUGH THE HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES ADMINISTRATION OF THE US DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES UNDER THE RURAL COMMUNITY OPIOID AND SUBSTANCE RESPONSE IMPLEMENTATION GRANT PROGRAM. PARTICIPATED IN A DRUG TAKE BACK DAY WHERE PRESCRIPTION DRUGS WERE COLLECTED. INSTALLED PERMANENT DRUG TAKE BACK BOX IN MINERS EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT AND PROVIDED ADDITIONAL HARM REDUCTION MEASURES SUCH AS DISPOSE RX SAFE MEDICATION DISPOSAL, NALOXONE EDUCATION AND DISTRIBUTION AND STIGMA REDUCTION TRAININGS. - SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND COVID-19 RESPONSE: ALL SCHUYLKILL SCHOOL CHW OUTREACH WITH HEALTHY LIVING TOOLKITS AND CONNECTION TO HEALTH EDUCATION AND SERVICES; COVID-19 EDUCATION AND STIGMA HANDOUT DEVELOPED IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH AND CHW "WE CAN HELP" HANDOUT DEVELOPED TO EDUCATE ON AVAILABLE RESOURCES. - SUPPORTED ORAL HEALTH LITERACY. CARBON AND SCHUYLKILL COUNTIES ARE LOCATED IN A DENTAL HEALTH PROVIDER SHORTAGE AREA (HPSA). TO INCREASE VALUE, WE BEGAN THE EVIDENCE-BASED REACH OUT AND READ (ROR) AND THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS BRUSH, BOOK AND BED (BBB) PROGRAM IN 2018-PRESENT THROUGH A GENEROUS DONATION FROM THE CARBON COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION. SINCE THE NEED WAS IDENTIFIED, THE ROR PROGRAM HAS TRAINED PROVIDERS TO ENGAGE FAMILIES AND YOUNG CHILDREN AGES 6 MONTHS TO 5 YEARS ON THE IMPORTANCE OF TALKING, SINGING, READING, AND PLAYING. DURING THEIR WELLNESS VISITS AT THESE PRACTICES, CHILDREN 5 AND UNDER ARE ABLE TO SELECT AN AGE-APPROPRIATE BOOK TO TAKE HOME AND READ. BBB INSTRUCTS FAMILIES ON THE IMPORTANCE OF A REGULAR BEDTIME ROUTINE FOR CHILDREN THAT INCLUDES BRUSHING THEIR TEETH AND READING A BOOK; PROMOTING ORAL HEALTH ALONG WITH LITERACY. SINCE THE ROR PROGRAM BEGAN, PROVIDERS HAVE ENGAGED FAMILIES IN OVER 1,600 CHILDREN'S WELL VISITS AT SIX SLUHN'S PEDIATRIC AND PRIMARY CARE LOCATIONS: LEHIGHTON FAMILY PRACTICE, PALMERTON PEDIATRICS, NESQUEHONING FAMILY PRACTICE, NESQUEHONING RURAL HEALTH CENTER, LANSFORD RURAL HEALTH CENTER, AND PALMERTON PRIMARY CARE. COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT --------------------- THE HOSPITAL PURSUES EXPANDED RELATIONSHIPS AND HEALTH IMPROVEMENT ADVOCACY WITH THE COMMUNITIES IT SERVES THROUGH VARIOUS COALITION-BUILDING ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE FOLLOWING: - OUT OF THE DARKNESS OVERDOSE AWARENESS WALK? - VETERANS BREAKFAST?? - VALOR CLINIC?? - SCHUYLKILL UNITED WAY?STUFF THE BUS CAMPAIGN - SILVER ANGELS - SALVATION ARMY ANGEL TREE - UNITED WAY DAY OF CARING? - COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENT (CHNA) KEY INFORMANT INTERVIEWS, COMMUNITY FORUMS, SURVEYS AND CONSISTENT BI-MONTHLY COLLABORATION - UNITED WAY COMMUNITY SCHOOLS MEETINGS - CARBON COUNTY INTERAGENCY COUNCIL - RURAL COMMUNITY OPIOID RESPONSE STEERING COMMITTEE - DENTAL PLANNING ANNUAL COMMUNITY COMMITTEE VOLUNTEERS ---------- IN FY 20, 20 ST. LUKE'S MINERS CAMPUS VOLUNTEERS PROVIDED 736 VOLUNTEER HOURS. ST. LUKE'S HOSPITAL - MONROE CAMPUS =================================== ST. LUKE'S HOSPITAL MONROE CAMPUS, THE FIRST NEW ACUTE-CARE, NON-REPLACEMENT HOSPITAL MONROE COUNTY HAS SEEN IN 100 YEARS, COMPRISES FOUR STORIES AND 180,000 SQUARE FEET. THE $100-MILLION HOSPITAL BUILDING HAS 98 PRIVATE PATIENT ROOMS, INCLUDING 12 BEDS FOR CRITICAL CARE PATIENTS. ALL ARE SPACIOUS AND BEAUTIFULLY DECORATED TO PROMOTE HEALING. THE HOSPITAL ALSO FEATURES STATE-OF-THE-ART OPERATING AND PROCEDURE ROOMS, A HELIPAD, A LARGE AND EFFICIENT EMERGENCY ROOM, A CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION LAB AND THE MOST MODERN MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES FROM GE HEALTHCARE. CLOSE TO MAJOR ROADWAYS, ST. LUKE'S MONROE CAMPUS HAS THE SIGNATURE FOUNTAIN FEATURE AND A WALKING TRAIL NESTLED IN A BEAUTIFUL, NATURAL SETTING TO PROMOTE WELLNESS IN THE COMMUNITY. FROM THE DAY IT OPENED, ST. LUKE'S MONROE CAMPUS HAS BEEN EMBRACED BY THE PUBLIC AND FY 21 WAS NO EXCEPTION. ST. LUKE'S MONROE CAMPUS PROVIDED CARE FOR 9,395 ADMISSIONS AND OBSERVATIONS, 147,874 OUTPATIENT VISITS AND 44,394 EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISITS. ST. LUKE'S MONROE CAMPUS IS RECOGNIZED BY THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE (IRS) AS AN INTERNAL REVENUE CODE SECTION 501(C)(3) TAX-EXEMPT ORGANIZATION. PURSUANT TO ITS CHARITABLE PURPOSES, ST. LUKE'S MONROE CAMPUS PROVIDES MEDICALLY NECESSARY HEALTHCARE SERVICES TO ALL INDIVIDUALS IN A NON-DISCRIMINATORY MANNER REGARDLESS OF RACE, COLOR, CREED, SEX, NATIONAL ORIGIN, RELIGION OR ABILITY TO PAY. MOREOVER, ST. LUKE'S MONROE CAMPUS OPERATES CONSISTENTLY WITH THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA OUTLINED IN THE IRS REVENUE RULING 69-545: - ST. LUKE'S MONROE CAMPUS PROVIDES MEDICALLY NECESSARY HEALTHCARE SERVICES TO ALL INDIVIDUALS REGARDLESS OF ABILITY TO PAY, INCLUDING CHARITY CARE, SELF-PAY, MEDICARE AND MEDICAID PATIENTS; - ST. LUKE'S MONROE CAMPUS OPERATES AN ACTIVE EMERGENCY ROOM FOR ALL PERSONS; WHICH IS OPEN 24 HOURS A DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, 365 DAYS PER YEAR; - ST. LUKE'S MONROE CAMPUS MAINTAINS AN OPEN MEDICAL STAFF, WITH PRIVILEGES AVAILABLE TO ALL QUALIFIED PHYSICIANS; - CONTROL OF ST. LUKE'S MONROE CAMPUS RESTS WITH ITS BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF ST. LUKE'S HEALTH NETWORK, INC., D.B.A. ST. LUKE'S UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK. BOTH BOARDS ARE COMPRISED OF A MAJORITY OF INDEPENDENT CIVIC LEADERS AND OTHER PROMINENT MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY, AS WELL AS PHYSICIANS ON THE HOSPITAL/NETWORK MEDICAL STAFF; AND - SURPLUS FUNDS ARE USED TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF PATIENT CARE, EXPAND AND RENOVATE FACILITIES AND ADVANCE MEDICAL CARE; PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES. THE OPERATIONS OF ST. LUKE'S MONROE CAMPUS, AS SHOWN THROUGH THE FACTORS OUTLINED ABOVE AND OTHER INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN, CLEARLY DEMONSTRATE THAT THE USE AND CONTROL OF ST. LUKE'S MONROE CAMPUS IS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AND THAT NO PART OF THE INCOME OR NET EARNINGS OF THE ORGANIZATION INURES TO THE BENEFIT OF ANY PRIVATE INDIVIDUAL NOR IS ANY PRIVATE INTEREST BEING SERVED OTHER THAN INCIDENTALLY. MISSION ------- THE MISSION OF ST. LUKE'S MONROE CAMPUS IS TO PROVIDE COMPASSIONATE, EXCELLENT QUALITY AND COST-EFFECTIVE HEALTHCARE TO RESIDENTS OF THE COMMUNITIES SERVED REGARDLESS OF RACE, COLOR, CREED, SEX, NATIONAL ORIGIN, RELIGION OR ABILITY TO PAY. THE MISSION OF ST. LUKE'S MONROE CAMPUS IS AN UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE AS WE CARE FOR THE SICK AND INJURED; EDUCATE PHYSICIANS, NURSES AND OTHER HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS; AND IMPROVE ACCESS TO CARE IN THE COMMUNITIES WE SERVE, REGARDLESS OF A PATIENT'S ABILITY TO PAY FOR THEIR CARE. |
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THE MISSION WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED BY THE FOLLOWING: - MAKING THE PATIENT OUR HIGHEST PRIORITY. - PROMOTING HEALTHY LIFESTYLES AND CONTINUOUSLY IMPROVING CARE PROVIDED TO HEAL THE SICK AND INJURED. - COORDINATING AND INTEGRATING SERVICES INTO A SEAMLESS, EASILY ACCESSIBLE SYSTEM OF CARE. - IMPROVING THE LEVEL OF SERVICE PROVIDED THROUGHOUT THE NETWORK. - ENSURING ALL HEALTH CARE SERVICES ARE RELEVANT TO THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY. - STRIVING TO MAXIMIZE THE SATISFACTION OF OUR PATIENTS, EMPLOYEES, MEDICAL STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS AND, - TRAINING ALLIED HEALTH PROFESSIONALS, NURSING AND MEDICAL STUDENTS, AND RESIDENTS AND FELLOWS AND ATTRACTING THEM TO PRACTICE WITHIN OUR NETWORK'S SERVICE AREA. OVERVIEW -------- ON OCTOBER 3, 2016, ST. LUKE'S MONROE CAMPUS OPENED ITS DOORS TO THE COMMUNITY, BECOMING THE SEVENTH HOSPITAL IN THE ST. LUKE'S HEALTH NETWORK. THE HOSPITAL PROVIDES ACUTE INPATIENT AND OUTPATIENT MEDICAL AND SURGICAL CARE. THE CAMPUS HAS AN ANNUAL CAPACITY FOR 10,000 INPATIENT AND OBSERVATION ADMISSIONS AND HAS A 33-BED EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT WITH AN ANNUAL CAPACITY FOR 62,000 VISITS. IN FY 21, ST. LUKE'S MONROE CAMPUS PREPARED FOR THE OPENING OF ST. LUKE'S FAMILY PRACTICE - TOBYHANNA AT THE MOUNTAIN CENTER. THE NEED FOR THE NEW CLINIC WAS IDENTIFIED IN ST. LUKE'S MONROE CAMPUS'S MOST RECENT COMMUNITY NEEDS ASSESSMENT. THIS CLINIC IS A RESIDENCY PRACTICE OPERATED UNDER ST. LUKE'S PHYSICIAN GROUP. IT WILL PROVIDE PRIMARY CARE SERVICES AND SELECTED WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES. THIS RESIDENCY PRACTICE ACCEPTS ALL INSURANCES INCLUDING COMMERCIAL INSURANCES, PATIENTS WITH MEDICARE AND MEDICAID AS WELL AS UNINSURED PATIENTS. IN MARCH OF 2018, ST. LUKE'S UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK OPENED ITS SECOND DIAGNOSTIC BREAST IMAGING FACILITY, SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED TO SERVE MONROE COUNTY AND SURROUNDING AREA PATIENTS IN NEED OF ROUTINE AND ADVANCED DIAGNOSTIC MAMMOGRAMS AND TESTING. THIS STATE-OF-THE-ART FACILITY OFFERS ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES SUCH AS LOW-DOSE 3D MAMMOGRAPHY AND AUTOMATED BREAST ULTRASOUND (ABUS). PATIENTS BENEFIT FROM HAVING HIGHLY-SKILLED RADIOLOGISTS READ THEIR TEST RESULTS IMMEDIATELY. PATIENTS WITH AN ABNORMAL FINDING CAN HAVE A BIOPSY RIGHT AWAY, HELPING TO REDUCE THE FEAR AND ANXIETY OF WAITING. THE ST. LUKE'S MONROE REGIONAL BREAST CENTER INCLUDES THE MOST ADVANCED, COMPUTER-AIDED SOFTWARE TO HELP IN DIAGNOSING BREAST ANOMALIES AND THE LATEST DIGITAL AND 3D MAMMOGRAPHY EQUIPMENT FROM GE HEALTHCARE. THE CENTER IS EQUIPPED WITH SENSORYSUITE TO PROVIDE A CALMER, INTERACTIVE MAMMOGRAM EXPERIENCE AND THE REGION'S FIRST PRISTINA WITH DUETATM MAMMOGRAPHY, A PATIENT-ASSISTED COMPRESSION DEVICE WHICH GIVES PATIENTS A SENSE OF CONTROL DURING THEIR MAMMOGRAMS. ANOTHER MAJOR INVESTMENT IN THE ST. LUKE'S MONROE CAMPUS WAS A THREE-FLOOR, 37,500-SQUARE-FOOT CANCER CENTER AND MEDICAL OFFICE BUILDING LOCATED AT 200 ST. LUKE'S LANE ADJACENT TO THE HOSPITAL. THE $22 MILLION BUILDING OPENED IN NOVEMBER 2017 AND EXPANDED THE BREADTH OF OFFERINGS AT ST. LUKE'S MONROE CAMPUS TO INCLUDE MEDICAL, SURGICAL AND GYNECOLOGIC ONCOLOGY, RADIATION THERAPY, INFUSION (CHEMOTHERAPY), IMAGING, ORTHOPEDICS AND A SLEEP LAB. THE CANCER CENTER IS EQUIPPED WITH A VARIAN TRUEBEAMT LINEAR ACCELERATOR THAT FEATURES ADVANCED RADIATION-SPARING TECHNOLOGIES LIKE OSMS - WHICH STOPS TREATMENT IF A PATIENT MOVES - AS WELL AS A "6 DEGREES OF FREEDOM PERFECT PITCH COUCH," WHICH ALLOWS THERAPISTS TO POSITION A PATIENT IN THE EXACT PERFECT SPOT FOR OPTIMAL TREATMENT AND COMFORT. ST. LUKE'S MONROE CAMPUS SPECIALTY SERVICES INCLUDE: - CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION - CARDIOLOGY - DERMATOLOGY - EMERGENCY SERVICES - ENDOSCOPIES - EARS, NOSE AND THROAT (ENT) - GASTROENTEROLOGY - GYNECOLOGY - INFECTIOUS DISEASE - INFUSION SERVICES - MATERNAL FETAL MEDICINE - NEPHROLOGY - NEUROLOGY - OBSTETRICS/GYNECOLOGY - OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE - ONCOLOGY/HEMATOLOGY - ORTHOPEDICS, JOINT AND MUSCLE DISORDERS - PAIN MANAGEMENT - PALLIATIVE CARE - PEDIATRICS - PLASTIC & RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY - PODIATRY - PRIMARY CARE - PULMONARY - RADIATION ONCOLOGY - RADIOLOGY (ADVANCED, INTERVENTIONAL) - INPATIENT RENAL DIALYSIS - SLEEP CENTER - SPINE & PAIN MEDICINE - SPORTS MEDICINE, PHYSICAL AND OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY, REHABILITATION - SURGERY (GENERAL, SPECIALTY AND LAPAROSCOPIC) - UROLOGY - VASCULAR SERVICES - WEIGHT MANAGEMENT - WOMEN'S IMAGING CENTER - WOUND MANAGEMENT ST. LUKE'S MONROE CAMPUS IS SERVICE ORIENTED WITH A GOAL TO REDUCE PATIENT AND FAMILY STRESS AND ANXIETY AND TO PROVIDE A CALM AND REASSURING ENVIRONMENT BY MEETING, AND OFTEN EXCEEDING, THEIR PERSONAL NEEDS. SOFTER LIGHTING IS USED IN THE HALLWAYS AND THE DCOR IS DONE IN RELAXING EARTH TONES. AVAILABLE AMENITIES INCLUDE FLAT SCREEN TELEVISIONS, FREE WIFI SERVICE, DAILY NEWSPAPER DELIVERY AND A RECLINER AND COMFORTABLE SOFA BED IN EVERY ROOM. LEAPFROG -------- ST. LUKE'S MONROE CAMPUS WAS RECOGNIZED AS A TOP GENERAL HOSPITAL BY THE LEAPFROG GROUP, WHICH BROUGHT TOGETHER PUBLICLY AVAILABLE DATA ABOUT HOSPITAL SAFETY TO CALCULATE A HOSPITAL SAFETY SCORE. THIS INCLUDES MEASURES RELATED TO SURGICAL COMPLICATIONS, HOSPITAL ASSOCIATED CONDITIONS/INFECTIONS, PATIENT EXPERIENCE, INTENSIVE CARE UNIT (ICU) PHYSICIAN STAFFING, HAND HYGIENE, SURGICAL VOLUMES, COMPUTERIZED PHYSICIAN ORDER ENTRY AND SAFE PRACTICES. RECOGNITION FOR SAFETY BY THE LEAPFROG GROUP IS ONE OF THE HEALTH INDUSTRY'S MOST PRESTIGIOUS HONORS. UNLIKE MANY OTHER HEALTH CARE AWARDS, IT IS BASED ENTIRELY ON AN INDEPENDENT, SCIENTIFIC REVIEW OF OBJECTIVE DATA. ST. LUKE'S MONROE CAMPUS' LETTER GRADE FOR THE FALL OF 2021 REPORTING WAS "A." THE NEXT SAFETY GRADE WILL BE REPORTED IN SPRING 2022. HAP ACHIEVEMENT AWARD --------------------- ST. LUKE'S MONROE CAMPUS EARNED A 2020 ACHIEVEMENT AWARD FROM THE HOSPITAL AND HEALTHSYSTEM ASSOCIATION OF PENNSYLVANIA (HAP) FOR ITS OUTSTANDING EFFORT TO IMPROVE HEALTH CARE IN THE COMMUNITIES IT SERVES. THE MONROE CAMPUS ENTRY, "I'VE FALLEN AND I CAN'T GET UP . PREVENTING INPATIENT FALLS," WAS CHOSEN AS AN "IN SAFE HANDS" AWARD WINNER. TWELVE PROJECTS ACROSS FOUR CATEGORIES WERE SELECTED FROM 131 SUBMISSIONS. WINNERS WERE CHOSEN FOR THEIR EXCEPTIONAL WORK AND INNOVATION IN COMMUNITY HEALTH PROJECTS, QUALITY IMPROVEMENT EFFORTS AND OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCIES. THE CAMPUS' FALL RATE DECLINED 55 PERCENT OVER A THREE-YEAR PERIOD AND WAS FAR BELOW THE PENNSYLVANIA PATIENT SAFETY AUTHORITY'S BENCHMARK. HOSPITAL COMPARE STAR RATINGS ----------------------------- THE CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES (CMS) RELEASED NEW DATA ON ITS HOSPITAL COMPARE WEBSITE IN JANUARY 2022. ST. LUKE'S MONROE CAMPUS RECEIVED A FOUR- OUT OF FIVE-STAR RATING. THE STAR RATINGS ARE COMPRISED OF QUALITY MEASURES INCLUDING MORTALITY, READMISSION, SAFETY OF CARE, PATIENT EXPERIENCES, EFFECTIVENESS AND TIMELINESS OF CARE, AND EFFICIENT USE OF IMAGING. MONROE COMMUNITY OUTREACH ------------------------- IN FY 21, ST. LUKE'S MONROE CAMPUS HAS SERVED SENIORS IN THE COMMUNITY WITH A HEALTHY, LOW-COST OPTION FOR DINNER. HOWEVER, DUE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC THESE MEALS WERE TEMPORARILY STOPPED DURING FY 21 AND RESTARTED IN APRIL 2021. THE OLDER ADULT MEALS AT ST. LUKE'S MONROE CAMPUS OFFER SENIORS 65+ A FRESHLY PREPARED DINNER SEVEN DAYS/WEEK FOR UNDER $4. OLDER ADULTS ENJOY AFFORDABLE, HEALTHY EATING AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET AND ENGAGE WITH OTHER OLDER ADULTS IN THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY. IN FY 21, MONROE CAMPUS SERVED 1,328 OLDER ADULT MEALS. ST. LUKE'S MONROE CAMPUS HOSTED NATIONAL DRUG TAKEBACK DAY ON OCT. 24, 2020. MONROE CAMPUS OFFERS A VARIETY OF FREE SCREENINGS AND SERVICES FOR COMMUNITY-RUN EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. COMMUNITY OUTREACH, INCLUDES, BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO, THE FOLLOWING: - UTILIZING MEDIA OUTLETS TO EDUCATE THE COMMUNITY ABOUT HEALTH ISSUES THAT MAY IMPACT THEM - CONDUCTING EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS - CONDUCTING/PARTICIPATING IN REGIONAL HEALTH FAIRS - PROVIDING FREE HEALTH SCREENINGS - CONDUCTING SPORTS INJURY EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS MONROE CAMPUS PROVIDED FIRST AID SERVICES AND A WIDE RANGE OF HEALTH SCREENINGS AT NUMEROUS COMMUNITY EVENTS INCLUDING PLEASANT VALLEY NIGHT OF UNITY, VOLUNTEER SERVICES RECOGNITION LUNCHEON, POCONO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND CHILDREN'S ROUNDTABLE COMMUNITY NIGHT. ST. LUKE'S MONROE CAMPUS SUPPORTED FUNDRAISERS FOR POCONO MOUNTAINS UNITED WAY GETTING READY FOR KINDERGARTEN CALENDAR AND FILL A GLASS WITH HOPE CAMPAIGN, A GOLFING EVENT TO SUPPORT THE POCONO MOUNTAIN REGIONAL POLICE, AND SEVERAL PHYSICAL ACTIVITY EVENTS SUCH AS 5K RACES FOR WOMEN'S RESOURCES AND GIRLS ON THE RUN, AND MUCH MORE. |
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IN ADDITION, THROUGH DONATIONS AND SPONSORSHIPS MONROE CAMPUS SUPPORTED THE FOLLOWING ORGANIZATIONS: POCONO MOUNTAIN REGIONAL POLICE FOUNDATION, WOMEN'S RESOURCES OF MONROE COUNTY, BUSHKILL EMERGENCY CORPS, BOY SCOUTS SLATE BELT, CLEAR RUN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, LIZZIE'S CIRCLE, BW NICE, MILLER KEYSTONE BLOOD, POCONO UNITED WAY, AMERICAN RED CROSS, 1% OF NATURE, CHURCH OF ST. LUKE'S STROUDSBURG, EAST STROUDSBURG UNIVERSITY AND THE SALVATION ARMY. ST. LUKE'S HOSPITAL MONROE CAMPUS PARTNERS WITH POCONO MOUNTAIN SCHOOL DISTRICT (PMSD) AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH OF STUDENTS THROUGH OUR ADOPT-A-SCHOOL PROGRAM AND THE HEALTH OF ALL RESIDENTS THROUGH OTHER COMMUNITY COLLABORATIONS. THESE PROGRAMS SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENT PRIORITY AREAS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED AT ST. LUKE'S MONROE CAMPUS THROUGH COLLECTING AND ANALYZING DATA FROM COMMUNITY INPUT AND OTHER RELIABLE AGGREGATE SOURCES. BASED ON THE IDENTIFIED NEEDS, PRIORITIES, AND LOCAL RESOURCES, ST. LUKE'S MONROE CAMPUS AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS DEVELOPED PLANS AND PROGRAMS TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH OF THOSE IN THE COMMUNITY. THROUGH OUR PARTNERSHIPS WITH LOCAL SCHOOLS AND ORGANIZATIONS WE HAVE PROVIDED HEALTH SERVICES, SUCH AS MEDICAL, VISION, AND DENTAL SERVICES; HEALTHY LIVING PROGRAMS, SUCH AS GET YOUR TAIL ON THE TRAIL, WALK WITH A DOC, AND SCHOOL/COMMUNITY GARDENS; AND LITERACY PROGRAMS, SUCH AS LITTLE FREE LIBRARIES AND READ ACROSS AMERICA. OUR INITIATIVES ARE CONTINUALLY ASSESSED AND MODIFIED TO PROVIDE MEASURABLE AND EFFECTIVE HEALTH OUTCOMES, INCLUDING ADDRESSING THE SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH. ST. LUKE'S MONROE CAMPUS FY 21 HIGHLIGHTS WITH POCONO MOUNTAIN - WEST HIGH SCHOOL-WEST INCLUDE: - IN NOVEMBER 2020, ST. LUKE'S MONROE CAMPUS STAFF VISITED CLEAR RUN ELEMENTARY CENTER TO READ TO APPROXIMATELY 450 FIRST- AND SECOND-GRADE STUDENTS FOR READ ACROSS AMERICA. IN ADDITION TO ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL READ ACROSS AMERICA EVENT, TWO ADDITIONAL SUSTAINABLE LITERACY-PROMOTING PROGRAMS WERE CONTINUED. THE LITTLE FREE LIBRARY WAS CONCEIVED AS PART OF THE EAGLE SCOUT REQUIREMENTS. THE LIBRARY IS KEPT STOCKED BY HOSPITAL STAFF WITH BOOKS FOR ALL AGES. AT ONE OF OUR ADOPTED SCHOOLS, CLEAR RUN ELEMENTARY, WE CREATED A PROCESS TO PROVIDE BOOKS FOR THE STUDENTS AS THEY WAIT FOR THE NURSE OR SIT THROUGH MEDICAL TREATMENT, WHICH CONTINUES TO BE A VERY POPULAR PROGRAM WITH STUDENTS AND STAFF ALIKE. - COMMUNITY AND SCHOOL GARDEN EXPANSION - THROUGH A GRANT PROVIDED BY POCONO MOUNTAINS UNITED WAY, ST. LUKE'S MONROE CAMPUS, PMSD, AND THE MOUNTAIN CENTER PARTNERED TO IMPLEMENT AND NUTRITIONAL EDUCATION PROGRAM THAT INCLUDED A COMMUNITY AND SCHOOL GARDEN. IN THE PREVIOUS FISCAL YEAR AT THE MOUNTAIN CENTER, MORE THAN 50 INDIVIDUALS FROM 12 DIFFERENT AGENCIES AND FAMILIES, COMPRISED OF ROUGHLY HALF CHILDREN AND HALF ADULTS, CAME TOGETHER TO BUILD EIGHT EXTRA TALL, RAISED BED GARDENS TO ADD TO THE EXISTING FOUR RAISED BEDS THROUGH A PREVIOUS GRANT TO ST. LUKE'S AND THE MOUNTAIN CENTER. THE GARDEN WAS DESIGNED TO SERVE BOTH YOUNG AND OLD ALIKE BY ENCOURAGING PROGRAMS THAT COMBINE THE STUDENTS FROM HEAD START WITH THE SENIORS FROM THE MONROE COUNTY AREA AGENCY ON AGING ADULT DAY CENTER. THIS PAST FISCAL YEAR, A FALL COMMUNITY DINNER WAS HELD TO PROMOTE AND CELEBRATE THE GARDEN AND HEALTHY EATING. A TOTAL OF 85 COMMUNITY MEMBERS ATTENDED THE MEAL WITH PRESENTATIONS AND DEMONSTRATIONS PROVIDED BY ST. LUKE'S MONROE CAMPUS, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND EAST STROUDSBURG UNIVERSITY. TO EXTEND THE GROWING SEASON, WE ALSO PURCHASED A GREENHOUSE TO ADD TO THE OUTDOOR GARDEN AREA. DUE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, THE SCHEDULE SPRING COMMUNITY DINNER WAS CANCELLED, AND THE FUNDS WERE REDIRECTED TO OTHER HEALTHY LIVING PROGRAMS AT THE MOUNTAIN CENTER. ADDITIONAL SERVICES THROUGH ST. LUKE'S COMMUNITY HEALTH DEPARTMENT INCLUDE: - GET YOUR TAIL ON THE TRAIL - ST. LUKE'S UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK (ST. LUKE'S) AND DELAWARE & LEHIGH NATIONAL HERITAGE CORRIDOR (D&L) HAVE PARTNERED TO BRING THE COMMUNITY A FAMILY FUN INITIATIVE - GET YOUR TAIL ON THE TRAIL! THE PROGRAM ENCOURAGES COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO GET OUT AND BE ACTIVE BY REWARDING PHYSICAL ACTIVITY WITH SMALL OUTDOOR-FRIENDLY INCENTIVES SUCH AS HATS, GLOVES, AND SAFETY ITEMS. IT ALSO SUPPORTS OTHER COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES, SUCH AS LOCAL 5K FUNDRAISERS. THE PROGRAM IS ALSO MADE AVAILABLE TO COMMUNITY AND CORPORATE GROUPS AS A FREE WAY TO PROMOTE PHYSICAL ACTIVITY WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION. THIS PAST YEAR 1,102 PEOPLE COMPLETED THE 165-MILE CHALLENGE LOGGING A COMBINED 497,999 MILES, AND 838 PEOPLE COMPLETED THE WINTER MINI-CHALLENGE LOGGING A COMBINED 61,697 MILES. OF THESE PROGRAM TOTALS, 72 PEOPLE FROM THE NORTHEAST PA (NEPA) CHAPTER OF GET YOUR TAIL ON THE TRAIL FINISHED THE 165-MILE CHALLENGE, AND 76 NEPA MEMBERS COMPLETED THE WINTER CHALLENGE. THE TOTAL MILES ACCUMULATED OVER THE LIFE OF THE PROGRAM ALSO WENT OVER FOUR MILLION TOTAL MILES. - WALK WITH A DOC - ST. LUKE'S MONROE CAMPUS HOSTED A WALK WITH A DOC PROGRAM AT THE CAMPUS WHERE LOCAL PROVIDERS GAVE A SHORT EDUCATIONAL TALK AND THEN JOINED COMMUNITY MEMBERS FOR A WALK ON THE BEAUTIFUL, WOODED WALKING TRAIL AT THE HOSPITAL. A TOTAL OF FOUR UNIQUE PROVIDERS LED OR PARTICIPATED IN FOUR EVENTS IN SEPTEMBER 2020. DUE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, THE 12 ADDITIONAL SCHEDULED WALKS IN THE SPRING WENT VIRTUAL ACROSS THE ST. LUKE'S NETWORK, WITH OVER 1,000 VIEWERS WATCHING THE VIRTUAL EDUCATIONAL TALKS. - EMPLOYEE WELLNESS - OUR CARING STARTS WITH YOU EMPLOYEE WELLNESS PROGRAM AIMS TO TARGET THE HEALTH AND WELLNESS OUTCOMES OF OUR EMPLOYEES AND THEIR FAMILIES. OUR COMMUNITY SUPPORTED AGRICULTURE (CSA) PROGRAM ALLOWS EMPLOYEES TO BUY FRESH, LOCAL PRODUCE EACH WEEK THROUGH PAYROLL DEDUCTION AND PICK UP THE PRODUCE RIGHT AT THE HOSPITAL. THIS PAST YEAR, 34 ST. LUKE'S MONROE CAMPUS EMPLOYEES PARTICIPATED AND BENEFITTED LOCAL FARMERS. VOLUNTEERS ---------- IN FY 21, 66 ST. LUKE'S MONROE CAMPUS VOLUNTEERS PROVIDED 4,387 VOLUNTEER HOURS. ST. LUKE'S WARREN HOSPITAL INC. (D/B/A ST. LUKE'S HOSPITAL - WARREN CAMPUS) ========================================================================== = ST. LUKE'S WARREN HOSPITAL, INC. IS A JOINT COMMISSION-ACCREDITED, NOT-FOR-PROFIT, 198-LICENSED BED ACUTE CARE HOSPITAL LOCATED IN PHILLIPSBURG, WARREN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY, PROVIDING CARE PRIMARILY TO RESIDENTS OF WARREN AND HUNTERDON COUNTIES IN NEW JERSEY, AND THE CITY OF EASTON IN NORTHAMPTON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA. IN FISCAL YEAR 2021, (FY 21), ST. LUKE'S WARREN CAMPUS ANNUALLY PROVIDED PATIENT CARE FOR 5,192 OBSERVATIONS AND ADMISSIONS, 107,551 OUTPATIENT VISITS AND 22,893 EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT (ED) VISITS. IT IS RECOGNIZED BY THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE (IRS) AS AN INTERNAL REVENUE CODE SECTION 501(C) (3) TAX-EXEMPT ORGANIZATION. PURSUANT TO ITS CHARITABLE PURPOSES, ST. LUKE'S WARREN CAMPUS PROVIDES MEDICALLY NECESSARY HEALTH CARE SERVICE TO ALL INDIVIDUALS IN A NON-DISCRIMINATORY MANNER REGARDLESS OF RACE, COLOR, CREED, SEX, NATIONAL ORIGIN OR ABILITY TO PAY. MOREOVER, ST. LUKE'S WARREN CAMPUS OPERATES CONSISTENTLY WITH THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA OUTLINED IN IRS REVENUE RULING 69-545: - ST. LUKE'S WARREN CAMPUS PROVIDES MEDICALLY NECESSARY HEALTH CARE SERVICES TO ALL INDIVIDUALS REGARDLESS OF ABILITY TO PAY, INCLUDING CHARITY CARE, SELF-PAY, MEDICARE AND MEDICAID PATIENTS; - ST. LUKE'S WARREN CAMPUS OPERATES AN ACTIVE EMERGENCY ROOM FOR ALL PERSONS; WHICH IS OPEN 24 HOURS A DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, 365 DAYS PER YEAR; - ST. LUKE'S WARREN CAMPUS MAINTAINS AN OPEN MEDICAL STAFF WITH PRIVILEGES AVAILABLE TO ALL QUALIFIED PHYSICIANS; - CONTROL OF ST. LUKE'S WARREN CAMPUS RESTS WITH ITS BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF ST. LUKE'S HEALTH NETWORK, INC., D.B.A. ST. LUKE'S UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK. BOTH BOARDS ARE COMPRISED OF A MAJORITY OF INDEPENDENT CIVIC LEADERS AND OTHER PROMINENT MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY, AS WELL AS PHYSICIANS ON THE HOSPITAL/NETWORK MEDICAL STAFF; AND - SURPLUS FUNDS ARE USED TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF PATIENT CARE, EXPAND AND RENOVATE FACILITIES AND ADVANCE MEDICAL CARE, PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES. THE OPERATIONS OF ST. LUKE'S WARREN CAMPUS, AS SHOWN THROUGH THE FACTORS OUTLINED ABOVE AND OTHER INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN, CLEARLY DEMONSTRATE THAT THE USE AND CONTROL OF ST. LUKE'S WARREN CAMPUS IS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AND THAT NO PART OF THE INCOME OR NET EARNINGS OF THE ORGANIZATION INURES TO THE BENEFIT OF ANY PRIVATE INDIVIDUAL NOR IS ANY PRIVATE INTEREST BEING SERVED OTHER THAN INCIDENTALLY. |
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MISSION ------- THE MISSION OF ST. LUKE'S WARREN CAMPUS IS TO CARE FOR THE SICK AND INJURED REGARDLESS OF THEIR ABILITY TO PAY, IMPROVE OUR COMMUNITIES' OVERALL HEALTH, AND EDUCATE OUR HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS. THE MISSION WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED BY THE FOLLOWING: - MAKING THE PATIENT OUR HIGHEST PRIORITY. - PROMOTING HEALTHY LIFESTYLES AND CONTINUOUSLY IMPROVING CARE PROVIDED TO HEAL THE SICK AND INJURED. - COORDINATING AND INTEGRATING SERVICES INTO A SEAMLESS, EASILY ACCESSIBLE SYSTEM OF CARE. - IMPROVING THE LEVEL OF SERVICE PROVIDED THROUGHOUT THE NETWORK. - ENSURING ALL HEALTH CARE SERVICES ARE RELEVANT TO THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY. - STRIVING TO MAXIMIZE THE SATISFACTION OF OUR PATIENTS, EMPLOYEES, MEDICAL STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS, AND - TRAINING ALLIED HEALTH PROFESSIONALS, NURSING AND MEDICAL STUDENTS, AND RESIDENTS AND FELLOWS AND ATTRACTING THEM TO PRACTICE WITHIN OUR NETWORK'S SERVICE AREA. OVERVIEW -------- FOUNDED IN 1923, ST. LUKE'S WARREN CAMPUS WAS ACQUIRED BY NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED ST. LUKE'S UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK (NETWORK) IN 2012. SINCE THAT TIME, ST. LUKE'S HAS CONTINUOUSLY IMPROVED THE QUALITY OF, AND ACCESS TO, CARE. ST. LUKE'S WARREN CAMPUS CURRENTLY PROVIDES PATIENTS WITH ACCESS TO MORE THAN 475 PHYSICIANS ACROSS NEARLY 60 MEDICAL SPECIALTIES. ST. LUKE'S WARREN CAMPUS IS CERTIFIED AS A PRIMARY STROKE CENTER BY THE NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SENIOR SERVICES. THE ST. LUKE'S WARREN CAMPUS IS PART OF ST. LUKE'S INTEGRATED NETWORK CANCER PROGRAM (INCP), WHICH IS ACCREDITED WITH COMMENDATION BY THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS. ST. LUKE'S WARREN CAMPUS OFFERS WOUND MANAGEMENT SERVICES, INCLUDING HYPERBARIC OXYGEN THERAPY (HBOT), WHICH IS ACCREDITED BY THE UNDERSEA AND HYPERBARIC MEDICAL SOCIETY. THE HOSPITAL RECEIVED ADDITIONAL PAYMENT IN THE CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES (CMS) VALUE-BASED PURCHASING PROGRAM, PERFORMING BETTER THAN PEER HOSPITALS IN NEW JERSEY. ST. LUKE'S WARREN CAMPUS CONTINUES TO PARTICIPATE IN THE NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & SENIORS SERVICES PUBLIC REPORTING INITIATIVE. PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT TEAMS WORK TO CONTINUOUSLY IMPROVE THE PROCESS OF CARE PROVIDED TO PATIENTS SUFFERING A HEART ATTACK, PATIENTS WITH PNEUMONIA OR HEALTH FAILURE AND THOSE UNDERGOING SURGICAL PROCEDURES. THE HOSPITAL'S SPECIALTY SERVICES INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING: - BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, OUTPATIENT CARE - CARDIOLOGY - DERMATOLOGY - EMERGENCY SERVICES - ENDOCRINOLOGY - GASTROENTEROLOGY - INFECTIOUS DISEASE - INFUSION CENTER - NEPHROLOGY - NEUROLOGY/CONCUSSION CENTER - OB/GYN - ONCOLOGY/HEMATOLOGY - OPHTHALMOLOGY - ORTHOPEDICS - OTOLARYNGOLOGY/ENT - PAIN MANAGEMENT - PALLIATIVE CARE - PODIATRY - PULMONOLOGY - RADIOLOGY (ADVANCED) - SLEEP DISORDERS - SPEECH THERAPY - SPORTS MEDICINE, PHYSICAL AND OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY, REHAB - SURGERY (GENERAL AND LAPAROSCOPIC) - SURGICAL ONCOLOGY - UROLOGY - VASCULAR - WEIGHT MANAGEMENT BOTH SURGICAL AND MEDICAL - WOMEN'S HEALTH - WOUND MANAGEMENT & HYPERBARIC MEDICINE THE NETWORK HAS INVESTED APPROXIMATELY $75.5 MILLION IN TECHNICAL AND FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS AT ST. LUKE'S WARREN CAMPUS SINCE 2012. THIS INCLUDES: $47.2 MILLION IN FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS AND EXPANSIONS (NEW INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY/CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION LAB, INTENSIVE CARE UNIT, NEW INFUSION CENTER, NEW MEDICAL/SURGICAL UNITS, RENOVATIONS TO OPERATING ROOMS, RENOVATIONS TO EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT, RENOVATIONS TO WOUND CARE, RENOVATIONS TO THE PHARMACY, EXPANSION/RELOCATION OF OUTPATIENT THERAPY, CARDIOVASCULAR EXPANSION, OUTPATIENT RADIOLOGY, OUTPATIENT LAB AND ORTHOPEDIC SERVICES AT WASHINGTON OUTPATIENT CENTER AND HILLCREST PLAZA); $4.7 MILLION FOR TWO CT SCANNERS, AN MRI, A 3D MAMMOGRAPHY UNIT, AND TWO NUCLEAR IMAGING CAMERAS, ALL OFFERING THE LATEST AVAILABLE GE TECHNOLOGY ($1.2 MILLION FOR RELATED CONSTRUCTION/RENOVATIONS); $3.8 MILLION FOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (IT) UPGRADES; $1.6 MILLION FOR AN EMERGENCY GENERATOR, $17.7 MILLION IN OTHER FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS AND EQUIPMENT, AND OVER $500,000 MAKING OUR CAMPUS COVID-19 SAFE FOR OUR PATIENTS AND EMPLOYEES BY CONVERTING MED SURG UNITS, INTENSIVE CARE AND ED ROOMS TO TRUE ISOLATION AND INSTALLING PLEXI BARRIERS THROUGHOUT CAMPUS. THE HOSPITAL HAS SIGNIFICANTLY EXPANDED MEDICAL EXPERTISE THROUGH THE ADDITION OF THE FOLLOWING SERVICES: - DIRECT ACCESS TO GYNECOLOGIC ONCOLOGISTS, ONCOLOGY CARE AND SURGERY. - DIRECT ACCESS TO COLORECTAL SURGEONS. - DIRECT ACCESS TO SUB-SPECIALTY NEUROLOGISTS. - DIRECT ACCESS TO A HIGHLY TRAINED CARDIAC TEAM WHICH INCLUDES EXPERIENCED AND SKILLED CARDIOLOGISTS, CARDIAC AND VASCULAR SURGEONS, INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGISTS AND ELECTROPHYSIOLOGISTS. IN FY 21: RECOGNITIONS ------------ - CMS 5-STAR RATING FOR QUALITY OF CARE - CMS 4-STAR RATING FOR PATIENT EXPERIENCE - ONE OF NJ'S 5 "TOP" HOSPITALS (ALL HAVE 4 STARS) - LEAPFROG TOP HOSPITAL FOR PATIENT SAFETY, SECOND CONSECUTIVE YEAR - LEAPFROG PATIENT SAFETY GRADE - A - HEALTHGRADES TOP HOSPITAL FOR PATIENT SAFETY, SECOND CONSECUTIVE YEAR - HEALTHGRADES TOP HOSPITAL FOR CRITICAL CARE - AHA GET WITH THE GUIDELINES GOLD PLUS TARGET: DIABETES AWARD FOR STROKE CARE - REDUCING CARDIO-PULMONARY READMISSIONS (CPR2) TEAM: FIRST PLACE SLUHN QUALITY AWARD; PRESENTING AT PREMIER'S NATIONAL BREAKTHROUGHS 2022 PROGRAM GROWTH ------ - ST. LUKE'S WARREN CAMPUS ACQUIRED TWIN RIVERS GASTROENTEROLOGY CENTER AND ENDOSCOPY CENTER - ST. LUKE'S WARREN CAMPUS NOW OFFERS KNEE REPLACEMENT PROCEDURES USING THE NEW VELYS ROBOTIC-ASSISTED SOLUTION RWJBARNABAS HEALTH COLLABORATION -------------------------------- ST. LUKE'S WARREN CAMPUS AND RWJBARNABAS HEALTH CONTINUED DISCUSSIONS TO IDENTIFY AND REDUCE HEALTH DISPARITIES IN NORTHWEST NJ, SHARE SUCCESSES LEARNED DURING THE PANDEMIC AND TO COLLABORATE IN ACADEMIC AND CLINICAL RESEARCH ENDEAVORS. EFFORTS HAVE CONTINUED AND THE CLINICAL AFFILIATION HAS BEEN AUTOMATICALLY RENEWED. COMMUNITY OUTREACH ------------------ IN KEEPING WITH ITS COMMITMENT TO THE COMMUNITIES IT SERVICES, ST. LUKE'S WARREN CAMPUS ANNUALLY REACHES MANY PEOPLE THROUGH ITS COMMUNITY OUTREACH ENDEAVORS. THE HOSPITAL OFFERS A VARIETY OF FREE SCREENINGS AND SERVICES FOR COMMUNITY-RUN EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. COMMUNITY OUTREACH INCLUDES, BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO, THE FOLLOWING: - EXERCISE & FITNESS: OFFERED FREE, TWICE-WEEKLY OSTEOPOROSIS EXERCISE CLASSES AT THE FITNESS & SPORTS PERFORMANCE CENTER. - EMPLOYEE HEALTH: INITIATED A COMMUNITY SUPPORTED AGRICULTURE PROGRAM, MAKING WEEKLY DELIVERIES OF LOCALLY GROWN ORGANIC VEGETABLES AVAILABLE TO EMPLOYEES AT DISCOUNTED PRICES. - EMERGENCY SERVICES SUPPORT (EMS): CONTINUED TO PARTNER WITH OUR LOCAL EMS AGENCIES BY PROVIDING FREE EDUCATION SESSIONS, FREE MEDICAL DIRECTORSHIPS AND FREE MEDICATION REPLACEMENT TO ALL VOLUNTEER EMS AGENCIES WITHIN WARREN COUNTY. IN RESPONSE TO THE OPIOID EPIDEMIC, WARREN HOSPITAL PROVIDED FREE NARCAN TO LOCAL EMS ALONG WITH A FREE REPLACEMENT PROGRAM UPON USAGE OR EXPIRATION. ADDITIONALLY, WARREN HOSPITAL SUPPORTS THE WARREN COUNTY PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE BY PROVIDING FREE EDUCATIONAL AND MEDICAL OVERSIGHT BY WAY OF OUR EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT PHYSICIAN, JACK CHAMBERS, MD. WARREN COUNTY PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE AND LOCAL POLICE REQUIRE ANNUAL TRAINING ON TOURNIQUET AND HEMOSTATIC AGENT USE, WHICH WARREN HOSPITAL PROVIDES AT NO COST. COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT --------------------- THE HOSPITAL PURSUES EXPANDED RELATIONSHIPS AND HEALTH IMPROVEMENT ADVOCACY WITH THE COMMUNITIES IT SERVES THROUGH VARIOUS COALITION-BUILDING ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE FOLLOWING: HOSPITAL MANAGERS SERVE ON VARIOUS COMMUNITY BOARDS AND PANELS AND, IN THIS WAY, COLLECTIVELY VOLUNTEER A MINIMUM OF 40 HOURS A MONTH TO VARIOUS INITIATIVES INCLUDING: - ABILITIES - ARC OF WARREN COUNTY - AFFILIATION OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE WITH FAMILY GUIDANCE CENTER - COMMUNITY HEALTH FORUM - DASACC (DOMESTIC ASSAULT & SEXUAL ABUSE CRISIS CENTER) BOARD OF DIRECTORS - EARLY CHILDHOOD ADVISORY COUNCIL - LOCAL ADVISORY COUNCIL ON ALCOHOL AND DRUG ABUSE - MENTAL HEALTH BOARD - MINSI TRAILS BOY SCOUT COUNCIL - PHILLIPSBURG AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE - PHILLIPSBURG ROTARY CLUB - PROFESSIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL ON MENTAL HEALTH - SYSTEM REVIEW COMMITTEE FOR MENTAL HEALTH - WARREN COUNTY SUBSTANCE PREVENTION COALITION - WARREN COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH COMMUNITY COALITION (CHIC) |
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OTHER PARTNERSHIPS THAT INVOLVE EMPLOYEE TIME DURING THE WORKDAY AND BEYOND INCLUDE: - UNITED WAY OF NORTHERN NEW JERSEY - EXPLORER POST THROUGH THE MINSI TRAILS COUNCIL OF THE BOY SCOUTS - PHILLIPSBURG SCHOOL DISTRICT'S EDUCATION FOUNDATION - BIG BROTHERS/BIG SISTERS OF NORTHERN NEW JERSEY - AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY - UNITED WAY CAREGIVER COALITION - PHILLIPSBURG WALTERS PARK COMMUNITY POOL HOSPITAL EMPLOYEES SUPPORTED COMMUNITY NON-PROFIT INITIATIVES INCLUDING: - ABILITIES - AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION (CPR COMMUNITY INSTRUCTORS) - UNITED WAY - RELAY FOR LIFE - SALVATION ARMY - ANGEL TREE PROGRAM - BIG BROTHERS/BIG SISTERS OF HUNTERDON, SOMERSET & WARREN - NORWESCAP FOOD BANK MORE THAN 40 EMPLOYEES AND PHYSICIANS SUPPORTED THE MILLER-KEYSTONE BLOOD CENTER DRIVES AT ST. LUKE'S WARREN CAMPUS, WHICH ARE HELD THREE TIMES EACH YEAR. VOLUNTEERS ---------- IN FY 21, 58 ST. LUKE'S WARREN CAMPUS VOLUNTEERS PROVIDED MORE THAN 5,982 VOLUNTEER HOURS. ST. LUKE'S VISITING NURSE ASSOCIATION ------------------------------------- THE VISITING NURSE ASSOCIATION (VNA) OF ST. LUKE'S IS A MEMBER OF THE FULLY INTEGRATED ST. LUKE'S UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK (SLUHN). THE VNA, ESTABLISHED IN 1919, HAS BEEN A MEMBER OF THE NETWORK SINCE 1993. THE VNA ANNUALLY PROVIDES FREE COMMUNITY OUTREACH SERVICES AND PROGRAMS, AND IN FISCAL YEAR 2021 (FY 21) THOSE SERVICES AND PROGRAMS REACHED 5,386 PEOPLE. ST. LUKE'S HOME HEALTH ---------------------- ST. LUKE'S HOME HEALTH PROVIDES INTERMITTENT SKILLED NURSING, PHYSICAL, OCCUPATIONAL AND SPEECH THERAPIES, AND MEDICAL SOCIAL WORK AND HOME HEALTH AIDE SERVICES TO HOME-BOUND PATIENTS. THE CARE IS MEDICALLY DIRECTED, PHYSICIAN ORDERED AND DELIVERED TO PATIENTS IN THEIR HOMES. SERVICES ARE PROVIDED UNDER A PLAN OF TREATMENT ESTABLISHED AND APPROVED BY A PHYSICIAN. DURING FY 21 70% OF ALL PATIENTS ADMITTED TO HOME HEALTH SERVICES WERE REFERRED TO HOME HEALTH BY A SLUHN NETWORK HOSPITAL. IN FY 21, THE VNA CONDUCTED 5,654 ADMISSIONS TO ITS HOME HEALTH SERVICES. HOME HEALTH ACCEPTS MEDICARE, MEDICAID, AND OTHER THIRD-PARTY PAYERS. PATIENTS WITHOUT INSURANCE MAY QUALIFY FOR SERVICES ON A SLIDING SCALE UNDER THE ST. LUKE'S UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK CHARITY CARE POLICY. ST. LUKE'S HOSPICE ------------------ HOSPICE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED TO PATIENTS IN THEIR PRIVATE RESIDENCE, THE HOME OF A RELATIVE, A NURSING FACILITY, OR WHEREVER THE PATIENT CALLS HOME. HOSPICE GENERAL IN-PATIENT (GIP) SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE AT THE HOSPICES FREE STANDING GIP FACILITY, LOCATED ON BLACK RIVER ROAD IN BETHLEHEM, PENNSYLVANIA. ST. LUKE'S' HOSPICE PROVIDES PATIENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES WITH COMPASSIONATE END-OF-LIFE CARE. PHYSICAL, AS WELL AS EMOTIONAL AND SPIRITUAL NEEDS ARE ADDRESSED BY THE HOSPICE TEAM. RESPITE FOR CAREGIVERS IS ALSO AVAILABLE. SERVICES ARE PROVIDED BY AN INTERDISCIPLINARY TEAM THAT INCLUDES A MEDICAL DIRECTOR, REGISTERED NURSES, THERAPISTS, HOSPICE AIDES, MEDICAL SOCIAL WORKERS, VOLUNTEERS, CHAPLAINS, AND THE PATIENT'S OWN PHYSICIAN. IN FY 21, THE HOSPICE PROGRAM PROVIDED END-OF-LIFE CARE TO 1,872 PATIENTS IN THEIR HOME OR IN A SKILLED NURSING FACILITY; THEY ALSO PROVIDED CARE TO 507 PATIENTS AT THE HOSPICE HOUSE WHERE COSTS EXCEEDED FINANCIAL REIMBURSEMENT LEVELS BY MORE THAN $1.79 M (EXCLUDING CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTIONS AND EARNINGS FROM ENDOWMENT). ST. LUKE'S NURSE-FAMILY PARTNERSHIP ----------------------------------- ST. LUKE'S NURSE-FAMILY PARTNERSHIP (NFP) IS AN EVIDENCE-BASED, NURSE HOME VISITING PROGRAM TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH, WELL-BEING AND ECONOMIC SELF-SUFFICIENCY OF LOW-INCOME, FIRST-TIME PARENTS AND THEIR CHILDREN. CARE IS PROVIDED IN THIS VOLUNTARY PREVENTION PROGRAM BY SPECIALLY TRAINED REGISTERED NURSES BEGINNING EARLY IN THE MOTHER'S PREGNANCY AND CONTINUING UNTIL HER CHILD'S SECOND BIRTHDAY. THE NURSE-FAMILY PARTNERSHIP SERVED 437 FAMILIES RESIDING IN THE LEHIGH VALLEY (ENCOMPASSING THE CITIES OF ALLENTOWN, BETHLEHEM AND EASTON AND THE SURROUNDING RURAL AREAS) DURING FY 21. VISITING NURSE ADVOCATE FOR THE COUNTY (VNAC) --------------------------------------------- THE VISITING NURSE ADVOCATE FOR THE COUNTY PROVIDES CHILD HEALTH MONITORING AND CHILD ADVOCACY SERVICES TO CHILDREN LIVING IN TROUBLED HOMES IN NORTHAMPTON AND LEHIGH COUNTIES, IN SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA. IN FY 21, SERVICES WERE PROVIDED TO 102 FAMILIES. VOLUNTEERS ---------- THERE WERE 41 ACTIVE VOLUNTEERS DURING FY 21 AND ANOTHER 45 VOLUNTEERS THAT WERE INACTIVE AND REMAINED ON AN LOA RELATED TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. VOLUNTEER HOURS FOR THE FY 21 TOTALED 1,991 HOURS OF SUPPORT TO THE VNA'S PROGRAMS. |
| CORE FORM, PART V; QUESTION 1A & CORE FORM, PART VII; SECTION B |
THE ORGANIZATION IS THE PARENT ENTITY OF THE ST. LUKE'S UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK ("NETWORK"); A TAX-EXEMPT INTEGRATED HEALTHCARE DELIVERY NETWORK. THE ORGANIZATION'S FORM 990 REFLECTS NO TOP FIVE INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS FOR SERVICES AND REPORTS THAT NO FORMS 1099 WERE FILED WITH THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE ("IRS"). ST. LUKE'S HOSPITAL OF BETHLEHEM, PENNSYLVANIA, A RELATED INTERNAL REVENUE CODE SECTION 501(C)(3) TAX-EXEMPT ORGANIZATION PAYS ALL OUTSTANDING ACCOUNTS PAYABLE INVOICES ON BEHALF OF THIS ORGANIZATION. IN CONJUNCTION WITH THIS SERVICE, ST. LUKE'S HOSPITAL OF BETHLEHEM, PENNSYLVANIA ALSO PREPARES AND ISSUES FORMS 1099 TO THESE VENDORS RECEIVING PAYMENTS WHERE APPLICABLE AND FILES THESE FORMS 1099 WITH THE IRS. ST. LUKE'S HOSPITAL OF BETHLEHEM, PENNSYLVANIA ALLOCATES THESE PAYMENTS TO THE ORGANIZATION VIA AN INTERCOMPANY ACCOUNT. |
| CORE FORM, PART VI, SECTION B; QUESTION 11B |
THE ORGANIZATION IS AN AFFILIATE WITHIN ST. LUKE'S UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK ("NETWORK"); A TAX-EXEMPT INTEGRATED HEALTHCARE DELIVERY NETWORK. ST. LUKE'S HEALTH NETWORK, INC. IS THE TAX-EXEMPT PARENT ENTITY OF THE NETWORK. THE ORGANIZATION'S FEDERAL FORM 990 WAS PROVIDED TO EACH VOTING MEMBER OF THE ORGANIZATION'S GOVERNING BODY (ITS BOARD OF TRUSTEES) PRIOR TO THE FILING WITH THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE ("IRS"). IN ADDITION, THE ST. LUKE'S UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK FINANCE COMMITTEE WAS UPDATED AS TO THIS ORGANIZATION'S CURRENT YEAR FORM 990 PRIOR TO FILING. ST. LUKE'S HEALTH NETWORK, INC. BOARD OF TRUSTEES DELEGATED TO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE THE RESPONSIBILITY TO OVERSEE AND COORDINATE THE FEDERAL FORM 990 PREPARATION AND FILING PROCESS FOR THE TAX-EXEMPT AFFILIATES OF THE NETWORK. AS PART OF THE ORGANIZATION'S FEDERAL FORM 990 TAX RETURN PREPARATION PROCESS THE ORGANIZATION HIRED A PROFESSIONAL CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING ("CPA") FIRM WITH EXPERIENCE AND EXPERTISE IN BOTH HEALTHCARE AND NOT-FOR-PROFIT TAX RETURN PREPARATION TO PREPARE THE FEDERAL FORM 990. THE CPA FIRM'S TAX PROFESSIONALS WORKED CLOSELY WITH THE NETWORK'S FINANCE PERSONNEL AND VARIOUS OTHER NETWORK INDIVIDUALS ("INTERNAL WORKING GROUP") TO OBTAIN THE INFORMATION NEEDED IN ORDER TO PREPARE A COMPLETE AND ACCURATE TAX RETURN. THE CPA FIRM PREPARED A DRAFT FEDERAL FORM 990 AND FURNISHED IT TO THE NETWORK'S INTERNAL WORKING GROUP FOR THEIR REVIEW. THE NETWORK'S INTERNAL WORKING GROUP REVIEWED THE DRAFT FEDERAL FORM 990 AND DISCUSSED QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS WITH THE CPA FIRM. REVISIONS WERE MADE TO THE DRAFT FEDERAL FORM 990 WHERE NECESSARY AND A FINAL DRAFT WAS FURNISHED BY THE CPA FIRM TO THE NETWORK'S INTERNAL WORKING GROUP FOR FINAL REVIEW AND APPROVAL PRIOR TO PRESENTATION OF THE FEDERAL FORM 990 TO THE MEMBERS OF THE ST. LUKE'S HEALTH NETWORK, INC. FINANCE COMMITTEE. THEREAFTER, THE FINAL FEDERAL FORM 990 WAS PROVIDED TO EACH VOTING MEMBER OF THE ORGANIZATION'S GOVERNING BODY PRIOR TO FILING WITH THE IRS. |
| CORE FORM, PART VI, SECTION B; QUESTION 12 |
THE ORGANIZATION HAS A WRITTEN CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY AND REGULARLY MONITORS AND ENFORCES COMPLIANCE WITH THAT POLICY. THE POLICY REQUIRES THAT A CONFLICT OF INTEREST DISCLOSURE FORM CONSISTENT WITH BEST GOVERNANCE PRACTICES AND INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE GUIDELINES BE CIRCULATED TO OFFICERS, TRUSTEES, BOARD COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND SENIOR MANAGEMENT ANNUALLY. THE NETWORK'S COMPLIANCE DEPARTMENT, INCLUDING ITS CORPORATE COMPLIANCE OFFICER AND SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT/GENERAL COUNSEL, ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE COMPLETION OF THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST QUESTIONNAIRES AND ENFORCEMENT WITH THE POLICY. IF A TRUSTEE DISCLOSES AN INTEREST THAT COULD GIVE RISE TO A CONFLICT, THE TRUSTEE'S POTENTIAL CONFLICT MAY BE DISCLOSED TO THE ORGANIZATION'S GOVERNING BODY, WHICH EVALUATES THE CONFLICT AND ITS POTENTIAL IMPACT ON THE TRUSTEE'S PARTICIPATION ON THE BOARD. AFTER CONSULTATION AND DISCUSSION THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES MAY TAKE ACTION, IF APPROPRIATE AND NECESSARY, TO ADDRESS ANY SUCH CONFLICT IN A MANNER CONSISTENT WITH THE NETWORK'S CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY. |
| CORE FORM, PART VI, SECTION B; QUESTION 15 |
COMPENSATION REVIEW EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION FOR THE HEALTH NETWORK CONSISTS OF FIXED SALARY, AT-RISK COMPENSATION AND OTHER DEFERRED COMPENSATION ARRANGEMENTS. TOTAL COMPENSATION FOR NETWORK EXECUTIVES IS APPROVED ANNUALLY BY THE NETWORK'S BOARD OF TRUSTEES. THE RECOMMENDED COMPENSATION IS ESTABLISHED THROUGH A MULTI-FACETED APPROACH INCLUDING USE OF AN INDEPENDENT CONSULTANT ENGAGED ON AN ONGOING BASIS BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND WHO WORKS DIRECTLY WITH THE EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD. ALSO INCLUDED IS THE REVIEW OF FORMS 990 AND COMPENSATION SURVEYS OF OTHER COMPARABLE HEALTHCARE ORGANIZATIONS. PLEASE REFER TO THE SCHEDULE J, PART III RESPONSE TO SCHEDULE J, PART I, QUESTION 3 FOR A MORE DETAILED DESCRIPTION. |
| CORE FORM, PART VI, SECTION C; QUESTION 19 |
ST. LUKE'S UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK, OF WHICH THIS ENTITY IS THE PARENT, HAS ISSUED TAX-EXEMPT BONDS TO FINANCE VARIOUS CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, RENOVATIONS AND EQUIPMENT. IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE ISSUANCE OF THESE TAX-EXEMPT BONDS, THE ORGANIZATION'S FINANCIAL STATEMENTS WERE INCLUDED WITH THE TAX-EXEMPT BOND PROSPECTUS WHICH WAS MADE AVAILABLE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC FOR REVIEW. IN ADDITION, THE ORGANIZATION'S FILED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION AND ANY AMENDMENTS CAN BE OBTAINED AND REVIEWED THROUGH THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA. |
| CORE FORM, PART VII AND SCHEDULE J |
CORE FORM, PART VII AND SCHEDULE J REFLECT CERTAIN BOARD MEMBERS AND OFFICERS RECEIVING COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS FROM RELATED ORGANIZATIONS. PLEASE NOTE THIS REMUNERATION WAS FOR SERVICES RENDERED AS FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES OF THIS ORGANIZATION OR A RELATED ORGANIZATION AND NOT FOR SERVICES RENDERED AS A VOTING MEMBER OR OFFICER OF THIS ORGANIZATION'S BOARD OF TRUSTEES. |
| CORE FORM, PART VII AND SCHEDULE J |
FRANK FORD, A FORMER OFFICER OF THIS ORGANIZATION, IS STILL EMPLOYED WITHIN THE ST. LUKE'S UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK. MR. FORD IS THE PRESIDENT OF SACRED HEART HOSPITAL OF ALLENTOWN; A RELATED INTERNAL REVENUE CODE SECTION 501(C)(3) TAX-EXEMPT ORGANIZATION. |
| CORE FORM, PART VII AND SCHEDULE J |
RICHARD A. ANDERSON, ROBERT E. MARTIN, THOMAS P. LICHTENWALNER AND JOEL D. FAGERSTROM ARE ALL OFFICERS OF THIS ORGANIZATION AND INVOLVED IN THE LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT OF THIS ORGANIZATION ON A FULL TIME BASIS. ALTHOUGH THESE INDIVIDUALS RECEIVE A FEDERAL FORM W-2 FROM ST. LUKE'S HOSPITAL OF BETHLEHEM PENNSYLVANIA (EIN: 23-1352213). THEIR COMMON LAW EMPLOYER/EMPLOYEE RELATIONSHIP IS WITH ST. LUKE'S HEALTH NETWORK, INC. ACCORDINGLY, THIS ORGANIZATION FILED A 2020 FEDERAL FORM 4720 WHICH INCLUDED A REMITTANCE OF EXCISE TAX RELATED TO MESSRS. ANDERSON, MARTIN, LICHTENWALNER AND FAGERSTROM COMPENSATION IN EXCESS OF $1M. |
| CORE FORM, PART VII, SECTION A, COLUMN B |
THE ORGANIZATION IS THE PARENT ENTITY OF THE ST. LUKE'S UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK ("NETWORK"); A TAX-EXEMPT INTEGRATED HEALTHCARE DELIVERY NETWORK. THE NETWORK INCLUDES BOTH FOR-PROFIT AND NOT FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS. CERTAIN BOARD OF TRUSTEE MEMBERS AND OFFICERS LISTED ON CORE FORM, PART VII AND SCHEDULE J OF THIS FORM 990 MAY HOLD SIMILAR POSITIONS WITH BOTH THIS ORGANIZATION AND OTHER AFFILIATES WITHIN THE NETWORK. THE HOURS SHOWN ON THIS FORM 990 FOR BOARD MEMBERS WHO RECEIVE NO COMPENSATION FOR SERVICES RENDERED IN A NON-BOARD CAPACITY, REPRESENTS THE ESTIMATED HOURS DEVOTED PER WEEK FOR THIS ORGANIZATION. TO THE EXTENT THESE INDIVIDUALS SERVE AS A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF OTHER RELATED ORGANIZATIONS IN THE NETWORK, THEIR RESPECTIVE HOURS PER WEEK PER ORGANIZATION ARE APPROXIMATELY THE SAME AS REFLECTED ON CORE FORM, PART VII OF THIS FORM 990. THE HOURS REFLECTED ON CORE FORM, PART VII OF THIS FORM 990, FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO RECEIVE COMPENSATION FOR SERVICES RENDERED IN A NON-BOARD CAPACITY, PAID OFFICERS AND KEY EMPLOYEES, REFLECT TOTAL HOURS WORKED PER WEEK ON BEHALF OF THE NETWORK; NOT SOLELY THIS ORGANIZATION. |
| CORE FORM, PART XI; LINE 9 |
OTHER CHANGES IN NET ASSETS OR FUND BALANCES INCLUDE: - CONTRIBUTIONS/DONATIONS RECEIVED - $5,745,475; - PLEDGES RECEIVED - ($5,902,292); - NEW PLEDGES - $10,047,668; - NET ASSETS RELEASED (PLEDGES) - PPE (BUILDING FUND) - ($275,000); - NET ASSETS RELEASED FROM RESTRICTIONS USED FOR PURCHASE OF PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT - ($2,051,962); - NET ASSETS RELEASED FROM RESTRICTIONS USED FOR OPERATIONS - ($2,796,978); - ALLOWANCE FOR PLEDGES WRITTEN OFF AND ACTUAL WRITE-OFFS - ($696,543); - ENDOWMENT SPENDING POLICY TRANSFER TO DONOR RESTRICTED - $26,331; - CONTRIBUTIONS/DONATIONS RECEIVED - $1,327,499; - INCOME FROM INVESTMENTS - $1,879,966; - NET REALIZED GAIN ON SALE FROM INVESTMENTS - $5,017,860; - INCOME RELEASED AND TRANSFERRED TO GENERAL FUND FOR OPERATIONS - ($536,868); AND - OTHER CHANGES IN DONOR RESTRICTED NET ASSETS - ($320,799). |
| CORE FORM, PART XII; QUESTION 2 |
THE TAXPAYER IS THE PARENT ENTITY OF ST. LUKE'S UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK ("NETWORK"); A TAX-EXEMPT INTEGRATED HEALTHCARE DELIVERY NETWORK. AN INDEPENDENT CPA FIRM AUDITED THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF THE TAXPAYER AND ITS CONTROLLED AFFILIATES FOR THE YEARS ENDED JUNE 30, 2021 AND JUNE 30, 2020; RESPECTIVELY AND ISSUED A CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENT. AN UNMODIFIED OPINION WAS ISSUED EACH YEAR BY THE INDEPENDENT CPA FIRM. THE NETWORK'S FINANCE COMMITTEE ASSUMES RESPONSIBILITY FOR OVERSIGHT OF THE AUDIT OF THE NETWORK'S CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND THE SELECTION OF AN INDEPENDENT AUDITOR. |
Attach to Form 990 or Form 990-EZ. 
Attach to Form 990 or 990-EZ.