{"id":130180,"date":"2024-05-04T16:47:04","date_gmt":"2024-05-04T20:47:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=130180"},"modified":"2024-05-04T16:47:04","modified_gmt":"2024-05-04T20:47:04","slug":"st-lukes-provide-free-physicals-to-asd-youth-internship-participants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=130180","title":{"rendered":"St. Luke\u2019s Provide Free Physicals to ASD Youth Internship Participants"},"content":{"rendered":"

Photo caption: (L to R) Joe Orengo, Dr. Robert Dolansky, Lori Dolansky RN, Rob Pica PA-C, Melissa Lawall RN, Jeff Kowalski, Christie Polito, Danielle Huskey, Chris Pinto.<\/em><\/p>\n

Nearly 100 students will be able to participate in Allentown School District\u2019s Allentown Youth Internship Corps (AYIC) program this spring and summer thanks to the staff at St. Luke\u2019s Occupational Medicine (SLOM) stepping up.<\/p>\n

St. Luke\u2019s Sports Medicine provides physicals and athletic training for the school district. In February, Amy B. Cotter, MS, LAT, ATC, CCHW, Sports Medicine Coordinator\/Sports Medicine Relationships, had proactively reached out to the district to offer support for the athletics physicals that would be needed in June. Turns out, the district had just learned it needed a new provider for physicals for students who wished to participate in its AYIC program, but time was short. These physicals were needed in March.<\/p>\n

Cotter forwarded the request to the appropriate resource: St. Luke\u2019s Occupational Medicine. Deborah Accurso, Director of College & Career Readiness for ASD, said Cotter and Christie Polito, Account Manager for SLOM, \u201cmade magic and connected us and St. Luke\u2019s stepped up to support us.\u201d<\/p>\n

Medical staff from Occupational Medicine provided just under 100 screenings, which included physicals, medical histories and a test to prevent the spread of a communicable disease, tuberculosis. The screenings were conducted by the leadership of Occupational Medicine, including Robert Dolansky, DO, Chief of Urgent Care and Occupational Medicine, Jeff Kowalski, Senior Network Director, and advanced practice clinicians. They were conducted over two days at William Allen High School and Louis E. Dieruff High School in March. \u201cIt really was a total collaboration of resources within the Department,\u201d Polito said.<\/p>\n

Accurso is extremely grateful that SLOM was not only able to help but also to do so on short notice. The AYIC program is a partnership among the Allentown School District, the City of Allentown, and various community organizations to offer students spring and summer internship opportunities to gain authentic, real-world career experiences. \u201cBecause St. Luke\u2019s Occupational Medicine stepped up, nearly 100 new AYIC student interns will be able to be onboarded, equipping them with essential health resources as they embark on their professional journeys,\u201d Accurso said. Accurso said that the staff\u2019s dedication and willingness to get the job done \u201chas made a profound and lasting impact on the students\u2019 lives and futures.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cotter said this experience \u201cis typical of the approach St Luke\u2019s takes when caring for our schools and communities\u201d and highlights \u201cthe resources we have available to help the students. We are always working closely with district administrators and staff to recognize needs and helping fulfill these needs, when possible,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Polito said, \u201cWe were honored to be able to serve Allentown School District in this capacity.\u201d<\/p>\n

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About St. Luke\u2019s<\/strong><\/p>\n

Founded in 1872,\u00a0St. Luke\u2019s University Health Network<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0(SLUHN) is a fully integrated, regional, non-profit network of more than 20,000 employees providing services at 15 campuses and 300+ outpatient sites.\u00a0 With annual net revenue of $3.4 billion, the Network\u2019s service area includes 11 counties in two states: Lehigh, Northampton, Berks, Bucks, Carbon, Montgomery, Monroe, Schuylkill and Luzerne counties in Pennsylvania and Warren and Hunterdon counties in New Jersey. St. Luke\u2019s hospitals operate the largest network of trauma centers in Pennsylvania, with the Bethlehem Campus being home to St. Luke\u2019s Children\u2019s Hospital.<\/p>\n

Dedicated to advancing medical education, St. Luke\u2019s is the preeminent teaching hospital in central-eastern Pennsylvania.\u00a0 In partnership with Temple University, the Network established the Lehigh Valley\u2019s first and only four-year medical school campus.\u00a0 It also operates the nation\u2019s longest continuously operating School of Nursing, established in 1884, and 45 fully accredited graduate medical educational programs with more than 400 residents and fellows. In 2022, St. Luke\u2019s, a member of the Children\u2019s Hospital Association, opened the Lehigh Valley\u2019s first and only free-standing facility dedicated entirely to kids.<\/p>\n

SLUHN is the only Lehigh Valley-based health care system to earn Medicare\u2019s\u00a0five-star<\/em>\u00a0ratings (the highest) for quality, efficiency and patient satisfaction.\u00a0 It is both a Leapfrog Group and Healthgrades\u00a0Top Hospital<\/em>\u00a0and a Newsweek World\u2019s\u00a0Best Hospital<\/em>.\u00a0 The Network\u2019s flagship University Hospital has earned the\u00a0100 Top Major Teaching Hospital<\/em>\u00a0designation from Fortune\/PINC AI 11 times total and eight years in a row, including in 2023 when it was identified as THE #4 TEACHING HOSPITAL IN THE COUNTRY.\u00a0 In 2021, St. Luke\u2019s was identified as one of the\u00a015 Top Health Systems<\/em>\u00a0nationally.\u00a0 Utilizing the Epic electronic medical record (EMR) system for both inpatient and outpatient services, the Network is a multi-year recipient of the\u00a0Most Wired<\/em>\u00a0award recognizing the breadth of the SLUHN\u2019s information technology applications such as telehealth, online scheduling and online pricing information. \u00a0The Network is also recognized as one of the state\u2019s lowest cost providers.<\/p>\n

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\nSam Kennedy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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