To continue providing residents in Bucks and Montgomery counties with access to high-quality emergency medical services, St. Luke\u2019s has doubled the size of its emergency department at its Upper Bucks Campus hospital. The ribbon cutting was held Oct. 1.<\/p>\n
St. Luke\u2019s Upper Bucks Campus has experienced significant growth since its opening in 2019. Ground was broken in late 2024 to expand the emergency department to meet the community\u2019s needs. The expanded ER, which formally opens on Oct. 2, will allow providers to treat up to 40,000 patients a year.<\/p>\n
The new $8 million, 11,000 square-foot expansion adds 12 new patient treatment bays, bringing the total to 28 individual emergency rooms.<\/p>\n
The new ER was built with $2.5 million in Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program (RACP) funds secured through financial assistance provided by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Honorable Josh Shapiro, Governor.<\/p>\n
This hospital enlargement comes just five years after the facility opened with 40 beds and an ER capacity of 22,000 patients per year. In 2023, St. Luke\u2019s added a three-story, 118,000 square-foot tower on the west side of the original hospital, bringing cancer services, expanding obstetrics, birthing and neonatal intensive care units while increasing the number of inpatient beds on the campus to a total of 93.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are growing our ER capacity in response to our patients, who tell us they are pleased with the quality of care they receive here,\u201d said Dennis Pfleiger, President of St. Luke\u2019s Upper Bucks Campus.<\/p>\n
After the hospital opened six years ago, the facility experienced steadily rising patient volumes, occasionally resulting in over-capacity issues in the original 11,000 square-foot ER. Pfleiger said this demand is expected to continue rising as the region grows, with the biggest population increase comprising Baby Boomers, persons aged 65 years of age and older.<\/p>\n
Since opening its doors, St. Luke\u2019s Upper Bucks campus has invested an additional $250-plus million in technology, staffing, services and facilities, affirming the organization\u2019s commitment to improving the health of this community. St. Luke\u2019s also opened outpatient pediatrics, OBGYN and gastrointestinal practices in Harleysville and owns 100 acres of open land on its Upper Bucks hospital campus for program and facility development.<\/p>\n
August 2025 marked 30 years since St. Luke\u2019s acquired the former Quakertown Hospital, which now serves the community as an expanded 32-bed inpatient mental health, outpatient services and professional office space.<\/p>\n
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About St. Luke\u2019s<\/strong><\/p>\n Founded in 1872, St. Luke\u2019s University Health Network (SLUHN) is a fully integrated, regional, non-profit network with annual net revenue of more than $4 billion. With 23,000+ employees at 16 hospital campuses and 350+ outpatient sites, it is the Lehigh Valley\u2019s biggest employer.<\/p>\n 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. In partnership with Temple University, the Network established the Lehigh Valley\u2019s first and only four-year medical school. It also operates the nation\u2019s oldest School of Nursing, established in 1884, and 50+ fully accredited graduate medical educational programs with 500+ residents and fellows.<\/p>\n St. Luke\u2019s has been named a Leapfrog Group and Healthgrades Top Hospital and a Newsweek World\u2019s Best Hospital. It is the only Lehigh Valley-based health care system to earn Medicare\u2019s five-star ratings (the highest) for quality, efficiency and patient satisfaction. In 2025, the Network earned straight A\u2019s from Leapfrog across all of its 11 acute care hospitals. It has earned 100 Top Hospital designations from Premier 11 years in a row, including in 2021 when its flagship University Hospital was identified as THE #1 TEACHING HOSPITAL IN THE COUNTRY. Utilizing the Epic electronic medical record (EMR) system for both inpatient and outpatient services, the Network is a multi-year recipient of the Most Wired award recognizing the breadth of SLUHN\u2019s information technology applications such as telehealth, online scheduling and online pricing information.<\/p>\n Information provided to TVL by: To continue providing residents in Bucks and Montgomery counties with access to high-quality emergency medical services, St. Luke\u2019s has doubled the size of its emergency department at its Upper Bucks … Continue reading Expanded ER at St. Luke\u2019s Upper Bucks Campus<\/span>
\nSam Kennedy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"