{"id":147351,"date":"2026-01-28T21:24:53","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T02:24:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=147351"},"modified":"2026-01-28T21:24:53","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T02:24:53","slug":"lehigh-valley-hospital-lvh-pocono-creek-now-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=147351","title":{"rendered":"Lehigh Valley Hospital (LVH)\u2013Pocono Creek Now Open"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lehigh Valley Hospital (LVH)\u2013Pocono Creek Now Open<\/strong><\/p>\n

New neighborhood hospital, with full-service ER, is in Bartonsville<\/em><\/p>\n

Lehigh Valley, Pa. (Jan. 28, 2025) \u2013 Lehigh Valley Health Network (LVHN)\u2019s first neighborhood hospital in the Poconos – LVH\u2013Pocono Creek<\/a> – is now open.<\/p>\n

Located at 1328 Golden Slipper Road in Bartonsville, it is the third neighborhood hospital for LVHN, part of Jefferson Health, joining LVH\u2013Macungie<\/a> and LVH\u2013Gilbertsville<\/a>. A fourth neighborhood hospital, in Hellertown, Northampton County, is projected to open by early 2027.<\/p>\n

\u201cEstablishing neighborhood hospitals is part of our mission to give our communities more health care options than ever before and to make those options easier to use and reach,\u201d said Baligh Yehia, MD, President of Jefferson Health. \u201cOur goal is to make it as convenient as possible for people to get the compassionate, expert care they need, when they need it. This is especially important for the Pocono region, which has seen tremendous growth in recent decades.\u201d<\/p>\n

LVH\u2013Pocono Creek is a licensed and accredited acute care hospital open 24 hours a day, seven days a week. At about 22,000-square-feet, it is a streamlined hospital featuring a full-service ER designed to support rapid patient assessment. It\u2019s also anticipated to contribute to shorter ER wait times and more efficient admissions. A comprehensive radiology suite and lab is located on site for convenient, fast diagnostic assessments.<\/p>\n

\u201cMedical emergencies come without warning. For those living and working in communities and neighborhoods in central Monroe County, LVH\u2013Pocono Creek and Health Center at Pocono Creek will be invaluable,\u201d said Holly Badali, President, Neighborhood Hospitals, LVHN, part of Jefferson Health.<\/p>\n

Health Center at Pocono Creek<\/a>, located on the same campus, features HNL Lab Medicine, Lehigh Valley Physician Group (LVPG) cardiology and LVPG family medicine, cardiac and vascular testing and adult physical therapy. LVH\u2013Pocono Creek also offers outpatient imaging services.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhether we\u2019re administrators, clinicians, caregivers or serve in some other role in health care, the focus is always on one thing: the people we serve,\u201d said Joe Pinto, Regional Chief Operating Officer for LVH\u2013Pocono, LVH\u2013Dickson City and LVH\u2013Hecktown Oaks. \u201cWe bring our absolute best every day because that\u2019s who we are and it\u2019s what you can always expect. It\u2019s neighbors helping neighbors with compassion, skill and world-class medicine.\u201d<\/p>\n

About Jefferson <\/strong><\/p>\n

Lehigh Valley Health Network is now proudly part of Jefferson Health. Nationally ranked, Jefferson, which is principally located in the Greater Philadelphia region, Lehigh Valley and northeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey, is reimagining health care and higher education to create unparalleled value. Jefferson is more than 65,000 people strong, dedicated to providing the highest-quality, compassionate clinical care for patients; making our communities healthier and stronger; preparing tomorrow’s professional leaders for 21st-century careers; and creating new knowledge through basic\/programmatic, clinical and applied research. Thomas Jefferson University<\/a>, home of Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Jefferson College of Nursing, and the Kanbar College of Design, Engineering and Commerce, dates back to 1824 and today comprises 10 colleges and three schools offering 200+ undergraduate and graduate programs to more than 8,300 students. Jefferson Health<\/a>, nationally ranked as one of the top 15 not-for-profit health care systems in the country and the largest provider in the Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley areas, serves patients through millions of encounters each year at 33 hospitals and more than 700 outpatient and urgent care locations throughout the region. Jefferson Health Plans<\/a> is a not-for-profit managed health care organization providing a broad range of health coverage options in Pennsylvania and New Jersey for more than 40 years.<\/p>\n

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\nPriscilla Turbitt<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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