{"id":93474,"date":"2019-07-10T18:22:32","date_gmt":"2019-07-10T22:22:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=93474"},"modified":"2019-07-10T18:22:32","modified_gmt":"2019-07-10T22:22:32","slug":"easton-hospital-and-st-lukes-announce-partnership-on-open-heart-surgery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=93474","title":{"rendered":"Easton Hospital and St. Luke\u2019s Announce Partnership on Open Heart Surgery"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Easton Hospital, a member of the Steward Health Care family, and St. Luke\u2019s University Health Network, the region\u2019s leader in cardiovascular care, will extend their partnership to heart care to better serve the Easton community by executing a transfer agreement for patients of Easton Hospital who require open-heart surgery services, beginning in Fall 2019.<\/p>\n

Easton Hospital is and will remain an accredited Chest Pain Center with a fully integrated, 24\/7 cardiac catheterization lab to provide \u201cfirst response\u201d care for patients experiencing symptoms of a heart attack. Open-heart surgery for patients who transfer will be performed at St. Luke\u2019s University Hospital in Bethlehem, which for the fifth year in a row and the seventh time overall in 2019 was named one of the nation\u2019s 100 Top Hospitals in the Major Teaching Hospital category by IBM Watson Health.<\/p>\n

\u201cEaston Hospital will also maintain a strong, robust program for general cardiac care, including diagnostic services, pacemaker implants and after-care services, and all other non-surgical services,\u201d said Linda Grass, President of Easton Hospital. \u201cWe believe this new affiliation with St. Luke\u2019s will allow Easton Hospital to invest in and focus our excellent cardiac care resources where we can make the biggest impact for patients in our community.\u201d<\/p>\n

St. Luke\u2019s President and CEO Rick Anderson said, \u201cI am pleased with this partnership. Our collaboration emphasizes the respective strengths of St. Luke\u2019s and Easton Hospital, ensuring the best value in health care for Easton area residents.\u201d<\/p>\n

Easton Hospital and St. Luke\u2019s University Health Network have established a strong and ongoing partnership to maximize the quality of patient care for the Easton community, including the recent announcement of a clinical affiliation for St. Luke\u2019s to provide tele-stroke services to patients at Easton Hospital who can receive quality stroke care close to home. This partnership also extends to expectant mothers with high-risk pregnancies who require highly specialized treatments, including high-acuity transfers of NICU patients when necessary.<\/p>\n

\u201cEaston Hospital and St. Luke\u2019s are once again joining forces for the benefit of their community \u2013 as good neighbors should,\u201d said St. Luke\u2019s Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Strategy Officer Hal L. Folander, MD, who also serves as the Network Chairman for Radiology.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is another win for both organizations and, most importantly, for Easton-area patients who will be able to receive the entire spectrum of heart care close to home,\u201d added Lisa Esolen, MD, Chief Medical Office at Easton Hospital.<\/p>\n

Raymond Durkin, MD, Chairman of Cardiovascular Medicine for St. Luke’s, said he and his staff are looking forward to collaborating with their counterparts in Easton Hospital\u2019s cardiology department. \u201cWe will be ready to provide Easton Hospital patients with a seamless experience,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

About Easton Hospital<\/strong><\/p>\n

Easton Hospital, a part of Steward Health Care, is a fully-integrated, national health care service organization. Steward\u2019s service delivery model leverages technology, innovation and care coordination to keep patients healthier. Steward Easton Hospital is a 196-bed acute care teaching hospital serving more than 300,000 residents in Northampton County and five surrounding counties in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. The hospital offers an active Emergency Department which sees more than 33,696 annual visits; a cardiac care program recognized as an accredited Chest pain Center and one of over 50 designated Heart Attack Receiving Centers in the country; a Center for Orthopedics, Joint and Spine care; a certified Primary Stroke Center; and the Easton Regional Cancer Center, a member of the Jefferson Sidney Kimmel Cancer Network. In addition, the hospital maintains two freestanding, fully accredited residency training programs with Drexel University.<\/p>\n

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

Founded in 1872, St. Luke\u2019s University Health Network<\/strong><\/a> (SLUHN) is a fully integrated, regional, non-profit network of more than 15,000 employees providing services at 10 hospitals and over 320 outpatient sites.\u00a0 With annual net revenue greater than $2 billion, the Network\u2019s service area includes 10 counties: Lehigh, Northampton, Berks, Bucks, Carbon, Montgomery, Monroe and Schuylkill counties in Pennsylvania and Warren and Hunterdon counties in New Jersey.\u00a0 Dedicated to advancing medical education, St. Luke\u2019s is the preeminent teaching hospital in central-eastern Pennsylvania.\u00a0 In partnership with Temple University, St. Luke\u2019s created the Lehigh Valley\u2019s first and only regional medical school campus.\u00a0 It also operates the nation\u2019s longest continuously operating School of Nursing, established in 1884, and 28 fully accredited graduate medical educational programs with 226 residents and fellows.\u00a0 St. Luke\u2019s is the only Lehigh Valley-based health care system with Medicare\u2019s five- and four-star ratings (the highest) for quality, efficiency and patient satisfaction.\u00a0 St. Luke\u2019s is both a Leapfrog Group and Healthgrades Top Hospital and a Newsweek World\u2019s Best Hospital.\u00a0 In 2019, three of IBM Watson Health\u2019s 100 Top Hospitals were St. Luke\u2019s hospitals.\u00a0 St. Luke\u2019s University Hospital has earned the 100 Top Major Teaching Hospital designation from IBM Watson Health seven times total and five years in a row. St. Luke\u2019s has also been cited by IBM Watson Health as a 50 Top Cardiovascular Program.\u00a0 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 the SLUHN\u2019s information technology applications such as telehealth, online scheduling and online pricing information. \u00a0St. Luke\u2019s is also recognized as one of the state\u2019s lowest cost providers.<\/p>\n

 
\nInformation provided to TVL by:
\nBrendon Abbazio
\nMarketing Manager
\nEaston Hospital, A Steward Family Hospital
\n250 S 21st St, Easton, PA 18042
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