Company Profile
St. Luke’s University Health Network (SLUHN)
Notable Accomplishments / Recognition
St. Luke's Nationally Recognized Year-After-Year
Thomson-Reuters*
-100 Top Hospitals; 100 Top Teaching Hospitals (1997, 2001, 2015)
-Top Cardiovascular Hospitals (1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2012, 2014)
-100 Top ICU Hospitals (2000)
U.S. News & World Report – America's Best Hospitals
-Best Heart Hospitals (1999 to 2005)
-Best Digestive Disease Hospitals (2007, 2008)
-Best Ear, Nose & Throat Hospitals (2008)
U.S. News & World Report – Top Performance
-Geriatrics, GI, Nephrology, Neuro, Pulmonary, Urology (2011)
-Cardiac, Diabetes, Geriatrics, GI, Nephrology, Neuro, Ortho, Pulmonary, Urology (2012)
-Diabetes, Geriatrics, GI, Neuro, Ortho, Pulmonary (2013)
-Diabetes, Geriatrics, GI, Nephrology, Neuro and Neurosurgery, Ortho, Pulmonary, Urology (2014)
Top 50 Hospitals in U.S. (2009, 2010, 2011 – HealthGrades)
Commission on Cancer Outstanding Achievement Award
(2004, 2007, 2010 – American College of Surgeons); only PA hospital to receive highest recognition for three consecutive, three-year survey cycles, top decile performance
Highest Quality Rating for Open Heart Surgery (2008, 2009, 2011, 2012 – American College of Thoracic Surgeons),
only 6 percent of U.S. hospitals achieve this distinction, top decile performance
Bariatric Center of Excellence (2009 – American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery)
Most Wired Award (2013, 2014 – American Hospital Association)
Premier Quality Award for CABG (2006)
- Hip/Knee Replacement (2006, 2007, 2008)
- High Value Healthcare (St. Luke's Allentown, Bethlehem, Quakertown – 2011; St. Luke's Miners, Quakertown – 2013)
- Premier 2014 QUEST Awards: Winners – SLRA, SLM; Finalist – SLQ; Citation of Merit – SLA
National Medal of Honor for Organ Donation (2005 to 2012 – U.S. Department of Health & Human Services)
Top Integrated Healthcare Networks (2004, 2005, 2007 – IHN)
American Heart Associaation: Stroke Silver Plus Quality Award (2012), Gold Plus Award (2013), National Stroke Honor Roll (2013, 2014)
The Joint Commission Top Performer on Key Quality Measures Recognition: (SLW – 2011; SLM, SLW – 2012; SLA/B, SLM, SLQ, SLW – 2013)
*Formerly Solucient, currently Truven
Pennsylvania Awards Include:
Best Place to Work in PA (2003, 2004, 2005)
HAP Achievement Awards
-2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2014 – four awards
-2011, 2012, 2013 – two awards
New Jersey Awards Include:
NJHA Excellence in Quality Improvement Award (2014)
Additional Quality Achievements Include:
Cardiac: 100 percent consistent performance for AMI Door-to- Procedure of 90 minutes or less, top decile performance; first in region to earn distinction to perform TAVR procedures independently (2013)
Trauma: Fully accredited Level 1 Adult Trauma Center, Pennsylvania Trauma Systems Foundation survey with no Recommendations for Improvement and “Best Performance Improvement Program;” 2.33 percent mortality, top decile performance (Source: National Trauma Data Bank); accredited Level IV Adult Trauma Center
Perinatal: Leader in state and national programs to improve prenatal care; early elective delivery rate of .6 percent (FY '14) is significantly below state (4 percent) and national (6 percent) rates, top decile performance
Robotic/Minimally Invasive Surgery: St. Luke's first in PA to perform robotic surgery (2002); most experienced robotic surgery team in PA
Home Care: St. Luke's VNA recently named among top 25 percent of Medicare-certified agencies of the 2012 Home Care Elite,™ a compilation of top-performing home health agencies in the U.S.
Premier announced the winners of the 2014 Premier QUEST Awards. There are 3 recognition categories: Winners, Finalists, and Citation of Merit recipients. Winners achieved top decile performance in 6 of the 6 measurement domains which include Mortality, Cost of Care, Evidence-Based Care, Patient Experience, Readmission, and Harm. Finalists achieved top decile performance in 5 of the 6 domains. Citation of Merit recipients achieved top decile performance in 4 of the 6 domains.
For the 2014 QUEST Awards close to 350 hospitals nationwide participated and there were 18 Winners, 37 Finalists, and 61 Citation of Merit recipients. St. Luke’s is proud to recognize the following campus achievements: St. Luke’s Anderson and St. Luke’s Miners are winners of the 2014 Premier QUEST Awards; St. Luke’s Quakertown is a Finalist and St. Luke’s Allentown is a Citation of Merit recipient.
St. Luke's Anderson Campus wins the 2014 Readers' Choice Award for Best Hospital for the Pocono Record. Other winners from St. Luke's University Health Network include: Dr. Alan Westheim in the Dermatologist category; Brodheadsville Family Practice and St. Luke’s Monroe Family Practice in the Family Practice category; and St. Luke’s Pocono Pediatric Associates in the Pediatrician category.
Benefits
What We Offer:
-Competitive Salary with incentive plan
-Starting Bonus
-Relocation Assistance
-Great Benefits Package
-CME Allowance
St. Luke’s physicians have the ability to enjoy a well-balanced lifestyle, focusing on their passion for practicing medicine as well as spending quality time with their families. If you are a physician interested in collaborating with an innovative health system recognized for excellence in improving patient outcomes, a rewarding journey awaits you!