Continuing a two-year trend, St. Luke\u2019s University Health Network received A safety grades for all its hospitals in a recent national survey.<\/p>\n
The nonprofit Leapfrog Group releases its Hospital Safety Grade reports in the fall and spring each year. Hospitals are graded from A to F based on multiple factors, such as how well they prevent medical errors, accidents and infections. The newest batch of grades was released Wednesday for thousands of hospitals nationwide.<\/p>\n
For the fourth time in a row, all 12 St. Luke\u2019s campuses \u2014 St. Luke\u2019s University Hospital in Fountain Hill, St. Luke\u2019s Hospital-Allentown, St. Luke\u2019s Hospital-Anderson Campus, St. Luke\u2019s Hospital Grand View, St. Luke\u2019s-Carbon, St. Luke\u2019s-Easton, St. Luke\u2019s-Monroe, St. Luke\u2019s-Miners, St. Luke\u2019s-Sacred Heart, St. Luke\u2019s-Upper Bucks, St. Luke\u2019s-Warren and Geisinger St. Luke\u2019s Hospital \u2014 earned A\u2019s.<\/p>\n
\u201cSt. Luke\u2019s record is so impressive because our doctors, nurses and other caregivers are so committed to our Network\u2019s mission to deliver the very best care to patients,\u201d said Donna Sabol, St. Luke\u2019s senior vice president and chief quality officer.<\/p>\n
Lehigh Valley Health Network, operated by Jefferson Health, saw some of its grades slip from previous fall<\/a> and spring<\/a> surveys. Lehigh Valley Hospital-Schuylkill and LVH-Pocono continued their multi-season A-grade streak. LVH-Cedar Crest, LVH-Muhlenberg and LVH-Hecktown Oaks all maintained B grades, while LVH-Dickson City fell to a B grade.<\/p>\n LVH-Hazleton, which rose to an A grade last autumn, fell to a C, where it accompanied four other Jefferson-operated hospitals \u2014 LVH\u2013Carbon, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital-Methodist Hospital and Jefferson Bucks Hospital.<\/p>\n \u201cJefferson Health continues to deliver high-quality care across our system. We always prioritize transparency, accountability, and continuous improvement as we work to uphold the highest standards of care for our communities,\u201d said a Jefferson spokesperson.<\/p>\n In Pennsylvania, 131 hospitals were graded, with 48 receiving A grades, 34 receiving Bs, 33 receiving Cs and one receiving a D grade. Fifteen did not participate in the 2024 or 2025 Leapfrog Hospital Survey from which the spring 2026 grades are derived. Of these hospitals, five are operated by Penn Medicine and four are operated by Penn Highlands Healthcare.<\/p>\n This spring\u2019s Leapfrog survey lacked much of the data usually included with each release; however, it did show that five LVHN hospitals \u2014 Hecktown Oaks, Cedar Crest, Hazleton, Muhlenberg and Carbon \u2014 were rated as below average at preventing harmful events after a surgery, procedure or childbirth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Continuing a two-year trend, St. Luke\u2019s University Health Network received A safety grades for all its hospitals in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":168460,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[153,155,154,60,1057,433,182,139,434,28,432],"class_list":["post-187058","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem-headlines","tag-bethlehem-news","tag-business","tag-health","tag-lehigh-county","tag-local-news","tag-news","tag-northampton-county","tag-pennsylvania","tag-top-stories-tmc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187058","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=187058"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187058\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/168460"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=187058"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=187058"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=187058"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}