Published November 01. 2025 09:26AM<\/p>\n
Six St. Luke\u2019s University Health Network hospitals \u2014 the most of any health network in the state \u2014 were honored by the Hospital and Healthcare Association of Pennsylvania for exemplary results in delivering safe patient care.<\/p>\n
Now in its seventh year, HAP\u2019s Excellence in Patient Safety Recognition program honored 22 of the commonwealth\u2019s top-performing hospitals that have demonstrated low rates of health care-associated infections.<\/p>\n
The six St. Luke\u2019s hospitals recognized for exemplary safe patient care are:<\/p>\n
\u2022 St. Luke\u2019s Allentown Campus.<\/p>\n
\u2022 St. Luke\u2019s Anderson Campus.<\/p>\n
\u2022 St. Luke\u2019s University Hospital – Bethlehem Campus.<\/p>\n
\u2022 St. Luke\u2019s Carbon Campus.<\/p>\n
\u2022 St. Luke\u2019s Hospital – Monroe Campus .<\/p>\n
\u2022 St. Luke\u2019s Upper Bucks Campus.<\/p>\n
This is the fifth consecutive year that St. Luke\u2019s Anderson Campus has been honored through the Excellence in Patient Safety Recognition program. The hospital\u2019s team received special recognition for demonstrating consistent, outstanding patient safety outcomes annually from 2021-25.<\/p>\n
St. Luke\u2019s University Hospital\u2019s Bethlehem Campus has been honored all seven years. The Bethlehem Campus is the only hospital in the state to earn this important designation every year that HAP has awarded it. \u201cThere can be only one #1, and by these objective measures, it is St. Luke\u2019s,\u201d said Donna Sabol, St. Luke\u2019s senior vice president and chief quality officer. \u201cThis state recognition comes on the heels of being recognized by the federal Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality as one of the nation\u2019s top three high performing health systems for safety and quality.\u201d<\/p>\n
The 2025 honorees were selected based on their performance during 2024.<\/p>\n
\u201cHospitals\u2019 top priority is ensuring high-quality, safe care for their communities,\u201d HAP President and CEO Nicole Stallings said. \u201cHAP proudly recognizes the Pennsylvania hospital teams that went above and beyond to demonstrate their commitment to continuous quality and safety improvement and achieved exceptional results.\u201d<\/p>\n
HAP announced the 2025 Excellence in Patient Safety Recognition recipients Oct. 8 during its Patient Safety, Quality and Equity Symposium in Harrisburg.<\/p>\n
HAP identifies top-performing hospitals using data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention\u2019s National Healthcare Safety Network. To be recognized, hospitals must perform better than the mean standardized infection ratio in three key measures: central line-associated bloodstream infections; catheter-associated urinary tract infections; and occurrences of Clostridioides difficile.<\/p>\n
Representatives from the six St. Luke\u2019s campuses accepted the safety awards.<\/p>\n
Founded in 1872, St. Luke\u2019s University Health Network is a fully integrated, regional nonprofit network with annual net revenue of more than $4 billion. With 23,000-plus employees at 16 hospital campuses and 350-plus 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.<\/p>\n
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
Accepting the HAP safety award for their respective St. Luke\u2019s University Heath Network hospitals are, from left: Alexa Dunlap, Monroe Campus; Stephanie Stahl, Bethlehem Campus; Tammi Jones, Allentown Campus; Lisa Sames, Upper Bucks Campus; Sue McKeon, Carbon Campus; and Paula Haines, Anderson Campus. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published November 01. 2025 09:26AM Six St. Luke\u2019s University Health Network hospitals \u2014 the most of any health…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":21749,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[153,155,154],"class_list":["post-21748","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem-headlines","tag-bethlehem-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21748","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=21748"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21748\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21749"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21748"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21748"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}