Lehigh Valley Hospital, also known as Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest, is a

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Allentown, Pennsylvania Allentown (Pennsylvania Dutch language, Pennsylvania Dutch: ''Allenschteddel'', ''Allenschtadt'', or ''Ellsdaun'') is a city in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. The city has a population of 125,845 as of the 2020 United ...

. Lehigh Valley Hospital is the largest hospital in the Lehigh Valley metropolitan region and the third largest hospital in Pennsylvania with 877 licensed beds and the third most

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(46) of any Pennsylvania hospital. Lehigh Valley Reilly Children's Hospital is also located on the hospital's Cedar Crest campus in Allentown. Lehigh Valley Hospital is the flagship hospital of

Lehigh Valley Health Network Lehigh Valley Health Network is a healthcare network based in the Allentown, Pennsylvania in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania. The healthcare network serves eastern and northeastern Pennsylvania. Its flagship hospital is Lehigh Vall ...

(LVHN), a multi-campus healthcare network in eastern Pennsylvania that also includes seven smaller full-service hospitals in the region: *Lehigh Valley Hospital-17th Street in Allentown *Lehigh Valley Hospital-Muhlenberg in

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*Lehigh Valley Hospital-Hecktown Oaks in Easton *Lehigh Valley Hospital-Hazleton in

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*Lehigh Valley Hospital-Schuylkill East in Pottsville *Lehigh Valley Hospital-Schuylkill South in Pottsville *Lehigh Valley Hospital-Pocono in East Stroudsburg LVHN also has community health centers, primary care and specialty physician practices, pharmacies, imaging, home health, hospice, laboratory services and other health services in eight Pennsylvania counties: Berks, Bucks,

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, Lehigh, Luzerne, Monroe,

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, and Schuylkill.

Hospital rankings

In the 2021 edition of U.S. News & World Report Best Hospitals Rankings, Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest is ranked as the fifth best hospital overall in Pennsylvania and is ranked as "high performing" in

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and

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geriatrics Geriatrics, or geriatric medicine, is a medical specialty focused on providing care for the unique health needs of older adults. The term ''geriatrics'' originates from the Greek language, Greek γέρων ''geron'' meaning "old man", and ιατ ...

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and

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and lung surgery, and

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. LVHN hospitals are the only Lehigh Valley hospitals participating in the Leapfrog Group's evaluation of health care safety, quality and customer value. Lehigh Valley Hospital is one of 39 hospitals nationwide to receive the 2007 Leapfrog Group Top Hospital award. All LVHN hospitals meet Leapfrog standards for patient safety. and each are accredited by the

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. On February 23, 2011, ''Becker's Hospital Review'' listed Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest in its "50 Best Hospitals in America" report. It is also a three time certified National Magnet Hospital for nursing excellence from the

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. The Joint Commission designated Lehigh Valley-Cedar Crest campus as a comprehensive stroke center in 2014.

Notable people

Hospitalizations

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, American professional race car driver (August 20, 2017–August 21, 2017) *

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, Canadian professional race car driver (August 19, 2018–August 31, 2018)

Deaths

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, American ornithologist and author (October 2, 1979) *

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, jazz musician (May 29, 2013) * Thomas Welsh, American Catholic bishop (February 19, 2009) * Justin Wilson, British professional race car driver (August 24, 2015)

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External links

Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest
official website
Lehigh Valley Health Network
official website {{authority control Buildings and structures in Allentown, Pennsylvania Hospitals established in 1899 Hospitals in the Lehigh Valley Trauma Centers