Coordinated Health - LVHN

Patient Safety Award recipient

Coordinated Health of Lehigh Valley Health Network received the Healthgrades Patient Safety Award for the third year in a row. Healthgrades Coordinated Health–Allentown and Coordinated Health–Bethlehem received specialty awards for orthopedic procedures such as joint replacement and spinal fusion, as they have in years past. Bethlehem is the recipient of Healthgrades’ Joint Replacement Specialty Excellence Award as the hospital is among the top 10 per cent in the nation for joint replacements. It received a five star rating for total knee replacement for the fifth year in a row and for total hip replacement for the second year in a row.

“Receiving these awards further shows that Coordinated Health puts care and safety first,” says Wayne Luchetti, MD, Chief of Staff and co-chair of the Department of Orthopedics, Coordinated Health. “Being recognized along with some of the best orthopedics specialists in the nation is an honor, and I’m proud of our team.”

Healthgrades evaluates roughly 45 million Medicare inpatient records from nearly 4,500 short-term acute care hospitals across the U.S. to provide quality and safety information about hospitals, doctors and health care organizations.