St. Luke’s Health Network

Named a ‘top performing’ hospital

St. Luke’s University Hospital, Bethlehem, was named as one of the nation’s top performing hospitals by Fortune magazine and IBM Watson Health. The annual Fortune/IBM 50 Top Cardiovascular Hospitals study spotlights leading short-term, acute care, non-federal US hospitals that treat a broad spectrum of cardiology patients. The study is designed to identify impartial, actionable, and attainable benchmarks for hospital and clinical leaders as they work to raise their own organizations’ standards of performance in cardiac care.

This year’s study included 951 U.S. hospitals with cardiovascular service lines. Compared to similar cardiovascular hospitals, this year’s winning hospitals had better results on indicators intended to measure clinical outcomes, operational efficiency, financial performance, and patient experience. The annual 50 Top Cardiovascular Hospitals report highlights the top-performing cardiovascular hospitals in the U.S. based on a balanced scorecard of publicly available clinical, operational, and patient satisfaction metrics and data. For list of winners, visit https://www.ibm.com/products/50-top-cardiovascular-hospitals.

Earlier this year, St. Luke’s University Health Network was a winner of the 2021 15 Top Health System award, part of the Watson Health 100 Top Hospitals national benchmarks series in which St. Luke’s Bethlehem and Allentown campuses were ranked the #1 Major Teaching Hospital in the country.