The St. Luke’s University Health Network (SLUHN) acquisition of the 125-year-old hospital Easton Hospital was completed in July 2020.

“St. Luke’s has since stabilized and grown the hospital’s finances and focused on adding new services. We underwent a period of rebuilding and expansion, and brought vitality back into this hospital to, once again, make it a centerpiece of this amazing community. There is a sense of enthusiasm here now and you can feel the pride that emanates from St. Luke’s Easton Campus,” said Linda Grass, St. Luke’s Easton Campus President.

Key to the transformation was a $25-million commitment by SLUHN to improve, update and expand Easton Hospital’s programs, facilities, equipment and technology.

By February 2021, the Easton Campus posted its first positive operating margin in years. After three years since SLUHN acquired Easton Hospital, the impact of the Network’s direction is that:

• Revenue is up 98 percent;

• Operating income has jumped 163 percent;

• Emergency department volume has increased 31 percent;

• Outpatient volume has climbed by 80 percent;

• The average daily census is up 42 percent; and

• Surgeries and GI procedures have grown by 1,000 percent.

Among the numerous impact projects that have been completed are an expansion of the medical-surgical beds to 35; the creation of an orthopedic suite, a non-invasive cardiovascular testing suite and a nuclear medicine suite; implementation of a surgical robot; expansion and relocation of pulmonary function testing, and replacement of MRI equipment to a state-of-the-art unit.