Free Flu Shots at Coca-Cola Park Sunday Nov. 4

Lehigh Valley Health Network will offer a free drive-thru flu shot clinic at Coca-Cola Park from 9 a.m to 3 p.m. on Sunday, November 4

Lehigh Valley Health Network will administer free seasonal flu vaccinations for adults and children six months and older this weekend: Once again this year LVHN is partnering with area food banks and shelters including the Allentown Area Ecumenical Food Bank, Second Harvest Food Bank, Allentown Rescue Mission and the AIDS Activities Office food pantry to accept donations of non-perishable food items that have not expired during each of the drive-thru sessions. Food donations are optional and not required to receive a shot.  Those planning to receive a shot are urged to register online in advance. Hourly slots are available for both sessions. Reservation times are estimates and not guaranteed. A vaccine information statement, consent form, …

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Free Flu Shots at Dorney Park Saturday Nov. 3

Lehigh Valley Health Network will offer free flu shots at Dorney Park from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, November 3

  Lehigh Valley Health Network will administer free seasonal flu vaccinations for adults and children six months and older during two drive-through community sessions this weekend: Once again this year LVHN is partnering with area food banks and shelters including the Allentown Area Ecumenical Food Bank, Second Harvest Food Bank, Allentown Rescue Mission and the AIDS Activities Office food pantry to accept donations of non-perishable food items that have not expired during each of the drive-thru sessions. Food donations are optional and not required to receive a shot.  Those planning to receive a shot are urged to register online in advance. Hourly slots are available for both sessions. Reservation times are estimates and not guaranteed. A…

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Breast Saved and Cancer Removed in Artful Blend of Treatment

Cancer surgeons and plastic surgeons are working together to help breast cancer patients avoid mastectomies in the Lehigh Valley

  Lehigh Valley Health Network is offering an advancement in breast cancer surgery that is an artful blend of plastic surgery and cancer removal. The procedure - called oncoplasty - allowed Yrene Bodenstein of Lower Macungie Township to avoid a mastectomy when she was diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer at age 40. With oncoplasty, the surgical oncologist (cancer specialist) and plastic surgeon work together as they consider the extent of cancer surgery needed, the patient’s breast size and shape, and potential reconstruction techniques so the breasts will match.  The advancement reduces down time and emotional turmoil for patients while boosting their confidence, according to LVHN. More information is available in this LVHN article.

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Texting While Walking Can Land You in ER

Texting while driving is certainly dangerous, but texting while walking is also landing people in the emergency room

Head's up! Walking with your head down while you text can land you in the emergency room. Reports of injuries to distracted walkers treated at hospital emergency rooms have more than quadrupled in the past seven years and are almost certainly underreported, according to an Associated Press report. Lehigh Valley Health Network has become known for it's aggressive "Stop Texting" campaign to discourage distracted driving. And that slogan works for distracted walking as well. Philadelphia officials are drafting a safety campaign that will be aimed in part at pedestrians who are looking at their devices instead of where they're going. One of the messages will be "pick your head up." Pennsylvania's law prohibiting texting while driving took …

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Walk-in Clinic Coming to our Area

Lehigh Valley Hospital Network is opening a physical therapy center in Lower Macungie this month and a walk-in medical clinic there in October.

Lehigh Valley Health Network is starting a physical therapy center on Village Lane in Lower Macungie Township this month and a walk-in primary care clinic in October. Jennifer Chambers, director of Health Center Planning and Operations for LVHN, said the health network is leasing 6,500 square feet of a building at the intersection of Village and Willow Lanes near Route 100 for the two operations. The remainder of the 10,680-square-foot building still is vacant. Village Lane Primary Care, a walk-in service for minor illnesses, will open on Oct. 15, Chambers said. The walk-in clinic will be staffed by physicians, nurse practitioners and physicians’ assistants. The clinic will be open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Friday, and from 10 a…

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Lehigh Valley Hospital Named One of Nation's Best

For the 17th year in a row, Lehigh Valley Hospital system is named one of the top hospitals in the United States.

For the 17th consecutive year, Lehigh Valley Hospital is ranked as one of the nation's leading hospitals in the areas of gastroenterology (#29), orthopedics (#40) and pulmonology (#50). Only 150 out of the nation's roughly 5,000 hospitals were ranked nationally in 16 specialty areas.  According to U.S. News & World Report’s Best Hospitals, Lehigh Valley Hospital and Lehigh Valley Hospital-Muhlenberg are ranked as top-performers regionally in several categories, including cancer care, cardiology and heart surgery; ear, nose and throat; geriatrics; gynecology; nephrology, and urology. In a press release, Dr. Ronald Swinfard, Lehigh Valley Health Network’s president and CEO, said, “Recognitions like this speak volumes about the hard work and …

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Lehigh Valley Hospital One of Nation's Top Grossing

One of the top-grossing hospitals in the United States is Lehigh Valley Hospital, which earned $3.45 billion last year

Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest earned $3.54 billion in the last year, placing it among the nation's 50 top-grossing hospitals, according to Becker's Hospital Review. LVH was 36th on the list. The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Presbyterian was first, with $10.19 billion in gross revenue, followed by the Cleveland Clinic with $9.86 billion and New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weil Cornell Medical Center with $8.06 billion. Pennsylvania had eight hospitals on the list, more than any other state. The six other Pennsylvania hospitals that were on the list: At the end of fiscal year 2011, LVH had $1.5 billion in revenue and $1.4 million in expenses, but an operating margin of $80 million.

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Mary Terp (Ebby)

7:07 am on Thursday, July 5, 2012

That's got to be $1.4 billion in expenses, not $1.4 million, right?   more ›

'12 Days of Robotics' may Become Annual Event

Emmaus High School Junior Chrissy Cilento talks to "12 Days of Robotics" founder and successful inaugural events and plans for the future.

Special to Emmaus Patch By Chrissy Cilento, Emmaus High School Junior Many patients are used to a here’s-your-bill-see-you-next-time approach to medicine, not ever really interacting with their doctors. The Lehigh Valley Health Network challenged that approach last month with its "12 Days of Robotics" program. The objective of the program was to get the community and its patients involved in the robotic surgery program by interacting with the actual robots used in surgery and the surgeons who make the magic happen. With events ranging from sushi eating to domino stacking, the hospital really succeeded in personalizing its medicine.  Among the many business participants in the "12 Days of Robotics" program, Kome at the Promenade Shops …

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'12 Days of Robotics' Continues

Emmaus High School Junior Chrissy Cilento will emcee sushi surgeon competition at Kome in the Promenade Shops.

Special to Emmaus Patch By Chrissy Cilento, Emmaus High School Junior On Saturday, the good, old-fashioned spirit of competition inspired more than 100 victory-thirsty people to line up and compete in Lehigh Valley Health Network's (LVHN) first-ever Simulation Olympics qualifying event at the Agri-Plex in Allentown. The competitors used a simulator known as the dv Trainer from Mimic, like the ones used to train robotic surgeons at the hospital, to complete a challenge and receive a score. The event wasn’t just for future Olympians, though. There were dozens of science experiments and science clubs present at the Agri-Plex for people to check out and get interested in. Even small kids were expressing desires to one day grow up and be …

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'12 Days of Robotics' Kicks off Today

Emmaus High School Junior Chrissy Cilento has been drummming up interest in "12 Days of Robotics" at EHS through Facebook and other means.

Special to Emmaus Patch By Chrissy Cilento, Emmaus High School Junior For decades now, robots have been represented under various lights. They’ve been friendly and comedic, like WALL-E and C-3PO. They’ve been menacing and dangerous, like Terminator and the armies of androids who try to take over the world in I-Robot. What people aren’t as familiar with, however, is the beneficial side of robots: the robots that save peoples’ lives. The Lehigh Valley Health Network is taking the use of robots to the ultimate level. The Robotic Surgery Patient Care Team has recently completed more than 1,500 surgeries and is known to have the most robotic surgery experience in the region. Thanks to LVHN’s robotic expertise, patients enjoy an expedited …

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