Newsweek Ranks Lehigh Valley Hospital–Cedar Crest Among Pennsylvania’s Best Hospitals

Lehigh Valley Hospital (LVH)–Cedar Crest provides high-quality, compassionate care, and that level of care is being recognized among Pennsylvania’s best.

LVH–Cedar Crest is one of Newsweek’s and Statista’s Best In-State Hospitals for 2024, a designation that identifies the top hospitals at the state level. This is the first year this recognition is being awarded.

“The health and well-being of our community is the driving force behind everything we do at LVH–Cedar Crest,” says Bob Begliomini, PharmD, Senior Vice President, LVHN; President, LVH–Cedar Crest; President, Lehigh Region. “Being recognized by Newsweek as one of the best hospitals in Pennsylvania is a huge honor because it reflects the positive differences we’re making in our community and beyond.”

The Newsweek/Statista ranking of best in-state hospitals is based on several factors:

• Nationwide Online Survey: More than 10,000 medical professionals, including doctors and hospital managers, were asked to recommend the best hospitals in and out of state, based on their expertise.
• Quality Metrics Data: Data from Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for mortality, safety, readmission, experience, and timely and effective care were considered.
• Patient Experience: Cleanliness, quietness, communication and responsiveness, care transition and discharge information were considered. 
• Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) Implementation Survey: To account for the increasing importance of PROMs, hospitals that participated in the voluntary PROMs Implementation survey received a PROMs implementation score.

The 25 states with the most hospitals according to CMS were surveyed individually. The remaining states were grouped into four regions: Northeast, Midwest, West and South. Leading hospitals from these states were considered accordingly.

LVH–Cedar Crest serves as a hub for LVHN’s health institutes. These institutes combine leading-edge technology with the expertise and compassion of dedicated colleagues.
 

Award-winning orthopedic care

Lehigh Valley Orthopedic Institute integrates more than three decades of experience with compassion and leading-edge procedures to provide nationally recognized care. Our physicians are national leaders for joint replacement surgeries and sports medicine procedures.

Leading-edge neurological care

Lehigh Valley Fleming Neuroscience Institute is home to world-class teams that provide leading-edge care for brain, spine and other neurological and neurosurgical disorders. As a neuroscience leader, we provide access to groundbreaking technology like state-of-the art skull base surgery. We are also using mixed and augmented reality with increasing frequency to make procedures safer and more efficient.

Our specialists also provide a wide range of services, including comprehensive stroke care, care for Alzheimer’s disease, and treatment programs for multiple sclerosis and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
 

Unparalleled surgical excellence

Surgeons who practice at Lehigh Valley Institute for Surgical Excellence combine skill, knowledge, experience and the latest technology to deliver exceptional results. Our team includes nationally known experts who specialize in complex types of neurosurgery, advanced cancer care, heart surgery and many more.
 

Exceptional heart and vascular care

Lehigh Valley Heart and Vascular Institute takes a team approach to care. Several multidisciplinary teams work together to provide comprehensive, advanced treatments for a range of heart and lung conditions. LVHN was the region’s first to perform transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) and is recognized as a center for performing complex mitral valve repair surgery. Lehigh Valley Heart and Vascular Institute also offers treatments only available in clinical trials. 

Lifesaving cancer care

Lehigh Valley Topper Cancer Institute is at the forefront of cancer care. We are a member of the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Alliance and the only cancer center in the region, and one of the few in the country offering early-stage clinical trials, including those for rare and complex cancers. Our team takes a multidisciplinary clinic team approach to care. That means patients have access to physicians and support staff who can help our patients make important decisions about care.

The region’s most trusted children’s hospital

As the first and most trusted children’s hospital in the region, Lehigh Valley Reilly Children’s Hospital offers the most pediatric specialties in the region. This includes general pediatrics, specialty care, surgery and child-focused cancer care.
 

Emergency care just for kids

LVH–Cedar Crest is also home to Breidegam Family Children’s ER. The Children’s ER is staffed by board-certified pediatric emergency physicians and a team of specially trained nurses who focus on children’s care. Built with kids in mind, the space has a dedicated entrance and waiting room and sensory friendly areas.