Lehigh Valley Hospital (Allentown, Pa.). Lehigh Valley Hospital is the flagship of the Lehigh Valley Health Network, comprised of five full-service hospitals, a children's hospital, community health centers, home health and hospice services and a physician group. In 2014, the health network created an accountable care organization. Last year, Lehigh Valley Health Network expanded into the Greater Hazleton area when it merged with the Greater Hazleton Health Alliance.
The Lehigh Valley Health Network Cancer Center is the area's only National Cancer Institute-selected cancer center, and it partners with the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute in Tampa, Fla., and the Wistar Institute in Philadelphia.
Lehigh Valley Hospital has been Magnet-designated by the American Nurses Credentialing Center since 2002, and the Cedar Crest campus was named to Healthgrades' 2015 list of America's 100 Best Hospitals. The hospital is ranked No. 3 in Pennsylvania for 2014-15 by U.S. News & World Report. Additionally, Lehigh Valley Hospital received an A patient safety grade from The Leapfrog Group in 2015.
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