What Happened?
, -based Saint Luke`s University Health Network Promoted Kate Fantasia as Director, Employee Relations
About the Company
Founded in 1872, St. Luke`s University Health Network (SLUHN) is a fully integrated, regional, non-profit network of more than 17,000 employees providing services at 14 campuses and 300+ outpatient sites. With annual net revenue of $2.7 billion, the Network`s service area includes 11 counties: Lehigh, Northampton, Berks, Bucks, Carbon, Montgomery, Monroe, Schuylkill and Luzerne counties in Pennsylvania and Warren and Hunterdon counties in New Jersey. Dedicated to advancing medical education, St. Luke`s is the preeminent teaching hospital in central-eastern Pennsylvania. In partnership with Temple University, St. Luke`s established the Lehigh Valley`s first and only regional medical school campus. It also operates the nation`s longest continuously operating School of Nursing, established in 1884, and 38 fully accredited graduate medical educational programs with 347 residents and fellows. St. Luke`s is the only Lehigh Valley-based health care system to earn Medicare`s five-star ratings (the highest) for quality, efficiency and patient satisfaction. St. Luke`s is both a Leapfrog Group and Healthgrades Top Hospital and a Newsweek World`s Best Hospital. U.S. News & World Report ranked St. Luke`s #1 in the Lehigh Valley and #6 in the state. Three of IBM Watson Health`s 100 Top Hospitals are St. Luke`s hospitals. St. Luke`s flagship University Hospital has earned the 100 Top Major Teaching Hospital designation from IBM Watson Health nine times total and seven years in a row, including in 2021 when it was identified as THE #1 TEACHING HOSPITAL IN THE COUNTRY. In 2021, IBM Watson Health also named St. Luke`s among the 15 Top Health Systems nationally. Utilizing the Epic electronic medical record (EMR) system for both inpatient and outpatient services, the Network is a multi-year recipient of the Most Wired award recognizing the breadth of the SLUHN`s information technology applications such as telehealth, online scheduling and online pricing information.
About the Person
Kate Fantasia is Director, Employee Relations at Saint Luke`s University Health Network. Previously, Kate held various senior HR leadership roles in the industry.
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