'First Friday' Open House to Welcome St. Luke's Physician Practices to Southside Bethlehem

October 3, 2018 - St. Luke’s University Health Network is joining this month’s First Friday celebration on Southside Bethlehem so the public can learn more about the physician practices in its new location at 306 South New Street.

The public is invited to meet providers who will see patients in the building and learn more about the services they offer. The open house in the lobby of the building will include snacks and giveaways. It will be held during this month’s First Friday, which is from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. October 5.

The practices located at 306 South New Street are:

• St. Luke’s Christmas City OB/GYN – Suite 301
• St Luke’s OB/GYN – A Woman’s Place – Suite 301
• St. Luke’s Developmental Pediatrics – Suite 303
• St. Luke’s South Bethlehem Family Practice – Suite 302

First Friday is a monthly celebration of Southside Bethlehem art galleries, organizations, restaurants and eateries.  Restaurants offer deals on meals and specials on drinks. Music is played throughout the streets and art shows and spaces are open for exploration. For more information about First Fridays, visit: http://southsideartsdirstic.com/first-friday

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About St. Luke’s

Founded in 1872, St. Luke’s University Health Network (SLUHN) is a fully integrated, regional, non-profit network of more than 14,000 employees providing services at 10 hospitals and more than 300 outpatient sites.  With annual net revenue greater than $2 billion, the Network’s service area includes 10 counties: Lehigh, Northampton, Berks, Bucks, Carbon, Montgomery, Monroe and Schuylkill 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 created the region’s first and only regional medical school campus.  It also operates the nation’s longest continuously operating School of Nursing, established in 1884, and 28 fully accredited graduate medical educational programs with 226 residents and fellows.  St. Luke’s is the only health care system in central-eastern Pennsylvania to earn Medicare’s five-star rating (the highest) for quality, efficiency and patient satisfaction.  St. Luke’s has earned the 100 Top Major Teaching Hospital designation from IBM Watson Health (formerly Truven Health Analytics) repeatedly – six times total and four years in a row including 2018.  It has also been cited by IBM Watson Health as a 50 Top Cardiovascular Program.  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.  St. Luke’s is also recognized as one of the state’s lowest cost providers.