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Awards and Accreditations
Highest Accreditation from Commission on CancerLehigh Valley, Pa. (Jan. 11, 2006)Lehigh Valley Hospital and Health Network's (LVHHN) Cancer Center has achieved Network Cancer Program accreditation, the highest available from the American College of Surgeons' Commission on Cancer (CoC).The LVHHN Cancer Center is the first and only program in Pennsylvania, New York and New Jersey, and one of the first hospitals in the country, to achieve this three-year approval. This accreditation distinguishes cancer centers for quality care as measured by improved patient outcomes, integrated care and comprehensive services including cancer prevention and early detection, diagnosis, treatment and support services. Previously, LVH was accredited as a Teaching Hospital Cancer Program for many years. "With this new designation, we're proud to be recognized for providing comprehensive cancer care for patients at both our LVH—Cedar Crest and LVH—Muhlenberg campuses,” said Victor Risch, M.D., Ph.D., chair, LVHHN cancer committee. “Meeting the rigorous standards required for this new highest level of accreditation means that patients can feel confident they are receiving the highest quality cancer care close to home.” Along with the accreditation, the Cancer Center received commendation in six areas:
The CoC is composed of Fellows of the American College of Surgeons and from dozens of national cancer-care organizations. LVHHN’s Cancer Center treated more than 2,800 new cancer patients last year providing comprehensive, integrated services at its two locations in Allentown and Bethlehem. LVHHN conducts the most research of any hospital in the region and currently is participating in 140 national studies to find new and more effective treatments for cancer, including the use of raloxifene to prevent breast cancer in postmenopausal women. The LVHHN Cancer Center, a founding member of the Penn State Cancer Institute, created the region's first second opinion services for lung cancer, breast cancer and urologic cancers (prostate, kidney, bladder and testicular); was the first in our region to offer patients with brain cancer the option of stereotactic radiosurgery, which uses intense beams of radiation instead of a scalpel, and is the only hospital-based program to offer the newest form of this technology, the Gamma Knife®. LVHHN is the only Cancer Center in the region that treats children's cancer with radiation therapy, and cares for children as young as 3 months. For over a decade, since it first opened in 1993, LVHHN’s Cancer Center has scored in the top one percent in patient satisfaction every year when measured against other outpatient cancer centers in the nation. This page last updated 4/14/08 02:02 PM
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