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Hurricane Disaster Assistance Resources
The Disaster Assistance Improvement Program (DAIP) provides disaster survivors with information, support, services, and a means to access and apply for disaster assistance through joint data-sharing efforts between federal, tribal,...
Lehigh Regional Medical Center Earns CMS Four Star Quality Rating for the Second Year in a Row
Lehigh Acres, Florida, July 29, 2022 – Lehigh Regional Medical Center is proud to be awarded Four Stars for the second year in a row by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). The CMS overall star rating is based on how...
Lehigh Regional Medical Center Recognized as a Top Hospital by The Leapfrog Group
Lehigh Regional Medical Center Earns National Recognition with the 2021 Leapfrog Top Hospital Award for Outstanding Quality and SafetyThe Leapfrog Group is an independent national organization committed to healthcare quality and...
Lehigh Regional Medical Center has been named to the Fortune/IBM Watson Health 100 Top Hospitals® List
Annual list recognizes excellence in clinical outcomes, operational efficiency, patient experience, and financial health Annual ranking introduces first measure of hospitals’ contributions to community health with a focus on equity...
Prime Healthcare Hospitals Once Again Named Among the Nation’s 100 Top Hospitals by Fortune/IBM Watson Health
Awards recognize excellence in clinical outcomes, operational efficiency, patient experience and financial health Prime Healthcare hospitals have ranked among our nation’s 100 Top Hospitals 58 times For the first time, annual rankings...
See what our patients are saying about us! August 2018
There are many details in providing quality care and running a patient-centered organization. One detail, daily rounding, we get to hear directly from the patient what is most important to them. This allows the hospital to recognize a...
LRMC Clinical Laboratory Services receives highest accreditation honor
For the second consecutive cycle, our Lehigh Regional Medical Center (LRMC) laboratory received accreditation with zero deficiencies. The Laboratory Accreditation Program of the College of American Pathologists (CAP) is an ongoing...
See what our patients are saying about us! July 2018
There are many details in providing quality care and running a patient-centered organization. One detail, daily rounding, we get to hear directly from the patient what is most important to them. This allows the hospital to recognize a...
More emergency rooms nationwide use a pay-first policy for non-urgent care
Over the years hospitals across the nation have implemented the pay-first policy in an effort to divert patients with routine illnesses from the Emergency Room (ER) after they undergo a federally required screening. In the ER at Lehigh...
Quit Your Way! Smoking cessation classes at Lehigh Regional Medical Center
Studies show that smokers assisted by a health care provider have a greater chance of quitting smoking. The Pulmonary Rehabilitation department at Lehigh Regional Medical Center offers a free six-week smoking cessation program. This...
Not only does Lehigh Regional Medical Center save lives, we save helicopters and pilots too!
When LeeFlight was in trouble and needed a safe place to land, our helipad was it! LeeFlight's mechanic will get her back in the air sometime today.
See what our patients are saying about us! June 2018
There are many details in providing quality care and running a patient-centered organization. One detail, daily rounding, we get to hear directly from the patient what is most important to them. This allows the hospital to recognize a...