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Employees
at Lehigh
Valley Health
Networkpose
fora picture.
LVHN places
fourth among
employers
with 500 or
more workers
inThe
MorningCall’s
annualTop
Workplaces
survey
for2021.
COURTESY
OFLEHIGH
VALLEY
HEALTH
NETWORK

LARGE EMPLOYERS
At Lehigh Valley Health Network,

‘the most important asset is their people’

By Margie Peterson | Special To The Morning Call LVHN has more than 16,000 employees, with Lehigh
t’shardtoimagineatoughertimetobeinthe
The Morning Call Iother medical workers have been stretched 10,032 of them in 65 locations in the Lehigh Valley. Valley Health
healthcarefield.
For more than a year, hospitals across the
Network-wide, LVHN has eight hospitals, as well
as many health centers, physicians practices,
country have been flooded with COVID-19
Network
patients and at times, doctors, nurses and
ExpressCare sites, rehabilitation facilities and other
outpatient locations in seven counties in Eastern
No.4 large employer
has taken a toll on the collective psyche of those on
LVHN recently made the Fortune magazine list of
| to the breaking point. The monumental loss of life Pennsylvania. The largest employer in the region, Founded:1899
BestPlacestoworkinHealthCareandBioPharma.
the frontlines. The need to prevent the virus from
Ownership:Nonprofit
Thursday, June 24, 2021 ubiquitousthanstethoscopes. cial analysis, said one of the most important things LehighValleyemployees:
spreadingmeansN95masksandfaceshieldsaremore
Dobrina and David Freedman, director of finan-
Sector:Health care
the network did for employees during the pandemic
Yet,forthethirdyearinarow,LehighValleyHealth
10,002
and its resulting economic turmoil was to continue
NetworkwaschosenasoneoftheTopWorkplacesin
Website:lvhn.org
the Lehigh Valley, placing fourth among employers
to give bonuses, merit raises, pension contributions
with500ormoreworkers.
andotherbenefits.
“People have really been pushed to the limits, and
“It’s no secret that this pandemic has created
we’re well aware of that,” said Deborah Dobrina,
directorofhumanresourcesforLVHN. Turn to LVHN, Page 23
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