November 26 , 2008
St. Luke’s Listed among “100 Best Places to Work in Healthcare”
by Modern Healthcare Magazine

The Woodlands, TX – St. Luke’s The Woodlands Hospital has been named to the list of the “100 Best Places to Work in Healthcare” by Modern Healthcare magazine.

In addition, St. Luke’s Episcopal Health System was also named. On this inaugural list, no other hospital or healthcare system in Houston was recognized. .

Debbie F. Sukin (left), CEO of St. Luke’s The Woodlands Hospital St. Luke’s The Woodlands Hospital recently accepted an award in Chicago, IL in recognition of the hospital’s listing among the “100 Best Places to Work in Healthcare” by Modern Healthcare magazine by Fawn Lopez (right), Vice President & Publisher.

Approximately 240 healthcare employers completed a survey detailing company policies, practices, benefits and demographics.  Employees were asked in-depth questions in eight core areas:  leadership and planning, culture and communications, role satisfaction, working environment, relationship with supervisor, training and development, pay and benefits and overall satisfaction.  Based on these results, Modern Healthcare placed both St. Luke’s entities in the top 100.

“We are extremely proud to be included among this prestigious listing,” said Debbie F. Sukin, CEO of St. Luke’s The Woodlands Hospital.  “I enjoyed the distinct honor of accepting this award in Chicago.  This listing reflects the dedication and hard work of everyone here as we have taken our hospital from ‘good to great in 2008’ by providing a unparalleled work environment that facilitates the delivery of quality healthcare to the patients we serve.”

St. Luke’s The Woodlands Hospital is located at 17200 St. Luke’s Way in The Woodlands, at the southwest corner of SH 242 and I-45.  For more information, please call (936) 266-2000.

St. Luke’s Episcopal Health System Corporation is composed of St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital in the Texas Medical Center, founded in 1954 by the Episcopal Diocese of Texas; St. Luke's The Woodlands Hospital; St. Luke’s Episcopal Health Charities, a charity devoted to assessing and enhancing community health, especially among the underserved; KS Management Services, LLC, overseeing 18 area clinic locations; St. Luke’s Episcopal Health System Foundation; St. Luke’s Episcopal Properties Corporation; SLEHS Holdings, Inc.; and, St. Luke’s Community Development Corporation. St. Luke’s Sugar Land Hospital is under construction, scheduled to open in 2008, and St. Luke’s Clear Lake Hospital is scheduled to open in 2010. Plans are underway for St. Luke’s Lakeside Hospital in The Woodlands. St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital is home to the Texas Heart® Institute, which was founded in 1962 by Denton A. Cooley, MD, and is consistently ranked among the top 10 cardiology and heart surgery centers in the nation by U.S.News & World Report. Affiliated with several nursing schools and two medical schools, St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital was the first hospital in Texas named a Magnet hospital for nursing excellence, and twice has been honored with the Distinguished Hospital Award for Clinical Excellence™ by HealthGrades, a leading independent company that measures healthcare quality in hospitals. The Health System has been recognized by FORTUNE as among the “100 Best Companies to Work For” and by the Houston Business Journal as a top employer in Houston.