Lehigh Valley Hospital−Cedar Crest has been recognized as a “Best Hospital” for 2019-20 by U.S. News & World Report, according to a July 30 press release.

Pennsylvania is ill-prepared to serve a fast growing-population of older adults, according to state Auditor General Eugene DePasquale. DePasquale released a special report on July 23 that followed up on his 2016 audit of oversight of nursing homes by the state Department of Health.

At Fellowship Community, Mary Kay McMahon oversees an organization that has 360 employees and about 500 residents.

Lehigh Valley Hospital-Schuylkill and other hospitals nationwide will receive up to $750,000 each over a three-year period to develop new rural residency programs, according to a news release from the Department of Health and Human Services. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services awarded approximately $20 million in Rural Residency Planning and Development Program ...

While exposure to heat isn’t specifically covered under federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration regulations, Richard Hobbs, the newly appointed president and CEO of the Manufacturers Resource Center of the Lehigh Valley, said it’s still a company’s responsibility to keep staff safe from overheating.

The Lehigh Valley has a new home health services provider. Blue Mountain Home Health Care Inc. has opened an office at 2200 W. Hamilton St. in Allentown.

Legislation introduced this week by Pennsylvania lawmakers would require nursing home and other adult care facilities to report all deaths, regardless of cause, to the county coroner.

A radiologist and his colleagues at St. Luke's University Health Network have worked to develop an X-ray system that uses artificial intelligence to detect collapsed lungs, according to a press release.

Anxiety disorders and Tourette syndrome have been approved by the state as conditions eligible for medical marijuana treatment starting on July 20.

Tower Health, the Berks County-based health network, has announced it will assume responsibility for the majority of resident physicians displaced by the closing of Hahnemann University Hospital in Philadelphia, according to a press release. Philadelphia Academic Health System, the owner of Hahnemann University Hospital, said on June 26th that the 171-year old, 495-bed hospital would ...