Changes in the way health care is delivered and consumed, the health and regulatory implications of returning to the office post-COVID, and whether to require vaccines, were topics of discussion during Lehigh Valley Business’ Health Care Summit. Held virtually, the event, which was broken into two, one-hour sessions, was moderated by Kris Fischer, interim editor ...

Lehigh Carbon Community College will open the Scheller Nursing Simulation Center Sept. 13.

Brandon B. Martin, MD, of the community-based practice, Stoneridge Obstetrics and Gynecology, recently joined St. Luke’s University Health Network. The practice is now known as St. Luke’s OB/GYN – Stoneridge.

Lehigh Valley Health Network’s (LVHN) heart and vascular programs are joining forces to provide the most comprehensive cardiovascular care in the region. Lehigh Valley Heart Institute is now Lehigh Valley Heart and Vascular Institute. LVHN’s vascular and endovascular surgery programs were part of Lehigh Valley Institute for Surgical Excellence.

Phoebe Ministries, based in Allentown, announced Monday that it will require employees across the senior living organization to receive COVID-19 vaccination by October 15, 2021 as a condition of employment.

Daniel Plavin, MD, uses his wilderness medical training to administer health services on challenging and wild terrain when he is not taking care of patients in one of St. Luke’s Rural Health Care Centers.

St. Luke’s Physician Group (SLPG) has acquired Lehigh Valley Nephrology Associates making its providers part of St. Luke’s Nephrology Associates (SLNA).

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Lebanon VA Medical Center was named the top VA medical center in the nation for patient experience in 2020-2021. The local Veteran’s facility and its five associated community clinics had the highest overall combined patient experience and employee experience scores of all complexity level 2 facilities in the Veterans ...

As COVID-19 cases rise, mostly among unvaccinated people, some heath care networks, colleges and businesses are requiring their employees to get the vaccine. However, a random sample of employers in the Lehigh Valley and Harrisburg region, shows many are not ready to take that step. At least not yet. For now, they say, they are ...

As COVID-19 cases rise, mostly among unvaccinated people, some heath care networks, colleges and businesses are requiring their employees to get the vaccine.  However, a random sample of employers in the Lehigh Valley and Harrisburg region, shows many are not ready to take that step. At least not yet. For now, they say, they are ...