Lehigh Valley Health Network has opened a new inpatient oncology unit at its Cedar Crest hospital campus. The new unit is on the fifth floor of the Kasych Family Pavilion. The new unit not only adds beds, but includes all private rooms to give patients and their families more comfort.

State officials awarded grants for three major health networks to create medication-assisted treatment programs as part of the Wolf administration’s multi-year effort to provide addiction recovery services for underinsured Pennsylvanians suffering from opioid use disorder.

Lehigh Valley Health Network is creating a new organization to run its community clinics, most of which are located at Lehigh Valley Hospital and 17th and Chew streets.

Lehigh Valley Health Network on Friday had a virtual topping off ceremony for its new health campus in Lower Nazareth Township.

“Our services were framed with clinical oversight and are designed to address what’s most important to employers and school staff, such as diagnostic and antibody testing.”

Lehigh Valley Health Network is relaxing some of its hospital visitation guidelines.

Lehigh Valley Health Network is opening what it is describing as COVID-free hospitals for elective surgeries. The health network described the term COVID-free as a hospital that has been quarantined throughout the pandemic – a stand-alone building that has never seen a COVID-19 case and is physically separated from those that care for patients with COVID-19.

Coordinated Health has opened a virtual orthopedic clinic that will allow patients virtual instead of face to face visits.

Lehigh Valley Health Network will now allow no more than one support person for mothers in labor in order to reduce coronavirus risks for patients, staff and visitors.

During the coronavirus emergency, face masks are in critical supply. Those who have a sewing machine and sewing skills are asked to consider making fabric face masks for the LVHN team.