It’s official. After announcing plans for Lehigh Valley Health Network to acquire the privately owned Coordinated Health of South Whitehall in September, the health network has officially closed on the deal.

Lehigh Valley Business recently sat down with Jane Nordell, major gift officer with Lehigh Valley Health Network about the complexities of achieving work/life balance, the importance of philanthropy, and her three desert island must-haves.

According to the Lehigh Valley Economic Development Corporation, the Lehigh Valley’s top industry by employment is health care and social assistance. More than 30,000 people work for the region’s two largest employers, Lehigh Valley Health Network and St. Luke’s University Health Network.

Dr. Joseph Patruno, board certified in Obstetrics and Gynecology, has been named Chief Wellness Officer of Lehigh Valley Health Network. LVHN created the Chief Wellness Officer position to promote the health and well-being of its health-care staff. Patruno is tasked with creating a culture of wellness, improving efficiency in practice, and promoting personal resiliency for all LVHN physicians, advanced practice clinicians, ...

Coordinated Health, the Lehigh Valley-based health network known for a focus on orthopedics, will soon become a part of the Lehigh Valley Health Network. LVHN, both the Lehigh Valley’s largest health network and its largest employer, has signed a binding letter of intent to acquire the assets of Coordinated Health, pending reviews by the Federal Trade Commission and the Pennsylvania ...

Lehigh Valley Health Network has announced a new partnership with IKS Health; a Burr Ridge, Illinois based health care solutions organization. The partnership aims to bring innovative technology to LVHN that will improve physician and patient satisfaction through improved efficiency.

An epilepsy monitoring unit or EMU has opened within the Neuroscience Center at Lehigh Valley Hospital−Cedar Crest. 

Lehigh Valley Health Network and St. Luke’s University Health Network are the two biggest employers in the Lehigh Valley. Chances are, if you live in the area, someone you know works for one of these health care giants. But just how did the health care industry become the largest employer in the Lehigh Valley? LVB talked to experts to find out.

Lehigh Valley Health Network will build a new hospital in Mahoning Township, Carbon County. The new hospital, to be called Lehigh Valley Hospital (LVH)-Carbon, will be built on an open property on Blakeslee Blvd. purchased by the health network.

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.