With COVID-19 cases increasing dramatically in recent weeks, Lehigh Valley Health Network has reinstated visitation restrictions on its hospital campuses and outpatient facilities.

The second phase of construction is set to begin on the new Lehigh Valley Hospital-Hecktown Oaks in Lower Nazareth Township. The new hospital is scheduled to open in the summer of next year.

Alvernia University has announced a dual-enrollment nursing program with the Joseph F. McCloskey School of Nursing at Lehigh Valley Health Network.

To share more, Johannas recently talked with Lehigh Valley Business. He opened up about practicing urology, the life-changing effects of prostate surgery, and why the Lehigh Valley has become a hub for the pioneering HoLAP procedure. 

Similar to the work he is doing with LVHN, Dr. Patruno will create and lead newly established wellness programing and professional fulfillment initiatives to help fight physician and health care provider burnout.

Two Lehigh Valley health care providers have made the first ever Newsweek list of Best Physical Rehabilitation Centers. Good Shepherd Rehabilitation of Allentown and Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest both made the Top 10 list of providers of inpatient rehabilitation care in Pennsylvania for 2020.

American Nurses Credentialing Center notified LVHN that the health network’s Lehigh Valley-based hospitals and services achieved Magnet designation for the fifth consecutive time. ANCC Magnet Recognition Program distinguishes health care organizations that demonstrate excellence in nursing services. Magnet recognition is the highest national credential for nursing excellence.

Lehigh Valley Health Network said it is offering the first Concussion and Head Trauma Program in the Pocono region.

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.