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St. Luke’s marks one-year turnaround at Grand View campus
One year since St. Luke’s took over Grand View Hospital, the health network is celebrating the financial and care turnaround at the hospital. St. Luke’s Grand View Campus is celebrating its first anniversary as part of St. Luke’s University Health Network with a remarkable financial turnaround and expanded access to enhanced-quality health care[...]
Tower Health signs affiliation agreement with Jefferson Health
Jefferson Health is expanding its reach further into the region. After acquiring Lehigh Valley Health Network in August of 2024, the Philadelphia-based health care network has now begun an affiliation with Reading-based Tower Health. While it is not a merger or acquisition, a spokesperson for Tower Health said the affiliation will expand on Tower’s[...]
Good Shepherd partnering on next generation exoskeleton for walking assistance
Good Shepherd Rehabilitation is working with a New York-based robotics manufacturer to work on joint education, patient trials and training related to Eve, Wandercraft’s personal exoskeleton, which is expected to be commercially available later this summer following FDA clearance. [...]
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Jul 27, 2026How ‘whole-person care’ drives better health outcomes
If you’re an employer, you know your employees don’t work in a vacuum. Their job performance can be affected by plenty of factors outside the workplace, including family demands, social or economic challenges, and their overall health. Being aware of those factors and offering support when needed can help keep[...]
Bethlehem’s OraSure gets FDA emergency authorization for Ebola test
Bethlehem’s OraSure Technologies, a developer of point-of-care and home diagnostic testing and sample collection technologies, has received emergency use authorization from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its second generation OraQuick Ebola 2.0 Rapid Antigen Test[...]
Allergy and ENT practices join St. Luke’s
St. Luke's University Health Network is adding two of the region's largest ENT and allergy-asthma practices to its network. Specialty Physician Associates and the Center for Allergy & Asthma Care have both joined St. Luke’s and will now operate as St. Luke’s Ears, Nose & Throat and St. Luke’s Allergy, Asthma & Immunology. This addition[...]
St. Luke’s launches family medicine residency program at Grand View
St. Luke’s University Health Network recently launched the Family Medicine Residency Program at Grand View. The program was boosted by a $1.5 million gift from the St. Luke’s Grand View Health Foundation to fund the creation of expanded clinical and educational space at St. Luke’s Grand View Primary Care of Quakertown, which is located within[...]
Thomas Jefferson University to open Sidney Kimmel medical college campus in Allentown
The Lehigh Valley is getting a boost to access to medical education. Thomas Jefferson University on Monday announced plans to establish a four-year regional campus of Sidney Kimmel Medical College (SKMC) in Allentown. The campus will[...]
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Jul 13, 2026Changes to Rx economics – what employers should know
New prescription drug transparency requirements that take effect during the next few years are giving employers more visibility into how prescription drug pricing works. For business leaders who manage pharmacy benefits, this is a meaningful shift. But more data doesn’t automatically mean more clarity. “Employers may get access to data[...]
St. Luke’s sees record number of births this year
US birth rates are predicted to decline throughout the remainder of the 21st century, from 10.8 births per 1,000 people in 2023 to 8.5 per 1,000 in 2100, according to usafacts.org. However, at the same time, Bethlehem-based St. Luke’s University Health Network said it is seeing a record number of births. For[...]
Capital Blue Cross and St. Luke’s partner on health insurance plan
St. Luke’s University Health Network and Capital Blue Cross have joined together to offer Valley Advantage, a new health care insurance program that offers treatment from St. Luke’s network health care providers. “The Valley Advantage EPO health plan has been specifically designed to help employers control rising health care expenditures[...]
Highmark event promotes wellness and community connections
Highmark recently hosted a Walk for a Healthy Community at DeSales University to raise funds for a number of nonprofits in the region. What was goal for the health insurer? “People are always looking for meaningful ways to connect, contribute, and make a difference. Innovative community outreach opportunities not only caters to a wide range of interests but also[...]
