Phoebe Ministries of Allentown has partnered with a Bethlehem-based home care firm to provide Phoebe’s in-home care services, a move that the organization said “brings in the experts” and will ultimately allow Phoebe to expand services and make them available to more people.
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UPDATE: New company seeks to grow, process hemp, dispense marijuana in Berks; Valley also targeted
Advocates for the passage of the state's medical marijuana and hemp legislation today launched a holding company, two for-profit companies and one nonprofit organization, all based in Maidencreek Township, Berks County, to capitalize on the economic potential of industrial hemp production and medical marijuana research.
Read More »Marijuana, hemp business announcements expected today at Berks event
Medical marijuana and industrial hemp advocates have gathered at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel in Reading today.
Read More »St. Luke’s opens its first walk-in health clinic in New Jersey
St. Luke’s University Health Network continues its expansion with the recent opening of a walk-in health care clinic in Hunterdon County, N.J
Read More »Regional health partnership forms group purchasing organization
Allspire Health Partners, a group of regional health systems that joined together three years ago to seek clinical, research and economic best practices, has formed a group purchasing organization to manage members’ expenses.
Read More »$14M upscale fitness club headed to Airport Road, pending final approval
The evolution of the fitness club continues in the Greater Lehigh Valley with a plan to open a high-end wellness center next summer that includes outdoor pools, waterslides, an indoor rock climbing wall and cafe.
Read More »Good Shepherd names VP to newly created executive director post
Good Shepherd Rehabilitation Network has named Frank Hyland to the newly created post of executive director.
Read More »CEO assails nation’s costly, inefficient health care system
Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson Health CEO and President Dr. Stephen K. Klasko says the country's health care system is facing some of the same major problems that plagued it 30 years ago.
THE HIGH COST OF LIVING LONGER Industry adjusts to loss of long-term care insurance sales
Fewer companies are selling long-term care insurance policies in Pennsylvania. Despite a waning appetite from consumers concerned about rising rates, the industry is evolving to keep pace with demand for coverage.
Read More »100 years of health care at home
Long gone are the days when Easton Home Health’s first nurse pedaled her bicycle to the homes of sick patients to deliver care a century ago.
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