The new Coordinated Health Sleep Disorder Center has begun seeing patients. The 3,500 square foot center, located at 2300 Highland Ave., Bethlehem, includes four rooms in which sleep studies are conducted on patients by a board certified sleep physician.

Lehigh Valley Health Network is joining Strata Oncology’s Precision Oncology Network, allowing Lehigh Valley Health Network’s advanced cancer patients to receive molecular profiling of tumors and participate in clinical medical trials at no cost.

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.

Rite Aid has launched RediClinic Express, a virtual health care kiosk, available in  southeastern Pennsylvania and New Jersey sites.

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.

Pennsylvania is ill-prepared to serve a fast growing-population of older adults, according to state Auditor General Eugene DePasquale. DePasquale released a special report on July 23 that followed up on his 2016 audit of oversight of nursing homes by the state Department of Health.

At Fellowship Community, Mary Kay McMahon oversees an organization that has 360 employees and about 500 residents.

Lehigh Valley Hospital-Schuylkill and other hospitals nationwide will receive up to $750,000 each over a three-year period to develop new rural residency programs, according to a news release from the Department of Health and Human Services. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services awarded approximately $20 million in Rural Residency Planning and Development Program ...

While exposure to heat isn’t specifically covered under federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration regulations, Richard Hobbs, the newly appointed president and CEO of the Manufacturers Resource Center of the Lehigh Valley, said it’s still a company’s responsibility to keep staff safe from overheating.

The Lehigh Valley has a new home health services provider. Blue Mountain Home Health Care Inc. has opened an office at 2200 W. Hamilton St. in Allentown.