Considerations for long-term employees nearing retirement
For employees getting on in years, the litany of decisions that need to be made before retirement is a long, complex and even intimidating one.
Expanded Star Community Health Dental Clinic reopens Friday
The recent expansion of the Star Community Health Dental Clinic in Allentown will increase service to the underserved population who seek treatment there when it reopens Friday.
Gracedale Nursing Home offers free temporary certification course
Gracedale Nursing Home is offering a Temporary Certified Nursing Aid (CNA) program this month to attract workers.
B. Braun Medical gets FDA approval for Daytona Beach facility
Bethlehem’s B. Braun Medical Inc. has received final approval by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) for its new pharmaceutical manufacturing plant in Daytona Beach, Florida.
Tower Health receives accreditation for obesity care
Reading-based Tower Health’s bariatric surgery center has been accredited as a Comprehensive Center with Adolescent and Obesity Medicine Qualifications.
St. Luke’s and PA CareerLink Lehigh Valley join forces to offer on-the-job training to low-income students
St. Luke’s has joined with PA CareerLink Lehigh Valley to offer an on-the-job training program geared toward low-income workers.
Tower Health physician named chair of PTSF
Dr. Charles F. Barbera has been named chair of the Pennsylvania Trauma Systems Foundation (PTSF) Board of Directors for a one-year term.
LVHN to open health center in Pennsburg
Lehigh Valley Health Network (LVHN) will open a new health center in Pennsburg, Montgomery County, this year, filling a need of Montgomery County residents who asked for better access to LVHN doctors and providers.
LVHN goes live on Facebook to place final steel beam on new education center
The final steel beam was put in place on the new Lehigh Valley Center for Healthcare Education today live on Facebook.
Family with strong ties to Good Shepherd have new hospital lobby named for them
The lobby of the under-construction Good Shepherd Rehabilitation Hospital will be named for Al Douglass and Jill Raker Hudders Douglass in recognition of a generous gift they made as part of the Hope Starts Here capital campaign to fund the new facility.
Northampton County joins historic opioid settlement
Northampton County is one of the latest 10 counties to join the $26 billion historic national opioid settlement, bringing the total to 60 out of the state’s 67 counties to do so.
SLUHN names Network Medical Director of Wound Care and Hyperbaric Medicine
Dr. Diedra McCafferty, has been named Network Medical Director of Wound Care and Hyperbaric Medicine for St. Luke’s University Health Network.











