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Sep 15, 2022

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.

Feb 2, 2022

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. 

Jan 28, 2022

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. 

Jan 28, 2022

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.  

Jan 20, 2022

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. 

Jan 19, 2022

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. 

Jan 18, 2022

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.  

Jan 18, 2022

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. 

Jan 11, 2022

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. 

Jan 5, 2022

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. 

Jan 5, 2022

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. 

Jan 4, 2022

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.