The opioids epidemic has hit home in the Lehigh Valley, and medical professionals, therapists, county agencies, police departments, and residents are all dealing with it. “I have witnessed a large increase in the volume of […]
Read MoreMr. Edward Donley, Leonard Parker Pool’s handpicked successor to lead Air Products, was also named by Mr. Pool in his will to serve as one of the original Trustees to lead The Dorothy Rider Pool […]
Read MoreH. Robert Cathcart Mr. Cathcart served as a Trustee of The Dorothy Rider Pool Health Care Trust from 1984 to 1995. During his tenure, he saw The Trust more than double in size and grow […]
Read MoreThe Health Care Council of the Lehigh Valley (HCC) issued a Community Health Profile entitled “The Road to Health” in March 2016. The HCC was created by the not-for-profit health care systems of the Lehigh […]
Read MoreThe journal Health Affairs recently recognized The Pool Trust’s support of the Street Medicine program at Lehigh Valley Health Network (http://content.healthaffairs.org/content/35/3/544.full). The Trust’s resources allow the more than 100 program workers to provide health services […]
Read MoreCongratulations to Dorothy Rider-Pool Health Care Trust Trustee Dr. Mary Naylor on receiving this prestigious honor: Washington D.C. (June 14, 2016)—AcademyHealth announced today the winners of its 2016 Annual Research Meeting (ARM) awards. Each award recognizes […]
Read MoreLehigh County District Attorney Jim Martin announced on Thursday, June 30, 2016, that two additional Lehigh County police departments will begin using the opioid reversal antidote, Naloxone, in overdose cases. Martin said a memorandum of […]
Read MoreCongratulations to LVHN’s Street Medicine team which was featured in a segment on The Big Story which then aired on CNN! Watch the segment online here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkZtCQCS0z8
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Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.
Theodore RooseveltAmerica's health care system is in crisis precisely because we systematically neglect wellness and prevention.
Tom HarkinDuring my lifetime I have had an intense interest concerning health care for my fellowman.
Leonard Parker PoolTo raise new questions, new possibilities, to regard old problems from a new angle, requires creative imagination and marks real advance in science.
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