Former Trustee H. Robert Cathcart passes away
H. 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 […]
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Thriving Together Under One Roof by Sandra Gee, BS
The 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 MoreHealth Affairs highlights The Dorothy Rider Pool Health Care Trust in article
The 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 MoreAcademyHealth Announces 2016 Annual Research Meeting Award Recipient Dr. Mary Naylor
Congratulations 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 MoreTwo additional Lehigh County Police Departments will begin administering Naloxone in overdose cases
Lehigh 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 MoreStreet Medicine featured in The Big Story
Congratulations 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
Read MoreNew ACHIP Program to Improve Health of Children and Pregnant Women in Downtown Allentown
Collective Impact being used to align health network with regional nonprofit agency The health and wellbeing of children and pregnant women in Allentown’s Neighborhood Improvement Zone (NIZ) is the focus of a new healthcare initiative […]
Read MoreNew Report: Valley Continues to Improve in Treating Disease and Illness, Must do Better in Growing Health
Health Care Council of the Lehigh Valley releases latest report on health of region’s residents The community health profile of Lehigh Valley residents is the focus of “The Road to Health” 2016 report released today […]
Read MoreExpress-Times article on LVHN Street Medicine program
Brett Forman and the LVHN Street Medicine program were profiled in this recent Express-Times article. The Trust is proud to support this program and his work with a two-year, $200,00 grant. http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/news/index.ssf/2016/01/physicians_assistant_makes_hou.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=facebook
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