EAST STROUDSBURG -- A hospital in the Poconos will soon have a new name.
Pocono Medical Center in East Stroudsburg will soon become Lehigh Valley Hospital-Pocono.
The name change is part of the merger between Pocono Health System and Lehigh Valley Health Network.
A news conference is set for next to explain what the merger means for patients and workers at those medical centers in Monroe County.
The merger becomes official on January 1st.