In response to a growing pharmacy technician shortage and oncology care demands, Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Fla., developed and launched an in-house training program to help grow its pharmacy ...

An appellate court on July 10 upheld a $207.6 million verdict against the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, affirming a lower court’s finding that a delayed cesarean section caused a child ...

Arizona state officials confirmed a resident of Coconino County has died from pneumonic plague, the first recorded death from the severe infection since 2007, according to a news release from the ...

Kristopher Kitz has joined Tucson, Ariz.-based Carondelet Health Network as market chief strategy officer, according to a Facebook post. Mr. Kitz told Becker’s he began the role June 9. His ...

Chicago-based Rush University System for Health has launched a new digital care membership service as part of a broader effort to expand and streamline virtual care access. Here are three things to kn ...

Twenty-eight healthcare organizations using Epic’s software are now connected to a federally backed health information network. The organizations joined the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common ...

Walgreens Boots Alliance shareholders approved the company’s sale to private equity firm Sycamore Partners at a July 11 special meeting. Walgreens announced in March that it had entered into a $10 ...

Mooresville, N.C.-based Duke Health Lake Norman Hospital named Andrew Gross, MD, chief medical officer. Dr. Gross, a neurologist/neuro-ophthalmologist, first joined the hospital as medical staff in ...

Members of SEIU Healthcare Pennsylvania are set to begin a five-day strike July 22 at Chambersburg (Pa.) Hospital, part of York, Pa.-based WellSpan Health. The union represents 1,450 nurses and other ...

Potosi, Mo.-based Washington County Memorial Hospital had to evacuate patients after a mechanical failure caused the hospital’s laboratory to fill with smoke, First Alert 4 reported July 13. On July ...

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. wants every American using a wearable health device within four years. But is that goal worthwhile — and attainable? Health system leaders told Becker’s that it’s a ...

While the total number of drug shortages in the U.S. appears to be decreasing in 2025, some shortages of essential medications have yet to be resolved. Erin Fox, PharmD, senior pharmacy director at ...