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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 ...
Becker’s is pleased to release the 2025 edition of its “Great community hospitals” list.Community hospitals play a vital role in the fabric of the U.S. healthcare system, delivering accessible, ...
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 ...