HHS has reinstated the Safer Childhood Vaccines task force, the agency said in an Aug. 14 news release. Here are six things to know: 1. The task force, created by Congress, was originally disbanded in ...

Orthopedics began offering bundled self-pay options, according to an Aug. 12 news release shared with Becker’s. The self-pay program offers transparent pricing for services including office visits, ...

Orthopedics remains one of the top-paid specialties, according to reports from Medscape, AMN HealthCare and Bureau of Labor Statistics. Five things to know: 1. The average salary for an orthopedic ...

As hospitals and health systems face industrywide pressures, workforce resilience is coming into sharper focus. But building resilience is not the result of a single decision or strategy, leaders have ...

The Knight Cancer Institute at Portland-based Oregon Health & Science University has received a $2 billion gift from Phil and Penny Knight. The gift will be used to establish a new cancer care ...

Here are eight supply chain leaders to watch, according to profiles published in the Journal of Healthcare Contracting. Ms. Ball leads a clinically integrated sourcing team focused on balancing cost, ...

University has the largest share of recent graduates working in healthcare, according to an Aug. 13 LinkedIn News post. The university’s undergraduate nursing program emphasizes hands-on experience ...

Jackson South Medical Center, part of Jackson Health System, both in Miami, has moved up the closure of its maternity unit to Aug. 15. The hospital originally shared plans to close the unit this fall, ...

The University of Alabama at Birmingham has appointed Mahmud Mossa-Basha, MD, as department of radiology chair.  Dr. Mossa-Basha will step into the role Nov. 1, according to a July 29 news release ...

Medline has made several moves in recent weeks, including hospital partnerships and a product recall. Silver City, N.M.-based Gila Regional Medical Center, a 25-bed critical access hospital, signed a ...

Charlottesville-based University of Virginia School of Medicine has appointed diagnostic radiologist Colin Derdeyn, MD, as interim dean.  Dr. Derdeyn has held the role of radiology and medical imaging ...

Barbara Wadsworth, DNP, RN, executive vice president and COO of Radnor Township, Pa.-based Main Line Health, never set out to be an entrepreneur — but she recently made her mark in the space. On July ...