Here are six new drug shortages and discontinuations, according to drug supply databases from the FDA.

Massachusetts HHS secretary Kate Walsh has stepped down from her position after more than 40 years in healthcare. Kiame Mahaniah, MD, succeeded Ms. Walsh on July 14. Prior to her role as state HHS ...

Beth Israel Lahey Health has expanded its primary care physician workforce by 30%, but its specialty workforce has remained relatively stagnant, according to its chief clinical officer, Rob Fields, MD ...

Generation Z healthcare workers prioritize financial wellness and mental health support — and hospitals and health systems are responding. Given changing demographics and labor shortages, ...

We’ve come a long way from when electronic health records (EHRs) were first built as billing systems. As we progress as an industry toward better usability, it’s clear that general best practice ...

Joanna Weiss, executive vice president and CFO of Tampa, Fla.-based Moffitt Cancer Center, has spent nearly two decades serving in various finance-related roles at the National Cancer ...

Charlottesville, Va.-based UVA Health is expanding its Stay in the Game initiative, a targeted prostate cancer screening program aimed at boosting early detection among Black men. Speaking with Becker ...

FDA Commissioner Marty Makary, MD, said the agency may fast-track new drugs from pharmaceutical companies that equalize the cost of their medicines between the U.S. and other countries, Bloomberg ...

If hospital and health system CIOs had unlimited resources, where would they place their biggest technology bets? Becker’s asked several IT leaders: If you had a blank check to invest in one ...

A U.S. District Court judge in Texas has approved a joint request to vacate a federal medical debt rule that would have excluded medical bills from credit reports, according to court documents. The ...

An Idaho health system decided to stick with Meditech as its EHR vendor despite exploring other options. What Cottonwood- and Orofino-based St. Mary’s Health and Clearwater Valley Health knew was that ...

Port St. Lucie-based Florida Coast Medical Center has named Lukas Iwanski CFO, according to a July 12 LinkedIn post from the hospital. The 54-bed facility will open Sept. 9, and is an affiliate of ...