Carlisle Regional Medical Center on Monday opened the Advanced Wound Healing Center of Shippensburg.

York County-based Unilife Corp. today announced it is realigning operations to save the company $12 million, and preparing for full production and sale of its new safety syringes.

PinnacleHealth System today said it was the first to introduce a robotic heart catheter system in southcentral Pennsylvania.

Richmond, Va.-based Patient First plans to open its first Pennsylvania facility Wednesday in Lower Paxton Township.

When it comes to health care costs, less sometimes really does mean more.
That's what Dr. Chris Echterling and his colleagues found when they analyzed cost data from the 8,000 patients enrolled in Healthy York Network, a coalition of York and Adams county providers who care for the uninsured or underinsured.

Buoyed by lower-than-expected increases in health care costs due to the poor economy, and by rebounding investment income and strong performances from its subsidiaries, 2010 net income at insurer Highmark Inc. surged ahead of the prior year.

State Auditor General Jack Wagner is calling for statewide hearings on how the commonwealth should spend its tobacco settlement money.

Three-quarters of respondents to a recent survey said they believe state government needs to do more to improve the overall legal climate in Pennsylvania. And 65 percent said they believe the number of lawsuits in the state is too high.

Many Pennsylvania small business owners plan to maintain staffing levels and in some cases hire workers, but continue to be concerned about health care, according to a survey by Allegheny County-based SMC Business Councils.

Office-based physicians accounted for 170,000 jobs and pumped $44.7 billion into Pennsylvania's economy in 2009, a national study found.

Lancaster General Health has made a tally of the nation's 50 best hospitals compiled by a Golden, Colo.-based ratings group.