Lancaster-based Smart Health Innovation Lab (iLab) is working with a Chicago-based teledermatology company through its health care technology accelerator program to bring the product to more markets. 

Memorial Eye Institute, an ophthalmology practice and surgery center with two offices in Harrisburg, has been acquired by Vision Innovation Partners for an undisclosed price. 

York-based HR Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Is expanding its offerings of urology products with the acquisition of catheter manufacturer Medical Technologies of Georgia (MTG). 

Dr. David Talenti, a gastroenterologist who practices in Wayne County, was inaugurated as the 172nd president of the Pennsylvania Medical Society on Jan. 8.  

Camp Hill-based Dailey Harvey Eye Associates has been acquired by OCLI Vision, a multi-practice ophthalmology group in the Northeast.

WellSpan Health announced the appointment of three new members to its 2022 board of directors.

The Wolf administration is organizing with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), to launch a number of regional support sites for both hospitals and long-term care facilities and strike teams to support hospitals facing staffing shortages. 

Reading-based Tower Health's former vice president for nursing operations joins Penn State Health as the new chief nursing officer for the Hershey-based health system’s upcoming Lancaster Medical Center on Jan. 17. 

A strike team approved by the Biden administration is set to arrive at WellSpan York Hospital on Jan. 3 to help the hospital and its Emergency Medical Services increase hospital capacity amid continued spikes in COVID-19 cases. 

Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon and York counties have joined Pennsylvania as part of a $26 billion global settlement agreement with four companies embroiled in the opioid crisis. 

Rite Aid plans to shutter 63 of its stores as part of the first phase of a new store closure program, the Camp Hill-based pharmacy chain announced in its third quarter results for 2021. 

Penn State Health Life Lion’s first group of emergency medical technicians (EMTs) is set to graduate from the emergency medical services (EMS) company’s new four-month training program this month—a first for the company as it works to tackle staffing shortages. 

 Alison Beam, acting secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, will resign at the end of the year. She is expected to be replaced by Executive Deputy Secretary Keara Klinepeter. 

Penn State Health hired its first-ever vice president and chief learning officer this week. 

Capital Blue Cross cut the ribbon Friday on a $4 million renovation to its regional headquarters in Allentown.