Health care providers in Lancaster County can receive funding to grow their mental health workforce through a new program by the Lancaster Osteopathic Health Foundation.

Penn State Health will acquire a pulmonary practice that will allow it to expand its lung disease and sleep disorder care to more of its facilities across the midstate.

Retired Pennsylvania coal miners will see their retirement and health care benefits preserved thanks to a bipartisan, end-of-year federal government spending deal announced this week.

Hospitals accounted for one out of 10 jobs in Pennsylvania and contributed some $60.5 billion to the state’s economy, according to a report released by the Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania.

The booming wearables market is transforming the health care industry as patients use smartphone apps, the Apple Watch, Fitbits and Garmins to track their heart rate, check for heart arrhythmia, and monitor physical activity, sleep patterns and hydration. And they’re getting smarter.

Patricia Fonzi, 49, joined the Family Health Council of Central Pennsylvania in 1997 as director of development. She later became vice president of customer service and relationship management, and has been the organization’s president and CEO since 2015.

Three hospital associations in New Jersey, Ohio and Pennsylvania have entered a joint venture to share best practices and data across state lines.

UPMC Pediatrics Shippensburg, a new practice staffed by two pediatricians, opened its doors to patients on Monday.

Nursing programs across the country turned away more than 75,000 qualified applicants last year as colleges dealt with a dearth of faculty and budget constraints that kept them from growing enrollment.

Sam's Club, the 36-year-old store that sells billions worth of stuff that fits in your house, is now selling something that it hopes will fit in your wallet.

If it becomes law, Senate Bill 74 could generate $100 million for pediatric cancer research over the next 10 years at four pediatric cancer research centers in Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania is reportedly in the middle of the pack when it comes to the health of its women and children, with the state seeing a low percentage of uninsured women and substance use disorder among teens but an increase in drug death rates among women and teen suicide over the last year.

WellSpan Health opened its newest WellSpan Family Medicine practice in Windsor Township, York County last week.

In an effort to provide price transparency for patients, Hershey-based Penn State Health is now providing access to a new online tool loaded with the variables that affect a patient’s out-of-pocket costs.

Penn State Health’s newest CEO is the first in the Hershey-based health system’s history to not split his duties between leading the system and the Penn State College of Medicine.