Richard Pizzi

A comprehensive data set of all new chemical entities approved between 1982 and 2003 shows that Europe is pulling further ahead of the United States in pharmaceutical research productivity.

Leaders of three major nurses' organizations that are coming together to form the largest registered nurses union in U.S. history have said they will hold a founding convention Dec. 7-8 in Scottsdale, Ariz.

Saint Barnabas Health Care System, the largest integrated healthcare delivery system in New Jersey, has signed a long-term revenue cycle management deal.

U.S. Bank Healthcare Payment Solutions has partnered with WebMD to offer its U.S. Bank Health Savings Account customers enhanced online health tools from the provider of online health information services.

The University of Cincinnati, University of Cincinnati Physicians and University Hospital have come together to form UC Health.

Healthcare executives Nancy Howell Agee and R. Timothy Rice have been appointed by the American Hospital Association to The Joint Commission's Board of Commissioners for three-year terms beginning January 2010.

A new study finds that by February 2008, 45 percent of U.S. hospitals had adopted "smoke-free campus" policies, meaning that all the property owned or leased by the hospital, both indoors and outdoors, was smoke-free and there were no designated smoking areas on those properties.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has awarded a $17 million community facilities guaranteed loan to Community Memorial Healthcare, Inc., of Marysville, Kan., to construct a 25-bed critical access hospital.

Overall hospital prices increased 0.1 percent in July and were 2.5 percent higher than a year ago, according to data from the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Twelve New Jersey hospitals and their participating physicians have received approval from the federal government to test a new incentive method that aims to reduce healthcare costs while improving quality of care.