Florida will face an increasing physician shortage over the next decade, due in large part to the severe lack of residency programs in the state, according to a study released Tuesday.

Sarasota (Fla.) Memorial Hospital is finalizing an agreement with Florida State University to establish a new internal medicine residency program, according to the Bradenton Herald.

Roughly half of the hospitals in the U.S. offer pediatric palliative care for young children, an increasingly common specialty service, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal.

Mental health advocates are looking outside of training more psychiatrists for solutions to the shortage of mental health providers, according to The Wall Street Journal.

Palliative and hospice care is a growing field, but until recently there has been no way for referring physicians, hospitals, payers, patients and their families to effectively evaluate a program's quality.

Many risk assessment systems and algorithms used by physicians vastly overestimate the likelihood a patient has of having a heart attack, according to a new study conducted by researchers from several institutions, including Johns Hopkins.

Flu activity declined in the week ending Feb. 7, meaning the flu has been on the decline for the second week in a row. However, flu levels remain elevated nationwide, according to the most recent report from the Centers for…

There are inherent risks when undergoing surgery, but hospitals are collecting data, implementing new strategies and using technology to reduce risk and prevent adverse events, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal.

The number of Ebola cases in West Africa is on the decline but the number of Ebola treatment centers in the United States continues to grow.

Pregnant women who used peanut-shaped exercise balls during delivery had reduced labor time and were less likely to undergo a cesarean section than women who did not use the exercise ball, according to a study in the Journal of Perinatal…