Eight of the top 20 happiest cities in the U.S. are in California, according to a WalletHub analysis.

Oakland, Calif.-based Permanente Medical Groups ranked No. 1 in the nation's 50 largest medical group parents, with over three times the number of unique physicians as the second ranked Veterans Health Administration, according to an annual report published by IQVIA.

IBM Watson Health published its 100 Top Hospitals study, an annual analysis that identifies top-performing hospitals in the U.S. based on an organization's overall performance.

Healthgrades released its rankings for America's 50 and 100 Best Hospitals for 2018 Feb. 27. The hospitals on the list represent the top 1 percent and 2 percent of healthcare facilities in the nation, respectively.

Hawaii is the best state in the nation for healthcare, according to U.S. News & World Report's Best States rankings released Feb. 27.

Here are the 2018 Top 100 Critical Access Hospitals in the U.S., including 19 first-time recipients, according to The National Rural Health Association's Rural Health Policy Institute, iVantage Health Analytics and The Chartis Center for Rural Health.

Four healthcare companies were among Fast Company's "World's 50 Most Innovative Companies" for 2018.

Fortune named 16 healthcare companies to its 21st annual list of the best companies to work for in the U.S.

CMS awarded Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Novant Health and Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente the first Health Equity Award at the CMS Quality Conference.

As the healthcare industry continues to grow, the Birmingham, Ala., metro area has the highest concentration of healthcare practitioner and technical jobs, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics compiled by ABODO.

A healthy, 65-year-old couple will need $275,000 to cover their healthcare costs in retirement, according to a Fidelity study released last year, but American retirees can find much more affordable healthcare outside the U.S., Fox Business reports.

Ethisphere named 18 U.S. healthcare organizations to its 2018 "World's Most Ethical Companies" list.  

In a recent press release, ECG Management Consultants, a national management consulting firm working exclusively in the healthcare industry, announced they were named as the top overall healthcare management consulting firm in the “2018 Best in KLAS: Software and Services” report.

In honor of Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week, which begins Feb. 7, U.S. News & World Report ranked the top 10 hospitals for pediatric cardiology and heart surgery.

Tech giants such as Facebook and Google not only offer high-paying salaries and numerous benefits, but are also considered to be some of the best tech companies to work for, according to a recent Indeed report.

Healthgrades named the 250 recipients of its 2018 Distinguished Hospital Award for Clinical Excellence Jan. 23.

Fortune listed 33 healthcare companies among its "World's Most Admired Companies" for 2018.

Although healthcare jobs held five of the top 10 spots for Glassdoor's 25 Highest Paying Jobs in America in 2017, only four healthcare-specific professions were ranked among Glassdoor's 50 Best Jobs for 2018.

The U.S. dropped to No. 11 in the 2018 Bloomberg Innovation Index rankings for the first time in the six years the data has been compiled, Bloomberg reports.

Pennsylvania and North Dakota tied for the states with the highest infant vaccination rates, according to a Blue Cross Blue Shield report.