Cape Fear Valley Health System (CFVHS) in Fayetteville, N.C., a member of the Premier healthcare alliance, has announced $5.34 million in supply chain cost reductions in just 14 months through focused work with Premier Consulting Solutions (PCS). These sa

[ Jim Affolter enjoys teaching about medicinal plants because they're such a multi-faceted topic. During a lecture on the subject, Affolter, director of research at the State Botanical Garden of Georgia, might touch on anthropology, horticulture, conserv

USA Today on Monday examined how "traditional Navajo healing is merging with modern medicine" at the Page, Ariz.-based Banner Page Hospital. About 50% of the patients at the hospital come from a nearby Navajo reservation. "Hospitals have long struggled

NASHUA, NH--Albee Budnitz, MD, FACP, FCCP, of Downtown Medical Associates, received the Roger Fossum Lifetime Achievement Award in Public Health for his leading role in promoting clean indoor air legislation and his work on tobacco cessation. ... - Judith

The international conference on Primary Health Care (PHC) and health systems in Africa opened Monday in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, with host President Blaise Campaoré calling on African countries and their development partners to establish a forum for ex