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Certain social and economic factors have resulted in dangerous parasites appearing in new countries and parts of the world.

Akron (Ohio) Children's Hospital will open a $180 million, seven-story pavilion on May 5, including a neonatal intensive care unit, expanded emergency department, a new outpatient surgery center and more, reports Akron Beacon Journal.

NextGen Healthcare Information Systems, a subsidiary of Quality Systems, launched NextGen Care, a solution aimed to streamline workflow, manage patient populations, improve outcomes and decrease cost of care delivery mandated by value-based payment models.

Baptist Health in Richmond, Ky., has named healthcare executive Greg Gerard vice president of ambulatory services, reports Kentucky.com.

Participation in the Physician Quality Reporting System program increased by 47 percent from 2012 to 2013, according to CMS' 2013 Physician Quality Reporting System and Electronic Prescribing Incentive Program Experience Report.

A recent study published in the American Journal of Managed Care questions the efficacy of employee wellness programs.

Here are seven news updates for ambulatory surgery center leaders to know for April 27, 2015.

Waldman Schantz Plastic Surgery Center in Lexington, Ky., added a new marketing coordinator, according to a Business Lexington report.

Antibacterial soaps could hold health concerns for adults and especially for kids, reports Time.

Elizabeth Sobel Blum, senior community development adviser at the Federal Reserve Bank in Dallas spoke during the North Texas Healthcare Summit on the intersectionality of sociological factors that can determine and effect an individual's health, according to a Dallas Business…