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Category: Care Coordination
Maryland hospital treats patient after bridge collapse
After a cargo ship reportedly lost power and hit Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge at about 2 a.m. March 26, the bridge collapsed. Employees not on call at the University of Maryland Medical Center soon began calling to ask if the hospital’s trauma …
California hospital to close ED for 6-9 months
Beginning April 1, Seton Medical Center Coastside in Moss Beach, Calif., will temporarily close while structural repairs caused by storm damage are made.
The treatment burden problem
About 40% of patients with chronic conditions believe their treatment burden is unsustainable, leading to poorer quality of life and not following medical advice. Advocates are pushing to simplify the process, The Washington Post reported March 24.&nbs…
Why Ballad Health is under fire for long wait times
A recent report showed Johnson City, Tenn.-based Ballad Health, which benefits from the largest state-sanctioned hospital monopoly in the U.S., has a nearly 11-hour median wait time for emergency department patients, KFF Health News reported March 25.
More surgery disruptions reported at HCA Florida hospital
More than half a dozen surgeries at HCA Florida North Florida Hospital in Gainesville were reportedly canceled March 21 amid ongoing issues related to surgical instruments not being properly reprocessed.
Penn State Health Children's to expand surgical services
Specialists with Penn State Health Children’s Hospital in Hershey, Pa., are now providing nonemergency surgical services at the health system’s hospital in Lancaster, about 25 miles south.
First responders worry over decrease in beds at UC Davis Medical Center amid construction
First responders are concerned about how a major expansion project at UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento may affect ambulance wait times, according to a March 19 CBS News Sacramento report.
MRI damaged after fire at Boston VA hospital
A fire at Boston-based Jamaica Plain VA Medical Center damaged the MRI suite and could impact MRI patient care for the foreseeable future, CBS News reported March 19.
Physician asks state to conduct 'impact assessment' on obstetrics closure at Scripps Health hospital
A South Bay physician has asked the California Department of Public Health to conduct an “impact assessment” of Scripps Health’s recent decision to close the labor and delivery unit at Scripps Mercy Chula Vista (Calif.) Hospital and transfer obst…
