The University of Alabama at Birmingham Health System and Mobile, Ala.-based Infirmary Health have formed a joint venture to provide comprehensive cancer services to patients in southern Alabama, southeast Mississippi and the Florida panhandle.
Category: Care Coordination
55% of rural hospitals don't offer obstetric care: Report
More than half of rural hospitals in the U.S. do not offer labor and delivery services, according to a new report from the Center for Healthcare Quality & Payment Reform.
How UVA Health cut number of ED visits
Charlottesville, Va.-based UVA Health is connecting patients who regularly visit emergency rooms for non-emergency care of chronic conditions to a program designed to make care more accessible, while keeping critical ER beds free and lowering capacity.
CMS propels more EMTALA trainings for hospitals
In response to a growing pile of questions about compliance with the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act, HHS and CMS are deploying new education efforts.
ED boarding at crisis levels, Mass General says
Boston-based Massachusetts General Hospital is requesting permission from the state to add more than 90 inpatient beds amid what it says is an “unprecedented capacity crisis.”
HCA hospital suspends surgeries for next 4 days amid sterilization issues
HCA Florida’s North Florida Hospital in Gainesville will suspend elective surgeries for the next four days to address equipment sterilization issues, a spokesperson for HCA Florida confirmed to Becker’s.
Georgia hospital lifts access restrictions in wake of armed standoff
Macon, Ga.-based Atrium Health Navicent lifted restrictions on emergency department access after a three-hour standoff between an armed man and police at one of its medical office buildings Jan. 17 was resolved, Fox and ABC affiliate WGXA reported.
Massachusetts facilitates speedier discharges amid capacity crunch
Massachusetts officials and insurers are implementing various measures to address an increase in respiratory illness affecting hospital capacity.
Burst pipes & delayed procedures: Hospitals grapple with frigid weather
An arctic blast has brought frigid temperatures to most of the U.S., leading some hospitals to postpone elective procedures.
New Hampshire hospitals inching toward 100% capacity
As the nation’s hospitals restore mask mandates and construct extra units in response to an increase in respiratory illnesses, the New Hampshire Hospital Association said its members are nearing 100% capacity.
