Oct. 14 marks one year since the last patients left Wellstar Health System’s Atlanta Medical Center. No plans are in place to build a new healthcare facility in its place, leaving Grady Memorial Hospital and clinics in the region operating on stretched…
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul plans to create more mental healthcare capacity as part of the state’s $1 billion investment in mental healthcare. Her plan not only involves creating new access, but restoring it in hospitals.
More than 1,700 patients were transferred from New York hospitals during care capacity shortages in 2022, leaving many to receive care hundreds of miles from home, The Journal News reported Oct. 12.
Improved access to and quality of care are major drivers behind the formation of a new clinically integrated network involving 23 rural North Dakota hospitals.
A hospital in London, Ky., went into lockdown the evening of Oct. 10 because of a report of an armed suspect, which was unfounded, according to The Lexington Herald-Leader, a local news outlet.
National metrics assessing the timeliness of emergency department care have slipped since 2020, CMS data shows.
Great Falls, Mont.-based Benefis Health System has temporarily closed various hospital beds because of ongoing staffing shortages.
Two months after wildfires devastated parts of Maui, Hawaii’s health department is conducting a needs assessment to understand where healthcare gaps may exist after the fire upended resources and destroyed some care facilities.
While seasonal cases of respiratory syncytial virus are not as high nationwide as they were during this same time in 2022, cases are still rising, and hospitals in Atlanta and Miami are reporting an increase in hospital admissions for it. Flu is also o…
Brockton, Mass.-based Good Samaritan Medical Center suffered a power outage caused by a plumbing issue Oct. 7 that disrupted services at the hospital, according to a Brockton 25 News report.
