Category: Care Coordination

Historic ruling orders Mount Sinai to pay $127k fine for understaffing NICU

In a historic ruling, New York City-based Mount Sinai Hospital was ordered to pay nurses a $127,000 penalty after an arbitrator found it had a “persistent pattern” of understaffing its neonatal intensive care unit, Politico reported May 17.

OSF to reopen 1 birth center, close another

Peoria, Ill.-based OSF HealthCare is reopening its Danville birthing center in September and closing its labor and delivery services at OSF Heart of Mary Medical Center in Urbana. 

Mass Gen opens 'discharge lounge' to address capacity challenges

Massachusetts General Hospital has opened a “discharge lounge” — a new way the Boston-based hospital is alleviating capacity challenges. 

Physicians criticize Maine hospital's closure of obstetrics unit

Current and former physicians at Northern Maine Medical Center fear the hospital’s decision to end maternity services May 26 will lead to poor patient outcomes, according to Bangor Daily News. 

Hospitals prepare for surge in ERs as Title 42 ends

Hospitals near the southern U.S. border are preparing for a surge of patients as Title 42, the tighter policy of U.S. border enforcement enacted at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, comes to an end. 

Healthcare providers call Florida immigration bill a 'direct attack' on communities

Immigration-related Florida Senate Bill 1718 is now on Gov. Ron DeSantis’ desk for signature and has drawn opposition from the state’s healthcare providers.

'CLEAR' guidance spurs collaborative emergency preparedness

When emergency strikes, what’s more important than the ability to communicate effectively with all members of the response team — in and outside of your hospital? 

Florida immigrants may be forced to reveal their status amid new state legislation battle

Florida healthcare providers and state lawmakers may be on a collision course over plans to force patients to reveal their immigration status, according to an April 28 WLRN report.

Oklahoma hospital lifts lockdown, keeps security measures after threats

McCurtain Memorial Hospital in Idabel, Okla., has lifted its hard lockdown after a series of threats were made against the hospital and staff in recent weeks.

Prisma Health hospital redirects labor and delivery amid staffing shortage

Starting May 8, Greenville, S.C.-based Prisma Health plans to temporarily redirect labor and delivery services from its Laurens County (S.C.) Hospital to another facility about 40 miles away, FOX Carolina reported.