Wilkes-Barre (Pa.) General Hospital moved up the date it will end childbirth services by about three weeks, with the care ending abruptly at the end of July 11, according to the Times Leader.
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Vermont hospitals grapple with historic flooding
At least one hospital in Vermont postponed elective surgeries, and staff at multiple hospitals in the state slept at work overnight as historic flooding batters the region.
Oregon urges hospital to keep maternity care unit running
In a letter to Trinity Health and the Saint Alphonsus Health System, Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley of Oregon urged them not to stop a hospital’s maternity services as planned but continue services for at least six months.
Northwell hospital discontinues overnight ambulance shift
Staten Island (N.Y.) University Hospital, part of New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health, will discontinue an overnight ambulance tour that operates south of the Huguenot neighborhood on the South Shore of Staten Island, a hospital spokesperson con…
How 2 hospitals reduced discharge times, cleared ED bottlenecks
Reduced waiting times, more emergency department beds and a better patient experience are just a few of the benefits two U.S. hospitals have seen since opening ‘discharge lounges.’
ED boarding remains high as pandemic dwindles, physicians say
Emergency department workers are raising alarms about boarding levels remaining high in hospitals and systems even as COVID-19 cases decline, and on June 21, they categorized the situation as a crisis.
The Ohio hospital with a less than 1 percent 'left without being seen' rate
Adena Regional Medical Center in Chillicothe, Ohio, has implemented several changes since the start of the year that have lowered the average emergency department wait time to between five and six minutes.
Tennessee investigating VUMC for 'potential medical billing fraud' over transgender surgeries
The Tennessee attorney general’s office, which is looking into transgender healthcare practices and “potential medical billing fraud” at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tenn., secured more than five years of a transgender patients’ m…
St. Luke's consolidates pediatric care in Pennsylvania's Lehigh Valley
St. Luke’s University Health Network, based in Bethlehem, Pa., has established the St. Luke’s Children’s Hospital — an effort to consolidate pediatric care at the health system’s Fountain Hill, Pa., campus, according to a June 20 Lehigh Valley News rep…
Water main break disrupts surgeries at Atlanta children's hospital
A water main break caused Children’s Hospital of Atlanta’s Scottish Rite Hospital in Sandy Springs, Ga., to reschedule surgeries and divert trauma patients June 18-19, according to a report from Atlanta News First.
