Category: Care Coordination

As Hurricane Idalia travels through the Southeast, Tampa (Fla.) General Hospital said its preventive measures held up, including its AquaFence, which can block flood waters that are 15 feet above sea level. 

Four Tampa, Fla.-area hospitals have evacuated and closed in preparation for Hurricane Idalia, the Tampa Bay Times reported Aug. 28.

UNC Hospitals locked down Aug. 28 amid reports of an armed suspect on the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s campus, a spokesperson confirmed to Becker’s.

Parkview LaGrange (Ind.) Hospital reopened Aug. 28 after an air conditioning outage halted surgeries and relocated patients since Aug. 25. 

Los Angeles-based Adventist Health White Memorial has resumed normal operations after a power outage forced the hospital to evacuate more than 200 patients Aug. 22, a spokesperson told Becker’s.

After Vancouver, Wash.-based PeaceHealth announced it would end palliative care in May, the health system reversed the decision after pushback and will now restore it, Cascadia Daily reported Aug. 24. 

Parkview LaGrange (Ind.) Hospital temporarily closed Aug. 25 due to an air conditioning outage that’s expected to last 48 hours.

A power outage in one building of Los Angeles-based White Memorial Hospital, part of Roseville, Calif.-based Adventist Health, has prompted the evacuation and removal of more than 240 patients, CBS News reported Aug.22.

Patient care areas were not affected after a California hospital’s emergency department flooded because of Tropical Storm Hilary, according to local reports. 

After one of the deadliest wildfires in U.S. history hit Maui in early August, healthcare workers at Hawaii’s only burn unit were tasked with treating its highest-ever patient influx from one incident, according to The New York Times.