A partnership with Greenville County, S.C., has allowed Prisma Health to reopen the emergency department at North Greenville Hospital in Travelers Rest, S.C., which closed in 2020 to care for COVID-19 patients.
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Stillbirth data is 'deeply flawed,' says NIH
Stillbirth rates in the U.S. have been deemed “a major public health concern,” according to a new report from the National Institutes of Health published March 15.
New York hospitals struggle to reopen psychiatric beds amid staff shortages
New York hospitals are struggling to reopen hundreds of psychiatric beds by the governor’s April 1 deadline, Politico reported March 23.
Helen DeVos Children's, McLaren to expand pediatric care access
Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital will provide pediatric hospitalists and neonatal nurse practitioners to the Lansing, Mich., region through a partnership with McLaren Greater Lansing Hospital.
California hospital halts labor and delivery
Palomar Medical Center Poway (Calif.), part of Escondido, Calif.-based Palomar Health, will close its labor and delivery unit in June, at least temporarily, The San Diego Union-Tribune reported March 21.
Pennsylvania hospital agrees not to 'medically deport' comatose woman
A comatose woman will not be sent to the Dominican Republic by the Allentown, Pa.-based Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest administration, The Morning Call reported March 10.
Pennsylvania hospital agrees not to 'medically deport' comatose woman
A comatose woman will not be sent to the Dominican Republic by the Allentown, Pa.-based Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest administration, The Morning Call reported March 10.
Pediatric care access is worsening: 7 figures to know
Pediatric care access has been in decline since even before the pandemic. Forty states saw declines in pediatric bed availability prior to 2020, according to CNN, and now compounding factors are exacerbating the issue.
Staffing, strict abortion laws lead Idaho hospital to end obstetrics services
A combination of a loss of pediatricians, changing demographics and some of the strictest abortion laws in the country is forcing Sandpoint, Idaho-based Bonner General Hospital to stop delivering babies, the hospital said in a news release.
As birth rates increase, OB-GYN shortage worsens
Residency matches for the first class of OB-GYN applicants post-Roe v. Wade will soon be announced. Preliminary data from the American Association of Medical Colleges shows that 2023 applications for the specialty have fallen from 2022, according to Ro…
