Category: Care Coordination

Within the span of a few weeks, two Wyoming hospitals will cut labor and delivery services due to staff shortages and increased costs from employing travel nurses, Wyoming Public Media reported May 20.

The emergency department at Hasbro Children’s Hospital in Providence, R.I., is experiencing overcrowding fueled by a rise in COVID-19 cases and treatment for mental health issues, The Boston Globe reported May 19. 

Citing staff shortages and financial woes, Kootenai Health in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, is scaling back some behavioral health services, according to KXLY. 

Pueblo, Colo.-based Parkview Health System will close its 25-bed inpatient adult psychiatric unit at Parkview Medical Center because of a decline in patients, The Pueblo Chieftain reported May 17.

New Orleans-based Ochsner Health will close its labor and delivery department at Ochsner Medical Center in Bay St. Louis, Miss., at the end of May, the Sun Herald reported May 17. 

As hospitals across the U.S. face workforce shortages, several have had to halt services. 

Six hospitals and health systems have announced the closure of obstetric services since March 16; several of those moves are due to staffing challenges:

Memorial Hospital of Carbon County in Rawlins, Wyo., will end its labor and delivery services June 15, Wyoming Public Radio reported May 12.

St. Mary’s Health System will close its maternity and women’s health service line at St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center in Lewiston, Maine, in July, News Center Maine reported May 11.

Fort Bliss, Texas-based William Beaumont Army Medical Center has lifted its water advisory, which was issued for 30 days due to contaminated water found at the hospital.