Category: Care Coordination

Emotional exhaustion among U.S. healthcare workers worsened over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic and threatens to compromise patient care, according to a Sept. 21 analysis from JAMA Network Open.

The most recent data from New Hampshire’s health department shows that 10 percent of regular beds and 20 percent of ICU beds are currently available in the state, and COVID-19 is not the driving force, the New Hampshire Bulletin reported Sept. 21. 

The following pediatric partnerships have been formed or reported on by Becker’s since Sept. 13. 

Researchers found a prevalence of depression and posttraumatic stress disorder in Flint, Mich., five years after the onset of the water crisis, according to a Sept. 20 report in JAMA Network Open.

Major depression is prevalent among nearly 1 in 10 Americans and almost 1 in 5 adolescents and young adults, according to a Sept. 19 analysis from the American Journal of Preventative Medicine.

Ascension St. Vincent Dunn in Bedford, Ind., and all Lawrence County Ascension Medical Group practices will be closing Dec. 16, according to a statement shared with Becker’s Sept. 18.

Several hospitals are scaling back or cutting all inpatient services for a variety of reasons, including cost and staffing concerns. 

Children’s hospitals in the U.S. are experiencing unseasonable capacity issues amid an influx of children sick with flu, enterovirus and respiratory syncytial virus.

Kansas City, Mo.-based University Health opened a new neonatal intensive care unit Sept. 13, ABC affiliate KMBC reported Sept. 14. 

Radnor, Pa.-based Main Line Health will fully transition its pediatric care from Melbourne, Fla.-based Nemours Children’s Health to Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia per a new affiliation agreement.