Category: Care Coordination

Salt Lake Regional Medical Center closed its maternity ward Sept.1 due to the state’s declining fertility rate, The Salt Lake Tribune reported Sept. 2. 

Mayo Clinic Health System is ending labor and delivery services at its hospitals in Barron and Menomonie, Wis.

Hospitals are navigating a water crisis in Jackson, Miss., after the city’s main water treatment facility began failing Aug. 29. 

Chippenham Hospital and Johnston-Willis Hospital, both in Richmond, Va., will consolidate their neonatal intensive care unit services to one unit at Johnston-Willis, CBS affiliate WTVR reported Aug. 29. 

Harborview Medical Center in Seattle has again started accepting patients who are not in need of urgent care, after temporarily diverting such patients to other healthcare facilities amid capacity issues, The Seattle Times reported Aug. 30.

Edison, N.J.-based Hackensack Meridian Health will keep child care centers operated on-site at its hospitals open for the 2022-23 school year and beyond.

Palomar Medical Center in Poway, Calif., will close its 17-bed geriatric psychiatric space on or before Oct. 31, according to an Aug. 24 public notice from Escondido, Calif.-based Palomar Health. 

Pittsburgh area hospitals are experiencing significant delays when discharging patients because of nursing home closures and a lack of staff at long-term care facilities, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported Aug. 29. 

ShorePoint Health Venice (Fla.) is no longer offering emergency services.

Raleigh, N.C.-based UNC Health Rex will close its pediatric unit Aug. 31.