Geriatric emergency departments are being added to hospitals nationwide as COVID-19 and a rapidly aging population illuminate these patients’ vulnerability and distinct needs.
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Wisconsin hospital to close emergency department
Froedtert Kenosha (Wis.) Hospital is closing its emergency department and shifting acute inpatient services to Froedtert Pleasant Prairie (Wis.) Hospital by Oct. 1.
Illinois children’s hospitals struggle to keep beds open amid ‘skyrocketing’ influx of kids with respiratory illness
Children’s hospitals in Illinois are declining transfer requests and struggling to keep beds open amid an unusually early spike in the number of children infected with enterovirus or rhinovirus, the Chicago Tribune reported Sept. 12.
15 cities ranked by wait times for a new patient appointment
Portland, Ore., residents can expect to wait 40 days, on average, to be seen as a new patient in physician offices. New Yorkers can plan to wait nearly half as long.
Merit Health to close Mississippi’s only burn center
Merit Health Central in Jackson, Miss., plans to close the state’s only burn center on Oct. 14, the Clarion Ledger reported Sept. 8.
Atlanta Medical Center closure: What you need to know
Marietta, Ga.-based Wellstar Health System announced plans to end operations at the downtown Atlanta Medical Center on Nov. 1, which sparked a strong response from state and local officials who raised concerns about the closure’s impact on the communit…
Vanderbilt Health forms patient capacity command center
Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanderbilt Health has developed a new patient capacity command center to aid amid high patient volumes and staffing shortages throughout its network.
731-bed California hospital dark for hours after generator failure in heat wave
Parts of a 731-bed hospital in San Jose, Calif., were left without power for approximately four hours Sept. 6 after its backup generators failed as the state withstood days of triple-digit temperatures.
21% of adults received mental health treatment in 2021
Nearly 1 in 4 adults ages 18 to 44 received mental health therapy in 2021, according to a Sept. 7 analysis from the CDC.
Alabama children’s hospital ED seeing more than 200 patients a day
Children’s of Alabama hospital in Birmingham is experiencing an “unusually large volume” of patients in its emergency room, with more than 200 patients a day.
