Mayo Clinic Health System is ending labor and delivery services at its hospitals in Barron and Menomonie, Wis.
Category: Care Coordination
How hospitals are responding to the water crisis in Mississippi
Hospitals are navigating a water crisis in Jackson, Miss., after the city’s main water treatment facility began failing Aug. 29.
2 HCA hospitals will combine NICUs
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.
Seattle hospital no longer turning away nonurgent patients
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.
Hackensack Meridian will keep child care centers open
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.
California health system eliminates geriatric psychiatric services
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.
‘It happens all the time’: UPMC, Allegheny Health Network see discharge delays from lack of space at nursing homes
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.
Florida hospital closes ED
ShorePoint Health Venice (Fla.) is no longer offering emergency services.
UNC Health Rex to close inpatient pediatric unit
Raleigh, N.C.-based UNC Health Rex will close its pediatric unit Aug. 31.
Nurses fear closure of maternity unit at UNC Chatham Hospital
Maternal care advocates, midwives and nurses are concerned about the potential closure of Siler City, N.C.-based UNC Chatham’s Maternity Care Center, Chatham News and Record reported Aug. 25.
