Watertown (Wis.) Regional Medical Center is now accepting patients transferred via ambulance and helicopter from other hospitals.
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Maine hospital hires more staff, reopens pediatric, neonatal units
Lewiston-based Central Maine Medical Center reopened its special care nursery and pediatric inpatient unit after closing them in October due to staff shortages, the Sun Journal reported June 2.
‘This might be the last time I see the place’: How hospitals are navigating wildfires
On the last day of 2021, Centura Avista Adventist Hospital CEO Isaac Sendros took off work to go on a skiing trip with his family. As they were heading to the mountain, he got a call from the hospital’s facilities director letting him know there was a …
13 hospitals scaling back care
Several hospitals are scaling back services for a variety of reasons, including financial challenges and staffing issues.
Brigham and Women’s doubles size of emergency department
Boston-based Brigham and Women’s Hospital has completed its emergency department expansion, doubling its square footage.
Baystate Health urges selective ER use ahead of Memorial Day Weekend
Springfield, Mass.-based Baystate Health is urging people with confirmed or suspected COVID-19 infections to avoid its emergency rooms unless they are seriously ill to preserve capacity and resources over the Memorial Day weekend, MassLive reported May…
Mission Health to open 2 ERs
Asheville, N.C.-based Mission Health has received certificate of need approval for two new emergency rooms in Western North Carolina.
Crozer Health, Pennsylvania county reach settlement over behavioral health closures
Delaware County of Pennsylvania and Springfield, Pa.-based Crozer Health have reached a settlement to keep behavioral health services running through at least Aug. 31, the Delaware County Daily Times reported May 26.
New York children’s hospital wants to build $6.6M high-risk maternity unit
Buffalo, N.Y.-based Oishei Children’s Hospital submitted a certificate of need to the state’s department of health to open a high-risk maternity unit as it experiences a growth in deliveries.
McLaren hospital to end labor, delivery services
Citing a 20 percent decrease in births this year and other factors, McLaren St. Luke’s Hospital in Maumee, Ohio, said it will discontinue labor and delivery services.
