Category: Care Coordination

Tufts Medical Center in Boston is planning to transition physicians as it prepares to close inpatient services for children by the end of June, according to public radio station WBUR.

Lakeside Medical Center will close its baby-delivery unit because of a decline in births in recent years, The Palm Beach Post reported June 21.

Almost 35 percent of counties in the U.S. — or 1,094 — are maternity deserts, according to an interactive map by March of Dimes.

Several hospitals are scaling back services for a variety of reasons, including financial challenges and staffing issues. 

Los Angeles City Councilmember Mitch O’Farrell urged billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong, MD, to reopen St. Vincent Medical Center to provide acute care for the homeless population, the Los Angeles Times reported June 14.

Trinity Health of New England’s 92-bed hospital in Stafford, Conn., suspended inpatient and outpatient surgeries June 9 due to a staffing shortage, the Journal-Inquirer reported.

Livingston (Mont.) HealthCare has been evacuated and is now closed because of flood water. 

Coos Bay, Ore.-based Bay Area Hospital will keep its inpatient behavioral health unit open after advocacy from nurses, community members and elected officials, KCBY reported June 13.

The Massachusetts Nurses Association is showing its opposition to Beverly (Mass.) Hospital’s plans to permanently close its freestanding birth center in September because of staffing shortages, The Salem News reported June 13.

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