Category: Care Coordination

Staff shortages at Minnesota hospital could close nursing facility

Grand Marais, Minn.-based North Shore Health may have to close its nursing facility for older adults and end ambulance services due to a staffing shortage, radio station WTIP reported Aug. 22. 

New York clinic to temporarily close due to staff shortages

Watertown, N.Y.-based Samaritan Medical Center will close its imaging and lab center for two days due to a staff shortage, CBS affiliate WWNY reported Aug. 21. 

Mental health burden ‘unsustainable’ at North Carolina hospitals

Emergency department data from hospitals across North Carolina indicate an elevated rate of pediatric patients needing psychiatric care, according to an Aug. 22 report in North Carolina Health News.

North Carolina hospital to permanently close ED Aug. 24

Davis Regional Medical Center in Statesville, N.C., will permanently close its emergency department Aug. 24, according to an article published on iredellfreenews.com.

San Diego County hospitals achieve geriatric emergency care accreditation milestone

San Diego County is the first in the nation where every eligible hospital earned geriatric emergency department accreditation from the American College of Emergency Physicians, according to an Aug. 18 post on the University of California San Diego News…

Novant hospital just missed Medicare contract termination, report says

A Novant hospital in North Carolina narrowly avoided termination of its Medicare contract Aug. 12 by hiring hundreds of nurses to address issues state inspectors identified in June, according to an Aug. 17  report form WECT News 6. Most of the new…

Mississippi hospital remains closed for a second day due to defective sewer lines

Greenwood (Miss.) Leflore Hospital remains closed a second day after a shutdown prompted by clogged sewer lines, the Enterprise Journal reported Aug. 16. 

9 hospitals ending labor, delivery services

Several hospitals are ending labor and delivery services for a variety of reasons, including financial challenges. 

Memphis hospital placed on lockdown in wake of nearby shooting

Methodist North Hospital in Memphis, Tenn., part of Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare, was put under a temporary lockdown Aug. 16 while healthcare workers treated victims of a shooting near the facility.

Defective sewer line shuts down services at Mississippi hospital

Greenwood (Miss.) Leflore Hospital is shutting down several services because of a defective sewer line, The Greenwood Commonwealth reported Aug. 15.