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.
Category: Care Coordination
Advancing health equity is everybody’s business
Health equity is top of mind for organizations of all shapes and sizes — from prestigious academic medical centers to big tech companies to nimble startups. What unites these distinct players is the idea that to truly advance health equity, it is neces…
State rejects plan to close New York hospital’s critical care unit
The New York Department of Health rejected Monticello, N.Y.-based Garnet Health Medical Center-Catskills’ request to close its 10-bed critical care unit, Mid Hudson News reported June 10.
North Carolina healthcare facilities locked down after threatening call
Pardee UNC Health Care buildings in Hendersonville, N.C., were put under a temporary lockdown June 8 in response to a threatening phone call.
5 hospitals cutting inpatient care
Several hospitals are scaling back inpatient services or ending inpatient care.
Neighboring hospital closures spur capacity strain for Pennsylvania health systems
Some Pennsylvania hospitals say closures and service reductions within Springfield, Pa.-based Crozer Health and West Reading, Pa.-based Tower Health have led to overrun emergency departments and other capacity strain at their facilities, NPR affiliate …
Billings Clinic opens 26-bed intermediate care unit
Billings, Mont.-based Billings Clinic opened a 26-bed intermediate care unit June 6 that will be a bridge between the intensive care unit and the medical-surgical units.
Wisconsin hospital becomes transfer center for emergency patients
Watertown (Wis.) Regional Medical Center is now accepting patients transferred via ambulance and helicopter from other hospitals.
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 …
