Hospitals in the San Antonio area treated more than a dozen people injured in a May 24 shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas.
Category: Care Coordination
Staff shortage forces Alaska hospital to halt inpatient care for 2nd time
For the second time this spring, Kanakanak Hospital in Dillingham, Alaska, has stopped accepting inpatients because of a workforce shortage.
Security called more often on Black patients, hospital’s internal study finds
Black patients at Brigham and Women’s hospital in Boston experienced higher rates of security emergency responses compared to white patients, according to a study published May 13 in the Journal of General Internal Medicine.
Boston hospital to cut services, 118 jobs in July
Tufts Medical Center in Boston is eliminating 118 jobs when it closes pediatric beds in July, according to a notice filed with state regulators.
Police: 94-year-old fatally shoots wife at Missouri hospital
Police say a 94-year-old man shot and killed his wife May 22 at Barnes-Jewish St. Peters (Mo.) Hospital, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Baptist Health hospital to pause maternity services
Baptist Nassau, part of Jacksonville, Fla.-based Baptist Health, will temporarily pause its maternity services May 31.
Travel nurse costs to leave 2 Wyoming hospitals without obstetric services
Within the span of a few weeks, two Wyoming hospitals will cut labor and delivery services due to staff shortages and increased costs from employing travel nurses, Wyoming Public Media reported May 20.
Hasbro Children’s ED under capacity strain from COVID-19, mental health crisis
The emergency department at Hasbro Children’s Hospital in Providence, R.I., is experiencing overcrowding fueled by a rise in COVID-19 cases and treatment for mental health issues, The Boston Globe reported May 19.
Idaho health system cuts behavioral services amid staffing shortages
Citing staff shortages and financial woes, Kootenai Health in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, is scaling back some behavioral health services, according to KXLY.
Colorado hospital to close psychiatric unit
Pueblo, Colo.-based Parkview Health System will close its 25-bed inpatient adult psychiatric unit at Parkview Medical Center because of a decline in patients, The Pueblo Chieftain reported May 17.
