St. Luke’s Hospital in Boise, Idaho, went on lockdown and diverted ambulances March 15 in response to protests about an infant being treated at the facility, according to NBC affiliate KTVB.
The Biden administration released a plan March 14 to restructure the veterans’ healthcare system, which includes the closure of hundreds of hospitals and clinics and the construction of several new facilities.
Faxton-St. Luke’s Healthcare in Utica, N.Y., is treating fewer COVID-19 patients but continues to operate in crisis mode because of staffing shortages, The Wall Street Journal reported March 9.
Galesburg (Ill.) Cottage Hospital could lose its license after the Illinois Department of Public Health filed to revoke it, The Register-Mail reported March 4.
Nearly 1 in 5 Americans live in rural areas and depend on their local hospital for care. Since 2005, 181 of those hospitals have closed, according to the Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research.
A subtle difference in HHS data reporting is one reason why the public and even some health professionals are under the impression that hospitals never exceeded their safe care capacity during the latest COVID-19 surge of omicron, one physician argues….
For the first time in nearly a year, Chicago ambulances are taking patients to Insight Hospital & Medical Center’s emergency room, according to radio station WBEZ.