Thomas Memorial Hospital in South Charleston, W.Va., plans to expand its number of intensive care unit beds from 16 to 27 in 2023.
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Ochsner Health hospital nears completion of $100M expansion project
Ochsner Lafayette (La.) General Medical Center is expected to wrap most of its $100 million expansion by the end of the year, Lafayette Daily Advertiser reported Nov. 9.
Rising rates of fatal heart infection in young adults linked to opioid use
New York City-based Columbia University Irving Medical Center researchers found the number of young adults dying from fatal heart infection has doubled in the last two decades.
Woman who suffered brain damage awarded $68M in Florida negligence case
A Florida woman has been awarded more than $68 million in damages after a jury found physicians at a Tampa hospital to be incompetent in treating her low blood sodium, causing her extensive brain damage, a Nov. 9 Law360 report said.
FTC set to ramp up challenges to anticompetitive practices
The Federal Trade Commission announced Nov. 10 that it will expand its interpretation of a 1914 statute that could allow the agency to increase its intervention and legal challenges against what it deems anticompetitive corporate behavior.
CommonSpirit Health says majority of EHRs back online after ransomware attack
Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health says the EHRs in most of its markets are back up and running following a ransomware attack that has plagued the health system in recent weeks.
WHO: $88M needed to curb Ebola outbreak
The World Health Organization published an emergency appeal Nov. 9, calling for $88.2 million to curb Uganda’s Ebola outbreak and prevent the virus from spreading to other districts in the country as well as neighboring countries.
Damaged mattresses not being replaced quickly enough, says Washington hospital union
A union representing nurses at St. Joseph Medical Center in Tacoma, Wash., is calling on the hospital to quickly remove and replace damaged mattresses, The News Tribune reported Nov. 10.
Keck Medicine names 1st chief quality officer
Los Angeles-based Keck Medicine of USC has appointed Tom Bates, RN, as the system’s inaugural chief quality officer.
Nebraska heart center lifts exclusivity agreement, welcomes back 17 cardiologists
Omaha, Neb.-based CHI Health has lifted its exclusivity agreement after three years and is restoring procedure privileges to cardiologists at Pioneer Heart Institute, Lincoln Journal-Star reported Nov. 9.
