Jesse Ehrenfeld, MD, American Medical Association president, outlined a potential five-step solution to the physician shortage crisis in a speech to the National Press Club on Oct. 25.
Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems reported a $91 million net loss in the third quarter of 2023, down from a net loss of $42 million over the same period last year, according to the health system’s earnings report released Oct. 25.
Hospitals and emergency responders in Maine are treating the victims of two mass shooting incidents that have left at least 18 dead and 13 injured in Lewiston on Oct. 25.
Only 16 hospitals have converted to rural emergency hospitals since the CMS designation was made available Jan. 1, but more may follow suit in the coming quarters as rural hospitals continue to be challenged by staffing shortages and rising costs, whic…