Nurses at Palm Springs, Calif.-based Desert Regional Medical Center launched a billboard campaign against the sale of the hospital to Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare, according to a Feb. 26 National Nurses United news release.
Physicians in Alabama could be shielded from criminal or civil liability for performing in vitro fertilization procedures after the state’s legislature passed a bill Feb. 29, The Washington Post reported.
Greensboro, N.C.-based Cone Health has invested in a weapons detection system as part of a $3 million package to bolster security in its emergency department and some of its public entrances at various hospitals, a spokesperson confirmed to Becker’s.
Billings (Mont.) Clinic’s has moved away from using contracted anesthesia providers to create its own anesthesia department, causing some concern around how the health system will attract physician anesthesiologists.
A Michigan surgeon was arrested Feb. 27 and charged with one count of a false report or threat of terrorism, a felony punishable by up to 20 years. The charge is related to alleged threats to staff at Ascension St. Mary’s Hospital.
Poor infection control measures in U.S. nursing homes contributed to 17,000 deaths during the pandemic, according to a report published by HHS’ inspector general’s office.
Hollywood, Fla.-based Memorial Healthcare System says remote patient monitoring has been able to decrease hospital admissions, readmissions and emergency department visits, saving the organization $4 million.
By 2030, 51% of the world’s population, or 4 billion people, are expected to have obesity, according to trends tracked by the World Obesity Federation.