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Our healthcare industry must reach people before they need us

The health care industry has come to better understand and appreciate that no matter how advanced clinical care becomes, a person’s overall health has far more to do with social factors — what they eat, where they live, what they do for work, and so on…

Guthrie Clinic expands primary care, moving into shuttered hospital

Sayre, Pa.-based the Guthrie Clinic is moving to the previous Tyler Memorial Hospital location to ensure accessible outpatient health care services.

Kentucky ER wait times tied to 'acute' worker shortage, study finds

As long ER wait times loom across the U.S., Kentucky is facing an “acute shortage” of healthcare workers, a Kentucky Hospital Association report shows. 

Forbes honors '30 Under 30' in healthcare for '24

Forbes released its annual “30 Under 30 in Healthcare” list Nov. 28.

Nurses at Seattle Children's request management's help in quelling violence

Forty-four nurses on the psychiatry and behavioral medicine unit at Seattle Children’s Hospital signed a letter requesting management’s support in curbing violent incidents they say have increased over the past few weeks. 

Indiana system shuts down multiple urgent care clinics

Valparaiso, Ind.-based Northwest Health will close two of its urgent care clinics in Portage and Valparaiso on Dec. 1, Hometown News Now reported Nov. 28.

C before A: Circulation more important than airways in preventing massive blood loss, study finds

When a patient is suffering a trauma that results in massive blood loss, focusing on stopping the bleeding first and then moving to restore the airway second is the best method for patient outcomes, according to a Nov. 28 analysis from the American Col…

Lawmakers seek to ban fees that cost hospitals millions

A bipartisan group of U.S. representatives introduced a bill Nov. 28 that would ban fees on electronic healthcare payments that cost hospitals millions of dollars.

Berkshire appoints 4 leaders for hospital

Pittsfield, Mass.-based Berkshire Health Systems has a newly appointed leadership team for its Berkshire Medical Center North Adams (Mass.) campus.

New Jersey hospital's replacement nurse costs mount amid strike

Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, N.J., has spent more than $120 million for replacement nurses during a strike that has lasted more than 100 days and is approaching its fifth month, according to the hospital’s website.