Nantucket (Ma.) Cottage Hospital is suing CannonDesign, the architectural design company behind its new hospital facility, for $8 million, the Nantucket Current reported July 3.
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Yale New Haven Hospital seeks to permanently reopen emergency annex
Yale New Haven (Conn.) Hospital seeks to permanently reopen its temporary adult emergency department annex that closed earlier this year due to a lapse in certification, the New Haven Register reported July 1.
Orlando Health pilots Epic EHR app for nurses
Orlando (Fla.) Health has equipped more than 200 nurses with a mobile app from Epic that allows them to access patient information on the go, Positively Osceola reported.
New York health system bans local travel nurses
Albany, N.Y.-based St. Peter’s Health Partners will no longer hire travel nurses who live within a 50-mile radius of their workplace, according to local CBS affiliate WRGB.
Texas hospital launching $16M women's health expansion project
Medical City Lewisville (Texas) is launching a $16 million project in September to expand its neonatal intensive care unit and renovate its labor and delivery unit, Community Impact reported June 27.
Another hospital joins West Virginia's largest health system
Grant Memorial Hospital in Petersburg, W.Va., became a full member of the West Virginia University Health System, effective July 1.
American Association of Nurse Practitioners selects new president
Stephen Ferrara, DNP, has been selected as the new president of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners.
Nurse staffing laws: 3 updates from across the US
Nurse-to-patient staffing ratios — typically backed by unions and disliked by hospitals — are up for consideration in legislatures nationwide.
'It's the principle of the matter': Why a Tennessee medical center said it didn't pay hackers
A “sophisticated criminal cyberattack” may have breached the data of 559,000 patients at Murfreesboro (Tenn.) Medical Clinic & SurgiCenter, the healthcare provider said.
Northwell launches telehealth program to treat burn victims
Northwell Health’s Center for Global Health partnered with the Burn Center at Staten Island (N.Y.) University Hospital to implement a telehealth program that allows burn victims to remotely access burn specialists, treatment plans and guidance, accordi…
