Category: Static

Colorado hospital to close obstetrics services

La Junta, Colo.-based Arkansas Valley Regional Medical Center’s leadership and board of directors have decided to close the hospital’s obstetrics services, effective April 30.

Ohio hospital files for bankruptcy

The Bellevue Hospital in Toledo, Ohio, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and plans to be acquired by Sandusky, Ohio-based Firelands Health. 

A 25-bed hospital's solution to rural care gaps

Peterborough, N.H.-based Monadnock Community Hospital is closing care gaps in rural communities through its mobile healthcare program.

From $15M to $800M: The cost of EHR implementations at 3 hospitals

Here is how much three hospitals and health systems are expected to pay or have paid for the cost of purchasing, installing and upgrading a new or current electronic health record system:

Black maternal mortality rates rise while others fall: 5 notes

In 2023, there was a drop in the maternal mortality rate for all but Black women, according to a Feb. 5 CDC report.

UHS taps market CFO

King of Prussia, Pa.-based Universal Health Services has named John McMahon acute division vice president of finance and Washington, D.C. market CFO, according to a Feb. 4 post on his LinkedIn page. 

Trinity Idaho hospital names president

Nat’e Guyton, MSN, RN, has been named president of St. Alphonsus Regional Medical Center in Boise, Idaho, effective Jan. 27.

New York enacts law to protect physicians who prescribe abortion bills out of state

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed a bill Feb. 3 aimed at protecting healthcare providers from prosecution in states where abortion is banned, The New York Times reported. 

AdventHealth's AI chief aims to cut through the 'uncertainty' of AI in healthcare

AdventHealth, based in Altamonte Springs, Fla., has appointed Rob Purinton as its first chief artificial intelligence officer, a newly created role aimed at reducing uncertainty around AI while guiding the health system’s overall strategy for using the…

Bankruptcy judge presses Pennsylvania hospital owners to 'pull a rabbit out of the hat'

The future of Upland, Pa.-based Crozer Health remains unclear as talks between Prospect Medical Holdings and the Pennsylvania attorney general over transferring Crozer to a nonprofit group recently hit a wall, according to The Philadelphia Inquirer.