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Oklahoma hospital lifts lockdown, keeps security measures after threats
McCurtain Memorial Hospital in Idabel, Okla., has lifted its hard lockdown after a series of threats were made against the hospital and staff in recent weeks. -
Prisma Health hospital redirects labor and delivery amid staffing shortage
Starting May 8, Greenville, S.C.-based Prisma Health plans to temporarily redirect labor and delivery services from its Laurens County (S.C.) Hospital to another facility about 40 miles away, FOX Carolina reported. -
COVID-19 cases zero out at Boston hospital, 1st time since 2020
Just nine days ahead of the end of the public health emergency in the U.S., Boston-based Tufts Medical Center became the first known hospital in the country with zero COVID-19-positive patients, WFXT, a Fox affiliate station, reported May 2. -
Oklahoma hospital remains on lockdown after series of threats
McCurtain Memorial Hospital in Idabel, Okla., was placed on a hard lockdown May 1 after a shooting threat was made against staff, CEO Brian Whitfield wrote in a news release on the hospital's Facebook page. -
Patient navigation: Impacting service line growth and network integrity
Health systems have invested heavily in building comprehensive care networks. -
Boston hospitals under extra strain as migrants seek overnight shelter
Haitian migrants seeking refuge from crises in their own country in Massachusetts are sleeping overnight in Boston's major hospitals, putting more strain on hospital resources, CNN reported April 29. -
Oklahoma hospital ups security after 2nd bomb threat in 2 weeks
McCurtain Memorial Hospital in Idabel, Okla. — a community that has been under a microscope since the release of recordings from a county meeting allegedly revealed racist and threatening statements — was evacuated after the second bomb threat called to the hospital in the last two weeks. -
New Mexico hospital to shutter ICU
Alta Vista Regional Hospital in Las Vegas, N.M., will end intensive care unit services, effective June 3, according to a hospital news release shared with Becker's. -
South Carolina hospital evacuates after cart washer fire
A fire at Greenville, S.C.-based Bon Secours St. Francis Hospital led to patient evacuations and closure of its outpatient building on April 26. -
Crozer Health's hospital closure strains local healthcare system: Report
The closure of Upland, Pa.-based Crozer Health's Delaware County Memorial Hospital in suburban Philadelphia last fall has created a ripple effect across the region's healthcare system, CBS News reported April 24. -
Man charged with setting fires inside Florida HCA hospital
A man was arrested in connection to multiple fires found inside of Ocala-based HCA Florida West Marion Hospital and within the community, Fox 35 reported April 24. -
Texas hospital lifts lockdown after 'threatening calls'
A lockdown issued at Covenant Health Plainview (Texas) was lifted on the afternoon of April 19 after police determined there was "no immediate threat" to a caregiver who the facility had received threatening phone calls about. -
Oklahoma hospital clear of bomb threat, tightens security amid county turmoil
McCurtain Memorial Hospital in Idabel, Okla. — a community that has been under a microscope since the release of recordings from a county meeting allegedly revealed racist and threatening statements — has been cleared after a bomb threat that was made April 18. -
A 7-minute ED wait time: How 1 hospital got there
When leaders at Hackensack Meridian Health's Southern Ocean Medical Center in Manahawkin, N.J., realized that mounting lists of patients in the emergency department waiting room were also stressing out ED clinicians, the hospital went from a "pull to full" model to "pull to infinity." -
Cleveland Clinic hospital debuts 'low-intervention' birthing suites
Mayfield Heights, Ohio-based Cleveland Clinic Hillcrest Hospital has added four low-intervention birthing suites for low-risk women who prefer minimal medical intervention, according to an April 18 report from NBC affiliate WKYC. -
Oklahoma hospital evacuated for bomb threat 1 day after initiating lockdown
McCurtain Memorial Hospital in Idabel, Okla. — a community that has been under scrutiny since the release of recordings from a county meeting allegedly revealed racist and threatening statements — was evacuated April 18 due to a bomb threat. -
Alabama community hospital treats 15 teens wounded in mass shooting
Lake Martin Community Hospital in Dadeville, Ala., treated 15 teenagers who were shot during a birthday party at a nearby dance studio April 15. -
HCA Florida hospital opens freestanding ER
HCA Florida Mercy Hospital in Miami opened a 10,000-square-foot freestanding emergency room April 17. -
Oklahoma hospital placed on lockdown as precaution for protests
McCurtain Memorial Hospital in Idabel, Okla., was placed on lockdown starting at 7 a.m. April 17 at the direction of its CEO, Brian Whitfield, according to a news release on the hospital's Facebook page. -
Flooding spurs Broward Health to cancel outpatient care
Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based Broward Health Medical Center canceled outpatient services April 13 after much of the South Florida city dealt with flooding from more than two feet of rainfall.
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