Week in review: 11 biggest healthcare stories this week

Stay in the know with Becker's Hospital Review's weekly roundup of the nation's biggest healthcare news. Here's what you need to know this week.

1. Irma forces 35 hospitals across 3 states to evacuate: 9 things to know
Hurricane Irma hit southwest Florida Sept. 10 and continued its destructive march north, forcing at least 35 hospitals across Florida, Georgia and South Carolina to evacuate patients or shut down.

2. 4 killed in Duke University Health System helicopter crash
Durham, N.C.-based Duke University Health System's Life Flight helicopter crashed Sept. 8 in North Carolina, killing four people.

3. Police shoot, kill armed Irma evacuee at North Carolina hospital
The man police shot and killed Sept. 10 at Novant Health Huntersville (N.C.) Medical Center was traveling from Florida to New York to escape Hurricane Irma.

4. Tenet explores strategic options, including sale: 9 things to know
Shares of Tenet Healthcare surged 14 percent Sept. 13 shortly after The Wall Street Journal reported the Dallas-based hospital operator hired banking advisors to evaluate strategic options, including a sale of the company.

5. University of Chicago Medicine to rebrand, alter leadership structure
University of Chicago Medicine, a four-hospital system, revealed its intent Sept. 14 to rebrand, adopt a new logo and alter the leadership structure of its executive team.

6. Man shoots, kills mother in ICU of Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
A man shot and killed his 70-year-old mother in the ICU of Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, N.H., Sept. 12.

7. Missouri hospital at risk of losing Medicare funding
CMS is threatening to cut off Medicare and Medicaid funding to Mercy Hospital Springfield (Mo.) Sept. 22, unless it resolves patient safety issues.

8. 10 happiest, unhappiest states in the US
Minnesota is the happiest state in the U.S.

9. Many Florida hospitals reopen, while others left without water, sewage service: 9 things to know
Many hospitals across Florida are returning to normal operations in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma, while others are not ready to reopen.

10. Kaiser Permanente, Target to open 31 retail clinics in southern California
Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente revealed plans to launch 31 retail clinics in Target stores across southern California.

11. CEO of Florida's Mount Sinai: 12-year hurricane preparedness project enabled our hospital to stay open during Irma
Steven Sonenreich, who serves as president and CEO of Miami Beach-based Mount Sinai Medical Center, explained how the hospital's hurricane preparedness project allowed the hospital to remain operational during Hurricane Irma to Becker's Hospital Review.

 

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