TidalHealth McCready Pavilion in Crisfield, Md., is temporarily closed due to a water main break. In a statement on the morning of Dec. 30, Salisbury, Md.-based TidalHealth said the break has left the facility without heat or running water. Health…
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A severe winter weather system swept through many parts of the Midwest and East Coast on Dec. 29, forcing some hospitals to limit services amid the storms. “An intense cyclone is currently in progress across the northern tier of the…
Emergency department boarding, the practice of holding admitted patients in the ED while they wait for an inpatient bed, remained a stubborn operational and clinical challenge for U.S. hospitals in 2025. While many hospitals and health systems have made progress…
Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Avera Health will enter a professional services agreement with Yankton (S.D.) Medical Clinic, effective Jan. 1. The clinic will remain an independent medical practice, with no change in ownership. Instead, the organizations will partner on streamlined services…
As part of a partnership with the San Diego County Sheriff’s Office, Prime Healthcare’s Paradise Valley Hospital in National City, Calif., has opened a custody care unit for incarcerated patients. While not yet common, some hospitals across the U.S. are…
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New Orleans-based Ochsner Health and Bossier, La.-based Allegiance Health System have signed a letter of intent to expand access to care in rural areas across Louisiana. The organizations will collaborate to increase access to primary, specialty and high-acuity services, according…
Callen-Lorde Community Health Center in New York City has transformed its long-acting injectable (LAI) HIV prevention program through a series of targeted electronic health record (EHR) optimizations, dramatically increasing patient access and care coordination. During a recent Becker’s Healthcare podcast…
Over the past two years, NYU Langone Health has sought innovative ways to address a growing challenge: a surge in medically stable patients experiencing housing instability who lack safe environments for recovery. In January 2023, the New York City-based health…
San Francisco-based UCSF Health will launch a second neonatal transport team and fleet in January to expand access to critical care for infants across Northern California. UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals in San Francisco and Oakland transported more than 400 critically…
U.S. hospitals increasingly offer less-comprehensive pediatric care, which could narrow children’s access to care, according to a 20-year review published Dec. 10 in Pediatrics. Researchers examined an average of 3,927 hospitals annually between 2003 and 2022 using the Healthcare Cost and…