• Vanderbilt's children's hospital expands transplant services

    Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt in Nashville, Tenn., is expanding its pediatric transplant services with the addition of pancreas and lung transplantation. 
  • Cash benefits could slash emergency visits: Study

    Cash benefits reduced emergency department visits, suggesting policies to alleviate poverty could improve health, a recent study found.
  • MetroHealth debuts midwifery services

    Cleveland-based MetroHealth is integrating midwifery into its women's healthcare services to support maternal care outcomes and reduce disparities, leaders said July 22. 
  • St. Luke launches 'mini-ER on wheels'

    Bethlehem, Pa.-based St. Luke's University Health Network has created a "mini-ER on wheels" that adds physicians to the EMS response team, Lehigh Valley News reported July 22.
  • Pediatric hospitalizations up after popular asthma medication discontinued

    Six months after GSK stopped making a popular inhaler, pediatric patients with asthma still struggle to find alternative medications while urgent cares and hospitals contend with a rise in asthma-related pediatric visits, NPR reported July 22.
  • HCA California hospital walks back plan to end trauma care

    San Jose, Calif.-based Regional Medical Center's trauma center will modify heart attack and stroke programs and remain open after pushback from local stakeholders.
  • Aspirus Medford to relocate maternal care amid OB-GYN shortage

    Aspirus Medford (Wis.) Hospital and Clinics will transition maternal care services to another location starting Oct. 1 amid a shrinking OB-GYN pipeline.
  • A Las Vegas hospital's playbook for presidential care

    University Medical Center in Las Vegas is Nevada's only level 1 trauma center and the state's largest public hospital. With advanced capabilities, it is accustomed to preparing for emergencies and special circumstances, including potential visits from a U.S. president needing medical care.
  • MSU Health, UM Health collaborate on multiple service lines

    East Lansing, Mich.-based MSU Health Care and the University of Michigan Health-Sparrow have signed a joint operating agreement to expand access and improve the patient experience for neurological services in the region. 
  • 3 systems cut EDs wait times with unique programs

    The average wait time for emergency department visits is two hours and 25 minutes, but systems are developing new ways to cut that time to as low as four minutes.
  • 'Baby bust' pushes rural hospitals to close obstetrics units

    More Americans are having fewer or no children, resulting in a "baby bust" that is causing hospitals to shutter their labor and delivery units, NPR reported July 15.
  • Power outages, heat wave strain Houston hospitals

    Widespread power outages are complicating care delivery for Houston hospitals amid a severe heatwave in the wake of Hurricane Beryl, The New York Times reported.
  • Officials set up 250 beds at Houston arena to support hospital capacity needs

    Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced July 9 that the state would deploy 25 additional ambulances and add 250 medical beds at NGR Arena "to support Houston’s EMS and hospital capacity needs" in the wake of Hurricane Beryl's aftermath.
  • Alaska Regional Hospital to expand emergency medicine services

    Officials at Alaska Regional Hospital in Anchorage, are hoping to expand emergency medicine services to residents south of the city with construction of a new full-service ER, the hospital announced July 2. 
  • Brigham and Women streamlines ED-to-hospice transfers

    Boston-based Brigham and Women's Hospital implemented a program to more quickly transfer older patients with terminal illnesses from emergency departments to hospice facilities.
  • 10 hospitals, health systems changing plans amid Beryl's landfall

    Hurricane Beryl made landfall as a Category 1 storm during the early hours of July 7 and has since caused several hospitals and health systems to adjust some services, CBS affiliate KHOU reported.
  • Hospitals brace for July 4th injury spike

    Hospitals across the country are finalizing staffing plans and issuing public warnings on fireworks safety ahead of the July Fourth holiday, when an average of around 91,000 patients visit emergency departments. 
  • Unlocking Hidden OR Capacity: A New Approach to Boosting Efficiency

    Imagine uncovering significant hidden potential within your hospital’s surgical services. What could you do? How could this impact strategic planning and case volume growth potential?
  • Geriatric care demand outstrips supply

    By 2034, the number of adults 65 and older is expected to grow 40%, yet today, the geriatric care field is already short-staffed.
  • New Mexico wildfires close hospital

    Two wildfires in Southeastern New Mexico have caused the deaths of two people, the evacuation of 5,000 people and closed a hospital, Source New Mexico reported June 18.

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