Nashville, Tenn.-based Ascension Saint Thomas and Unity Medical Center, a 49-bed independent hospital in Manchester, Tenn., have formed a partnership to expand access to care. The strategic alliance aims to improve outcomes and expand specialty services at Unity Medical Center,…
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Morgantown, W.Va.-based WVU Medicine has doubled the size of its Center for Reproductive Medicine and opened new services to families. The center was established in 2002 and offers individualized treatment options for reproductive conditions, including fertility care, assisted reproductive procedures,…
As a heat dome encapsulates the East and Midwest, hospitals are seeing an uptick in heat-related illnesses, and some are losing air conditioning. A heat dome is a prolonged, intense heat wave that is stuck over a region for days…
Capacity: It’s a word that comes up in nearly every conversation with hospital and health system leaders today. As the nation’s population ages and the healthcare sector faces a wave of workforce retirements, capacity has become a defining operational challenge.…
OhioHealth Berger Hospital in Circleville began a phased reopening June 19 after being temporarily closed as a precaution when an overheating pump generated smoke in the hospital’s basement, a spokesperson confirmed to Becker’s. Since the evacuation on June 18, staff…
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Chicago-based Weiss Memorial Hospital evacuated its inpatient unit this week after its air conditioning system failed, the Chicago Sun-Times reported June 18. Staff at the 239-bed acute care hospital discovered three of the four AC units were not working two…
To expand neonatology care access in Arizona, Phoenix Children’s is sharing its neonatologists with three medical centers part of Scottsdale, Ariz.-based HonorHealth, according to a June 16 news release. Phoenix Children’s now provides neonatal care at the level III NICU…
AdventHealth Manchester, a 49-bed hospital in Kentucky, has joined the affiliate network of Lexington-based Kentucky Children’s Hospital through a new clinical collaboration aimed at expanding pediatric care access. The partnership gives AdventHealth Manchester access to pediatric-focused training, education, clinical tools…
St. Louis Children’s Hospital and Springfield, Mo.-based CoxHealth have finalized an agreement to increase access to pediatric care in southwest Missouri. Four notes: 1. The partnership aims to bring advanced care to Springfield and surrounding communities, beginning with the creation…
When medically complex patients require hospital care, they tend to experience longer recovery times than other patients do and are more likely to readmit to the ICU.1,2 Kindred Hospitals, a network of long-term acute care hospitals (LTACHs), is focused on…