The American Medical Association and American Nurses Association were among dozens of medical groups who warned that staffing shortages have brought emergency department boarding to a "crisis point" in a Nov. 7 letter to President Joe Biden.
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Richmond, Va.-based Chippenham Hospital closed its neonatal intensive care unit Nov. 1, Richmond Times-Dispatch reported Nov. 4.
UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh set up a tent outside of its emergency department last week to manage an increased volume of patients with respiratory illnesses, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported Nov. 7.
Oregon hospitals are grappling with a significant number of patients who are medically ready to leave the hospital but unable to because there are no open beds to place them in at appropriate post-acute care facilities, The Oregonian reported.
The Pennsylvania Department of Health is barring patient admissions and suspending emergency room services at Crozer Health's Delaware County Memorial Hospital due to alleged violations of health regulations, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported Nov. 4.
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University of Missouri Health Care in Columbia will now staff the Hermann Area District Hospital's emergency department 24 hours per day, seven days per week, effective Nov. 1.
Operations were halted and two Waco, Texas, hospitals and one Temple, Texas, hospital were evacuated after receiving bomb threats, ABC affiliate KWTX reported Nov. 3.
Washington hospitals have made a number of headlines recently. The state's hospitals lost $1.75 billion in the first half of 2022. Multiple health systems promised employees raises of 20 percent or greater. Understaffing led a Washington nurse to call 911…
The emergency department at Cook Children's Medical Center in Fort Worth, Texas, treated 564 patients in a 24-hour period amid a nationwide surge of respiratory syncytial virus.
Six patients were transferred and the rest discharged after a fire on the roof at AnMed Cannon in Pickens, S.C., early Wednesday, CBS affiliate WBTW reported Nov. 2.