As Wellstar Atlanta Medical Center approaches its Nov. 1 closure date, DeKalb (Ga.) County CEO Michael Thurmond has proposed $20 million to support hospitals expected to assume its patient load.
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Patients left emergency departments without being seen at record rates in 2021, according to a study published Sept. 30 in JAMA Network Open.
Some minority groups are more likely to be diagnosed with dementia than their white counterparts and less likely to be eligible for new disease-slowing treatments.
Republican lawmakers in Tennessee are calling on Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville to stop providing gender-affirming surgeries, NBC News reported Oct. 1.
More than a dozen hospitals are scaling back services for a variety of reasons, including financial challenges and staffing issues.
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A dwindling workforce is forcing Syracuse, N.Y.'s three hospitals to redirect patients "hundreds of miles away" to hospitals in Buffalo and Westchester County, N.Y., and Pennsylvania, NNY360 reported Oct. 2.
The closure of Wellstar Atlanta Medical Center could start a chain reaction for struggling state safety net hospitals, Georgia Public Broadcasting reported Oct. 13.
In the aftermath of Hurricane Ian, some health systems in the state are returning to normal operations, the Orlando Sentinel reported Sept. 30.
The University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson said it will step in to provide burn care as Merit Health prepares to close the state's only burn.
Hershey, Pa.-based Penn State Health is launching a virtual ICU using Clew Medical's cloud-based "tele-ICU" software, Patriot News reported Sept. 30.