A new study from researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston found that even well into 2021, surgical procedure volumes had not fully recovered to pre-pandemic levels. This has contributed to ongoing backlogs that could result in more advanced disease…
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In healthcare, frameworks such as the Institute for Healthcare Improvement’s groundbreaking Triple Aim and the Quadruple Aim provide guiding points to optimize health system performance. The goals are common to all health systems and include better outcomes, lower costs, improved…
Despite many rural hospitals closing for good nationwide for financial reasons, Haywood County Memorial Hospital in Tennessee recently reopened, radio station WPLN reported Aug. 21.
Grand Marais, Minn.-based North Shore Health may have to close its nursing facility for older adults and end ambulance services due to a staffing shortage, radio station WTIP reported Aug. 22.
Watertown, N.Y.-based Samaritan Medical Center will close its imaging and lab center for two days due to a staff shortage, CBS affiliate WWNY reported Aug. 21.
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Emergency department data from hospitals across North Carolina indicate an elevated rate of pediatric patients needing psychiatric care, according to an Aug. 22 report in North Carolina Health News.
Davis Regional Medical Center in Statesville, N.C., will permanently close its emergency department Aug. 24, according to an article published on iredellfreenews.com.
HCA Florida Fort Walton-Destin Hospital and the Okaloosa (Fla.) County School District are joining forces to launch the Health Academy of Northwest Florida.
Rochester, N.H.-based Frisbie Memorial Hospital CEO Tim Jones on Aug. 16 detailed for the City Council a new plan to deal with declining birth services, according to the Foster's Daily Democrat.
San Diego County is the first in the nation where every eligible hospital earned geriatric emergency department accreditation from the American College of Emergency Physicians, according to an Aug. 18 post on the University of California San Diego News Center…