Minneapolis-based Allina Health is making a series of changes, including consolidating hospitals and scaling back services, the Star Tribune reported June 7.
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Some Pennsylvania hospitals say closures and service reductions within Springfield, Pa.-based Crozer Health and West Reading, Pa.-based Tower Health have led to overrun emergency departments and other capacity strain at their facilities, NPR affiliate WHYY News reported June 7.
Billings, Mont.-based Billings Clinic opened a 26-bed intermediate care unit June 6 that will be a bridge between the intensive care unit and the medical-surgical units.
Cancer care is experiencing an explosion of innovation in terms of diagnostics and treatment, but physicians need data and help from technology to process it all.
Watertown (Wis.) Regional Medical Center is now accepting patients transferred via ambulance and helicopter from other hospitals.
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Lewiston-based Central Maine Medical Center reopened its special care nursery and pediatric inpatient unit after closing them in October due to staff shortages, the Sun Journal reported June 2.
On the last day of 2021, Centura Avista Adventist Hospital CEO Isaac Sendros took off work to go on a skiing trip with his family. As they were heading to the mountain, he got a call from the hospital's facilities…
Several hospitals are scaling back services for a variety of reasons, including financial challenges and staffing issues.
Boston-based Brigham and Women's Hospital has completed its emergency department expansion, doubling its square footage.
Springfield, Mass.-based Baystate Health is urging people with confirmed or suspected COVID-19 infections to avoid its emergency rooms unless they are seriously ill to preserve capacity and resources over the Memorial Day weekend, MassLive reported May 27.