Indiana (Pa.) Regional Medical Center is opening its new behavioral health facility, the Indiana Gazette reported April 10. IRMC Mountains Behavioral Health is a 31,000-square-foot center with 44 inpatient beds for adolescent, adult and senior patients, and will provide treatment…
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Trinity Health of New England, part of Livonia, Mich.-based Trinity Health, has transitioned 147 emergency and hospital medicine providers to Vituity as part of a major emergency department and inpatient care overhaul across its Connecticut hospitals. Effective April 7, Vituity…
Before UofL Health-South Hospital opened in March 2024, Bullitt County was the largest county in Kentucky without an inpatient hospital. One year later, the 40-bed hospital in Shepherdsville has admitted more than 3,400 patients and logged more than 30,000 emergency…
More than 200 counties in the U.S. with the worst access to reliable internet also have the least access to healthcare, KFF Health News reported April 9. Here are five things to know: 1. Nearly 60% of these counties in…
Nashville, Tenn.-based Ascension Saint Thomas is entering a joint venture with PathPoint Health to expand metabolic care services in central Tennessee. The joint venture will begin with two locations — one in Nashville near Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital Midtown and…
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A patient sustained minor injuries after a fire broke out April 7 in a patient room at UPMC Hanover (Pa.), a UPMC spokesperson confirmed in a statement shared with Becker’s. Firefighters responded to a fire alarm at the hospital around…
The viability of hospital-based emergency care is at risk after facing epidemics, a pandemic, increased patient acuity and complexity, and unsustainable declines in payment, an April 7 RAND report found. The report authors assessed the current value of emergency care,…
Fort Myers, Fla.-based Lee Health has taken a major step in advancing its long-term strategy to strengthen the care continuum, President and CEO Larry Antonucci, MD, told Becker’s. In January, the system broke ground on a new $481 million healthcare…
Harrison County Hospital in Corydon, Ind., has suspended obstetric services due to a lack of obstetric providers, effective March 31, according to a statement on its website. “This decision was made after careful evaluation of physician recruitment challenges nationally and…
Essentia Health-Fosston (Minn.) is increasing its emergency department space fivefold with a new $12 million investment. The expansion will take the ED from 1,100 square feet to 6,700 square feet, according to a March 26 system news release. The addition…