The Trump administration is directing $11.7 million through the Rural Health Transformation Program to support rural nursing care facilities and strengthen Vermont’s healthcare workforce. Vermont is committing $9 million of the funding to tuition benefits for healthcare professionals in underserved…
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Obstetric services became increasingly unavailable at U.S. hospitals from 2010 through 2024, with 718 hospitals losing services through obstetric unit or hospital closures, according to a September 2026 report from the University of Minnesota Rural Health Research Center. Here are…
Morning complete blood counts and metabolic panels have been a routine for many hospitals, but leaders are rethinking which patients actually need routine blood work and are putting precautions in place to help break habitual lab orders, Medscape reported Sept.…
Westfield, Mass.-based Baystate Noble Hospital is planning a significant expansion of its emergency department as annual visits surpass 31,000. The project is in the early design phase and will increase the department’s capacity, according to a Sept. 2 news release…
CMS is directing $120 million to Indiana through the Rural Health Transformation Program, part of the $50 billion CMS awarded across all 50 states in December. The funding will support maternal and infant health services and other rural healthcare initiatives.…
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Health systems are increasingly turning to a workforce that doesn’t require a clinical license: individuals who have experienced a psychiatric disorder — such as post-traumatic stress disorder, depression or substance use disorder — and have been trained to counsel or assist others…
One patient visited a Renown Health emergency department 412 times. Another was admitted 112 times in a single year. Those numbers, Jason Knight, MD, said, present the case for rebuilding how the Reno, Nev.-based system manages its highest utilizers. Renown…
On Sept. 1, Indiana became the third state to ban hospital diversion, a practice that Massachusetts has had for 17 years. But has hospital diversion actually worked? On Jan. 1, 2009, Massachusetts became the first state to enact a hospital…
Northern Nevada Health System based in Reno has reopened two facilities Aug. 28 after evacuation orders related to the Hawk Fire prompted their closures. The emergency room at North Valleys, an extension of Northern Nevada Medical Center, resumed normal operations…
Indiana became the third state in the nation to end hospital diversions due to overcrowding in the emergency department and hospital. “Ending diversion practices was a joint decision among those who work in emergency care,” Indiana State Health Commissioner Lindsay…