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…
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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…
Creating public reporting frameworks, aligning payment structures and incentives, and broader adoption of inpatient bed managers are among the strategies experts are calling for to reduce emergency department boarding, according to a newly released report from the Agency for Healthcare…
Charleston, S.C.-based MUSC Health is opening the first pediatric EmPATH unit in the nation, it said in a March 24 news release. The system is opening the pediatric EmPATH unit at MUSC Shawn Jenkins Children’s Hospital. The pediatric ED sees…
West Bloomfield, Mich.-based Henry Ford Behavioral Health Hospital is the latest mental health hospital to open in the state. The 192-bed facility opened Jan. 21. The 120,000-square-feet building sits on a 15-acre lot and houses evidence-based care for adolescents, adults…
Two years ago, West Orange, N.J.-based RWJBarnabas partnered with Uber Health to provide free rides to underserved patients. Now, it plans to expand the program to all 14 of its hospitals, NJ.com reported March 21. The original partnership used $25…