More hospitals and health systems should be focusing on developing evidence-based clinical pathways as part of broader efforts to free up capacity and improve operational efficiency, according to Chhavi Katyal, MD, senior vice president and chief quality officer at Catholic…
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Twenty hospitals were named to healthcare staffing firm Soliant’s 2025 Most Beautiful Hospitals list, which recognizes both architectural beauty and quality of care. Leaders from eight of the hospitals shared with Becker’s how redesigned spaces have improved patient flow in…
Philadelphia-based Temple Health is opening a new women’s and family hospital to expand labor and delivery care, WHYY reported Aug. 18. Temple Health performs an average of 2,000 deliveries each year, the majority of which occur at the system’s main…
More than 10% of pediatric visits to the emergency department for mental health conditions result in ED boarding, according to research published Aug. 15 in JAMA. Boarding, or the practice of holding patients in the ED while waiting for an…
A power outage at Intermountain Medical Center on Aug. 14 led to the transfer of several NICU patients and laboring mothers out of the Murray, Utah-based facility to other area hospitals, according to a report from The Salt Lake Tribune. …
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West Orange, N.J.-based RWJBarnabas Health is on track to see approximately 850,000 emergency visits this year. Despite this 5% annual growth, the system has managed to reduce ED wait times. RWJBarnabas averages about 20 minutes from a patient’s arrival to…
A hospital in Croatia is the first European member of Cleveland Clinic Connected, a program that offers organizations access to Cleveland Clinic branding, consultative services and education opportunities. The hospital, Radiochirurgia Zagreb, is a specialty hospital for early cancer diagnosis…
Care New England’s Butler Hospital, a private nonprofit psychiatric and substance abuse hospital in Providence, R.I., said Aug. 7 it will close its addiction treatment unit, citing the indefinite strike by members of SEIU 1199NE. The 29-bed unit closure follows…
Cottage Children’s Medical Center, based at Santa Barbara (Calif.) Cottage Hospital, has joined Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Care Network. Through the collaboration, Cottage Children’s and CHLA will coordinate specialty care, train nurses and residency fellows, and share clinical best practices,…
Patient volumes at the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center have fallen sharply in recent months, coinciding with staffing disruptions at HHS and the cancellation of research grants under the Trump administration, according to an Aug. 7 report from KFF…