Bloomington, Ill.-based OSF St. Joseph Medical Center lost power the morning of May 30 when two lines feeding electricity to the campus failed, prompting the hospital to postpone certain elective surgeries until repairs were made, The Bloomington Pantagraph reports.
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Scottsburg, Ind.-based Scott Memorial Hospital will stop delivering babies May 31, because the program is not financially sustainable, according to a WDRB report.
After taking several months to repair damage from a fire, Hackensack Meridian Health Bayshore Medical Center in Holmdel, N.J., reopened its intensive care unit May 28.
The Provider Data Action Alliance, a healthcare collaboration that launched in June 2017, released a road map on May 30 to address issues related to inaccurate provider data.
Recognizing May as Critical Care Awareness Month provides a timely opportunity to reflect on the wide range of providers who care for the critically ill.
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Consider a situation where healthcare is not just an industry term- a situation where EHRs are not an integral part of physicians schedule but just a support to providing care.
Beginning around 1980, the U.S. began to diverge from its peer nations where it began to significantly increase health spending, yet it failed to improve healthcare outcomes.
LabCorp will remain UnitedHealthcare's exclusive national laboratory provider through Jan. 1, 2019, under a contract renewal that stresses a further commitment to value-based programs.
UMass Memorial HealthAlliance-Clinton Hospital plans to shutter the 12-bed pediatric unit at its Leominster (Mass.) campus.
Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems plans to close Twin Rivers Regional Medical Center, a 116-bed hospital in Kennett, Mo., June 30. The hospital has already started scaling back services, which has left this rural area in southeast Missouri known as…