Grande Ronde Hospital and Clinics and Eastern Oregon University, both in La Grande, have launched a partnership to expand healthcare access for students and strengthen connections between local providers. Through the partnership, students will access healthcare services at Grande Ronde…
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Las Vegas-based Sunrise Hospital & Medical Center was designated as a level 1 trauma center by the state. “We extend our sincere appreciation to Governor [Joe] Lombardo for recognizing the need for this important designation and allowing us the ability…
The U.S. may be headed toward a pediatric care crisis as more programs geared to treat children are closing, fewer residents are specializing in pediatrics and lower reimbursements make caring for children a financial burden. While adult hospitals are grappling…
Boston Medical Center-Brighton evacuated 24 patients and rescheduled some procedures after a fire knocked out power to parts of the building April 15, ABC affiliate WCVB5 reported. The fire began in the electrical room at 1:30 a.m. and disabled a…
On April 29, Hackensack (N.J.) Meridian Health will open the nation’s first health and wellness center alongside a major travel hub, according to an April 14 news release shared with Becker’s. Hackensack Meridian’s Health & Wellness Center at Metropark is…
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Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia has formed a strategic partnership with Labcorp to improve development of specialized pediatric diagnostics. The collaboration will combine CHOP’s pediatric research and clinical expertise with Labcorp’s infrastructure, scientific capabilities and commercialization expertise to identify, develop and…
Creating healthcare access is not about “squeezing the existing structure,” rather, it requires flipping the script on what access looks like, according to Jefferson Health President Baligh Yehia, MD. Jefferson Health is a Philadelphia-based, 33-hospital system with a lofty goal. “When…
More hospitals and health systems are leaning on discharge lounges to decongest EDs and improve patient experience, but there are no industrywide procedures for setting up a lounge. The first lounges were piloted around 2020 and have gained popularity over…
Union Hospital, a 103-bed facility in Elkton, Md., and part of Wilmington, Del.-based ChristianaCare, has limited obstetric and pediatric services, Cecil Whig reported April 8. ChristianaCare said in an April 8 news release provided to Becker’s that the changes stem…
New York City-based NYC Health + Hospitals has opened a 104-bed Outposted Therapeutic Housing Unit at NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue. The unit is designed to treat people in custody with complex medical needs by relocating clinically vulnerable detainees from Rikers…