Benefis Health System in Great Falls, Mont., is beginning a $12.5 million emergency room expansion project to create more space for family members to be near patients, according to a KFBB report.
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A MEDIC EMS ambulance transporting a patient from Davenport, Iowa, to an Iowa City hospital, flipped over and landed in a ditch after losing control on Interstate 80, according to a WQAD report.
Numerous healthcare organizations recently shut down medical units and services to shore up finances, focus on more in-demand services or improve patient care lapses.
Nashville (Tenn.) Mayor Megan Barry is delaying decisions on the fate of Nashville General Hospital, a city-owned safety-net hospital, until the end of 2018, according to The Tennessean.
Physicians specializing in emergency medicine launched the Urgent Care of Milford (Mich.) to treat patients with afflictions from minor illnesses to broken bones, according to hometownlife.com.
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About 3,500 infants in the United States experience sleep-related deaths annually, according to a recent Vital Signs report from the CDC.
Aledade partnered with Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Utah to expand Aledade's Utah ACO.
Aetna's Medicaid members will gain access to Community Care of North Carolina's physician network and care management services under a new agreement.
The 11-member stakeholder team convened by Nashville, Tenn.-based Meharry Medical College in November to discuss the future of Nashville General Hospital held a second closed-door meeting Tuesday, the Tennessean reports.
The Federal Communications Commission is slated to vote on a proposal Jan. 30 that would update the agency's wireless emergency alerts system, The Hill reports.