Hospitals and health systems are making progress to reduce emergency department length of stay, though ED boarding remains a significant challenge for high-volume facilities, according to a new report from the Emergency Department Benchmarking Alliance.
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Hospitals in Florida are coordinating patient transfers and ensuring they have adequate fuel supplies for their generators ahead of the second major hurricane headed for the state in less than two weeks.
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The emergency department at Franciscan Health Crown Point (Ind.) has received the state's first American College of Emergency Physicians' Pain and Addiction Care in the emergency department gold-level accreditation.
Some hospitals in South Atlantic states are beginning to recover from the storm damage, flooding and power outages caused by Hurricane Helene.
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Hartford (Conn.) Healthcare has opened the Hartford HealthCare CareNow Same-Day Clinic, offering patients a blend of in-person and virtual care.
Following the closure of the only crisis stabilization unit in Sonoma County, area hospitals are seeing a rise in mental health patients seeking care in their emergency departments, The Press Democrat reported Sept. 30.
Labor and delivery services will return to WVU Medicine Uniontown (Pa.) Hospital in early 2025, following their termination in 2019.
Severe flooding, storm damage and power outages in the wake of Hurricane Helene continue to disrupt hospitals and their communities across the Southeast. The Category 4 storm made landfall Sept. 26 in Florida's Big Bend region.
Mayo Clinic Health System in Fairmont, Minn., will permanently close its surgical and labor and delivery units, effective March 31, according to a news release shared with Becker's.