While 66% percent of visits to community health centers were for medical services, the next highest visit category was for mental health and substance use disorder services at 13%, according to a KFF Health News report.
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Ahead of a planned strike by the Oregon Nurses Association, Providence said it has warned state officials that the work stoppage will put healthcare access at "significant risk." Beginning Jan. 6, the health system is capping the number of patients…
With C-suite leaders placing an acute focus on patient access, throughput and capacity, hospital executives are considering how to deliver services more effectively and reduce bottlenecks.
Numerous health systems in the path of a major winter storm moving across large swaths of the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic regions have closed clinics and are rescheduling elective procedures.
California law requires ambulances to offload patients at hospitals within 30 minutes, but the average offload time statewide is about 43 minutes, according to The San Francisco Standard.
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Bayside, N.Y.-based St. Mary's Healthcare, Gloversville, N.Y.-based Nathan Littauer Hospital & Nursing Home and Amsterdam, N.Y.-based Mohawk Valley Orthopedics partnered to create an orthopedic care corporation.
Hospitals and emergency responders in New Orleans are treating the victims of a Jan. 1 terrorist attack that left at least 14 dead and dozens injured.
Emergency department boarding is a longstanding and urgent challenge affecting hospitals across the country. The issue has far-reaching consequences that negatively affect care quality, clinician well-being and increase costs for health systems.
While southern states continue to recover from the devastation caused by flooding after Hurricane Helene in September, hospitals are beginning to grapple with future flood risks. Twenty Tennessee hospitals currently exist on or near flood plains, according to a Dec.…
Peoria, Ill.-based OSF HealthCare is set to take over operations of Dixon, Ill.-based Katherine Shaw Bethea Hospital on Jan. 1. With the merger, the hospital will operate under a new name and new reproductive care policies, according to a Dec.…