About 40% of patients with chronic conditions believe their treatment burden is unsustainable, leading to poorer quality of life and not following medical advice. Advocates are pushing to simplify the process, The Washington Post reported March 24.
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A recent report showed Johnson City, Tenn.-based Ballad Health, which benefits from the largest state-sanctioned hospital monopoly in the U.S., has a nearly 11-hour median wait time for emergency department patients, KFF Health News reported March 25.
More than half a dozen surgeries at HCA Florida North Florida Hospital in Gainesville were reportedly canceled March 21 and rescheduled amid ongoing issues related to surgical instruments not being properly reprocessed.
Specialists with Penn State Health Children's Hospital in Hershey, Pa., are now providing nonemergency surgical services at the health system's hospital in Lancaster, about 25 miles south.
First responders are concerned about how a major expansion project at UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento may affect ambulance wait times, according to a March 19 CBS News Sacramento report.
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A fire at Boston-based Jamaica Plain VA Medical Center damaged the MRI suite and could impact MRI patient care for the foreseeable future, CBS News reported March 19.
Physician asks state to conduct 'impact assessment' on obstetrics closure at Scripps Health hospital
A South Bay physician has asked the California Department of Public Health to conduct an "impact assessment" of Scripps Health's recent decision to close the labor and delivery unit at Scripps Mercy Chula Vista (Calif.) Hospital and transfer obstetrics services…
West Boca Medical Center in Boca Raton, Fla., has opened a "fast-track" emergency department facility steps away from its main ED, where patients with less severe medical needs can be treated more efficiently.
M Health Fairview St. John's Hospital in Maplewood, Minn., is reducing emergency department boarding with modular units that expand its ED footprint, allowing more patients to be seen.
More patients are being transferred out of Mount Sinai Beth Israel's emergency room as the hospital closes down services, Politico reported March 13.