With patient safety institute I-PASS, the Kentucky Hospital Association has launched an effort to reduce communication breakdowns by improving efficiency of clinical handoffs across 128 hospitals statewide.
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Hospitals in the Columbus, Ohio, area were notified of a "mass casualty incident" Nov. 14 after a bus accident left three dead and at least 18 injured, according to The Columbus Dispatch.
Elective surgeries at Cooley Dickinson Hospital in Northampton, Mass., have been on pause since Nov. 6 amid problems with the equipment used to sterilize medical instruments and devices, according to a Nov. 13 report from The Boston Globe.
Nearly all pediatric hospital beds in a North Texas region are full amid a surge in respiratory syncytial virus. Nationwide, the positivity rate has increased from nearly 5% in mid-October to over 10%.
Influx in demand for pediatric mental health services has led to more children and adolescents staying in emergency departments for long periods, The Wall Street Journal reported Nov. 8.
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PeaceHealth's inpatient rehabilitation unit at Sacred Heart Medical Center University District hospital campus in Eugene, Ore., will relocate to PeaceHealth Sacred Heart Medical Center at RiverBend in Springfield, Ore., on Dec. 15.
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