The California Department of Public Health has approved temporary rule waivers for 23 hospitals after a nurse-patient ratio rule went into effect June 1, Mercury News reported June 29. The new regulations require 35 psychiatric hospitals to assign one nurse…
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New Brunswick, N.J.-based Rutgers Cancer Institute nearly doubled the number of infusion patients it treated per day after modeling patient flow patterns in an animated 3D clinic simulation, according to a study published May 26 in the Annals of Operations…
Hospitals across the country are finding that traditional call coverage models are no longer enough. Clearwater, Fla.-based BayCare Health System and Midland-based MyMichigan Health are reworking the formula. The two health systems are deploying different models to keep specialty access…
Behavioral health emergency department visits across the U.S. are projected to increase by 1 million over the next decade. In response to rising demand, Philadelphia-based Penn Medicine opened a crisis response center in 2023 at Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania-Cedar Avenue and has…
Physicians are leaving clinical practice earlier than before, at an average age of 48, with stress and administrative burden among the top reasons, according to American Medical Association research. For community and rural health systems, call burden compounds that pressure.…
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One of the biggest challenges in cancer care delivery is getting harder to ignore, according to leaders who spoke at Becker’s Oncology Executive Summit in April. The geographic distribution of National Cancer Institute-designated cancer centers — the most research-intensive cancer…
Health systems have long known that rural patients face steeper odds when it comes to accessing care. Physician shortages have created “medical deserts” in rural America. Currently, around 43 million people live in rural areas with primary care provider shortages.…
Memphis, Tenn.-based Baptist Memorial Health Care has reduced its average observed-to-expected length of stay by 14% since fiscal 2023 and served more ED patients by redesigning patient flow as an enterprisewide operational capability. “Like many healthcare systems, we have worked…
Most emergency department patients surveyed across 10 U.S. emergency departments were not up to date on annual influenza vaccination, according to a study published June 17 in the Journal of Emergency Medicine. Researchers surveyed 3,285 adult patients between April and…
Rochester (N.Y.) Regional Health will end developmental and behavioral pediatric services at Riedman Health Center in Irondequoit July 10 following the departure of the physician leading the program, a spokesperson for the health system said in a statement to Becker’s. Families…