Sterile Processing is the heart of perioperative services. Without a functioning Central Sterile Processing Department, OR efficiencies and quality become questionable at best.  By Surgical Directions - 4/26/18

Seattle-based UW Medicine will simultaneously close the inpatient psychiatric unit at University of Washington Medical Center and open a new 12-bed voluntary psychiatric inpatient unit at Northwest Hospital and Medical Center.  By Kelly Gooch - 4/23/18

Where other sectors have already benefited from dramatic technological overhaul, healthcare has historically lagged behind.  By Katelyn Gleason - 4/23/18

An ambulance caught fire with a patient on board while traveling to a hospital in North Carolina April 16, according to The News Herald.  By Mackenzie Bean - 4/19/18

Shriners Hospital for Children in Minneapolis is working to halt inpatient care and instead focus on outpatient services, reports the StarTribune.  By Alia Paavola - 4/19/18

Ford is launching its GoRide nonemergency medical transportation service in southeast Michigan, covering more than 200 facilities within Southfield, Mich.-based Beaumont Health's network.  By Ayla Ellison - 4/18/18

Washington, D.C.'s 911 call center is scheduled to launch a program April 19 allowing registered nurses to process live emergency calls from individuals with nonemergency medical requests, The Washington Post reports.  By Alyssa Rege - 4/18/18

Florida Hospital Apopka joined forces with the Apopka Fire Department to implement the Twiage application, which aims to enhance emergency medicine services and patient flow, according to an Orlando Sentinel report.  By Anuja Vaidya - 4/18/18

College Station (Texas) Medical Center will close its labor and delivery unit July 16 — a change that will come as part of the hospital's new strategic direction, according to KBTX.  By Alia Paavola - 4/17/18

Rhode Island Hospital and Hasbro Children's Hospital, both in Providence, treated two teenagers after a shooting April 15 in Pawtucket, R.I., according to a Providence Journal report.  By Kelly Gooch - 4/16/18

Calais (Maine) Regional Hospital will suspend its infusion services department, dubbed the Rose Room, effective May 1.  By Kelly Gooch - 4/13/18

Nearly seven months after Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico, a number of Puerto Rican dialysis patients who are left without a hospital must travel by plane for lifesaving treatment, The Atlantic reports.  By Megan Knowles - 4/13/18

Police arrested a New York City Fire Department paramedic April 9 for allegedly molesting a female patient in the back of an ambulance while en route to a hospital, reports ABC 7 Eyewitness News.  By Mackenzie Bean - 4/10/18

Numerous healthcare organizations recently shuttered medical units or terminated services to shore up finances, focus on more in-demand services or improve patient care lapses.  By Alia Paavola - 4/9/18

Baltimore-based MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center is closing its pediatric inpatient and emergency room units, the Capital Gazette reports.  By Morgan Haefner - 4/6/18

In 2015, NYU Winthrop Hospital set out to improve organizational efficiency.  By Susan McLaughlin - 4/5/18

The inpatient psychiatric unit at University of Washington Medical Center in Seattle could undergo significant changes due to the cost of meeting new federal requirements, according to hospital officials.  By Kelly Gooch - 4/5/18

Milwaukee-based Wheaton Franciscan-St. Joseph Hospital, part of Ascension Wisconsin, will stop providing surgical and inpatient medical care as part of a long-term plan to shore up finances and transform the hospital's role in the primarily low-income neighborhood, reports the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.  By Alia Paavola - 4/5/18

Twin Falls, Idaho-based St. Luke's Magic Valley Medical Center officials are blaming a bird for a power outage April 3 that lasted about an hour, reports KMVT.  By Alia Paavola - 4/4/18

Zuckerburg San Francisco General Hospital received three patients following a shooting at YouTube's San Bruno, Calif., headquarters April 3, according to the Los Angeles Times.  By Alia Paavola - 4/4/18