Just one day after Phoenix-based Hacienda HealthCare announced plans to close its intermediate-care unit where a patient in a vegetative state gave birth, Arizona officials stepped in to keep the facility open, according to AZ Central.
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Phoenix-based Hacienda HealthCare will close its 60-bed intermediate care facility where a patient in a vegetative state gave birth, according to Az Central.
The ongoing government shutdown could hinder treatment for patients with opioid use disorder, since clinicians need approval from the Drug Enforcement Administration to prescribe medication-assisted treatments like buprenorphine, reports amNewYork.
The Georgia Board of Nurses handles over half of its disciplinary cases in secret — meaning patients cannot know which nurses are abusing drugs, how many nurses are addicted or how many relapse, an Atlanta Journal-Constitution investigation found.
Stephen Weber, MD. Vice President for Clinical Effectiveness and CMO of University of Chicago Medicine. Dr. Weber is the vice president of clinical effectiveness and CMO of UChicago Medicine, responsible for the hospital’s clinical staff, which includes 900 physicians of…
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St. Louis Park, Minn.-based Methodist Hospital emergency responders are preparing for an influx of patients during the Super Bowl Feb. 4 at Minneapolis-based U.S. Bank Stadium, according to a Sun Sailor report.
For the first time in its history, Atlanta-based Grady Memorial Hospital set up a mobile emergency department to manage an overflow of patients as the severe flu outbreak worsens in Georgia, reports 11alive.com.
Clarksville, Tenn.-based Tennova Hospital locked down its emergency room Sunday evening after police received several different calls about a person with a gun in the hospital's parking lot, according to a WSMV report.
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