A man with an assault rifle opened fire at a Chicago-based Veterans Affairs hospital Aug. 12, prompting a lockdown, reports Chicago Tribune.
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The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating whether an air ambulance pilot fell asleep while transporting a patient to a Boston-area hospital, reports CBS affiliate WBZ.
In 2017, New York City-based Hospital for Special Surgery implemented a Controlled Substances Task Force to limit the risk of opioid misuse among the roughly 32,000 patients who undergo orthopedic surgeries at the hospital annually.
Providing home-delivered meals to Medicare beneficiaries could save the program $158 million in hospital readmission bills, according to a recent study from the Bipartisan Policy Center.
Boston police say a patient repeatedly stabbed an emergency medical technician while traveling in an ambulance to Massachusetts General Hospital on July 10, according to The Boston Globe.
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Greensboro, N.C.-based Moses Cone Hospital is changing its emergency policies after a lockdown June 29 created confusion due to "unclear policies and protocols," according to Campus Security & Life Safety.
Philadelphia-based Hahnemann University Hospital, slated to close later this year, has stopped taking critically ill patients in its emergency room, according to The Philadelphia Inquirer.
A Department of Veterans Affairs whistleblower testified before a House Committee hearing June 25 that she was told to schedule fake appointments at a fictitious clinic to reduce the wait list of veterans in need of care, according to The…
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Desoto in Southaven, Miss., evacuated a dozen patients June 24 due to a fire, reports Fox13 Memphis.
Baptist Hospital of Miami was temporarily locked down June 8 due to a standoff between police and an armed gunman outside the facility, reports NBC 6 South Florida.