Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital (Downers Grove, Ill.). This Advocate hospital, which celebrates 40 years of serving patients this year, was honored with Practice Greenhealth’s Top 25 Environmental Excellence Award for 2016. It also earned a place in Practice Greenhealth’s Leadership…
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Advocate Christ Medical Center (Oak Lawn, Ill.). Advocate Christ Medical Center is one of Advocate Health Care’s most decorated hospitals when it comes to environmental sustainability efforts. Not only was it honored with a 2016 Practice Greenhealth Top 25 Environmental…
Yale-New Haven (Conn.) Hospital. Yale-New Haven Hospital supports commuting employees through transit pass subsidies, bike storage and other programs, resulting in decreased car usage and, therefore, decreased greenhouse gas emissions. The hospital also sells locally produced foods and features a…
Police reports indicate at least 20 people were killed and nearly 50 injured after a fire broke out at an east Indian hospital Monday night, according to the Times of India.
Two Kansas state agencies scheduled several August public meetings to discuss KanCare, the state's Medicaid program, but canceled the meetings a week prior, The Wichita Eagle reports.
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After Seoul, South Korea-based Samsung announced a recall of its latest Galaxy Note 7 cell phones in September, various reports indicate that at least five individuals have suffered injuries and subsequent hospitalizations as a result of contact with the company-issued…
With Hurricane Matthew fast approaching the eastern coast, Miami-based Jackson Health System and Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based Broward Health are aiming to proactively assist pregnant women through the duration of the storm, according to ABC10 News.
Nevada, Oregon and California led the nation in the largest change in uninsured rates from 2010 to 2015, a WalletHub analysis found.
A power plant fire in Puerto Rico caused an islandwide power outage Wednesday, causing hospitals in the U.S. territory to cancel elective surgeries and non-urgent appointments, according to a Chicago Tribune report.
Lakewood (Ohio) Hospital ceased inpatient services in February, but more than 50 percent of the ambulance runs in the area end up at the hospital's emergency department, which has remained open since the facility closed its inpatient beds, according to…