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Michigan physician network forms joint venture with value-based care platform
Agilon Health is partnering with a West Michigan physician network to boost value-based care outcomes, particularly among seniors. -
Connecticut Children's, Hartford HealthCare partner to open fetal care center
Hartford (Conn.) HealthCare and Hartford-based Connecticut Children's are partnering to offer what will be the only fetal care center in New England with a dedicated delivery unit. -
Michigan hospital closes inpatient behavioral health unit
Chelsea (Mich.) Hospital is closing its inpatient behavioral health unit and moving 12 of its beds to Trinity Health Ann Arbor, Chelsea Update reported March 25. -
Mississippi medical center opens field hospital for tornado victims
Jackson-based University of Mississippi Medical Center is partnering with state agencies to deploy a mobile field hospital after tornadoes devastated the northern region of the state, Mississippi Today reported April 3. -
Mount Hood maternity center continues to divert patients as authorities question safety
Gresham, Ore.-based Legacy Mount Hood Medical Center is continuing to divert patients away from its labor and delivery services even as the Oregon Health Authority questions the safety of doing so. -
2 Boston-area hospitals are closed, delaying care for some patients
A Boston suburb is experiencing long ambulance wait times after severe flooding closed its hospital in 2020 and a transformer fire shut down a nearby suburb's hospital in February 2023. -
Man in custody after locking himself in Albany Medical Center hospital room
A 61-year old man is in custody after he barricaded himself in a hospital room at Albany (N.Y.) Medical Center, where his mother was a patient, and with a gun reportedly in the room, according to a March 27 WNYT report. -
Albany Medical Center on lockdown after reports of person with gun inside hospital
Albany (N.Y.) Medical Center was on lockdown the afternoon of March 27 after a report of a person inside the hospital with a gun, Spectrum News reported. -
Prisma Health hospital to reopen ED after 3 years
A partnership with Greenville County, S.C., has allowed Prisma Health to reopen the emergency department at North Greenville Hospital in Travelers Rest, S.C., which closed in 2020 to care for COVID-19 patients. -
Stillbirth data is 'deeply flawed,' says NIH
Stillbirth rates in the U.S. have been deemed "a major public health concern," according to a new report from the National Institutes of Health published March 15. -
New York hospitals struggle to reopen psychiatric beds amid staff shortages
New York hospitals are struggling to reopen hundreds of psychiatric beds by the governor's April 1 deadline, Politico reported March 23. -
Helen DeVos Children's, McLaren to expand pediatric care access
Helen DeVos Children's Hospital will provide pediatric hospitalists and neonatal nurse practitioners to the Lansing, Mich., region through a partnership with McLaren Greater Lansing Hospital. -
California hospital halts labor and delivery
Palomar Medical Center Poway (Calif.), part of Escondido, Calif.-based Palomar Health, will close its labor and delivery unit in June, at least temporarily, The San Diego Union-Tribune reported March 21. -
Pennsylvania hospital agrees not to 'medically deport' comatose woman
A comatose woman will not be sent to the Dominican Republic by the Allentown, Pa.-based Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest administration, The Morning Call reported March 10. -
Pediatric care access is worsening: 7 figures to know
Pediatric care access has been in decline since even before the pandemic. Forty states saw declines in pediatric bed availability prior to 2020, according to CNN, and now compounding factors are exacerbating the issue. -
Staffing, strict abortion laws lead Idaho hospital to end obstetrics services
A combination of a loss of pediatricians, changing demographics and some of the strictest abortion laws in the country is forcing Sandpoint, Idaho-based Bonner General Hospital to stop delivering babies, the hospital said in a news release. -
As birth rates increase, OB-GYN shortage worsens
Residency matches for the first class of OB-GYN applicants post-Roe v. Wade will soon be announced. Preliminary data from the American Association of Medical Colleges shows that 2023 applications for the specialty have fallen from 2022, according to Roll Call. -
Connecticut governor proposes expansion of maternity care amid closures
Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont has proposed a bill to expand birthing care across the state after dozens of maternity health centers nationwide have shut their doors in recent years. -
Froedtert hospital to end obstetrics care
The only hospital in Manitowoc, Wis., a city of nearly 35,000 — Froedtert Holy Family Memorial Hospital — will stop all obstetrics care beginning June 1, according to Fox 11 News. -
How Integris Health boosted advanced care planning documentation
Around two-thirds of U.S. adults have not documented end-of-life medical care directives, but a new case study has found that Integris Health was successful in boosting documentation by 20 percentage points for patients over 65.
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