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1 in 6 patients with opioid use disorder leave the hospital early
The number of patients admitted with opioid use disorder and injection-related infections opting to be discharged against medical advice before completing treatment increased by 82% in 4 years, a recent Penn Medicine study found. -
Connecticut approves labor, delivery closure at Hartford HealthCare hospital
Windham (Conn.) Hospital, part of Hartford (Conn.) HealthCare, received approval from the state to end its labor and delivery services after a three-year process, the Connecticut Mirror reported Dec. 1. -
Christus residency program will continue under expanded partnership
Christus Spohn Hospital in Corpus Christi, Texas, will continue its emergency medicine program under an expanded partnership with the Nueces County Hospital District. -
Rural New York hospital to restart maternity services after more than 2 years
Lewis County Health System has completed a $32 million-dollar renovation of the surgical center at Lewis County General Hospital and plans to bring back maternity services at the hospital, North Country Public Radio reported Dec. 1. -
ED boarding's effect on clinician well-being: Joint Commission
Caring for patients in the emergency department when there are not enough inpatient beds — ED boarding — is a long-standing practice in hospitals that are over capacity. Not only does it risk patient safety, but clinicians say it's burning them out, too. -
New York system lowers age for inpatient psychiatric care
Rome (N.Y.) Health has lowered the age for patients it accepts who need inpatient psychiatric care. -
Massachusetts Nurses Association urges statewide halt to birthing unit closures
Following the highly contested closure of a birthing center at UMass Memorial Health's Leominster Hospital the Massachusetts Nurses Association has come out against it and is calling for the state to halt further shutdowns until a review is conducted. -
3 EDs, 470,000 visits: Strategies to handle high ED volumes
The COVID-19 pandemic shuffled up trends in emergency department volume, but many systems are seeing hundreds of thousands of patients a year. -
Some Mass General Brigham locations limiting new primary care patients
Mass General Brigham said the capacity for primary care patients is limited on the main campuses of Brigham and Women's Hospital and Mass General Hospital in Boston, but there is availability within the system. -
ED boarding times rise in 2022: 4 notes
Emergency department volumes have rebounded since 2020, but little progress has been made to address high ED boarding times, according to a new report the Emergency Department Benchmarking Alliance. -
Kentucky Hospital Association aims to improve clinical handoffs
With patient safety institute I-PASS, the Kentucky Hospital Association has launched an effort to reduce communication breakdowns by improving efficiency of clinical handoffs across 128 hospitals statewide. -
Ohio hospitals treat victims of deadly bus crash
Hospitals in the Columbus, Ohio, area were notified of a "mass casualty incident" Nov. 14 after a bus accident left three dead and at least 18 injured, according to The Columbus Dispatch. -
Sterilization issues pause surgeries at Mass General Brigham hospital
Elective surgeries at Cooley Dickinson Hospital in Northampton, Mass., have been on pause since Nov. 6 amid problems with the equipment used to sterilize medical instruments and devices, according to a Nov. 13 report from The Boston Globe. -
Hospitals at capacity amid RSV surge: Texas ED sees 500 patients a day
Nearly all pediatric hospital beds in a North Texas region are full amid a surge in respiratory syncytial virus. Nationwide, the positivity rate has increased from nearly 5% in mid-October to over 10%. -
EDs grapple with more young mental health patients
Influx in demand for pediatric mental health services has led to more children and adolescents staying in emergency departments for long periods, The Wall Street Journal reported Nov. 8. -
PeaceHealth hospital unit to relocate Dec. 15
PeaceHealth's inpatient rehabilitation unit at Sacred Heart Medical Center University District hospital campus in Eugene, Ore., will relocate to PeaceHealth Sacred Heart Medical Center at RiverBend in Springfield, Ore., on Dec. 15. -
Cedars-Sinai launches 3-year ED expansion
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles has begun an emergency department expansion project that will add nearly 17,000 square feet to the space and increase the number of care spaces to 100. -
Denver hospital delays reopening amid boiler issue
Denver-based AdventHealth Porter will remain closed through Nov. 9 due to a boiler system failure, The Denver Post reported. -
Children's hospitals not banking on RSV drug to curb capacity strain
Children's hospitals across the U.S. are bracing for capacity strain amid supply issues for a new antibody drug meant to prevent severe illness from respiratory syncytial virus in infants, the Children's Hospital Association told The Hill in an Oct. 31 report. -
Michigan hospital uses bottled water after debris found in water supply
ProMedica Monroe (Mich.) Regional Hospital is using only bottled water and installed filters on some sinks and showers after officials found debris in the water, ABC affiliate WTVG reported Oct. 30.
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