10 top patient safety concerns for 2022
Staffing shortages are the top threat to patient safety in 2022, according an annual report on patient safety concerns from ECRI, an organization that conducts […]
Staffing shortages are the top threat to patient safety in 2022, according an annual report on patient safety concerns from ECRI, an organization that conducts […]
Several healthcare organizations have closed medical departments or ended services at facilities to shore up finances, focus on more in-demand services or address staffing shortages.
Idaho on Feb. 15 deactivated crisis standards of care for hospitals in the southern part of the state.
Mercy Hospital Oklahoma City has increased security and locked down the intensive care unit in response to online threats against Mercy and its workers, the […]
In an unanimous decision, the Winnebago County Board passed a resolution Feb. 10 opposing Mercyhealth’s plan to end inpatient care at Javon Bea Hospital-Rockton in […]
Four hospitals recently announced closures of pediatric services, with some citing low demand as the reason, Becker’s reported on since Jan. 19.
Patients 70 years and older account for nearly half (48.6 percent) of all current U.S. COVID-19 hospitalizations, according to Feb. 13 data tracked by The […]
Tulsa, Okla.-based Ascension St. John Medical Center plans to close its pediatric intensive care and general pediatric inpatient care units, a move families are speaking […]
Chester, Pa.-based Crozer Health is temporarily ending its inpatient hospice services at Taylor Hospital in Ridley Park, Pa., Daily Times reported Feb. 10.
Daily U.S. COVID-19 hospitalizations have dropped below 100,000 for the first time in more than a month, though three states are still seeing increasing virus […]
New daily COVID-19 hospitalizations amid the omicron surge appear to have peaked Jan. 15, with recent levels declining at a similar rate they were increasing […]
Nationwide, COVID-19 hospitalizations have decreased 18 percent over the last two weeks, but at least one state still reported an all-time high pandemic hospitalization record […]
Tampa-based Shriners Children’s Florida, an outpatient facility, will close and lay off employees, the Tampa Bay Times reported Feb 3.
West Virginia is seeing a higher average rate of daily COVID-19 hospitalizations per 100,000 people than any other state, according to federal data cited by […]
In the wake of a winter storm that continues to affect states from Texas to New York, hospitals are adjusting services, with some allowing staff […]
Carmel, N.Y.-based Putnam Hospital, a Nuvance Health affiliate, will suspend services at its birthing center because its physician provider of labor and delivery services is […]
As COVID-19 hospitalizations begin to level out nationally, at least five states have reported new records this week.
For more than two weeks, Washington, D.C., has reported the highest average rate in the nation of daily COVID-19 hospitalizations per 100,000 people, according to […]
More than 26,000 people have signed a petition against the closure of Boston-based Tufts Children’s Hospital in an effort to protect families and staff affected […]
One person was shot and wounded in the emergency department of NYC Health + Hospitals/Jacobi in New York City on Jan. 25, according to NBC […]
The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare activated crisis standards of care Jan. 24 for healthcare organizations in three local public health districts in the […]
Several hospitals reported plans to end inpatient care over the last few months:
Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester, Mass., will soon reopen cardiac rehabilitation and pulmonary rehabilitation, which closed in August because of staffing challenges amid a nurses […]
As COVID-19 hospitalizations continue to increase nationally, at least five states reported new records this week.
With only 40 percent of rural hospitals in Texas offering labor and delivery services, “maternity deserts” across the state are growing as staff shortages shutter […]
Boston-based Tufts Children’s Hospital will close its 41-bed hospital because of a smaller demand in child care and a larger demand in adult care, The […]
Amid the latest COVID-19 surge fueled by the omicron variant, some Southern California hospitals are facing a bottleneck in their ability to move patients treated […]
New daily COVID-19 hospitalization rates in the U.S. have risen 42 percent over the last two weeks, with a daily average of 158,638 virus patients […]
Heights Hospital in Houston, which closed a year ago, has been acquired and the new owners plan to reopen the facility, according to The Leader.
Omicron and staffing constraints pushed hospitals and health systems to once again suspend nonurgent, elective procedures — a move that care teams and patients dread.
At least four hospitals or health systems have enacted crisis standards of care in the last week as staff shortages and rising COVID-19 patient volumes […]
Several healthcare organizations have closed medical departments or ended services at facilities to shore up finances, focus on more in-demand services or address staffing shortages.
COVID-19 hospitalizations are at an all-time high nationwide, with at least four states reporting new records this week.
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee issued an emergency order Jan. 13 to temporarily restrict hospitals from performing nonurgent healthcare services, procedures and surgeries.
Holy Cross Health in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., will permanently close its labor and delivery unit March 14, CBS Miami reported Jan. 14.
Rhode Island has the most intensive care unit beds in use as of Jan. 14, while Wyoming has the fewest in use, according to HHS […]
Louisville, Colo.-based Centura-Avista Adventist Hospital, which is temporarily closed after its evacuation during the Marshall fire on Dec. 30, said it will reopen Jan. 18.
Hospitals are urging the public to not use emergency departments for routine COVID-19 tests amid rising COVID-19 hospitalizations and crowded facilities.
WVU Medicine Uniontown (Pa.) Hospital, in conjunction with WVU Medicine Children’s, said it will restart obstetrics services later this year after ending the services two years […]
WVU Medicine Uniontown (Pa.) Hospital, in conjunction with WVU Medicine Children’s, said it will restart obstetrics services later this year after ending the services two years […]
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam on Jan. 10 issued a limited 30-day emergency order to help hospitals facing an influx of patients during the latest COVID-19 surge.
University Hospitals Lake Health is temporarily closing its freestanding emergency department at UH Madison (Ohio) Health Center.
Connecticut is asking nursing homes to accept patients who are positive for COVID-19 and discharged from an acute care hospital, according to new guidance from […]
Washington, D.C., is seeing the highest average rate of daily COVID-19 hospitalizations per 100,000 people in the nation, according to federal data cited by The […]
Citing staff shortages, Chester, Pa.-based Crozer Health is temporarily suspending emergency department, pathology, lab and medical imaging services at Springfield (Pa.) Hospital, starting Jan. 14.
Forty hospitals in New York state must stop certain elective procedures for at least two weeks after having met the state’s threshold for “high risk […]
The Oregon Health Authority released new interim guidelines Jan. 6 for hospitals across the state to follow if a COVID-19 surge forces them to enact […]
Hospitals and health systems across the U.S. are struggling with staffing challenges as workers call in sick and COVID-19 infections surge, and several facilities have […]
Minnesota Hospital Association leaders on Jan. 7 urged the public to not seek COVID-19 testing at emergency departments or urgent care centers.
COVID-19 hospitalization rates among children younger than 4 are at their highest yet, according to the CDC.
Later this month, hospitals in Massachusetts will begin adjusting their reporting on COVID-19 hospitalizations to distinguish between how many patients are admitted for the virus as […]
St. Louis-based BJC HealthCare postponed nonurgent procedures Jan. 6 because of a high increase of COVID-19 cases, reporting more than 500 people hospitalized for the […]
As the U.S. shattered global case records Jan. 3, reporting more than 1 million new daily COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations are also rising across the nation, […]
With hundreds of staff out sick amid the latest COVID-19 surge, University of Utah Hospital in Salt Lake City said it will postpone about 20 […]
With hundreds of workers out sick during the latest COVID-19 surge, Detroit-based Henry Ford Health System temporarily closed 97 beds as of Jan. 3, the […]
Richmond-based Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center is postponing nonurgent surgeries and procedures that need a hospital bed or donated blood products as it deals with […]
Centura-Avista Adventist Hospital — the only full-service hospital in Louisville, Colo. — has closed for the foreseeable future due to smoke damage from the Marshall […]
Centura-Avista Adventist Hospital — the only full-service hospital in Louisville, Colo. — has closed for the foreseeable future due to smoke damage from the Marshall […]
Springfield, Pa.-based Crozer Health is moving the inpatient obstetric unit at Drexel Hill, Pa.-based Delaware County Memorial Hospital to Crozer-Chester Medical Center in Upland, Pa., […]
The U.S. recorded 1,082,549 new daily COVID-19 cases on Jan. 3, an all-time high, according to data from Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center.
Junction City, Kan.-based Geary Community Hospital will close its intensive care unit by Feb. 1 because of fiscal problems and the nursing shortage caused by […]
Hospitals in the Chicago area are delaying nonurgent surgeries and other procedures not risking patient safety after a plea to do so from Illinois Gov. […]
Holy Cross Health in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., has temporarily closed its labor and delivery unit amid a staffing shortage, the hospital confirmed to Becker’s.
Radnor, Pa.-based Main Line Health, which serves parts of Philadelphia and its western suburbs, announced Jan. 2 it will pause all nonemergent surgeries for the […]
Tower Health closed Jennersville Hospital in West Grove, Pa., on Dec. 31. The system will shutter a second hospital by the end of January.
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker and the Illinois Health and Hospital Association urged hospitals last week to delay nonurgent surgeries and other procedures not risking patient […]
COVID-19 hospitalizations — which are less sensitive to holiday-related data lags than positivity rates, case counts or deaths — are up in more than half […]
As hospitals struggle with a critical staff shortage, several have had to permanently or temporarily halt some services.
As hospitals struggle with critical staff shortages, several have had to permanently or temporarily halt some services.
Advocate Aurora Health temporarily closed three urgent care facilities Dec. 29 in the Milwaukee area because of staffing shortages, TMJ4 reported.
Bristow (Okla.) Medical Center will temporarily halt services as Sherman, Texas-based Carrus Health takes over owner management of the facility, KRMG reported Dec. 29.
Bristow (Okla.) Medical Center will temporarily halt services as Sherman, Texas-based Carrus Health takes over owner management of the facility, KRMG reported Dec. 29.
COVID-19 hospitalizations — which are less sensitive to holiday-related data lags than positivity rates, case counts or deaths — are up in more than half […]
Ohio reported 5,356 COVID-19 hospitalizations Dec. 29, surpassing the previous hospitalizations record of 5,308 on Dec. 15, 2020, Gov. Mike DeWine said in a press […]
The U.S. National Institutes of Health is postponing elective surgeries at its hospital in Bethesda, Md., as dozens of staff must isolate or quarantine, Reuters […]
University of Chicago at Ingalls-Flossmoor (Ill.) temporarily closed its urgent aid location Dec. 29 because of the COVID-19 surge.
Cleveland Clinic revised its timeline for the resumption of nonurgent procedures to mid-January.
Tomah (Wis.) Health is suspending urgent care starting Jan. 1 as it deals with high patient volume from COVID-19 and other illnesses.
New York City Health and Hospitals, which operates the city’s 11 public hospitals, put visitation limitation policies in place Dec. 22 after visitors were linked […]
Several hospitals across Maryland have activated crisis standards of care as COVID-19 hospitalizations spike.
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan confirmed the state surpassed 1,500 COVID-19 hospitalizations Dec. 23, triggering hospitals within the state to enact pandemic plans as mandated by […]
TidalHealth is temporarily suspending nonemergency surgeries that would require an overnight stay at Salisbury, Md.-based TidalHealth Peninsula Regional and Seaford, Del.-based TidalHealth Nanticoke starting Dec. […]
Eleven people, including eight employees of Worcester, Mass.-based UMass Memorial Health, were injured in a crash Dec. 22 involving a shuttle and car, the health […]
Dozens of healthcare organizations have closed medical departments or ended services to shore up finances, focus on more in-demand services or prevent patient care lapses […]
The West Virginia Hospital Association is urging the public to take preventive measures to ease strain on the state’s healthcare system and ensure critical care […]
The West Virginia Hospital Association is urging the public to take preventive measures to ease strain on the state’s healthcare system and ensure critical care […]
As of Dec. 17, New York’s list of hospitals ordered to halt nonurgent procedures due to limited capacity included 28 facilities, according to the state […]
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