The claim: ‘It’s not unusual for hospitals to sit at max or near max capacity on any given day’ Spurred by the highly contagious delta variant, coronavirus infections and deaths are increasing across the country. In states like Texas and Florida, which lead the country in daily average hospitalizations, hospitals are […]
Hospitals
CONCORD – The New Hampshire Hospital Association released a statement Tuesday supporting hospitals and other health care facilities that mandate COVID vaccinations for their employees. Many hospitals in New Hampshire are heading in that direction, including Wentworth-Douglass Hospital in Dover as well as Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health, the state’s largest medical care […]
To him, it’s a symbol of his city’s dependence on big medical centers outside of town, where most of the big surgeries and procedures — and, he says, many of the smaller ones — are now done. The patients heading elsewhere are often leaving Devils Lake because they can’t get […]
Georgia public health officials and the CDC said they do not track vaccination rates for frontline workers at hospitals and nursing homes. ExploreHow hospitals are dealing with the coronavirus pandemic Vaccine resistance among health care workers is no surprise, said Dr. Harry Greenspun, chief medical officer for Guidehouse, a management […]
“Our partnership with Piedmont will enable us to transform healthcare for the Augusta region,” Hugh Hamilton, chairman of the Richmond County Hospital Authority, said in a release from Augusta-based University Health Care System. Kevin Brown, CEO of Piedmont Healthcare, said purchasing the HCA hospitals “means providing high-quality care that is […]
Advertisement From the Virginia Hospital & Healthcare Association: Please see the attached letter that has been sent to Virginia legislative and state leaders related to mental health treatment in the Commonwealth in light of the recent decision by the Virginia Department of Behavioral Health and Development Services to temporarily halt […]
Photo: supersizer/Getty Images Value-based care analytics and technology company Signify Health is launching a solution called Transition to Home in more than 50 hospitals to provide Medicare patients with clinical and social care support as they transition from the hospital to the home, the company announced this week. The solution […]
RALEIGH Several hospitals in the Triangle say they will require their employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19, changing a policy of voluntary inoculation that’s been in place since the vaccines became available last winter. All three Duke Health hospitals and UNC Health Hospitals in Chapel Hill, Raleigh, Siler City and […]
Grady Memorial Hospital ranks first, and Piedmont Hospital last, in a report rating the 10 largest nonprofit Atlanta/Athens area hospitals on their spending on charity care and other community health initiatives. The “Fair Share’’ ranking, from the Lown Institute, was released this week and has already generated controversy. The rankings […]
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