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Wicked Local
April 30, 2018
Beverly Hospital and Addison Gilbert Hospital is one of only 49 hospitals in the United States to be awarded an “A” consistently since 2012. The Leapfrog Group, a Washington D.C-based organization aiming to improve health care quality and safety for consumers and purchasers, today released the newÃâà...
York Daily Record/Sunday News
April 30, 2018
A York mother was arrested while trying to see her dying son at York Hospital after he had been shot on Tuesday, and Mayor Michael Helfrich says any investigation being conducted should start from the minute the victim arrived at the medical facility until citations were issued. City officials already haveÃâà...
OCRegister
April 30, 2018
Police arrested one person on suspicion of attempted murder early Sunday morning, April 29 after officials said a man was stabbed in the parking lot of a large apartment complex in Brea. The victim of the stabbing was transported to the hospital in critical condition “with serious stab wounds,” Brea police Lt.
BBC News
April 30, 2018
Body cameras are being used to record attacks and abuse towards hospital staff at five of Wales' health boards in a bid to deter violent behaviour. Aneurin Bevan is the latest to give security staff the cameras after 15,113 incidents in the last five years. One A&E nurse said he was threatened on a weeklyÃâà...
Hamilton Journal News
April 30, 2018
Taking an active, rather than passive, approach with people is one reason heroin overdoses have dropped in Middletown, officials say. The number of heroin overdoses in Middletown has dropped this month, continuing a trend throughout the year, according to Middletown Police Maj. David Birk.
Crain's Cleveland Business
April 30, 2018
The center is a nonprofit hospital association that represents 39 providers across Northeast Ohio. Tony Gutowski, director of government relations for the center, said he isn't aware of any hospitals in the region supporting the waiver. While hospitals are leery of the proposed waiver to require MedicaidÃâà...
Northwest Georgia News
April 30, 2018
Accounting for bad debts, the hospital's actual revenue is around $23 million for the year, and slightly below target. Where the shortfalls are being made up is in expenses for hospital operations being below budget, and an increase in non-operating revenue from Polk Medical Center, like money made fromÃâà...
Bangor Daily News
April 30, 2018
York Hospital substance treatment counselor Sally Keck has heard it all. “Underlying this addiction has been a stigma, a stereotype. It's those people, not us,” she said. “The fact is, there are a significant number of people struggling with substance-use disorder in York County.” She sees signs of change, thatÃâà...
The Boston Globe
April 30, 2018
A report commissioned by the Massachusetts hospital industry projects that passage of a ballot question to regulate nurse staffing would come at an extraordinary cost — almost $1 billion a year — and worsen the quality of patient care. The dire analysis says the ballot measure would requireÃâà...
Charlotte Observer
April 25, 2018
Two Mecklenburg County hospitals received top marks for patient safety, according to a nonprofit safety watchdog group that released its ratings on Tuesday. The two hospitals to earn 'A' grades both belong to Atrium Health, formerly Carolinas HealthCare System. The Pineville and University hospitalsÃâà...
Healthcare IT News
April 25, 2018
"We know at our hospital that a 1 percent improvement in the no-show rate is a million dollars of revenue difference a year because of all the assets sitting around doing nothing," said David Higginson, chief information officer of Phoenix Children's Hospital. "At the same time, we have a three-month wait forÃâà...
Tribune-Review
April 25, 2018
Allegheny Health Network is looking to build one of its four new neighborhood hospitals in McCandless, a spokesman said Tuesday. McCandless Council voted Monday night to approve a small-format hospital in McCandless Crossing shopping center, at the intersection of McKnight Road and DuncanÃâà...
PEOPLE.com
April 25, 2018
Kate Middleton spent just 12 hours in the hospital for the birth of her third child — and stepped out to greet the public an incredible seven hours after giving birth. Even more unbelievable? She did so with her signature blowout styled to perfection and while wearing a dress and heels. Kate has becomeÃâà...
CNNMoney
April 25, 2018
Hospitals may soon have to post their standard prices for patients online, under a proposed rule unveiled Tuesday by the Trump administration. Also, the administration is seeking comments on how to stop so-called surprise billing -- when patients are charged after unknowingly being seen byÃâà...
CNBC
April 25, 2018
The nation's hospitals last year found themselves more cash-strapped than at any time since the 2008 financial crisis and the outlook is not expected to get any better over the next year, according to new preliminary data from Moody's Investors Service. At not-for-profit and public hospitals, median operatingÃâà...
Becker's Hospital Review
April 24, 2018
Below are 10 hospitals and health systems that posted job listings seeking CFOs during the past week. Note: This is not an exhaustive list. Job listings were compiled from online job seeker websites. Hospitals and health systems are listed in alphabetical order. 1. Beaumont Hospital (Trenton, Mich.) 2.
Becker's Hospital Review
April 24, 2018
Five acute care hospitals that received an "A" safety grade rating from The Leapfrog Group received "F" ratings in past years, the organization announced April 24. The Leapfrog Group announced the spring 2018 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grades updates April 24. The organization found hospitals haveÃâà...
BBC News
April 24, 2018
The doors opened and the Duchess of Cambridge stepped out accompanied by her husband, new son in her arms, to be greeted by a cacophony of cheers, applause and delighted "aaaahs". People stood on their toes, strained their necks and held their camera phones high above their head hoping to getÃâà...
Worcester Telegram
April 24, 2018
SOUTHBRIDGE - A man arrested Sunday in Spencer was arraigned in a hospital bed at Harrington Hospital on Monday and ordered held on $25,000 cash bail. Adam LaCroix was charged with violating a restraining order after he repeatedly called the woman who had obtained the restraining order.
BBC News
April 24, 2018
A group of protesters supporting terminally ill toddler Alfie Evans have tried to storm Alder Hey hospital. About 200 people turned up to protest outside the Liverpool hospital after judges at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) refused to intervene in the case. Dozens ran towards the main doorsÃâà...
WTAE Pittsburgh
April 24, 2018
The frail man told Gyurina, who was at the scene, he had no family in the area to take him to the hospital, and he can't drive anymore. Gyurina gave him the patrol car's cell number and told him to call whenever he was ready to go. A few hours went by, and Deputy Chief Jason Bentley got the call. He pickedÃâà...
KGO-TV
April 24, 2018
Gas line rupture at San Francisco homeless shelter sends 14 to hospital. SHARE: ... BREAKING: Construction blamed for gas rupture that caused some to go to the hospital. pic.twitter.com/1XLE6nNSlB ... BREAKING: More people taken to area hospitals after apparent gas leak. pic.twitter.com/jNXdAEj2cz.
Vulture
April 24, 2018
The singer then refused a urine toxicology screening and blood work, leaving the hospital without further treatment. Prince died the next week on April 21. “What happened to Prince is happening to families across America,” the family's lawyers George Loucas and John Goetz said in a statement about theÃâà...
The Boston Globe
April 24, 2018
With the birth of royal baby Monday, the world's eyes turned yet again to the now familiar steps of the Lindo Wing in London's Paddington district, as the Duchess of Cambridge emerged, effortless in red, hair freshly blown dry, with her newest addition tucked neatly in her arms. So why the heck is KateÃâà...
Los Angeles Times
April 23, 2018
Last year, researchers visited three hospitals and performed visual examinations and tests to detect fluid and contamination on reusable endoscopes marked ready for use on patients. One hospital met the current guidelines for cleaning and disinfecting scopes, while the other two committed numerousÃâà...
9News.com KUSA
April 21, 2018
A burglary suspect was found injured inside an automotive repair shop early Saturday morning, and later died from those injuries, Aurora police said. Shortly after 2:30 a.m., officers were called to the 9200 block of East Colfax Avenue on a report of a burglary in progress after a suspect was seen onÃâà...
Meriden Record-Journal
April 21, 2018
Meriden Police Sgt. John Mennone said the hospital began accepting patients again last night and that he believes that the patient and three nurses affected “will be alright. ... Hunter's Ambulance Executive Vice President David Lowell said patients were diverted to hospitals in Southington and New Britain.
The Guardian
April 21, 2018
Hospital staff are sometimes confining patients with dementia to bed through controversial “containment and restraint” techniques, new ... which have been shared with the Observer, have triggered a fresh row over how the NHS treats people with dementia, who occupy up to half the beds in some hospitals.
BET
April 21, 2018
While the "Killing Me Softly" singer has officially checked out of the hospital, doctors are still running tests to figure out why she fell ill during the show at the historic Apollo Theater. The doctors reportedly want to ensure that this incident is not connected to her 2016 stroke. We're relieved to know she is wellÃâà...
Minneapolis Star Tribune
April 21, 2018
Adding hospital beds seems contrary to the broader trend in health care, as more complex care is provided outside hospitals. Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel, a vice provost at the University of Pennsylvania, noted in a recent opinion article in the New York Times that the peak in hospitalizations in the United StatesÃâà...
Reader's Digest
April 20, 2018
But if you're scheduling a surgery or procedure, selecting the right hospital, medical center, or surgery center could save your life, even if it means paying more to go out of network. A 2016 study in the journal PLOS One found that patients at the worst American hospitals were three times more likely to die during their stayÃâà...
STAT
April 20, 2018
Teaching hospitals are making some positive changes, and according to STAT's analysis, that's led the average number of violations per teaching hospital to drop to its lowest point in three years, following a major spike in 2015 and 2016. But experts worry that the remaining mishaps mean that America'sÃâà...
MedPage Today
April 18, 2018
Hospital executives might be inclined to shrug at news of Apple setting up its own health clinics for employees. The 84,000 people working for Apple in the U.S. are a collective drop in the bucket for a healthcare system with some 300 million patients. It's true Apple alone is not going to break the system, butÃâà...
The Denver Post
April 15, 2018
A small plane crashed into a fairly busy area of Colorado Springs on Sunday afternoon, sending one of its three passengers to a hospital. The aircraft, a Cessna 210, was heading south and briefly traveled across Constitution Avenue, which heads east and west, before stopping to the east of TuttsÃâà...
MLive.com
April 15, 2018
IONIA COUNTY, MI - Two men were taken to a hospital after a driver lost control of his car and hit a pickup truck Sunday. Ionia County Sheriff's Office deputies responded to the crash south of Saranac around 4:50 p.m. on April 15, according to a press release. Police said the driver of a white Chevy MalibuÃâà...
BBC News
April 15, 2018
This is the story of Masa, who survived the suspected chemical attack in Syria, in her own words. Speaking on Sunday alongside her mother, she described how she and her family were hiding in a basement when a "barrel" dropped. 6h ago. Share this with Facebook Ãâ÷ Share this with Twitter Ãâ÷ Share this with MessengerÃâà...
WTOP
April 15, 2018
LONDON (AP) — Pope Francis offered prayers after his traditional Sunday blessing in St. Peter's Square for Alfie Evans, a terminally ill British toddler whose parents are locked with hospital officials in a legal battle over his care. The pontiff said such situations are “very painful and complex” as he prayed forÃâà...
NBC New York
April 15, 2018
He was taken to Jamaica Hospital in a critical condition. It wasn't until the man's younger brother stumbled into the hospital to visit his sibling that authorities realized he had been shot, too. Nurses noticed that the younger brother had been shot in the abdomen and in the hand. Police said he was notÃâà...
Jackson Clarion Ledger
April 15, 2018
Michelle Mills made sure to check that River Oaks hospital in Flowood was in her insurance carrier's network on her way to the emergency room last fall. ... River Oaks, a Merit Health hospital, along with roughly 65 percent of hospitals across the country, contract with an independent physician group toÃâà...
CT Post
April 13, 2018
Twenty-two of Connecticut's 30 hospitals charged these fees, bringing in $600.7 million in 2015 and another $488.8 million in 2016, according to an analysis by Conn. Health I-Team. The state's two largest hospital systems, Yale New Haven Health — which includes Bridgeport Hospital, Greenwich HospitalÃâà...
Vanity Fair
April 13, 2018
It's been a nail-biting few days for the royal family following Prince Philip's hip operation. The Duke of Edinburgh was admitted to the hospital last Tuesday, and there was a sigh of relief this morning when the 96-year-old royal was discharged with a clean bill of health. Ten days after Philip had a successfulÃâà...
Mountain View Voice
April 13, 2018
El Camino Hospital officials say that aggressive cost-saving efforts by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) discourage hospitals from accepting Medicare recipients as inpatients -- or risk facing audits and rejected reimbursement claims. This creates more situations where the elderly, sick andÃâà...
The Bozeman Daily Chronicle
April 13, 2018
Bozeman Health Deaconess Hospital came out looking pretty good when a national expert examined its costs for elderly Medicare patients in the last two ... But one problem faced in rural areas like Bozeman with only one hospital is that when hospitals have monopoly power, it often means higher costs.
South China Morning Post
April 13, 2018
The management of a Hong Kong public hospital on Friday expressed “deep regret” and apologised over a case in which a brain went missing after an autopsy. Dr Abdul Karim Bin Kitchell, deputising executive director of North District Hospital, said officers at its morgue discovered the organ was missingÃâà...
BBC News
April 13, 2018
Hundreds of people have staged a protest outside a hospital in Merseyside where a terminally ill toddler is being cared for. A date to switch off the life support for Alfie Evans has been set by a High Court judge following a legal battle. Alfie's parents' legal fight against the decision ultimately ended in MarchÃâà...
ConsumerReports.org
April 12, 2018
But there are times when prepaying can actually save you money, especially if you use it to negotiate a discount with the hospital (more on that below). The prepay trend is happening because hospitals are being stuck with big unpaid bills as Americans foot more of the cost of their medical care and struggleÃâà...
Chicago Tribune
April 12, 2018
President and CEO Dennis Reilly said in October that the system had been facing many of the same challenges as hospitals across the country, including changes in the way health care providers are reimbursed and rising information technology costs. He said the hospital had also been having troubleÃâà...
WCVB Boston
April 12, 2018
In the video above, the daughter of a patient connected to William George Davis describes the bizarre circumstances of his death. A former nurse who was fired last month from a Texas hospital has been charged with murder in the death of a patient last year and will likely face additional charges for hurtingÃâà...
WSFA
April 1, 2018
“We come around to all the hospitals and make sure that we can put a smile on those babies that are still in the hospital on Easter morning,” Montgomery County Sheriff Derrick Cunningham said. For the past 14 years, the Easter bunny and Montgomery County Sheriff Derrick Cunningham have visited areaÃâà...
Crain's Detroit Business
April 1, 2018
That's changing how hospitals do business. Employers are demanding health insurers restrain rising costs, and patients also are realizing they pay more out of pocket with high-deductible benefit plans if they go to higher-cost settings. Hospital officials agree that some services can be delivered inÃâà...
