July 31, 2020 – AdventHealth (Altamonte Springs, FL) and Orlando Health, two of Central Florida's largest nonprofit health systems, have each opened new facilities in Osceola County. AdventHealth has opened a $123 million, five-story patient tower at the AdventHealth Celebration campus. The new, 166,621-square-foot tower includes 80 private patient rooms and has space for … [Read more...]
Partnerships between acute care hospitals, nursing facilities support better quality of care
Nursing homes face an extreme challenge during the COVID-19 pandemic. Two Regenstrief Institute (Indianapolis, IN) and Indiana University faculty members state that meaningful partnerships between acute care hospitals and nursing facilities can support better quality of care for people who live in nursing facilities. Kathleen Unroe, MD, MHA, and Richard Fairbanks, PhD, MPH, … [Read more...]
Many Texas hospitals are no longer accepting transfer patients
Texas hospitals are taking extraordinary steps to make space for a surge of patients. State data shows the hardest-hit regions include most of Texas’ big cities and South and Central Texas and the Gulf Coast. Many Texas hospitals have stopped accepting transfer patients to maintain space for a surge that is expected to come. In the Rio Grande Valley, hospital beds are in short … [Read more...]
Massachusetts hospitals lost more than $2B in early 2020
Massachusetts hospitals collectively saw more than $2 billion in net losses in early 2020 as the coronavirus spread to the U.S., according to Massachusetts Center for Health Information and Analysis. The median margin for acute hospitals was -2.7% during the first quarter of 2020, a 6.9% decrease from the same period in 2019. Baystate Health reported $87.9 million in net losses … [Read more...]
Arizona Hospital and Healthcare Association wants immediate action on waiving regulations
Ann-Marie Alameddin, president and COO for the Arizona Hospital and Healthcare Association, has written a letter to Arizona’s Department of Health Services wanting immediate action on waiving what she considers burdensome regulations on hospitals. Part of the letter reads, in order to focus on providing “optimal care to patients in this public health emergency, hospitals need … [Read more...]
Houston hospitals transferring COVID-19 patients to outlying cities
Hospitals in Houston, TX, have felt the recent surge of COVID-19 patients and Harris Health System, which operates Ben Taub and LBJ hospitals, is now transferring COVID-19 patients to other healthcare facilities in outlying areas. According to Harris Health System, 49% of the patients in Ben Taub’s ICU are COVID-19 positive. ICUs at Ben Taub and LBJ hospitals are at a combined … [Read more...]
Arizona hospitals hiring out-of-state nurses for coronavirus surge
Arizona hospitals are hiring out-of-state nurses readying for an expected surge of coronavirus patients in one of the U.S. hotspots. Plans are being activated to add more beds and staff, and state officials have authorized “crisis standards of care,” which tell hospitals which patients should get a ventilator or other scarce resources in a shortage situation. Dignity Health, … [Read more...]
Fortune/IBM Watson Health names 100 top hospitals
Evanston Hospital (Evanston, IL), the flagship of the NorthShore University HealthSystem, is one of the nation’s best performing hospitals based on the basis of 11 criteria that factor in clinical outcomes to patient experience, operational efficiency and financial health, according to Fortune/IBM Watson Health. The list is aimed to highlight successes and steady performance of … [Read more...]