Hospitals Amid the consistent migration of surgical cases from inpatient hospitals to outpatient settings, one North Carolina medical center is, at least temporarily, reversing the tide. Local media outlet CityView reports that Cape Fear Valley Health is seeking permission from the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services’ Division of Health Service…
Ascension Saint Thomas will break ground June 16 on a new full-service hospital and 96-acre integrated health campus in Clarksville, Tenn. The $148.5 million hospital, which will “anchor” the campus, will open with 44 inpatient beds and, according to Ascension Saint Thomas, “provide emergency care, inpatient surgery, cardiology, women’s health,…
UNC Health on Monday announced it is planning to build a new community hospital on a 62-acre site in the city of Wilmington, New Hanover County, pending regulatory approvals. “This proposed hospital will strengthen UNC Health’s statewide reach – connecting North Carolina communities from the mountains to the coast,” stated the…
New Jersey’s RWJBarnabas Health Medical Group has relocated several “key practices” into a “newly designed, state-of-the-art medical suite” on the second floor of Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (RWJUH) Rahway. The practices are cardiology, general surgery and specialized pulmonary care, with primary care on the way. It says the move…
Arkansas news organization Talk Business & Politics (TB&P) reports that a group of state legislators, seeking to “better understand and address constituent concerns” about the future of Baptist Health’s Fort Smith hospital, met with Baptist Health leadership last week for a “listening session” to discuss the situation. State Rep. Ryan…
A fire at Bartlett Regional Hospital in Juneau, Alaska, delayed elective surgeries at the facility for several days. According to the hospital, the fire occurred last Thursday inside a utility closet within its surgical services unit due to a worker accidentally cutting into electrical heat tape. “A Code Red alert…
Canyon Vista Medical Center (CVMC) reports that it has been “steadily bringing four previously offline operating rooms back into service.” Two of its ORs are now “fully operational, with additional capacity coming online in the months ahead,” states the 100-bed acute care hospital in Sierra Vista, Ariz. “This phased expansion…
Health policy organization KFF on Friday published an updated study that finds just one or two health systems controlled the entire market for inpatient hospital care in nearly half of U.S. metropolitan areas in 2024. “Consolidation may allow providers to operate more efficiently and help struggling providers keep their doors open…
Arkansas news organization Talk Business & Politics reports that Little Rock-based Baptist Health plans to “end hospital operations” at 492-bed Baptist Health-Fort Smith with the exception of “emergency room and possibly limited surgery services.” Additionally, it reports that “some or all” of the hospital’s existing physician agreements “may” expire June 29,…
National Nurses United (NNU), which identifies itself as the nation’s largest union of RNs with more than 225,000 members, was scheduled to bring its nationwide Red Alert tour to Alameda (Calif.) Hospital on Saturday. It would be the third stop on the tour, which visits a community hospital on a…
