Several hospitals announced closures or severe cutbacks last week. St. Elizabeth Healthcare Dearborn Hospital ending overnight surgeries, closing ICU WXIX-TV reports that St. Elizabeth Healthcare Dearborn Hospital in Lawrenceburg, Ind., confirmed it will close its ICU and reduce perioperative services, including ending overnight surgeries, by the middle of May. Chief Nursing…
Wake Tech, North Carolina’s largest community college, last week lifted the final beam on what it says will be one of the nation’s “largest and most comprehensive simulation hospitals.” Wake Tech said the Perry Family Simulation Hospital, scheduled to open on its Perry Health Sciences Campus in Raleigh in fall…
CBC News in Canada published a report that portable weapon detectors powered by artificial intelligence (AI) were placed into service last week by Cape Breton Regional Hospital in Sydney, Nova Scotia, to help Nova Scotia Health track potentially dangerous incidents. The provincial government began installing AI-powered weapon detectors, which it…
A Feb. 19 cyberattack took down the University of Mississippi Medical Center’s (UMMC) IT systems, including access to its EMR, resulting in the cancelation of outpatient and ambulatory surgeries and the closure of all of its clinics. Yesterday, UMMC announced that the closures and cancelations will continue through at least…
A study published this week on the Journal of the American College of Surgeons website examines how a tailored geriatric surgical pathway (GSP) halved the risk of patient complications such as respiratory failure, sepsis and shock, and led to shorter hospital stays. The researchers, who describe GSPs as an effective…
Cleveland Clinic this week announced milestones in its expansion plans in Palm Beach County, Fla., including the demolition of its current hospital structure and hospital site preparation this year and a new outpatient center and ASC in 2027. A 200-bed hospital in West Palm Beach, Fla., planned to open at…
Prisma Health and Atlas Healthcare Partners last week launched a joint venture (JV) to develop a network of ASCs in two Southeastern states. The partners plan to develop and operate “more than 15” ASCs in key markets in the region, including the South Carolina markets of Greenville-Spartanburg, Columbia, Charleston, and…
If you’re new to the process of developing an ASC, or are looking for a refresher that reframes what really matters when doing so, a lengthy article published recently on the website Money Inc methodically lays out numerous valuable best practices, with an eye on preventing your valuable team members…
RWJBarnabas Health announced this week that it has raised the final steel beam of its new three-story, 67,000-square-foot Multi-Specialty Center. The facility will be a joint venture among RWJBarnabas Health, New Jersey Imaging Network, Seaview Orthopaedics, and Family First Urgent Care. Construction is expected to be completed in late 2026…
For many patients scheduled for brain surgery, having their entire head shaved during prep so that proper incisions are made can be distressing and damaging to their self-esteem. A little over a year ago, Ezequiel Goldschmidt, MD, a neurosurgeon at Hoag Pickup Family Neurosciences Institute and Hoag Family Cancer Institute…
