Boston, MA

Massachusetts State

Dallas-based Steward Health Care is set to close two of its Massachusetts hospitals, Boston-based Carney Hospital and Ayer-based Nashoba Valley Medical Center, at 7 a.m. Aug. 31. The for-profit health system, which sought Chapter 11 protection May 6, received approval from U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge Christopher Lopez on July 31...

2 Steward Massachusetts hospitals to close

Facilities may be the traditional setting for dialysis, but emerging home-based treatments present an opportunity to rethink kidney care. At home, patients and providers alike can enjoy benefits that dialysis clinics are unable to provide, according to Michael Aragon, MD, a nephrologist and chief medical officer at dialysis solutions firm Outset Medical.

Home-based dialysis gives patients, clinicians more treatment options, nephrologist says

Illinois State

Salem, IL

An Illinois hospital plans to switch to an Epic EHR in about three weeks, Southern Illinois Now reported. Salem (Ill.) Township Hospital, a 25-bed critical access hospital, is moving from an athenahealth EHR, according to the Aug. 28 story. "We're only three weeks away from Epic go-live as of yesterday,"...

Illinois hospital moves to Epic in 3 weeks

Iowa State

Independence, IA

Independence, Iowa-based Buchanan County Health Center has named Tony Fortmann CFO. Mr. Fortmann comes to the hospital with more than 35 years of healthcare finance and operations experience, according to an Aug. 27 news release. He joins Buchanan County Health Center from Cedar Rapids, Iowa-based Mercy Medical Center, where he...

Iowa critical access hospital taps CFO

Oklahoma State

Poplar Bluff, MO

Tony Torres, assistant CEO of AllianceHealth Durant (Okla.), will head to Missouri for a new opportunity, according to an Aug. 29 LinkedIn post from AllianceHealth Durant/Madill. Mr. Torres will become COO of Poplar Bluff (Mo.) Regional Medical Center starting Sept. 9, a hospital spokesperson confirmed. The 138-bed Durant hospital and...

Oklahoma hospital exec heads to Missouri for COO role

Ridley Park, PA

Upland, Pa.-based Crozer Health will cut 30 positions at its Ridley Park, Pa.-based Taylor Hospital due to the 107-bed hospital ending surgical services by Sept. 1, The Philadelphia Business Journal reported Aug. 28. A spokesperson from Crozer Health told the publication that all affected employees, including support and surgical services...

Crozer Health displaces 30 employees from hospital OR amid service cuts

Florida State

Dallas-based Steward Health Care filed an Aug. 28 notice, obtained by Becker's, to designate Orlando (Fla.) Health as the successful bidder for its northern Florida assets. The notice comes after Orlando Health entered into a binding asset purchase agreement with Steward on Aug. 14 to purchase Rockledge (Fla.) Regional Medical Center, Melbourne (Fla.) Regional Medical Center, Sebastian (Fla.) River Medical Center and some of Steward Medical Group's practices in Northern Florida for $439.42 million in cash.

Steward moves to make Orlando Health successful bidder of Florida hospitals

Vermont State

Randolph, VT

Michael Costa was named president and CEO of Randolph, Vt.-based Gifford Health Care, effective Oct. 14. Mr. Costa has been CEO of St. Johnsbury, Vt.-based Northern Counties Health Care since 2019, according to an Aug. 29 news release from Gifford Health Care. He will succeed CEO Dan Bennett, who is...

Vermont hospital names CEO

A common type of plastic has been linked to autism in boys. Researchers at the Florey Institute have discovered higher levels of the plastic chemical bisphenol A (BPA) in pregnant mothers who gave birth to sons with autism. The study, published in Nature Communications and led by Florey scientists Dr. Wah Chin Boon and Professor Anne-Louise Ponsonby, provides evidence supporting a potential connection between prenatal exposure to plastic chemicals and the development of autism.

Researchers Uncover Alarming Link Between Plastic Exposure and Autism in Male Offspring

Melbourne, FL

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Akeena

A Burger King location in Melbourne, Florida, has been temporarily shut down for the third time following since 2023 after a recent state inspection that identified multiple health violations. This incident underscores ongoing concerns regarding the restaurant's adherence to health and safety standards.

A dead lizard, dead roaches, rodent droppings - Florida fast food restaurant closed again

Grand Rapids, MI

Meijer, a grocery store chain with more than 500 locations, has opened its second retail pharmacy inside a Corewell Health hospital. In 2015, the grocer opened a pharmacy inside Butterworth Hospital, and nearly 10 years later, it set up a similar facility at Blodgett Hospital, according to an Aug. 28 news release from Meijer. Both Corewell hospitals are in Grand Rapids, Mich.

Meijer opens pharmacy inside Corewell hospital

An aortic root aneurysm is a bulge in the first section of the aorta, where the artery joins the heart and aortic valve. Treatment for an aortic root aneurysm can help prevent serious complications. The aorta is the main artery that transports blood away from the heart to supply the...

What is an aortic root aneurysm?

Dallas, TX

Dallas-based Medical City Heart Hospital has begun construction on a $60 million expansion. The project will add 60,000 square feet to the facility, and 28 patient beds to the cardiovascular intensive care unit. It will also add specialty equipment for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation and shell space for additional progressive care beds in the future, according to an Aug. 28 hospital news release shared with Becker's.

Texas heart hospital kicks off $60M expansion

Mississippi State

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Flowood, MS

Mississippi News Group

Written with artificial intelligence assistance. A Mississippi woman has been taken into custody following a violent incident involving her husband at his place of employment early Saturday morning. According to the Flowood Police Department, officers responded to a disturbance call at around 6:30 a.m. at a local business, where they found a man and a woman, both from Mendenhall—approximately 36 miles southeast of Flowood—involved in a confrontation.

Mississippi Woman Arrested After Stabbing Husband at Workplace

HHS has dropped its appeal of a lawsuit from the American Hospital Association over the use of data trackers on hospital websites. The federal health agency had appealed a judge's decision that HHS' Office of Civil Rights could not prohibit hospitals and health systems from deploying so-called pixel tracking technology on their public-facing websites. HHS filed a motion Aug. 29 to stop pursuing the case.

HHS drops appeal of AHA data-tracking lawsuit

Washington State

Washington state's new healthcare staffing law was signed by the governor in April 2023. The law focuses on recommending staffing standards to hospital leadership by hospital staffing committees. Here is where things stand today. The state's prior staffing law from 2008 required a committee of administrators and nurses to create...

Washington state hospital staffing plans due by 2025

Maine State

Caribou, ME

The Maine Monitor

As president of Caribou Rehab and Nursing Center, Phil Cyr begins each morning walking the hallways, greeting every employee by name. The walls of the Aroostook County nursing home are full of local historical images compiled by Cyr’s daughter and nature photos taken by his older brother, Paul.

A Maine nursing home owner has been in the business for nearly 50 years. He wants out.

Montana State

Missoula, MT

Members of the Montana Nurses Association approved a three-year contract with Missoula, Mont.-based Community Medical Center. Negotiations began in May. They focused on retaining the hospital's 300 registered nurses, recruiting new ones and addressing staffing issues to support quality patient care, according to an Aug. 30 joint news release shared with Becker's.

Montana Lifepoint hospital reaches labor deal

HHS has appealed a court ruling that disallowed the agency from prohibiting hospital websites' use of consumer-tracking technology. Attorneys with the Justice Department's civil division filed the appeal Aug. 19 in federal appeals court following a judge's June order striking down HHS' guidance to hospitals on tracking technology. After many...

HHS appeals ruling on hospital website tracking

Fort Myers, FL

Fort Myers, Fla.-based Lee Health completed its first fully endoscopic heart-valve surgery through the smallest incision possible — putting it on the forefront of cardiac care, it said in an Aug. 29 news release. The procedure is the "next iteration of minimally invasive surgery" that allows patients a faster...

New procedure puts Lee Health on cutting edge of cardiac care

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Meet the CNOs of Magnet's top hospitals

Here are the chief nursing leaders from the 11 hospitals with Magnet with Distinction programs. The American Nurses Credentialing Center unveiled the Magnet with Distinction program...

Meet the CNOs of Magnet's top hospitals

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