Serious Medical Errors Rose After Private Equity Firms Bought Hospitals
A new study shows an increase in the rate of inpatient complications, including infections and falls, though patients were no more likely to die.
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In Global Conflict Zones, Hospitals and Doctors Are No Longer Spared
Over the last two decades, medical facilities and staff have become casualties of war more frequently, in violation of international law.
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HCA Healthcare’s Florida hospitals prepare for Hurricane Ian
Here’s how HCA’s Orlando hospitals are preparing for Hurricane Ian as it heads toward Florida.
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Tennessee hospitals cannot require COVID vaccines as Biden mandate remains blocked
A federal rule requiring large employers to mandate vaccines or regular testing has been blocked. That has put Tennessee’s hospitals in a bind.
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Community hospitals shine in vaccine distribution
by Emily Stembridge
Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s community hospitals — Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital (VWCH), Vanderbilt Bedford Hospital and Vanderbilt Tullahoma-Harton Hospital — have risen to the occasion to meet critical vaccination needs across Tennessee. Located in Wilson, Bedford and Coffee counties respectively, these hospitals have had to carefully consider strategies...
Coronavirus on track to overwhelm Houston hospitals in two weeks, mayor says
Hospitals in Houston, Texas are on track to be overwhelmed in approximately two weeks as coronavirus cases mount, Mayor Sylvester Turner said on Sunday.
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East Tennessee hospitals sue those who make, market and fill prescriptions for opioids
The lawsuit by 33 Tennessee and Virginia hospitals targets nearly 60 drug companies and pharmacy chains as profiteers in the opioid epidemic.
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