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. NYT > Health

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. NYT > Health

InnerG Juice and Yoga looks to expand into schools, hospitals and more brick-and-mortar locations

Nielah Burnett expects to open one or more of the combination juice bar/yoga studios with in the next two years. Nashville Business News – Local Nashville News | The Nashville Business Journal

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. Nashville Business News – Local Nashville News | The Nashville Business Journal

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.        GANNETT Syndication Service

WHO says unvaccinated people are ‘dying unnecessarily’ from Covid as hospitals fill

Some 56 countries fell short of the WHO’s goal of getting 10% of their populations immunized against the virus by the end of September. U.S. News

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. U.S. News

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.         GANNETT Syndication Service