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Steward's financial woes are impacting patient care, workers say
The clock is ticking for Steward Health Care now that Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey is giving the financially troubled company an ultimatum. She wants the CEO to produce financial records by Friday or get out of the hospital business in the state. Steward Health Care owns nine hospitals in Massachusetts. Congressman Stephen Lynch toured two of them on Wednesday and…
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Steward Health's financial woes are impacting patient care
The medical workers and first responders working with Steward Health are raising the alarm about how the company’s financial troubles are affecting the care they provide.
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Steward hospitals attracting ‘interest' from other operators
Steward Health Care’s landlord said Wednesday that Steward hospitals have drawn significant interest from other potential operators, the latest hint that facilities might soon be transferred away from the financially floundering for-profit system. A day after Gov. Maura Healey issued a biting call for Steward to hand off its licensed, operational Bay State hospitals to new parties “as soon...
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Gov. Healey wants Steward to transfer Mass. hospitals
A financial crisis at Steward Health Care is prompting a new response from Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey, who says the health care system should get out of the state and transfer the ownership of its hospitals.
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Healey tells Steward Health ‘time has come' to transfer its hospitals
Escalating her administration’s response to a potential health care crisis, Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey on Tuesday suggested Steward Health Care transfer its Massachusetts hospitals to new operators “as soon as possible” and demanded long-sought financial information about the for-profit system by the end of the week. Healey penned a three-page letter to Steward CEO Ralph de la Torre, which...
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Hospital patient backlogs push parts of Mass. health care system into ‘high risk'
Major swaths of the state’s health care system are now considered “high risk,” with the crisis largely fueled by a major backlog of patients waiting to be discharged from hospitals, the Massachusetts Health and Hospital Association said Monday. MHA indicated the situation is exacerbated by serious financial challenges at Steward Health Care, which on Friday said it doesn’t plan...
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Mass. hospitals expect patient backup to worsen this winter
Data from the Massachusetts Health and Hospital Association show 750 patients on average in November were waiting to be discharged from hospitals to skilled nursing or rehabilitation facilities, as well as to care through home health agencies. The hefty backlog of patients waiting to be discharged from hospitals and transferred to other treatment settings is expected to grow this winter,…
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Neonatal nurse who wrote ‘I am evil' found guilty of killing 7 newborns in England
A neonatal nurse in a British hospital has been found guilty of murdering seven babies and trying to kill six others during a yearlong campaign of deception when she preyed on the vulnerabilities of premature and sick newborns as well as their anxious parents.
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Patrick and Brittany Mahomes' 8-month-old son Bronze rushed to hospital after allergic reaction
Brittany Mahomes shared that her and Patrick Mahomes’ 8-month-old son Bronze recently had a scary trip to the emergency room, which occurred not long after learning he has a severe peanut allergy.
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1 in 3 U.S. hospitals severely impacted by drug shortages, survey finds
Many hospitals say they’ve skipped, delayed or rationed medications, including critical cancer drugs, as the crisis across the country continues.
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Lawsuit: New York City Hospital Covered Up Abuse by Star Doctor Convicted of Rape
A major New York City hospital is facing allegations that hospital officials ignored a star physician’s rampant sexual abuse of patients for more than a decade.
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Boston Medical Center's Emergency Room Reopens After ‘Around the Clock Cleanup'
The emergency room at Boston Medical Center reopened Monday, earlier than scheduled, after a speedy cleanup from a burst pipe during Saturday’s bitter cold snap. The emergency room had originally been slated to stay closed until Tuesday after water flooded the building from the burst pipe. Patients couldn’t go inside for hours Saturday, with temperatures below zero, and patients...
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Tufts Sees More Patients Amid BMC Emergency Closure
Tufts Medical Center is seeing an influx of patients as the emergency room at Boston Medical Center remains closed until Tuesday due to flooding.
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Water Pipe Burst Impacts Emergency Room at Boston Medical Center
Water flooded the building and patients couldn’t walk inside for hours as temperatures plunged below zero.
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‘This Is How You Treat Heroes?' 7,000 Nurses Strike at 2 of NYC's Biggest Hospitals
Nurses at two of New York City’s largest hospitals went on strike Monday, potentially leading to disruptions in care around emergency room visits and childbirth, after lengthy weekend negotiations over a new contract stalled. Frustrated nurses chanted and waved signs outside Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx and Mount Sinai Hospital in Manhattan demanding higher wages. The walkout involves...
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Hospitalizations Signal Rising COVID-19 Risk for US Seniors
Coronavirus-related hospital admissions are climbing again in the United States.
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Health Care Staffing Shortages May Be Here to Stay and We'll Need to Adapt, Baker Says
Staffing shortages in health care might be here to stay, and the industry needs to reimagine how it delivers care, Gov. Charlie Baker said Thursday morning. “There’s this giant staffing problem running across the system, but that staffing problem is doing significant damage to the normal process by which the system works,” Baker said at a Massachusetts Association of...
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Parents Concerned About Viruses During Holiday Season
Health experts are warning about RSV, the flu and COVID-19 ahead of Thanksgiving.
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Mass. Medical Groups Call For RSV Mitigation Measures
An “unusual increase” in cases of a respiratory virus is ramping up pressure on the already-strained health care sector in Massachusetts, and Bay Staters should take steps including possible indoor masking to protect themselves, medical experts said Wednesday. Leaders of three statewide medical groups warned that physicians are dealing with a spike of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) cases, particularly in…
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Patients Dealing With Long Wait Times at Hospitals
Wait times at hospitals’ emergency departments are nearing historic highs amid staffing shortages and a surge in RSV cases.