Paige Twenter

1 week ago | beckershospitalreview.com | Paige Twenter

A Haverhill, Mass.-based hospital previously operated by now-bankrupt Steward Health Care plans to stop providing medical-surgical inpatient care due to a low patient census. The med-surg unit on Holy Family Hospital’s Haverhill campus averages eight to 10 patients per day, according to a May 29 statement shared with Becker’s. Approximately 35 employees will be affected by the change. The facility is now under a formal 120-day public process with the Massachusetts Department of Public Health.

1 week ago | beckershospitalreview.com | Paige Twenter

The Dr. Lorna Breen Heroes’ Foundation has recognized about 10% of the nation’s nearly 6,100 hospitals for supporting workers’ well-being and mental health. As of May 22, the foundation has verified that 635 hospitals, plus 50 medical licensing boards and two payers, have removed “intrusive mental health questions and stigmatizing language” from licensing and credentialing applications.

1 week ago | beckershospitalreview.com | Paige Twenter

Advocate Health, a 69-hospital system based in Charlotte, N.C., is seeking systemwide hospital accreditation with The Joint Commission. The initiative will enable hospital-to-hospital benchmarking within the system and with other hospitals with similar geographic profiles, according to a May 27 news release from the commission.

1 week ago | beckershospitalreview.com | Paige Twenter

Patient volumes are rising year after year at Shriners Children’s — but access is keeping pace. Through creative programs and partnerships, the health system is finding new ways to reach patients who might otherwise fall through the cracks. Bill Munley, Southeast market administrator for Tampa, Fla.-based Shriners Children’s, told Becker’s that children are especially at risk of going without medical care.

1 week ago | beckershospitalreview.com | Paige Twenter

In a May 28 message to health system CEOs, two national healthcare safety organizations compared cutting infection control jobs to “dismantling the fire department during wildfire season.” The Leapfrog Group and the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology said reports of staffing and resource reductions in infection prevention “jeopardize the very foundation of safe care.” “The current healthcare landscape — marked by high levels of preventable patient harm,...