Lee County getting new $434 million hospital. What to know
The $3.2 billion Lee Health recently converted from being a publicly operated system to a private nonprofit system to be more ...
SMH approves spending $450 million on new 100-bed hospital in North Port
The initial hurricane hardened hospital would be 305,000 square feet and accompanied by a 60,000-square-foot medical office ...
The $250-an-hour Band-Aid: How this rural northeastern Ontario hospital keeps its emergency room open
The family doctor shortage in northeastern Ontario has caused some emergency rooms to close, but what may not be publicly ...
St. Boniface Street Links pushes for more hospital-designated beds at shelters after man's death in ER
The death of a man waiting for care in a Winnipeg ER has an outreach organization calling for the expansion of a program that connects unhoused patients with designated shelter beds.
Slow hospital transfers are costing lives in Illinois, study finds
A new study from a Northwestern trauma surgeon found that up to 34% of critically injured patients who show up at a hospital ...
Free-standing ERs are popping up all over South Florida. Don’t confuse them for urgent cares
Free-standing emergency rooms are popping up all over South Florida, extending the reach of hospitals into fast-growing ...
Stretched to the Limit: Hospital Union to Line-up Gurneys Outside Queensway Carleton, Drawing Attention to the Health Care Crisis
On the eve of the provincial election, a line-up of hospital stretchers outside Queensway Carleton will symbolize the crisis in Ontario’s health care: ...
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HCA opens its second emergency room in Lee County. What to know
HCA Florida Healthcare has opened a freestanding emergency room in Fort Myers. The location is 8919 College Pointe Court. It is a nearly 11,000-square-foot center that operates 24/7 with full ...
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New California law targets ER violence, but some say it’s not enough
A new California law raises penalties for assaulting emergency room workers, but hospital staff say more protections are ...
Major health system to build hospital in Aurora
Based in Altamonte Springs, Florida, AdventHealth has hospitals in Littleton, Parker, Louisville, Castle Rock and Denver. The ...
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SMH approves spending $450 million on new 100-bed hospital in North Port
SMH has long targeted a free-standing emergency room at the Wellen Park ... while the sixth floor will house the hospital’s mechanical infrastructure. That 100-bed hospital could eventually ...
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Stretched to the Limit: Hospital Union to Line-Up Gurneys Outside Queensway Carleton, Drawing Attention to the Health Care Crisis
There is no end to the staffing shortages; ER closures, waits for surgeries ... Cumulatively, these three hospitals require about 250 additional hospital beds to achieve safe occupancy levels.