How should Narcan be used? Austin-Travis County EMS implements its Breathe Now program Two pilot programs in Travis County could help people with opioid addiction. […]
Tag: Hospitals
Her son’s cancer gave this Jacksonville mother the “hardest” year
Andrea Berry | Guest columnist September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month and I want to share with you what it’s like to be in my […]
Maintaining Eastern High and building a psychiatric facility near Sparrow
Joan Nelson and Ryan Kost | Guest authors We commend the University of Michigan Health-Sparrow for its desire to build a mental health facility in […]
Peter Orszag calls for an end to antitrust resistance to mergers in the healthcare sector
Peter Orszag was instrumental in drafting the Affordable Care Act. Now he wants federal antitrust regulators to loosen their tight controls on health care transactions […]
Rural healthcare is a threat and we must protect it
David Boatwright | Special edition of the State Journal-Register Worryingly, access to healthcare in rural communities is at serious risk. A new report from the […]
What every doctor needs to know about type 1 diabetes
In July 2024, a 33-year-old woman with type 1 diabetes was boating on a hot day when her insulin device slipped. By the time she […]
Mental Health Collaboration Hub provides free beds for young people
Waiting times in psychiatric care A nationwide initiative to provide mental health care to young people is making a difference. It comes as the state […]
Augusta’s Doctors Hospital is about to build an emergency room in Columbia County
The planned freestanding emergency department at Doctors Hospital of Augusta in Columbia County is nearing completion. More than four years after Augusta Hospital received state […]
Mission/HCA could still build S. Asheville ER: NC Appeals Court
Asheville-based Mission Health, owned by Hospital Corporation of America, is still in the running to build a stand-alone emergency department in Arden following a unanimous […]