It's estimated that 29.5 million people over the age of 12 meet the criteria for alcohol use disorder in 2022, and hospital leaders told Becker's that number continues to rise.

HCA Florida North Florida Hospital in Gainesville has resumed some surgeries after shutting down procedures earlier this month to address equipment sterilization issues.

Older adults are spending an average of three weeks every year on healthcare appointments, a Jan. 23 study found.

The University of Alabama at Birmingham Health System and Mobile, Ala.-based Infirmary Health have formed a joint venture to provide comprehensive cancer services to patients in southern Alabama, southeast Mississippi and the Florida panhandle.

The value of surgical navigation or image-guided surgery has long been proven, offering reduced revision surgeries, lessened complication rates, minimized radiation exposure, and improved outcomes. Surgical navigation has come into its own as a valuable approach to spinal, cranial, and ENT procedures.

More than half of rural hospitals in the U.S. do not offer labor and delivery services, according to a new report from the Center for Healthcare Quality & Payment Reform.

Charlottesville, Va.-based UVA Health is connecting patients who regularly visit emergency rooms for non-emergency care of chronic conditions to a program designed to make care more accessible, while keeping critical ER beds free and lowering capacity.

In response to a growing pile of questions about compliance with the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act, HHS and CMS are deploying new education efforts. 

Boston-based Massachusetts General Hospital is requesting permission from the state to add more than 90 inpatient beds amid what it says is an "unprecedented capacity crisis." 

HCA Florida's North Florida Hospital in Gainesville will suspend elective surgeries for four days, beginning Jan. 17, to address equipment sterilization issues, a spokesperson for HCA Florida confirmed to Becker's.

Macon, Ga.-based Atrium Health Navicent lifted restrictions on emergency department access after a three-hour standoff between an armed man and police at one of its medical office buildings Jan. 17 was resolved, Fox and ABC affiliate WGXA reported.

Massachusetts officials and insurers are implementing various measures to address an increase in respiratory illness affecting hospital capacity. 

An arctic blast has brought frigid temperatures to most of the U.S., leading some hospitals to postpone elective procedures. 

As the nation's hospitals restore mask mandates and construct extra units in response to an increase in respiratory illnesses, the New Hampshire Hospital Association said its members are nearing 100% capacity. 

Denver Health received 10 new ambulances, two of which were purchased thanks to a former patient's fundraising, CBS News reported Jan. 10.

The nation's largest union of registered nurses is accusing St. Louis-based Ascension of using its market dominance to consolidate labor and delivery units, thereby creating obstetric healthcare deserts that disproportionately affect low-income, Black and Latino patients.

Western Pennsylvania hospitals are facing pushback after a report found the region has high bed capacity and lower than average occupancy rates, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported Jan. 9.

On top of external challenges like workforce shortages and declining reimbursement rates, behavioral health programs face their own set of challenges for 2024. 

As one of the Midwest's largest public safety-net systems, Cook County Health has cared for more than 19,000 migrants since fall 2022, about one-third of whom are children.

A water main break at Boston-based Brigham and Women's Hospital on Dec. 24 has disrupted in vitro fertilization services, affecting hundreds of people, The Boston Globe reported.