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News Articles: Hospitals

Hospitals are some of the biggest carbon polluters almost no one thinks about. The American health care system accounts for an estimated 8.5% of the country's carbon footprint.

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  • Climate

Health care has a massive carbon footprint. These doctors are trying to change that

Around the country, health care workers continue to grapple with their industry's massive carbon footprint. In Pittsburgh, doctors formed Clinicians for Climate Action to address the problem.

October 02, 2023
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By:
  • Reid Frazier
Jason Bearden, president of CareSource Georgia, talks about how the care management organization is using a mobile clinic to reach people at risk of losing their Medicaid coverage during the unwinding.

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  • News

CareSource Georgia rolls out mobile clinics to help Medicaid recipients maintain health coverage

The state has leaned on its three care management organizations as part of its strategy to alert all 2.8 million Medicaid enrollees of the return of the renewal process, which the federal government had paused during the pandemic.

August 31, 2023
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By:
  • Jill Nolin
Piedmont Macon hospital

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  • News

Macon hospitals want to stop paying property taxes. County board says no

One of Bibb County’s largest property taxpayers is pushing for the county to exempt it from paying.

August 10, 2023
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By:
  • Laura Corley
Jimmy Lewis, CEO of HomeTown Health, which represents rural hospitals, says hospitals need more resources as lawmakers consider changes to Georgia’s certificate of need law. He pitched Medicaid expansion as a potential solution Tuesday.

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  • News

‘Everything is on the table’ as Georgia lawmakers consider lifting hospital construction limits

Georgia lawmakers from the House and Senate are putting the state’s system to restrict hospital and other health care services under a microscope this summer. 

August 02, 2023
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By:
  • Jill Nolin
An aerial view shows damage to a Pfizer pharmaceutical factory in Rocky Mount, N.C., from a tornado that struck on July 19. The plant produces many drugs used in hospitals.

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  • Health

Tornado damage to Pfizer factory highlights vulnerabilities of drug supply

A tornado that ripped through a Pfizer plant in Rocky Mount, N.C., raised worries about shortages of medicines used in hospitals. The drugs include commonly used painkillers and anesthetics.

July 27, 2023
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By:
  • Sydney Lupkin
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs takes care of about 9 million veterans at 1,255 facilities. It is the nation's largest integrated health care system.

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  • Health Care

VA hospitals are outperforming private hospitals, latest Medicare survey shows

Veterans rated VA hospitals higher than private facilities for things like patient satisfaction, hospital cleanliness and communication with nurses and doctors.

June 14, 2023
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By:
  • Quil Lawrence
It's still early days for AI in health care, but already racial bias has been found in some of the tools. Here, health care professionals at a hospital in California protest racial injustice after the murder of George Floyd.

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  • Health

AI in medicine needs to be carefully deployed to counter bias – and not entrench it

Powerful new artificial intelligence tools can perpetuate long-standing racial inequities if they are not designed very carefully. Researchers and regulators are taking note, but perils are vast.

June 06, 2023
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By:
  • Ryan Levi and
  • Dan Gorenstein
A picture from May 1 shows an abandoned hospital in El Geneina, the capital of West Darfur, a state in Sudan. Weeks of fierce fighting in the country have had a devastating impact on health care.

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  • Opinion

Sudanese doctors should not have to risk their own lives to save lives

The conflict has devastated health care: attacks on hospitals, threats against medical staff. Three Sudanese-American doctors share stories from their colleagues — and map out a plan for the future.

May 24, 2023
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By:
  • Hazar Khidir,
  • Hana Khidir ,
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After emergency surgery, an American expatriate with Swiss insurance now carries the baggage of a five-figure bill.

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  • Health

He visited the U.S. for his daughter's wedding — and left with a $42,000 medical bill

After emergency surgery, an American expatriate now carries the baggage of a five-figure bill. Costs for medical care in the U.S. can be two to three times the rates in other developed countries.

May 23, 2023
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By:
  • Sarah Jane Tribble
Jade Vandiver holds her son Ezra at home in Clayton, New Mexico. Vandiver joined a federally funded rural maternity program while pregnant with Ezra.

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  • Health

This telehealth program is a lifeline for New Mexico's pregnant moms. Will it end?

A federal program in remote New Mexico has helped hundreds of pregnant mothers stay healthy, but it's running out of time and money despite a growing national maternity care crisis.

May 13, 2023
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By:
  • Sarah Jane Tribble
Matt Ashley, a senior technologist at Johnson Memorial Health in Franklin, Indiana, is part of a small IT team that spent months helping the hospital recover after a crippling cyberattack in 2021.

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  • Health

Cyberattacks on health care are increasing. Inside one hospital's fight to recover

U.S. hospitals have seen a record number of cyberattacks over the past few years. Getting hacked can cost a hospital millions of dollars and expose patient data, and even jeopardize patient care.

May 09, 2023
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By:
  • Farah Yousry
Anti-abortion and abortion rights activists protest in Washington, D.C. at the March for Life rally in January. The decision triggered strict abortion bans in more than a dozen states. A new study shows widespread confusion about abortion bans at Oklahoma hospitals.

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  • Health

In Oklahoma, a woman was told to wait until she's 'crashing' for abortion care

A new study shows women who call the hospitals in Oklahoma get confusing information about the state's abortion bans. One family lived through that confusion with dire consequences last month.

April 25, 2023
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By:
  • Selena Simmons-Duffin
Fire investigators inspect the scene of a deadly fire at the Changfeng Hospital in the Fengtai District on Wednesday in Beijing. At least 29 people died in the fire on Tuesday afternoon, and 12 people have been detained for questioning. The cause of the blaze was unknown at the time the photo was taken.

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  • Asia

12 are arrested after a Beijing hospital fire killed 29 people

A dozen people have been arrested after a hospital fire in Beijing killed 29 people. Chinese netizens question why they weren't informed immediately.

April 19, 2023
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By:
  • Emily Feng
State Senate study committee to focus on CON law

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  • News

State Senate study committee to focus on CON law

 A combination of state senators, health-care executives, and an insurance industry representative were named Wednesday to a study committee that will look for ways to reform the state’s certificate of need (CON) process.

April 13, 2023
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By:
  • Dave Williams
Kennise Nevers holds her son, AJ, in her arms at home. Nevers' mother, Nancy Josey, looks on.

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  • Health

The simple intervention that may keep Black moms healthier

A Boston hospital gets daily, home blood pressure checks for moms at risk for the pregnancy complication, pre-eclampsia. The effort is a response to alarming rates of Black maternal mortality.

March 28, 2023
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  • Priyanka Dayal McCluskey
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