Labor Pains: As delivery wards disappear, is rural Maine becoming a 'maternity desert'?
MaineHealth argues it is avoiding a full-fledged maternity desert by keeping prenatal and postnatal care available at Waldo ...
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Community Hospital cites relationships with patients for record number of births
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KJCT)—Mesa County reported a 30% decrease in birth rates since 2016, but Community Hospital reported ...
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Bloomin’ Babies Birth Center to close in late March
What is a birth center? Beyond avoiding the hospital setting, birth centers differ from traditional delivery units in that ...
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Mississippi’s C-section problem: A third of low-risk women are undergoing surgery for their first birth
Despite national pressure to reduce these types of C-sections, Mississippi’s rate has stayed high across the last decade — ...
Delivery rooms are fleeing rural SC. For Laurens moms-to-be, that means 45-minute drives for care.
The closure comes as SC women have seen reproductive healthcare take center stage on the campaign trail, in Congress and on ...
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U.S. facing critical hospital bed shortage by 2032
The new post-pandemic national hospital occupancy average is 75% -- a full 11 percentage points higher than the pre-pandemic average, largely due to a reduction in staffed hospital beds. This puts the ...
Study suggests US facing critical hospital bed shortage by 2032
U.S. hospital occupancy after the end of the COVID-19 pandemic is significantly higher than it was before the pandemic, ...
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America's looming hospital bed crisis: How shortages could put patients at risk
Medical errors are the 3rd leading cause of death in the United States. Researchers say the quality of care in hospitals ...
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Postpartum Intervention Improved PCP Visits in Year After Delivery
The increase in visits was driven primarily by more visits in the first 4 months after delivery that had been scheduled ...
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Intermountain Health announces Bloomin’ Babies Birth Center to close near end of March
Intermountain Health has announced that Bloomin' Babies Birth Center in Grand Junction is set to close March 28th, 2025.
Becker's Hospital Review13h
Intermountain to close Colorado birth center
Intermountain Health has shared plans to close its Bloomin' Babies Birth Center in Grand Junction, Colo., effective March 28.
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Hospital closure leaves Pennsylvania moms stranded in maternal care desert
Another hospital will be turning away expecting moms and their unborn babies. UPMC announced its hospital in Coudersport — ...