Southeast Hospital Is Told It Could Lose Accreditation
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Greater Southeast Community Hospital was notified yesterday that its accreditation is in jeopardy because of problems in a host of areas, from providing patient care, treatment and services to leadership and oversight of medical staff.
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Two days after it was publicly denounced as bogus and "a mystery" by Providence Hospital's attorney, a letter indicating that Providence would be part of a proposal to buy Greater Southeast Community Hospital turned out to be not so mysterious.
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LOS ANGELES -- Financial problems caused mainly by the treatment of uninsured patients have forced two emergency rooms to close in Los Angles County, raising concerns that other facilities may be overwhelmed.
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NEW YORK  - The time elapsed since a primary care physician's last board certification correlates with a decline in the quality of care provided to patients, according to a study published today.
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Alta Bates Summit Medical Center, one of the premier hospitals of the East Bay, is in jeopardy of losing its accreditation after performing poorly in a hospital industry audit.
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After British authorities abruptly suspended the license of a major supplier this week, Highlands Hospital in Connellsville became included in the fray of American health organizations scrambling to deal with a ...
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By Joshua Norman, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Feb. 3--GULFPORT -- The only thing certain about the future of the Veterans Affairs hospital complex on U.S. 90 is it will never be a hospital complex -- public or private -- again.
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A complaining patient removed from a medical practice's list has prompted concerns about new doctors' contracts.
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A quarter of hospital trusts in England are failing to meet new standards on infection control, a survey suggests.
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One of Australia&#39;s biggest hospitals was on high alert today over fears that a form of CJD suffered by one of its patients may have been transmitted to others via surgical instruments.
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LOS ANGELES A civil rights debate is surrounding the proposed closure of a trauma unit at a troubled Los Angeles County public hospital.
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A party heading a failed effort to buy Greater Southeast Community Hospital might have fabricated a key letter stating that Providence Hospital would be involved in its partnership and would help manage the Ward 8 facility, according to testimony and documents made public this week by the chairman...
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The head of a NHS trust says patient 'frustration' with the out-of-hours GPs' service is adding to pressures on hospitals.
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Russom Ghebrai walks the corridors of Greater Southeast Community Hospital with quiet authority. Seventy hours a week, he dons the white coat of his profession and attends to patients on the fringes of medical care.
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St. Mary's Hospital in Leonardtown, Md. has become the second hospital in the state in the last week to disclose a potential compromise of patients' personal data.
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The state Department of Public Health has launched a sweeping review of how it verifies the licenses of employees at public hospitals following the resignation of the director of social services at the state-operated Lemuel Shattuck Hospital in Jamaica Plain over allegations that she falsified her academic credentials and licenses.
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Doctors fear stripping hospitals of key services such as A&E will lead to the eventual closure of the sites.