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United Memorial Medical Center, a hospital system with four locations in Houston, will lose its contracts with Medicare after several inspections found health and safety violations from failing to screen staff for COVID-19 to rusted equipment to cockroaches in the operating room, according to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid…
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The Collin County Detention Center will expand its mental health services after a man who had schizophrenia died in custody earlier this year. The unanimous vote Monday by county commissioners came months after critics had said the jail did not have the necessary mental health resources to prevent Marvin Scott’s…
Clarification posted Dec. 7 In the following article,The Chronicle stated in a sub-heading title, Alternative to detox. Both that heading and the first sentence in that section refer to a harm reduction as a “detox alternative.” This is inaccurate. There is a continuum of supports for folks experiencing substance use…
A sanitation room in Vail Health’s new medical center in Dillon is pictured Aug. 27. The sanitation rooms are directly beneath the operating rooms, which will perform orthopedic and pain management procedures.Michael Yearout/For the Summit Daily News When Vail Health officially opened its Dillon Health Center on Nov. 16, it…
Sheba Medical Center launches remote monitoring program for children Israel’s Sheba Medical Center and the Heart Institute at Safra Children’s Hospital have partnered to launch a programme for children with complex heart defects. The program will use remote monitoring technology provided by Datos Health, a member of Sheba’s Accelerate, Redesign,…
Image Over the past decade, Texas has made significant investments into the behavioral health delivery system. Policy revisions, infrastructure development, and technological innovations have been employed to allow people to have better access to the care they need. However, gaps and fragmentation of care continue to present significant barriers for…