Seventy-three hospital and health system leaders with organizations in the 10 states hardest hit by COVID-19 shared the most critical actions for their colleagues across the U.S. to take in the next week as the virus continues its geographic spread. This compilation features guidance from leaders at organizations headquartered in New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Michigan, California, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Louisiana, Florida and Texas. Becker's asked them to complete the following...

Beaumont Health has temporarily closed its hospital in Wayne, Mich., and is redeploying hospital staff to other Beaumont sites. The Southfield, Mich.-based health system received approval from the state to designate Beaumont Hospital, Wayne a COVID-19 only hospital to handle a surge of patients that was expected to occur a few weeks ago. Though the surge was more moderate than expected, Beaumont is not changing the COVID-19 only status of the hospital in Wayne. "This is in preparation for a...

A man in Arizona is dead and his wife is in critical care after the couple ingested a non-medication form of chloroquine phosphate to stave off COVID-19, according to Phoenix-based Banner Health. Chloroquine, an anti-malaria drug, has been touted by President Donald Trump as a possible treatment for COVID-19. In an apparent attempt to self-medicate, the couple ingested an additive commonly used to clean fish tanks that has the same active ingredient as the anti-malaria drug. "Within 30...

As the novel coronavirus continues to spread widely in the U.S., many cities have far too few hospital beds to treat a surge of COVID-19 patients. To expand capacity, state and local governments across the nation are rushing to reopen hospitals that were recently shut down. California In California, one of the states hit hardest by COVID-19, state leaders and local governments are looking to reopen several shuttered hospitals. California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced March 21 that the state is...

The National Rural Health Association recently released its annual list of the top 20 rural and community hospitals in the U.S. The list is based on an evaluation by the Chartis Center for Rural Health using iVantage Health Analytics' Hospital Strength Index. The determining factors for the top 20 rural and community hospitals were based on the following eight indices: inpatient market share, outpatient market share, quality, outcomes, patient perspective, cost, charge, and financial...