A joint investigation by WRAL and North Carolina Health News uncovered a history of problems with two local mental health hospitals that serve North Carolina’s most vulnerable population, children. This …
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Many psychiatric patients in New York City’s public hospitals are locked up during their stays with no chance to leave, sometimes for weeks or months at a time, according to …
As the western Colorado psychiatric hospital moves closer to possible closure, its parent company Mind Springs Health is in multimillion-dollar arbitration with its Medicaid reimbursement organization, Rocky Mountain Health Plans …
Legislation advancing in the Delaware General Assembly (HB 350) to put political appointees in charge of controlling our state’s nonprofit hospitals is not what the doctor ordered. This proposal will …
Colorado resident Tara Roesener wasn’t aware of the widespread prescription drug shortage until about two weeks ago, when she tried to fill her 16-year-old daughters prescription for a pump for …
This week, we explain how hospitals can become unsafe for mentally ill patients and give you an update on Philly’s behavioral health commissioner. Later in this edition, we take a …
TThe Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade has transformed not only access to abortion, but also maternal health care in the United States, causing doctors in states with …
A patient died on the floor of a behavioral health unit at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania’s Cedar Avenue facility because the staff didn’t know how to respond. …
Did you know that your hospital bill is likely to be higher, not lower, as many believe, if you pay it yourself instead of an insurance company? A patient in …